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March 24, 2024
It’s the last day to vote for the Ursa Major Awards
by Patch O'Furr
Ursa art by Foxenawolf.
Go HERE to vote, and don’t wait, the deadline is TODAY March 24!
The Ursa Major Awards celebrate and recognize great works that resonate with the furry fandom, whether they are made within, by a member, or are simply favorite creations from the mainstream. Anything goes as long as people like it, and there’s a lot of opportunity to lift things up that people haven’t seen. Vote to spread your personal fandom and help others feature theirs!
Nominees are in 14 categories, and the Ursa Majors site has more details about each one. The newer Music category is removed, but Best Fursuit has re-activated after not enough notice previously.
Volunteers run the Ursa Major Awards. Please support them. Since 2001, these awards have been run with unpaid work. They appreciate support to defray costs for a website, making and mailing awards, and more. Click the button to donate >
The 2023 Nominees (in alphabetical order):
February 17, 2024
LAST DAY to nominate for the Ursa Major Awards; Nominations open for the Good Furry Award.
by Patch O'Furr
Ursa art by Foxenawolf.
For over two decades, the Ursa Major Awards have recognized the furry fandom’s favorite creations every year. For the 2023 awards, anything with anthropomorphic animals is eligible to win by popular vote. Want your favorite works represented?
Go HERE to nominate, and don’t wait, the deadline is today (February 17)!
August 4, 2023
Vote now! NorCal Furries shortlisted for Best Contingent award in San Francisco Pride Parade.
by Patch O'Furr
UPDATE: DEADLINE EXTENDED TO AUGUST 15!
Each June, millions of people see the San Francisco Pride parade. Hundreds of thousands of attendees cheer for over 200 contingents. For 2023, five contingents are shortlisted to win the Best Overall Contingent award. Northern California Furries have the huge honor of being one of the five.
You can help win big positive recognition for furries everywhere. Spread the message and get everyone you know to vote!
Voting Poll is here: https://forms.gle/QvVoPoBd82ajMcUV9 – Don’t wait, the poll is open until August 15.
June 19, 2023
The 2023 Ursa Major Awards and Good Furry Award feature the best of furry fandom
by Patch O'Furr
Check out the winners in 14 categories for the 2023 Ursa Major Awards. The awards feature the furry fandom’s favorite media and other anthropomorphic animal creations they love, with popular voting by anybody. This year there were 1350 voters, with their vote count broken down here.
- Dogpatch Press was voted Best Magazine. Thank you to everyone who votes, and the volunteer team who manages the voting process and sends physical awards. I’ll post a photo when it arrives.
- The best novel stood out as unlike other furry fantasy and romance nominees; it’s a young adult novel by an author of other non-furry writing with crossover appeal that isn’t locked to the furry scene. Watch for an upcoming article with the author.
- The best fursuit category had no award due to low participation, but there’s already eligible fursuits listed for the next awards.
See the current Recommended Anthropomorphics List — it is maintained year-round — you can discover and submit this year’s works eligible for the next awards now if you have something to share. This helps make community, discovery for new creations, and opportunity with campaigning. A nominee can win by simply mentioning it, because few do. Consider donating to support this service via paypal@ursamajorawards.org.
March 21, 2023
Ursa Majors 2022 Nominees Announced – Voting closes at end of March.
by Patch O'Furr
Ursa art by Foxenawolf.
Go HERE to vote, and don’t wait, the deadline is March 31!
The furry fandom’s annual Ursa Major awards honor the best and most loved anthropomorphic creations of the past year. They put a spotlight on talent that deserves recognition, and lets fans discover and support it directly with popular voting by anyone.
Nominations for works from 2022 ended in February. Nominees are in 14 categories, and the Ursa Majors site has more details about each one. Music has a new category, but Best Fursuit isn’t active this year due to lack of nominations.
Volunteers run the Ursa Major Awards. Please support them. Since 2001, these awards have been run with unpaid work. They appreciate support to defray costs for a website, making and mailing awards, and more. Click the button to donate >
March 15, 2022
The 2021 Ursa Major Awards are open now and need your vote.
by Patch O'Furr
Furry fandom’s Ursa Major awards honor the best, most loved anthropomorphic creations of the past year (2021.) Vote now to help the community choose their favorite movies, art, books, news magazines, and more. You can vote until March 31.
Voting for the 2021 Ursa Major Awards is now open! Go to https://t.co/W6cIErOJfu to log in with your key from the 2021 nominations or request a key if you don't have one yet. pic.twitter.com/GFW690yxKv
— Ursa Major Awards🐻💫 (@UrsaMajorAwards) March 1, 2022
The nominations in 14 categories have links to the content here, and you can also find it linked on their Twitter feed.
If you like seeing this collected and open for community feedback, share it on your personal feeds and tell your friends to vote!
This year’s nominees are…
Best Motion Picture
Live-action or animated feature-length movies.
- Luca (Directed by Enrico Casarosa)
- My Little Pony: A New Generation (Directed by Robert Cullen and Jose Ucha)
- Raya and the Last Dragon (Directed by Don Hall, Carlos Lopez Estrada, Paul Briggs and John Ripa)
- Sing 2 (Directed by Garth Jennings)
- Wish Dragon (Directed by Chris Appelhans)
February 10, 2022
2 Days Left to Nominate for the Ursa Major Awards!
by Patch O'Furr
Furry fandom’s Ursa Major awards honor the best, most loved anthropomorphic creations of the past year (2021.) There’s just a short time to nominate what the public can vote on. Get yours in while you can. Movies, art, books, news magazines, and more… which ones will the community choose?
Nominate HERE for the Ursas, but don’t wait until it’s too late! February 12 is the deadline.
- Try here for some works to consider: 2021 RECOMMENDED ANTHROPOMORPHICS LIST.
- Voting comes later. From March 1-31, come back to vote for what gets top nominations.
Volunteers run this. Please support them so they can make a community award possible.
Since 2001, these awards have been run with long hours of unpaid work. The volunteers would appreciate any support you can give to defray costs for a website, making and mailing awards, and more.
Categories:
- Best Anthropomorphic Motion Picture
- Best Anthropomorphic Dramatic Short Work
- Best Anthropomorphic Dramatic Series
- Best Anthropomorphic Novel
- Best Anthropomorphic Short Fiction
- Best Anthropomorphic Other Literary Work
- Best Anthropomorphic Non-Fiction Work
- Best Anthropomorphic Graphic Story
- Best Anthropomorphic Comic Strip
- Best Anthropomorphic Magazine
- Best Anthropomorphic Published Illustration
- Best Anthropomorphic Game
- Best Anthropomorphic Website
- Best Anthropomorphic Costume (Fursuit)
Like the article? These take hard work. For more free furry news, follow on Twitter or support not-for-profit Dogpatch Press on Patreon. Want to get involved? Try these subreddits: r/furrydiscuss for news or r/waginheaven for the best of the community. Or send guest writing here. (Content Policy.)
March 8, 2021
Go vote for the 2020 Ursa Major Awards!
by Patch O'Furr
Cast your vote now for the 2020 Ursa Major Awards. Voting closes on March 31 for the 14 categories below. Every year, furry creators (and mainstream creations) are eligible for this popular vote. Which movies, art, books, news magazines, and more will the community choose as favorites?
When you’re done, please ask your friends to share and repost the link! It helps creations that deserve attention.
Since 2001, these awards have been run with hard work by volunteers. They would appreciate any support you can give to defray costs for a website, making and mailing awards, and more. (paypal@ursamajorawards.org)
The 2020 Nominees:
December 14, 2020
2020 update for the Ursa Major Awards and The Good Furry Award for Ash Coyote
by Patch O'Furr
Something cool just came in the mail. It’s better than a Christmas present. It’s the Ursa Major Award for the year’s best anthropomorphic magazine!
The Ursa Major Awards are for public voting for the best furry movies, books, comics, art and more from the previous year. If you know of good 2020 works to share, the Recommended Anthropomorphics List is open NOW. Tell them what you love: recommended@ursamajorawards.org. Check out the list if you’re looking for good stuff to watch and read. Nominations for the next awards will start later in January 2021.
The most recent winners were decided a while ago, but it took time for everyone to get awards in the mail just recently. The awards depend on volunteer work by Rod O’Riley, the co-founder of ConFurence (with Mark Merlino). Rod and Mark run the Prancing Skiltaire house in Southern California and have been together for 40 years.