Eurocon is an annual
science fiction
Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel unive ...
convention held in Europe. The organising committee of each Eurocon is selected by vote of the participants of the previous event. The procedure is coordinated by the
European Science Fiction Society
The European Science Fiction Society is an international organisation of professionals and fans who are committed to promoting science fiction in Europe and European science fiction worldwide.
The organisation was founded at the first Eurocon (Eu ...
. The first Eurocon was held in
Trieste
Trieste ( , ; sl, Trst ; german: Triest ) is a city and seaport in northeastern Italy. It is the capital city, and largest city, of the autonomous region of Friuli Venezia Giulia, one of two autonomous regions which are not subdivided into provi ...
, Italy, in 1972. Unlike
Worldcon
Worldcon, or more formally the World Science Fiction Convention, the annual convention of the World Science Fiction Society (WSFS), is a science fiction convention. It has been held each year since 1939 (except for the years 1942 to 1945, during ...
s, Eurocon is usually a title attached to an existing convention. The European SF Awards are given in most of the conventions giving recognition to the best works and achievements in science fiction.
List of Eurocons
European SF Awards
The ''European SF Awards'' are annual awards governed by the
European Science Fiction Society
The European Science Fiction Society is an international organisation of professionals and fans who are committed to promoting science fiction in Europe and European science fiction worldwide.
The organisation was founded at the first Eurocon (Eu ...
.
since 1972 mostly during Eurocons.
The awards are given to works of fiction (science fiction or fantasy) or related to that field.
Rules
1. Must be a work of Science Fiction or Fantasy, or related to Science Fiction or Fantasy;
2. The majority of the work is by a person or a group of people who were born in, or are a citizen of, a European Country;
3. The works were first released in the two calendar years prior to the year of the current Eurocon;
4. If a work has won an ESFS Achievement award, it can not be nominated again in the same category.
Current annual awards
As of 2020, the following are awarded each year:
=Special Awards
=
* The Chrysalis Awards
* The Achievement Awards
* The Hall of Fame
* The European Grandmaster
= Achievement Award categories
=
* Best work of Art
* Best written work of Fiction
* Best Dramatic Presentation
* Best Fanzine
* Best Work for Children
* Best Internet Publication, other than a fanzine
= Hall of Fame Award categories
=
Winners can only be admitted once.
* Best Artist
* Best Author
* Best Publisher
* Best Promoter of Science Fiction
* Best Magazine
* Best Translator
List of Awards given by convention
1972 European SF Awards: Trieste, Italy
The first Eurocon was in Trieste.
The first Eurocon Awards were originally given as prizes to works presented at the convention itself. Years later they evolved into awards as they are commonly known relating to European authors and publications.
Special awards
*Artist:
Karel Thole
Carolus Adrianus Maria Thole (20 April 1914 – 26 March 2000) was a Dutch-Italian painter and illustrator.
He was born in Bussum, near Amsterdam, and was educated at State Drawing School of Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum.
His first works were f ...
(Italy)
*Specialized Professional Magazine: ''Nueva Dimensión'' (Spain)
*Non-Specialized Professional Magazine: ''Viata Romaneasca'' (Romania)
*Fanzine: ''Speculations ''(United Kingdom)
*Comics:
Lone Sloane
Lone Sloane is a science fiction comics character created in 1966 by the French cartoonist Philippe Druillet.
Publication history
Lone Sloane first appeared in Druillet's own debut, ''Mystère des Abîmes'', published in 1966. Other stories were ...
, by
Philippe Druillet
Philippe Druillet (; born 28 June 1944) is a French comics artist and creator, and an innovator in visual design.
Biography
Philippe Druillet was born in Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, France, but spent his youth in Spain, returning to France in 1952 ...
(France)
Awards
*Novel:
Belgium - Sam, Paul Van Herck;
France - Ortog et les tenebres,
Kurt Steiner;
Hungary - A Feladat,
Peter Zsoldos
Peter may refer to:
People
* List of people named Peter, a list of people and fictional characters with the given name
* Peter (given name)
** Saint Peter (died 60s), apostle of Jesus, leader of the early Christian Church
* Peter (surname), a sur ...
;
Italy - Autocrisi, Pierfrancesco Prosperi;
Netherlands - De Naakten en de Speyers, Jacob Carossa;
Romania - Va cauta untaur, Sergiu Farcasan;
Spain - Amor en una Isla Verde, Gabriel Bermudez;
Sweden - Deta ar Verkligheten, Bertil Matensson;
United Kingdom - All Judgement Fled,
James White;
*Short Story:
Belgium - De 8 jaarlijkse God Eddy C. Bertin;
France - L'Assassinat de l'Oiseau Bleu, Daniel Walther;
Hungary - Sempiternin, Lajos Mesterhazi;
Italy - Dove Muore l'Astragalo, Livio Horrakh;
Netherlands - Egeïsche Zee Carl Lans;
Romania - Altarul Zeilor Stohastici Adrian Rogoz;
Sweden - Spranget, Carl Johan Holzhausen;
United Kingdom - Lucifer,
Edwin Charles Tubb
Edwin Charles Tubb (15 October 1919 – 10 September 2010) was a British writer of science fiction, fantasy and Western (genre), western novels. The author of over 140 novels and 230 short stories and novellas, Tubb is best known for Dumarest sag ...
;
*Dramatic Production:
Denmark - Man Den, Der Tankte Ting (Film);
Italy - La Ragazza di Latta (The Tin Girl) by
Marcello Aliprandi
Marcello Aliprandi (2 January 1934–26 August 1997) was an Italian film director. In addition to his work in television and the theater, he directed seven feature films, including ''Smiling Maniacs'' (1975) and '' Vatican Conspiracy'' (1982 ...
(Film);
Netherlands - De Kleine Mannetjes van Mars (Radiophonic play for children);
Sweden - Deadline (Film);
United Kingdom -
UFO (TV series)
''UFO'' is a 1970 British science fiction television series about the covert efforts of a government defence organisation to prevent an alien invasion of Earth. It was created by Gerry Anderson and Sylvia Anderson with Reg Hill, and produced ...
;
*Artist:
France - Jean-François Jamoul;
Hungary - Andras Miklos Saros;
Netherlands - N. van Welzenes;
Romania - Nicolae Saftoiu;
Spain - Enrique Torres (Enric);
Sweden - Sven O. Gripsborn;
United Kingdom - Arthur Thompson (Atom);
*Specialized Professional Magazine: Spain - Galassia
*Non-Specialized Professional Magazine:
Belgium - Ciso - SF & Comics;
France - Le Magazine Litteraire: La Science-Fiction;
Italy - Fena rete: Fantascienza & Futuribile;
Netherlands - Stripschrift: SF & Comics;
Spain - Yorick: Teatro y Ciencia-Ficcion;
*Fanzine:
Austria -
Quarber Merkur;
Belgium - Kosmos;
France - Nyarlathotep;
Hungary - SF Tajekoztato;
Italy - Notiziario CCSF;
Netherlands - Holland-SF;
Romania - Solaris;
Spain - Fundacion;
Sweden - SF Forum;
Turkey - Antares;
*Comics:
Belgium - Yoko Tsuno, R. Leloup;
Netherlands - Arman en Ilva, The Tjong King;
Spain - Haxtur, Victor de la Fuente;
Sweden - Blixt Gordon, Lars Olsson;
*Essay, biography, bibliography:
Hungary - A Fantazia Irodalma, Laszlo Urban;
Netherlands - 100 jaar SF in Nederland, Dick Scheepstra;
Romania - Virsta de Aur an Anticipatiei Romanesti,
Ion Hobana
Ion Hobana (25 January 1931, Sânnicolau Mare – 22 February 2011, Bucharest) was a Romanian science fiction writer, literary critic and ufologist
Ufology ( ) is the investigation of unidentified flying objects (UFOs) by people who believe ...
;
Spain - La SF: Contramitologia del Siglo XX, Carlo Frabetti (Essay);
Ray Bradbury-Humanista del Futuro, Jose Luis Garci (Book);
Sweden - SF Articles in 'Sydsvenska Dagbladet', Sven Christer Swahn;
1974 European SF Awards: Grenoble, France
1976 European SF Awards: Poznań, Poland
*Belgium - Jacques van Herp
*Bulgaria - Liuben Dilov
*Denmark - Jannick Storn
*France - Gerard Klein
*German Democratic Republic - Gerhardt Brandstner
*Hungary - Peter Zsoldos
*Italy - Karel Thole
*Norway - Peter Harris
*Poland - Czesław Chruszczewski
*Romania - Vladimir Colin
*Soviet Union -
Yeremey Parnov
Yeremey Iudovich Parnov (russian: link=no, Еремей Иудович Парнов; 20 October 1935 – 18 March 2009 ) was a USSR, Soviet and Jewish Russian writer and publicist. Parnov attended the Moscow Peat University and worked as a chemic ...
*Spain - Miguel Masriera
*Sweden - Roland Aldenberg
*United Kingdom - Brain W. Aldiss
*West Germany -
Herbert W. Franke
Herbert W. Franke (14 May 1927 – 16 July 2022) was an Austrian scientist and writer. ''Die Zeit'' calls him "the most prominent German writing Science Fiction author".
He is also one of the important early computer artists (and collectors), cr ...
*Yugoslavia - Ivan Lalic
*Netherlands - Bruna Publishing House
*Belgium - Ides et Autres (anthologies of translations)
*Czechoslovakia - Interpress Magazin
Special Awards
*Lifelong Literary Achievement:
Stanisław Lem
Stanisław Herman Lem (; 12 September 1921 – 27 March 2006) was a Polish writer of science fiction and essays on various subjects, including philosophy, futurology, and literary criticism. Many of his science fiction stories are of satirical ...
(Poland)
*Artistic Achievement:
Alexei Leonov
Alexei Arkhipovich Leonov. (30 May 1934 – 11 October 2019) was a Soviet and Russian cosmonaut, Air Force major general, writer, and artist. On 18 March 1965, he became the first person to conduct a spacewalk, exiting the capsule during th ...
(for his cosmic paintings)
*Special Award from the Jury: Mircea Opriţă (Romania) (special award of the jury)
1978 European SF Awards: Brussels, Belgium
Science Fiction Awards
*Series: Ailleurs et demain
Robert Laffont
The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honou ...
(France)
*Anthology: Planete socialiste Kesselring (Switzerland)
*Novel: Les hauteurs beantes
Alexandru Zinoviev (Soviet Dissident)
*Collection: Low-Flying Aircraft
J. G. Ballard
James Graham Ballard (15 November 193019 April 2009) was an English novelist, short story writer, satirist, and essayist known for provocative works of fiction which explored the relations between human psychology, technology, sex, and mass medi ...
(United Kingdom)
*Professional Magazine: Futurs (France)
*Semi-Professional Magazine: Orbit (Netherlands)
*Fanzine: Zikkurath (Spain)
*Essay: ''Le frontiere dell'ignoto''
Vittorio Curtoni (Italy)
*Cycle of Novels: La Saga de los Aznar George H. White (Spain)
*Artist: Chris Foss (United Kingdom)
*Comics: Mailis Claude Auclair (France)
*Film: ''
The Man Who Fell to Earth
''The Man Who Fell to Earth'' is a 1976 British science fiction drama film directed by Nicolas Roeg and written by Paul Mayersberg. Based on Walter Tevis's 1963 novel of the same name, the film follows an extraterrestrial (Thomas Jerome Newt ...
'' by
Nicolas Roeg
Nicolas Jack Roeg (; 15 August 1928 – 23 November 2018) was an English film director and cinematographer, best known for directing '' Performance'' (1970), ''Walkabout'' (1971), ''Don't Look Now'' (1973), ''The Man Who Fell to Earth'' (1976 ...
(United Kingdom)
*Play: Sodomaquina Carlo Frabetti (Spain)
*Translator: Zoran Zivkovic (Yugoslavia)
Fantastic & Fantasy Award
*Publisher:
Marabout
A marabout ( ar, مُرابِط, murābiṭ, lit=one who is attached/garrisoned) is a Muslim religious leader and teacher who historically had the function of a chaplain serving as a part of an Islamic army, notably in North Africa and the Saha ...
(Belgium)
*Anthologists: Jacques Goimard & Roland Stragliati (France)
*Novel: ''
The Forbidden Forest
''The Forbidden Forest'' ( ro, Noaptea de Sânziene; french: Forêt interdite) is a 1955 novel by the Romanian writer Mircea Eliade. The story takes place between 1936 and 1948 in Bucharest and several other European cities, and follows a Romanian ...
''
Mircea Eliade
Mircea Eliade (; – April 22, 1986) was a Romanians, Romanian History of religion, historian of religion, fiction writer, philosopher, and professor at the University of Chicago. He was a leading interpreter of religious experience, who establ ...
(Romania)
*Collection: Derrière le mur blanc Eddy C. Bertin (Belgium)
*Professional Magazine: Terzo Occhio (Italy)
*Semi-Professional Magazine: Cahiers Jean Ray (Belgium)
*Fanzine: Odyssée (Belgium)
*Essay: Un nouveau fantastique Jean Pierre Baronian (Belgium)
*Cycle of Novels:
Bob Morane
''Bob Morane'' is a series of adventure books in French, featuring an eponymous protagonist, created by French-speaking Belgian novelist Henri Vernes, the pseudonym of Charles-Henri Dewisme. More than 200 novels have been written since his in ...
Henri Vernes
Charles-Henri-Jean Dewisme (16 October 1918 – 25 July 2021), better known by his pen name Henri Vernes (), was an author of action and science fiction novels. He published over 200 titles in the action and science-fiction genre. He was most ...
(Belgium)
*Artist: Gaston Bogaert (Belgium)
*Comics: Il dono Roberto Bonadimani (Italy)
*Film Actor: Paul Naschy (Spain)
*Playwright:
Sławomir Mrożek
Sławomir Mrożek (29 June 1930 – 15 August 2013) was a Polish dramatist, writer and cartoonist.
Mrożek joined the Polish United Workers' Party during the reign of Stalinism in the People's Republic of Poland, and made a living as a politica ...
(Poland)
*Translator: Roberta Rambelli (Italy)
1980 European SF Awards: Stresa, Italy
*Novel: The White Dragon Anne McCaffrey (United Kingdom); Babel Vladimir Colin (Romania)
*Story: Der Rote Kristallplanet Gerd Maximovic (West Germany); Evadarea lui Algemon Gheorghe Sasarman (Romania)
*Artist: Franco Storchi (Italy); Roger Dean (United Kingdom)
*Publisher: Editrice Nord (Italy); Krajowa Agencja Wydawnicza (KAW) (Poland)
*Fanzine: SF...ere (Italy); Omicron (Romania)
*Film: Sconti stellari oltre la terza dimensione (
Starcrash) by
Luigi Cozzi
is a fictional character featured in video games and related media released by Nintendo. Created by Japanese video game designer Shigeru Miyamoto, Luigi is portrayed as the younger fraternal twin brother and sidekick of Mario, Nintendo's masc ...
(Italy); Čovjek koga treba ubiti by
Veljko Bulajić
Veljko Bulajić (born 22 March 1928) is a Montenegrins of Croatia, Montenegrin film director and UNESCO Kalinga Prize recipient. He has spent the majority of his life working in Croatia and is primarily known for directing World War II-themed movi ...
(Yugoslavia)
*Comics: Rosa di stelle Roberto Bonadimani (Italy); In lumea lui Harap Alb Sandu Florea (Romania)
Special Awards
*Author:
John Brunner (United Kingdom); Stanisław Lem (Poland)
*Artist: Karel Thole (Italy)
*Essay: 20.000 pagine alla ricerca di Jules Verne Ion Hobana (Romania); Lovecraft S. Fusco & G. de Turris (Italy)
*Fan: Waldemar Kumming (West Germany); Andrzej Pruszyński (Poland)
*Best Artwork Exhibited: Oliviero Berni (Italy)
1982 European SF Awards: Mönchengladbach, West Germany
*Author:
Arkady and Boris Strugatsky
The brothers Arkady Natanovich Strugatsky (russian: Аркадий Натанович Стругацкий; 28 August 1925 – 12 October 1991) and Boris Natanovich Strugatsky ( ru , Борис Натанович Стругацкий; 14 A ...
(Soviet Union); Jacques Sadoul (France); John Brunner (United Kingdom)
*Professional Magazine: Antares (France)
*Fanzine: Shards of Babel (Netherlands)
*Publisher: Heyne (West Germany); KAW (Poland)
1983 European SF Awards: Ljubljana, Yugoslavia
*Author: Istvan Nemere (Hungary); Christopher Priest (United Kingdom)
*Professional Magazine: Fantastyka (Poland); Solaris (West Germany)
*Book: Ljudju, zvezde, vesolja – Bajt (Yugoslavia); Sdvig – Scherbakov (Soviet Union)
*Fanzine: Shards of Babel (Netherlands); Kvazar (Poland)
*Publisher: Tehniska Zalozba Slovenije (Yugoslavia); Galaktika (Bulgaria)
1984 European SF Awards: Brighton, United Kingdom (SeaCon'84)
*Special Award: Science in SF Nicholls, Langford and Stableford (United Kingdom); Centre International pour documentation sur la literature de l'etrange (Belgium); Yeremey Parnov (Soviet Union)
*Novelist: John Brunner (United Kingdom); Gianluigi Zuddas (Italy);
Janusz Zajdel
Janusz Andrzej Zajdel (15 August 1938 – 19 July 1985) was a Polish science fiction author, second in popularity in Poland to Stanisław Lem. His major genres were social science fiction and dystopia. His main recurring theme involved th ...
(Poland)
*Short Story Writer: J. G. Ballard (United Kingdom); A. de Ceglie (Italy);
Kir Bulychev
Kir Bulychev (russian: Кир Булычёв ''Kir Bulychyov 18 October 1934 – 5 September 2003) is a pen name of Igor Vsevolodovich Mozheiko (И́горь Все́володович Може́йко), a Soviet Russian science fiction writer, ...
(Soviet Union)
*Artist: D. Hardy (United Kingdom); G. Festino (Italy); R. Wojtyński (Poland)
*Publisher:
Gollancz (United Kingdom);
Fleuve Noir
''Black Tide'' (french: Fleuve noir) is a 2018 French film directed by Érick Zonca, and starring Vincent Cassel, Romain Duris and Sandrine Kiberlain in lead roles. It was adapted from Israeli writer Dror Mishani's book, ''The Missing File''.Bro ...
(France);
Mir
''Mir'' (russian: Мир, ; ) was a space station that operated in low Earth orbit from 1986 to 2001, operated by the Soviet Union and later by Russia. ''Mir'' was the first modular space station and was assembled in orbit from 1986 to&n ...
(Soviet Union)
*Professional Magazine: Foundation (United Kingdom); Fiction (France); Sirius (Yugoslavia)
*Fanzine: Epsilon (United Kingdom); Andromeda Nachrichten (West Germany); Helion (Romania)
*Screenwriter: (West Germany);
Chinghiz Aitmatov
Chinghiz Torekulovich Aitmatov (as transliterated from Russian; ky, Чыңгыз Төрөкулович Айтматов, translit=Chynggyz Törökulovich Aytmatov; 12 December 1928 – 10 June 2008) was a Kyrgyz author who wrote mainly in Russi ...
(Soviet Union)
*Film Director:
Piotr Szulkin
Piotr Szulkin (; 26 April 1950 – 3 August 2018) was a Polish film director and writer. He directed over thirty films, both Polish and international productions. He was a recipient of "Best Science Fiction Film Director" at Eurocon in 1984. Duri ...
(Poland);
Marcell Jankovics
Marcell Jankovics (21 October 1941 – 29 May 2021) was a Hungarian graphic artist, film director, animator and author. He is best known for the animated films '' Johnny Corncob'' (1973; the first animated feature of his native country) and ' ...
(Hungary)
1986 European SF Awards: Zagreb, Yugoslavia (Ballcon)
*Special Award: Iskry (Poland); Solfanelli Editore (Italy)
*Magazine: ''
Urania
Urania ( ; grc, , Ouranía; modern Greek shortened name ''Ránia''; meaning "heavenly" or "of heaven") was, in Greek mythology, the muse of astronomy, and in later times, of Christian poetry. Urania is the goddess of astronomy and stars, he ...
'' (Italy); ''Sirius'' (Yugoslavia); ''Fantastika'' (Poland); ''Galaktika'' (Hungary); ''Jules Verne Magazinet'' (Sweden); '' Zápisník'' (Czechoslovakia)
*Fanzine: ''La Spada Spezzata'' (Italy); ''Fikcje'' (Poland); ''Ikarie XB'' (Czechoslovakia)
*Publisher: Heyne Verlag (Germany); Gollancz (United Kingdom);
Denoël (France); Alfa (Poland); Mora (Hungary); Fanucci (Italy)
*Editor: Wolfgang Jeschke (Germany); Jacques Sadoul (France); Peter Kuczka (Hungary); Sandro Pergameno (Italy);
Adam Hollanek
Adam Hollanek (born 4 October 1922 in Lwów, died 28 July 1998 in Zakopane) was a Polish science fiction writer and journalist, and founder of the ''Fantastyka'' magazine, the first science-fiction-oriented monthly magazine in the whole Eastern ...
(Poland)
*Television: Bogdanoff
*Posthumous: Julia Verlanger; Janusz Zajdel
1987 European SF Awards: Montpellier, France
Bulgaria
*Author: Liubomor Nikolov (for the novel Earthform in the Summerwind)
*Artist: Rumen Urumov
France
*Lifelong Literary Achievement: Michel Jeury
*Collection: Yves Fremion (for collection of stories Reves du sable, chateaux de sang
*Comic: Pierre Christin & Jean-Claude Mézières (for comics series Valerian)
*Series: Ailleurs et demain - Edited by Gerard Klein ("Robert Laffont")
German Democratic Republic
*Lichtjahr - almanac edited by Eric Simon
Hungary
*Author: Miklos Monus (for the novel He and It)
*Artist: Csaba Jancso (for graphic work)
*Publisher: Nepszava Publishing House
*Fanzine: Metamorphozis
Italy
*Author: Renato Pestriniero (for the novel Il nido al di la dell'ombra)
*Series: Cosmo Argento - Edited by Piergiorgio Nicolazzini ("Editrice Nord")
*Magazine: Dimensione Cosmica
*Translations: Annarita Guarnieri
Poland
*Lifelong Literary Achievement: Wiktor Żwikiewicz
*Publisher: Iskry Publishing House
*Fanzine: Feniks
Portugal
*Author: João Aniceto (for the novel O desafio)
*Essay: Alvaro de Sousa Holstein Ferreria & Joao Manuel Morais for their Bibliografia da Ficcão Científica e Fantasia Portuguesa
*Series: Contacto, edited by Joao Manuel Barreiros (Gradiva)
Romania
*Lifelong Literary Achievement: Victor Kembach
*Author: Cristian Tudor Popescu (for his short stories)
*Series: Fantastic Club, series ("Albatros")
*Anticipația almanac published by the magazine Știința și tehnica
*Fanzine: Paradox
Soviet Union (USSR)
*Lifelong Literary Achievement: Arkady and Boris Strugatsky
*Author: Vitali Babenko (for his short stories)
*TV-Series: Cosmonaut Gherghi Gretchko, for the TV-series Fantastic World
*Publisher: Detskaia Literatura Publishing House
*Magazine: ''Prostor''
*Translation: Maria Ossintseva
Spain
*Fanzine: Transito
1988 European SF Awards: Budapest, Hungary
1989 European SF Awards: San Marino
Bulgaria
*Lifelong Literary Achievement: Vessella Lutzkanova
*Artist: Plamen Avramov
*Magazine: FEP ("Fantastika, Evristika, Prognostika")
Finland
*Author: Karl Nenonen
*Publisher: Ursa Publishing House
*Magazine: Portti
Hungary
*Lifelong Literary Achievement: Laszlo Lorincze
*Author: Hugo Preyer (for the novel Galaktikai jatekom)
*Artist: Ivan Marko
*Publisher: Vega Publishing House
*Magazine: Elixir
Italy
*Lifelong Literary Achievement: Lino Aldani
*Lifelong Artistic Achievement: Karel Thole
*Promoter: Ernesto Vegetti
*Publisher: Marino Solfanelli Publishing House
*Magazine: Urania
Poland
*Critic: Andrzej Niewiadowski
*Artist: Dariusz Chojnacki
*Publisher: Alfa Publishing House
*The editorial staff of the magazines Fantasyka, MalaFantasyka, Fantasyka Comics
Portugal
*Author: Romeu de Melo
*Publisher: Livros do Brasil (for Argonauta series)
Romania
*Lifelong Literary Achievement: Vladimir Colin
*Artist: Traian Abruda & Cornel Ionicelli
*Critic: Cornel Robu (for critical edition of Victor Anestin's work)
*Magazine: Romanian Review (for the issue dedicated to Romanian SF)
*Fanzine: Helion
Soviet Union (USSR)
*Author & Screen Writer: Karen Shahnasarov
*Publisher: Sovetscaia Rossia Publishing House
Spain
*Author: Carlos Cidoncha
*Fanzine: Berserkr
Yugoslavia
*Artist: Igor Kordey
*Bibliography: Zivko Prodanovich (for his SF Bibliography in Braille)
1990 European SF Awards: Fayence, France
;Hall of Fame
:Best Author: Romulus Barbulescu & George Anania (Romania)
:Best Artist: Philippe Druillet (France)
:Best Publisher: Wiktor Bukato (Poland)
:Best Magazine: ''Ikarie'' (Czechoslovakia)
:Best Promoter: Boris Zavgorodni (USSR)
;Encouragement Awards
:Czechoslovakia: Martin Zhouf
:France: Bernard Simonay
:Hungary: Joszef Nemeth
:Romania: Mihail Gramescu
:USSR: Lukin Couple
1991 European SF Awards: Kraków, Poland (CraCon/PolCon)
;Hall of Fame
:Best Author: Stanisław Lem (Poland)
:Best Artist: Kája Saudek (Czechoslovakia)
:Best Publisher: Unwin/Hyman (United Kingdom)
:Best Magazine: ''Interzone'' (United Kingdom)
:Best Promoter: Kees van Toorn (Netherlands)
;Encouragement Awards
:Belgium - Johan Desseyn
:Bulgaria - Val Todorov
:Czechoslovakia - Vilma Kadlečková
:Germany - Maria J. Pfamnholz
:Italy - Daniele Vecchi
:Lithuania - Evaldas Livthevicius
:Netherlands - Paul Harland
:Romania - Alexandru Ungureanu (new writer)
:United Kingdom - Eric Brown
:USSR - Andrei Lazarchuk
:Romania - Tudor Popa (new artist)
;Special Achievement Award
:Piotr W. Cholewa and Piotr "Raku" Rak - acknowledging their work for international fandom
1992 European SF Awards: Freudenstadt, Germany (FreuCon XII)
;Hall of Fame
:Best Author: Arkady and Boris Strugatsky (Russia)
:Best Artist: Teodor Rotrekl (Czechoslovakia)
:Best Publisher: Wilhelm Heyne Verlag (Germany)
:Best Magazine: ''Foundation'' (United Kingdom)
:Best Promoter: Alexandre Hlinka & Vladimír Veverka (Czechoslovakia)
;Encouragement Award
:Romania - Danut Ungureanu
1993 European SF Awards: Saint Helier, Jersey (Helicon)
;Hall of Fame
:Best Author: Iain Banks (United Kingdom)
:Best Artist: Jim Burns (United Kingdom)
:Best Publisher: Phantom Press International (Poland)
:Best Magazine: Anticipatia (Romania)
:Best Promoter: Larry van der Putte (Netherlands)
;Spirit of Dedication Awards
:Best Fanzine: BEM (Spain)
:Best Work of Art: Gilles Francescano (France)
;Encouragement Awards
:Belgium: Fons Boelanders
:France: Jean Pierre Planque
:Hungary: G. Nagy Pal
:Italy: Paolo Brera
:Norway: Cato Sture
:Poland: Radosław Dylis
:Russia: Vasily Zvygintsev
:Slovakia: Josef Zamay
:Spain: Paco Roca
:Ukraine: Ludmilla Kozinets
:United Kingdom: Sue Thomas
1994 European SF Awards: Timișoara, Romania
;Hall of Fame
:Best Author: Boris Shtern (Ukraine)
:Best Artist: Dimitre Iankov (Bulgaria)
:Best Publisher: Nemira (Romania) +
:Best Magazine: ''Jurnalul SF'' (Romania)
:Best Promoter: Cornel Secu (Romania)
;Honorary Award
:Ivailo Runev (Bulgaria - post mortem)
;Spirit of Dedication Awards
:Best Fanzine: ''The Science Fact & Science Fiction Concatenation''; (United Kingdom)
:Best Performance: Adrian Budritzan's Laser Show (Romania)
:Best Work of Art: Tudor Popa (Romania)
;Encouragement Awards
:Bulgaria: Christo Poshtakov (new author)
:Finland: Risto Isomaki (new author)
:United Kingdom: Jeff Noon (new author)
:Ukraine: Lev Vershenen (new author)
:Romania: Tudor Popa (new artist)
;Special Prize
:Alexandru Mironov (Romania) – for his contribution to EuROCon '94
1995 European SF Awards: Glasgow, Scotland
53rd World Science Fiction Convention Intersection; the event was also the 1995
Worldcon
Worldcon, or more formally the World Science Fiction Convention, the annual convention of the World Science Fiction Society (WSFS), is a science fiction convention. It has been held each year since 1939 (except for the years 1942 to 1945, during ...
.
;Hall of Fame
:Best Author: Alain le Bussy (Belgium)
:Best Artist: Juraj Maxon (Slovakia)
:Best Publisher: Babel Publications (Netherlands)
:Best Magazine: Andromeda Nachrichten (Germany)
:Best Promoter:
Jaroslav Olša, Jr. (Czech Republic)
;Encouragement Award
:Sebastian A. Corn (Romania)
1996 European SF Awards: Vilnius, Lithuania (Lituanicon)
;Hall of Fame
:Best Author: Andrzej Sapkowski (Poland)
:Best Artist: Denis Martynets (Ukraine)
:Best Publisher: Eridanas (Lithuania)
:Best Magazine: Alien Contact (Germany)
:Best Promoter: Gediminas Beresnevicius (Lithuania)
:Best Translator: Aleksander Scherbakov (Russia)
;Spirit of Dedication Award
:Best Fanzine: SF-Journalen (Sweden - ed. Ahrvid Engholm)
;Encouragement Awards
:Marian & Sergei Diachenko (Ukraine)
:George Ceausu (Romania)
;Special Prize
:Igor Shaganov (Ukraine)
1997: Dublin, Ireland (Octocon)
1999: Dortmund, Germany (Trinity)
2000: Gdańsk, Poland (Tricity 2000)
2001: Capidava, Romania (Atlantykron)
2002: Chotěboř, Czech Republic (ParCon)
2003: Turku, Finland (Finncon)
2004: Plovdiv, Bulgaria (BulgaCon)
2005: Glasgow, Scotland
Event celebrated the
63rd World Science Fiction Convention Interaction and was also that year's
Worldcon
Worldcon, or more formally the World Science Fiction Convention, the annual convention of the World Science Fiction Society (WSFS), is a science fiction convention. It has been held each year since 1939 (except for the years 1942 to 1945, during ...
.
2006: Kyiv, Ukraine
2007: Copenhagen, Denmark
2008: Moscow, Russia (Roscon / Interpresscon)
;Roscon / Interpresscon guests of honour:
2009: Fiuggi, Italy (Deepcon 10)
2010: Cieszyn, Poland and Český Těšín, Czech Republic (PolCon/ParCon)
The PolCon/ParCon combined event was organized jointly by Czech, Polish, and Slovak fandoms.
2011: Stockholm, Sweden (and Swecon)
2012: Zagreb, Croatia
;Hall of Fame:
:Best Author:
Ian McDonald (UK)
:Best Artist: Nela Dunato (Croatia)
:Best Translator: Pavel Weigel (Czech Republic)
:Best Promoter: SF Encyclopedia Online Team (UK)
:Best Publisher: ,
Éditions Robert Laffont
Éditions Robert Laffont is a book publishing company in France founded in 1941 by Robert Laffont. Its publications are distributed in almost all francophone countries, but mainly in France, Canada and in Belgium.
It is considered one of the most ...
(France)
:Best Magazine: ' (France)
:Best Dramatic Presentation: Divadelní Spolek Kašpar (Czech Republic), for its adaptation of
Daniel Keyes
Daniel Keyes (August 9, 1927 – June 15, 2014) was an American writer who wrote the novel ''Flowers for Algernon''. Keyes was given the Author Emeritus honor by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America in 2000.
Biography
Early life ...
’s novella ''
Flowers for Algernon
''Flowers for Algernon'' is a short story by American author Daniel Keyes, later expanded by him into a novel and subsequently adapted for film and other media. The short story, written in 1958 and first published in the April 1959 issue of ''T ...
''
:Best Website: Science Fact and Science Fiction Concatenation (UK)
:Best artist: Zdenko Bašić (Croatia)
:Best fanzine: ''Eridan'' (Croatia)
;Honorary Award:
:
Jean Giraud
Jean Henri Gaston Giraud (; 8 May 1938 – 10 March 2012) was a French artist, cartoonist, and writer who worked in the Bandes dessinées, Franco-Belgian ''bandes dessinées'' (BD) tradition. Giraud garnered worldwide acclaim under the pseu ...
aka Moebius (France)
;Honorary Award – European Grand Master:
:
Brian Aldiss
Brian Wilson Aldiss (; 18 August 1925 – 19 August 2017) was an English writer, artist, and anthology editor, best known for science fiction novels and short stories. His byline reads either Brian W. Aldiss or simply Brian Aldiss, except for ...
(UK)
;Encouragement Awards:
:Oleksandra Ruda (Ukraine)
:Katarina Brbora (Croatia)
:Istvan Marki (Hungary)
:Illy Tyo (Russia)
:Aleš Oblak (Slovenia)
:Oliviu Craznic (Romania)
:Rod Rees (UK)
:Lucia Droppova (Slovakia)
:Jan "Johnak" Kotouč (Czech Republic)
2013: Kyiv, Ukraine
2014: Dublin, Ireland
;European Grand Master
:
:
Jim Fitzpatrick – Ireland
;Hall of Fame:
:Best Author: Wolfgang Jeschke – Germany
:Best Artist: Jim Fitzpatrick – Ireland
:Best Publisher: Angry Robot – United Kingdom
:Best Magazine: Cosmoport – Belarus
:Best Translator: Ms.
Kersti Juva
Kersti Anna Linnea Juva (born 17 September 1948) is a Finnish translator, recognized in particular for her translation into Finnish of J.R.R. Tolkien's ''The Lord of the Rings'' trilogy, for which she won the in 1976. Her translations of Shake ...
– Finland
:Best Promoter of Science Fiction: Dave Lally – Ireland
;Spirit of Dedication Awards:
:Artist: Alexander Prodan – Ukraine
:Best Performance: Adaption of Dr. Horribles Sing-along Blog – Croatia
:Best SF Website: Geek Ireland – Ireland
:Best Fanzine: Darker – Russia
:Best creator of children's ScienceFiction or fantasy books:
:Oisín McGann* – Ireland
:Vladimir Arenev* – Ukraine
:
*A tie occurred and both creators are awarded
;Encouragement Awards:
:Marco Rauch – Austria
:Victor Martinovich – Belarus
:Genoveva Detelinova – Bulgaria
:Irena Hartmann – Croatia
:Míla Linc – Czech Republic
:Anthea West – Ireland
:Robert M. Wegner – Poland
:Rui Alex – Portugal
:Eugen Cadaru – Romania
:Роман Шмараков/Roman Shmarakov – Russia
:Lenka Štiblaríková – Slovakia
:Igor Silivra – Ukraine
The National Irish Science Fiction Film Awards (The Golden Blasters)
The Golden Blasters are unconnected to the Eurocons and were presented because this event was combined with Ireland's own national convention.
=Golden Blaster
=
:''ON/OFF''; directed by Thierry Lorenzi
=Silver Blaster
=
:''Steadfast Stanley''; directed by John Kim
=Best Script
=
:''The Borders of the Imagination''; written by Benjamin A. Friedman
=Best Script Honorable Mentions
=
:''Once a Hero'' by Neil Chase; and ''The Almost Dead'' by Stanley B. Eisenhammer
2015: Saint Petersburg, Russia
2016: Barcelona, Spain
2017: Dortmund, Germany
;Guests of honour
2018: Amiens, France
Eurocon 2018 was hosted by Nemo 2018 from Thursday 19 to Sunday 22 July 2018. There was a stream of programming on African Science Fiction.
Hall of Fame
* Best Author: Анна Старобинец/
Anna Starobinets
Anna Alfredovna Starobinets (Russian:Анна Старобинец, born 1978) is a Russian writer and scriptwriter who has been called the "Russian Queen of Horror". She has published novels, short stories and children's books, and describes hers ...
(Russia)
* Best Artist:
Milivoj Ćeran (Croatia)
* Best Magazine: Angle mort / Blindspot (France)
* Best Publisher: Zhupansky (Ukraine)
* Best Promoter: Jukka Halme (Finland)
* Best Translator:
Ylva Spångberg (Sweden)
The CHRYSALIS AWARDS
* Maksim Kutuzau (Belarus)
* Věra Mertlíková (Czech Republic)
* Nicolas Sarter (France)
* Sinéad O’Heart (Ireland)
* Daniel Timariu (Romania)
* Martin Hatala (Slovakia)
* Yaryna Katorozh (Ukraine)
Achievement Awards
* Best Work of Fiction: ''The House of Binding Thorns'', by Aliette de Bodard (France)
* Best Work of Art: Cover of ”Junkerś i Vaililiant protiv sila tome, by Sebastijan Čamagajevac (Croatia)
* Best Fanzine: ''Journey Planet'', issue 33 (Ireland)
* Best Internet Publication, other than a fanzine: nooSFere (France)
* Best Dramatic Presentation: ''
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
''Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets'' (french: Valérian et la Cité des mille planètes) is a 2017 space opera film written and directed by Luc Besson, and produced by his wife, Virginie Besson-Silla. It is based on the French scie ...
'' (France)
* Best Work for Children, tie: ''Das Sagenbuch zum Stephansdom'', by Barbara Schinko (Austria) / ''Moj brat živi u kompjuteru'', by Branka Primorac (Croatia)
HONORARY AWARD European Grand Master:
*
Gerard Klein
Gerard is a masculine forename of Proto-Germanic origin, variations of which exist in many Germanic and Romance languages. Like many other early Germanic names, it is dithematic, consisting of two meaningful constituents put together. In this ca ...
(France)
2019: Belfast, Northern Ireland
Eurocon 2019 was hosted by
TitanCon
TitanCon is a convention held annually in Belfast. It began when different groups including the Brotherhood Without Banners (BWB), who wanted a Game of Thrones fan convention in Belfast and The Other Ones (society), The Other Ones, a Belfast SF ...
Belfast from Thursday 22 to Saturday 24 August 2019. This was the weekend after Worldcon in Dublin.
2020: Rijeka, Croatia
Eurocon 2020 was hosted by Rikon from Friday 2 to Sunday 4 October 2020. Due to the global COVID-19 pandemic, the event program was recorded in the studio in
Rijeka
Rijeka ( , , ; also known as Fiume hu, Fiume, it, Fiume ; local Chakavian: ''Reka''; german: Sankt Veit am Flaum; sl, Reka) is the principal seaport and the third-largest city in Croatia (after Zagreb and Split). It is located in Primor ...
, and broadcast live over the Internet for all registered participants. ač.
European Grandmaster
Franz Rottensteiner Franz Rottensteiner (born 18 January 1942) is an Austrian publisher and critic in the fields of science fiction and speculative fiction in general.
Biography
Rottensteiner was born in Waidmannsfeld, Lower Austria.
He studied journalism, Englis ...
, Austria
Hall of Fame
* Best Artist: Sergey Shikin / Сергей Шикин (Russia)
* Best Author:
Milena Benini (Croatia)
* Best Publisher: L’Atalante (France)
* Best Promoter: Cristina Jurado (Spain)
* Best Magazine: Esensja (Poland)
* Best Translator: Pilar Ramírez Tello (Spain)
Achievement Awards
* Best Work of Art: The
Dublin 2019 Hugo Award
The Hugo Award is an annual literary award for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements of the previous year, given at the World Science Fiction Convention and chosen by its members. The Hugo is widely considered the premier a ...
bases (Ireland)
* Best Written Work of Fiction: ''Luna: Moon Rising'' (Luna #3) by
Ian McDonald (United Kingdom)
* Best Dramatic Presentation: ''
Good Omens
''Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch'' is a 1990 novel written as a collaboration between the English authors Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman.
The book is a comedy about the birth of the son of Satan and the c ...
'' (United Kingdom)
* Best Fanzine: Journey Planet – A Half Pint of Flann (Ireland)
* Best Work for Children: The Invasion by Peadar Ó Guilín (Ireland)
* Best Internet Publication (tie): The Irish Fandom Community Group on Facebook (Ireland), Fantascientificast (Italy)
Chrysalis Awards
* Caroline Hofstätter (Austria)
* Zoe Penn (Croatia)
* Edmund Schluessel (Finland)
* Chloé Veillard (France)
* Oein DeBhairduin (Ireland)
* Linda De Santi (Italy)
* Jean Bürlesk (Luxembourg)
* Diana Alzner (Romania)
* Olga Rejn / Ольга Рэйн (Russia)
* Haizea Zubieta (Spain)
2021: Fiuggi, Italy
Eurocon 2021 was hosted in Italy by
DeepCon
DeepCon (also Deepcon) is an Italian science fiction, fantasy and horror fan convention, covering multiple (ideally all) entertainment forms and media (e.g.: film, television, literature, comics, music, computer), mixed with a dose of actual, ...
from Thursday 15 July to Sunday 18 July 2021.
2022: Dudelange, Luxembourg
Eurocon 2022 was hosted by
Luxcon from Thursday-Sunday 7-10 April 2022 (inclusive) in
Dudelange
Dudelange (; lb, Diddeleng , german: Düdelingen) is a commune with town status in southern Luxembourg. It is the fourth-most populous commune, with 19,734 inhabitants. Dudelange is situated close to the border with France.
, the town of Dudela ...
,
Luxembourg
Luxembourg ( ; lb, Lëtzebuerg ; french: link=no, Luxembourg; german: link=no, Luxemburg), officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, ; french: link=no, Grand-Duché de Luxembourg ; german: link=no, Großherzogtum Luxemburg is a small lan ...
.
"Eurocon 2022 Site Picked"
''File 770
''File 770'' is a long-running science fiction fanzine, newszine, and blog site published/administered by Mike Glyer. It has been published every year since 1978, and has won a record eight Hugo Awards for Best Fanzine, with the first win in 1 ...
'' 22 December 2020
2023: Uppsala, Sweden
Eurocon 2023 will be known as Konflikt and will be hosted from 8-11 June 2023 in Uppsala
Uppsala (, or all ending in , ; archaically spelled ''Upsala'') is the county seat of Uppsala County and the List of urban areas in Sweden by population, fourth-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm, Gothenburg, and Malmö. It had 177,074 inha ...
, Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ...
.
2024: Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Eurocon 2024 will be Erasmuscon in Rotterdam
Rotterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Rotte'') is the second largest city and municipality in the Netherlands. It is in the province of South Holland, part of the North Sea mouth of the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta, via the ''"N ...
, The Netherlands
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, anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau")
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in August 2024.
Notes
* 1985: There is info that 1985 Eurocon was to be held in Riga
Riga (; lv, Rīga , liv, Rīgõ) is the capital and largest city of Latvia and is home to 605,802 inhabitants which is a third of Latvia's population. The city lies on the Gulf of Riga at the mouth of the Daugava river where it meets the Ba ...
, Latvia, USSR
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nationa ...
, but was canceled.
* 1992: Was to have been Zagreb, but war in Croatia required a change of venue.
* 1998: There was no Eurocon this year, although there was a Euroconference in Croatia.
References
{{Reflist
External links
European Science Fiction Society
Science fiction conventions in Europe
Science fiction awards
Fantasy awards
Awards established in 1972