MOTION PICTURE
Live-action or animated feature-length movies.

• Dog Man Directed by Peter Hastings

DRAMATIC SHORT WORK
One-shots, advertisements or short videos.

• BUN HUNTING 2.0: YOU CAN (not) BE BAKED Piti Yindee

DRAMATIC SERIES
TV or YouTube series

• Belfort & Lupin Created by T.J. Stehly

NOVEL
Written works of 40,000 words or more. Serialized novels qualify only for the year that the final chapter is published.

• Feral Flame Joaquin Baldwin

SHORT FICTION
Stories less than 40,000 words, poetry, and other short written works.

• Against the Upright Ones Utunu

GENERAL LITERARY WORK
Story collections, comic collections, graphic novels, non-fiction works, and serialized online stories.

• Detective Alice Kyky Yang

NON-FICTION WORK

• 85 Years of Con Cosplay - From Costume Masquerade to Fursuit Parade TransformARTive

GRAPHIC STORY
Includes comic books, and serialized online stories.

• A Tale of Tails (18+) Feretta

COMIC STRIP
Newspaper-style strips, including those with ongoing arcs.

• Damian Foxx Damian Foxx

MAGAZINE
Edited collections of creative and/or informational works by various people, professional or amateur, published in print or online in written, pictorial or audio-visual form.

• Dogpatch Press Patch O'Furr

PUBLISHED ILLUSTRATION
General artwork, may include illustrations for books, magazines, convention program books, cover art for such, T-shirts, coffee-table portfolios.

• AVIAN AERIE: 2025 godbird

GAME
Computer or console games, role-playing games, board games.

• Back to the Dawn Metal Head Games | Spiral Up Games

WEBSITE
Online collections of art, stories, and other creative and/or informational works. Includes galleries, story archives, directories, blogs, and personal sites.

• E621

FURSUIT
Fursuiters and Fursuits galore!

• Bon Pansky Maker: Gentlefur Studio, Owner: Bon Pansky

MUSIC
Musical works such as singles and albums.

• First Step BASTTIE

Streamer
Furry Streamers

• BardicRJ

Classic Anthro Videogame

• Banjo-Kazooie (1998) Rare, 4J Studios

New for 2025 entries

We are pleased to announce a new category, Furry Streamers! When nominating names, please try and include links to their socials, such as their Youtube, Twitch, Etc.

For the 25th anniversary of the UMAs, we have a special category! Classic Anthro Videogames! This is a fun, one-time category to celebrate Anthropomorphic video games that never got a proper shot in the UMAs!

The rules:
1. You can only pick games from before the year 2001!
2. The game must have an animal/non-human character be playable at some point, even by means of transformation.
3. You may only select a single game from each franchise, but this category allows 10 entries instead of 5!

Please enjoy a quick statement regarding AI/LLM content!

We would like to respectfully remind everyone that the Anthropomorphic Literature & Arts Award committee is a non-profit organization run by a skeleton crew of volunteers, and the Ursa Major Awards are completely funded by donations which need to cover operational costs, production of the physical trophies, and shipping to the winners. When donations are insufficient, the balance comes out of the committee members' pockets.

Last year, we came out in the black for the first time due to the many generous donations for which we were very grateful. However, not much is left in the kitty and it's time to start the ball rolling once more. So, whether you consider yourself a furry or just a fan of anthropomorphic works, and you like the idea of your favorite stuff in that category getting awards, if at any point over the last two decades you've heard of the UMAs or you're just learning about them now, we humbly ask that you consider tossing a donation our way via PayPal - whatever you can afford - and to spread the word around.

A special shout-out to Xanni who hosts and troubleshoots the UMA website. Your help is very much appreciated!

The 2024 Winners

Best Anthropomorphic Music
Collection of songs in an album, or individual songs

Monarch of Monsters

    Runners-Up (in descending number of votes)

• Sad, Drunk and Needy
• Bicylce
• Olympics in Space
• 808 Compact
 

Best Anthropomorphic Costume a.k.a. Fursuit

• Due to the lack of qualifying entries, this category was dropped for 2024.

Best Website
Online collections of art, stories, and other creative and/or informational works. Includes galleries, story archives, directories, blogs, and personal sites.

Fur Affinity

    Runners-Up (in descending number of votes)

• e621
• Wikifur
• The Belfry WebComics Index
• Fluffle
 

Best Game
Computer or console games, role-playing games, board games.

WEBFISHING

    Runners-Up (in descending number of votes)

• ANIMAL WELL
• Nine Sols
• Black Myth: Wukong
• Another Crab's Treasure
 

Best Published Illustration
General artwork, may include illustrations for books, magazines, convention program books, cover art for such, T-shirts, coffee-table portfolios.

Royz, Adventurers & Explorers

    Runners-Up (in descending number of votes)

• Serpent, High Orbit
• Nessie, Untitled
• Squiddy, Shopping Simulator
• Elly, Round 8: Le Mans 1973
 

Best Magazine
Edited collections of creative and/or informational works by various people, professional or amateur, published in print or online in written, pictorial or audio-visual form.

Dogpatch Press, by Patch Packrat

    Runners-Up (in descending number of votes)

• Flayrah, edited by GreenReaper
• InFurNation, edited by Rod O'Riley
• Gaming Furever, edited by Various
• Furry Weekly, edited by Yeshua & Carkas
 

Best Comic Strip
Newspaper-style strips, including those with some ongoing arcs.

Foxes in Love, by Toivo Kaartinen.

    Runners-Up (in descending number of votes)

• Lauren Ipsum, by Charles Brubaker.
• Nine to Nine, by Jan.
• Carry On, by Kathy Garrison Kellogg.
• Pixie and Brutus, by Pet Foolery.
 

Best Graphic Story
Includes comic books, and serialized online stories.

Swords and Sausages, by Jan.

    Runners-Up (in descending number of votes)

• Free Fall, by Mark Stanley.
• Tamberlane, by Caytlin Vilbrandt and Ari Noble.
• 21st Century Fox, by Scott Kellogg.
• Projection Edge, by Thomas K. Dye.
 

Best Non-Fiction Work
Includes opinion pieces and news articles.

Celebrating 85 Years of Conventions - From Worldcon 1939 to Anthrocon 2024

    Runners-Up (in descending number of votes)

• Fur and Loathing Podcast
• Fur Affinity owner Dragoneer and Hugo Nominated Vootie artist Taral Wayne pass away
• Fur Affinity hacked following Dragoneer's passing
• ShifterCon Opening Ceremonies
 

Best General Literary Work
Story collections, comic collections, graphic novels, and serialized online stories.

Swords and Sausages: Volume Two

    Runners-Up (in descending number of votes)

• Lauren Ipsum Throws the Book At You
• The Shapeshifter's Guide
• Awoo!: Volume 2
• Work "Fur" Hire
 

Best Short Fiction
Stories less than 40,000 words, poetry, and other short Written works.

Monarch of Monsters, by Vylet Pony

    Runners-Up (in descending number of votes)

• A Different Kind of Make-Believe, by Renee Carter Hall.
• Sun Runner: An Imbrium Novella, by Frances Pauli.
• The Frog Wife, by Rebecca E. Treasure.
• The Three-Piece Giant, by Gabrielle Steele.
 

Best Novel
Written works of 40,000 words or more. Serialized novels qualify only for the year that the final chapter is published.

The Varcross Key, Aeron Dusk.