2023 Ursa Major Awards

The 2023 Ursa Major Awards winners were announced at Golden State Fur Con on April 7, 2024.

List of Winners, and nominees by category

See also: List of Ursa Major Awards winners#2018

Best Website

• Winner: Fur Affinity
• Runners-Up:
  • e621
  • Wikifur
  • Wolfery
  • Kemono Café

Best Game

• Winner: Laika: Aged Through Blood
• Runners-Up:
  • Super Mario Bros Wonder
  • Friends vs Friends
  • Pseudoregalia

Best Visual Art

• Winner: Squiddy, The Record Store
• Runners-Up:
  • ARVEN92, Our Furry City - Anthrocon 2023
  • Squiddy, Market Haul
  • Glopossum, Pines
  • Bubblewolf, Winterrock Oasis

Best Magazine

• Winner: Dogpatch Press, by Patch Packrat
• Runners-Up:
  • Flayrah, edited by GreenReaper
  • InFurNation, edited by Rod O'Riley
  • Dhole Moments, edited by Soatok
  • Zooscape, edited by Mary E. Lowd

Best Comic Strip

• Winner: Foxes in Love, by Toivo Kaartinen.
• Runners-Up:
  • Carry On, by Kathy Garrison Kellogg.
  • Lauren Ipsum, by Charles Brubaker.
  • Freefall, by Mark Stanley.
  • The Whiteboard, by Doc Nickel.

Best Graphic Story

• Winner: Tamberlane, by Caytlin Vilbrandt and Ari Noble.
• Runners-Up:
  • Two Kinds, by Thomas Fischbach.
  • Slightly Damned, by Chu.
  • Silverwing: The Graphic Novel, written by Kenneth Opel, Illustrated by Christopher Steininge.
  • Would Have Bit You, by Inanimorphs.

Best Non-Fiction Work

• Winner: Furscience, by Dr. Courtney N. Plante.
• Runners-Up:
  • Furry Planet, by Joe Strike.
  • On Furries and the Media, by Soatok.
  • A Guide to Drawing Manga Fantasy Furries: and Other Anthropomorphic Creatures, by Ryo Sumiyoshi.
  • TFTuesday Podcast - A Measured Response: Saberspark's TF Video Essay, by Zilepo and K-Libra.

Best General Literary Work

• Winner: Gnoll Tales, by NightEyes DaySpring.
• Runners-Up:
  • Lauren Ipsum, by Charles Brubaker.
  • Zooscape, Volume 1, edited by Mary E. Lowd.
  • Some Words Burn Brightly: An Illuminated Collection of Poetry, by Mary E. Lowd.
  • Commander Annie and Others Adventures, by Mary E. Lowd.

Best Short Fiction

• Winner: On the Difference Between AI Cats and Actual Cats: A Love Story, by Daniel Lowd and Mary E. Lowd.
• Runners-Up:
  • Rhapsody of Stolen Feathers, by Frank Alvarez.
  • How Pepper Learned Magic, by Renee Carter Hall.
  • Of Heart and Stone, by Solomon Harries.
  • Aged Plant Fibers and Ink, by James L. Steele.

Best Novel

• Winner: Wolf of Withervale by Joaquín Baldwin.
• Runners-Up:
  • Rafts (ebook), by Utunu.
  • Otters In Space 4: First Moustronaut, by Mary E. Lowd.
  • Family Matters, by Mitch Marmel, Walter D. Reimer, and E.O. Costello.
  • You're Cordially Invited to Crossroads Station, by Mary E. Lowd.

Best Dramatic Series

• Winner: Helluva Boss (Created by Vivienne "VivziePop" Medrano - Season 2 Episode 3 to Midseason Special)
• Runners-Up:
  • The Owl House (Created by Dana Terrace; "For the Future" & "Watching and Dreaming")
  • Bluey (Created by Joe Brumm - Season 3)
  • Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake (Developed by Adam Muto - August 31 to September 28)
  • Sonic Prime (Created by Man of Action - Season 2)

Best Dramatic Short Work

• Winner: Lackadaisy (Pilot) (Directed by Fable Siegel)
• Runners-Up:
  • Tamberlane (Directed by Ashley Nichols and Caytlin Vilbrandt)
  • A Fox in Space - Apisode Two - Fixing a Hole (Directed by Matthew Gafford)
  • Once Upon a Studio (Directed by Dan Abraham and Trent Correy)
  • The Meeps - Love Louder (Official music video. Created in partnership with XIX Entertainment and T&B Media Global)

Best Anthropomorphic Motion Picture

• Winner: Nimona (Directed by Nick Bruno and Troy Quane)
• Runners-Up:
  • Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (Directed by James Gunn)
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (Directed by Jeff Rowe and Kyler Spears)
  • Leo (Directed by Robert Marianetti, Robert Smigel and David Wachtenheim)
  • Migration (Directed by Benjamin Renner and Guylo Homsy)