The Aurora Awards are granted annually by the Canadian SF and Fantasy Association and SFSF Boreal Inc. The Award for Best Short Fiction () was first recognized in 1986 as a separate category from Best Long-Form and granted as the Award for Best Short-Form (), one to an English-language work and one to a French-language work, but it did not become a dedicated category until 1989. In 1997 it was renamed to the Award for Best Short-Form Work and then again in 2012 it became the Award for Best Short Story, when the and combined, before adopting the name Award for Best Short Fiction a year later.
Robert J. Sawyer holds the highest number of awards for the English-language prize at five (5) awards. ÃÂlisabeth Vonarburg and Yves Meynard hold the highest number of awards for the French-language prize, also at five each.
No winner was selected in 1986, but a shortlist was created.
<span style="margin:0px; padding-bottom:1px; font-size:90%; display:block;"><span style="border:#aaa solid 1px; background-color:lightyellow;"> * </span> Winners and joint winners</span>
<span style="margin:0px; padding-bottom:1px; font-size:90%; display:block;"><span style="border:#aaa solid 1px; background-color:lightyellow;"> * </span> Winners and joint winners</span>