Eurocon is an annual
science fiction
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convention held in Europe. The organising committee of each Eurocon is selected by a vote of the participants of the previous event. The procedure is coordinated by the
European Science Fiction Society. The first Eurocon was held in
Trieste
Trieste ( , ; ) is a city and seaport in northeastern Italy. It is the capital and largest city of the Regions of Italy#Autonomous regions with special statute, autonomous region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, as well as of the Province of Trieste, ...
, Italy, in 1972. Unlike
Worldcon
Worldcon, officially 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 Wor ...
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.
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 (Italy)
*Specialized Professional Magazine: ''Nueva Dimensión'' (Spain)
*Non-Specialized Professional Magazine: ''Viata Romaneasca'' (Romania)
*Fanzine: ''Speculations ''(United Kingdom)
*Comics:
Lone Sloane, by
Philippe Druillet (France)
Awards
*Novel:
Belgium – Sam, Paul Van Herck;
France – Ortog et les tenebres,
Kurt Steiner;
Hungary – A Feladat,
Peter Zsoldos;
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 är 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;
*Dramatic Production:
Denmark – Man Den, Der Tankte Ting (Film);
Italy – La Ragazza di Latta (The Tin Girl) by
Marcello Aliprandi (Film);
Netherlands – De Kleine Mannetjes van Mars (Radiophonic play for children);
Sweden – Deadline (Film);
United Kingdom –
UFO (TV series)
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*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: Italy – 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;
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
*Spain – Miguel Masriera
*Sweden – Roland Aldenberg
*United Kingdom – Brain W. Aldiss
*West Germany –
Herbert W. Franke
*Yugoslavia – Ivan Lalic
*Netherlands – Bruna Publishing House
*Belgium – Ides et Autres (anthologies of translations)
*Czechoslovakia – Interpress Magazin
Special Awards
*Lifelong Literary Achievement:
Stanisław Lem (Poland)
*Artistic Achievement:
Alexei Leonov (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 (France)
*Anthology: Planete socialiste Kesselring (Switzerland)
*Novel: Les hauteurs beantes
Alexandru Zinoviev (Soviet Dissident)
*Collection: Low-Flying Aircraft
J. G. Ballard (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'' by
Nicolas Roeg
Nicolas Jack Roeg ( ; 15 August 1928 – 23 November 2018) was an English film director and cinematographer, best known for directing ''Performance (film), Performance'' (1970), ''Walkabout (film), Walkabout'' (1971), ''Don't Look Now'' (1973) ...
(United Kingdom)
*Play: Sodomaquina Carlo Frabetti (Spain)
*Translator: Zoran Zivkovic (Yugoslavia)
Fantastic & Fantasy Award
*Publisher:
Marabout
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(Belgium)
*Anthologists: Jacques Goimard & Roland Stragliati (France)
*Novel: ''
The Forbidden Forest''
Mircea Eliade
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(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 Henri Vernes (Belgium)
*Artist: Gaston Bogaert (Belgium)
*Comics: Il dono Roberto Bonadimani (Italy)
*Film Actor: Paul Naschy (Spain)
*Playwright:
Sławomir Mrożek (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: Scontri stellari oltre la terza dimensione (
Starcrash) by
Luigi Cozzi (Italy); Čovjek koga treba ubiti by
Veljko Bulajić (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
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(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 (Poland)
*Short Story Writer: J. G. Ballard (United Kingdom); A. de Ceglie (Italy);
Kir Bulychev (Soviet Union)
*Artist: D. Hardy (United Kingdom); G. Festino (Italy); R. Wojtyński (Poland)
*Publisher:
Gollancz (United Kingdom);
Fleuve Noir (France);
Mir
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(Soviet Union)
*Professional Magazine: Foundation (United Kingdom); Fiction (France); Sirius (Yugoslavia)
*Fanzine: Epsilon (United Kingdom); Andromeda Nachrichten (West Germany); Helion (Romania)
*Screenwriter:
Rainer Erler
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Life and career
Born in Munich, Erler grew up in Thalkirchen-Obersendling-Forstenried-Fürstenried-Solln, Solln and entered the ...
(West Germany);
Chinghiz Aitmatov (Soviet Union)
*Film Director:
Piotr Szulkin (Poland);
Marcell Jankovics (Hungary)
1986 European SF Awards: Zagreb, Yugoslavia (Ballcon)
*Special Award: Iskry (Poland); Solfanelli Editore (Italy)
*Magazine: ''
Urania
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T ...
'' (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 Saiz 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 (Intersection)
53rd World Science Fiction Convention Intersection; the event was also the 1995
Worldcon
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;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 (Interaction)
Event celebrated the
63rd World Science Fiction Convention Interaction and was also that year's
Worldcon
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.
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 (France)
:Best Magazine: ' (France)
:Best Dramatic Presentation: Divadelní Spolek Kašpar (Czech Republic), for its adaptation of
Daniel Keyes’s novella ''
Flowers for Algernon''
:Best Website: Science Fact and Science Fiction Concatenation (UK)
:Best artist: Zdenko Bašić (Croatia)
:Best fanzine: ''Eridan'' (Croatia)
;Honorary Award:
:
Jean Giraud
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aka Moebius (France)
;Honorary Award – European Grand Master:
:
Brian Aldiss
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(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 – 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 (Russia)
* Best Artist:
Milivoj Ćeran
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*Milivoj Ašner (1913–2011), a former p ...
(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'' () 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 science fiction comics series '' Valérian and Laurel ...
'' (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 (France)
2019: Belfast, Northern Ireland
Eurocon 2019 was hosted by
TitanCon 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 (;
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, and broadcast live over the Internet for all registered participants. ač.
European Grandmaster
Franz Rottensteiner, 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 (Worldcon) and chosen by its members. The award is administered by th ...
bases (Ireland)
* Best Written Work of Fiction: ''Luna: Moon Rising'' (Luna #3) by
Ian McDonald (United Kingdom)
* Best Dramatic Presentation: ''
Good Omens'' (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 from Thursday 15 July to Sunday 18 July 2021.
European Grandmaster
Maurizio Manziere, Italy
Hall of Fame
* Best Artist: / Ігор Баранько (Ukraine)
* Best Author:
Victor Pelevin
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/ Виктор Пелевин (Russia)
* Best Publisher (tie): / Азбука (Russia), / Колибри (Bulgaria), Shtriga (Croatia)
* Best Promoter: Vanja Kranjčević (Croatia)
* Best Magazine(tie):
Mir Fantastiki
''Mir Fantastiki'' (), officially abbreviated as ''MirF'', is a Russian monthly science fiction and fantasy magazine. The name also refers to the website run by the magazine, Mirf.ru.
''Mir Fantastiki'' literally translates from Russian as ''Wor ...
(Russia), Helion (Romania)
* Best Translator: (Ukraine)
Achievement Awards
* Best Work of Art: Vaderetro for the cover of L’Héliotrope (France)
* Best Written Work of Fiction: ''Baśń o wężowym sercu albo wtóre słowo o Jakóbie Szeli'' by
Radek Rak (Poland)
* Best Dramatic Presentation: Russian Cyberpunk Farm / Русская кибердеревня
* Best Fanzine: Galaxy 42 #4 (Romania)
* Best Work for Children: An Adventure in the Lower Earth: Christmas Carolers vs Hallus Beasts, Elena Pavlova (Bulgaria)
* Best Internet Publication: Decameron 2020, priče iz karantene (Croatia)
Chrysalis Awards
* Romina Braggion (Italy)
* Helen Corcoran (Ireland)
* Sara Engström (Sweden)
* Mikhail Kovba / Михаил Ковба (Russia)
* Irena Parvanova (Bulgaria)
* Chiara Pumper (Croatia)
* Dragić Rabrenović (Montenegro)
* Jean-Michel Ré (France)
* Bianca Sol (Romania)
* Vlad Sord (Ukraine)
* Cosimo Suglia (Luxembourg)
* Anna Zabini (Austria)
2022: Dudelange, Luxembourg
Eurocon 2022 was hosted by
Luxcon from Thursday-Sunday 7–10 April 2022 (inclusive) in
Dudelange
Dudelange (; ; ) is a commune with town status in southern Luxembourg. It is the fourth-most populous commune, with 22,043 inhabitants. Dudelange is situated close to the border with France.
The commune also includes the smaller town of Bude ...
, Luxembourg.
"Eurocon 2022 Site Picked"
''File 770
''File 770'' is a long-running science fiction fanzine, newszine, and blog site published and 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 w ...
'' 22 December 2020
European Grandmaster
Maurizio Manzieri, Italy
Hall of Fame
* Best Artist (tie): Igor Kordej (Croatia), Roch Urbaniak (Poland)
* Best Author: Francesco Verso (Italy)
* Best Publisher (tie): Copernicus Corporation (Poland), Hangar 7 (Croatia)
* Best Promoter: Yuri Shevela (Ukraine)
* Best Magazine: Sci Phi Journal – A Universe of Wonder (Belgium)
* Best Translator: Jack Fennell (Ireland)
Achievement Awards
* Best Work of Art: Cover art by Sparth, for La Dernière Emperox by John Scalzi
John Michael Scalzi II (born May 10, 1969) is an American science fiction author and former president of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. He is best known for his ''Old Man's War'' series, three novels of which have been n ...
(France)
* Best Written Work of Fiction: ''Futurespotting'' by Francesco Verso (Italy)
* Best Dramatic Presentation: Will Sliney’s Storytellers by Will Sliney (Ireland)
* Best Fanzine: Présences d’esprit 105 (France)
* Best Work for Children: Świat Lema (The world of Lem) by Marta Ignerska (Poland)
* Best Internet Publication: The National Leprechaun Museum Talking Stories podcast (Ireland)
Chrysalis Awards
* Eleanor Bardilac (Austria)
* Victoria Beshliiska (Bulgaria)
* Stefan Dahlström (Sweden)
* Pavlo Derevianko (Ukraine)
* Ragim Dzhafarov / Рагим Джафаров (Russia)
* Elle McNicoll (United Kingdom)
* Josh O’Caoimh (Ireland)
* Saul Pandelakis (France)
* Ligia Pârvulescu (Romania)
* Maxime Weber (Luxembourg)
2023: Uppsala, Sweden
Eurocon 2023 was known as Konflikt and was hosted from 8–11 June 2023 in Uppsala
Uppsala ( ; ; archaically spelled ''Upsala'') is the capital 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 inhabitants in 2019.
Loc ...
, Sweden.
European Grandmaster
John-Henri Holmberg, Sweden
Hall of Fame
* Best Artist: Jesper Ejsing (Denmark)
* Best Author: Jacek Dukaj
Jacek Józef Dukaj (pronounced: ; born 30 July 1974) is a Polish science fiction and fantasy writer. His fiction explores such themes as alternate history, alternative physics and logic, human nature, religion, the relationship between science a ...
(Poland)
* Best Publisher: Science Fiction Cirklen (Denmark)
* Best Promoter: Flora Staglianò (Italy/Ukraine)
* Best Magazine: Future Fiction Magazine (Germany)
* Best Translator: Sebastian Musielak (Poland)
Achievement Awards
* Best Work of Art: Cover art for Bio Jednom Jedan Punk by Katarina Šumski (Croatia)
* Best Written Work of Fiction: ''Grim'' by Sara Bergmark Elfgren (Sweden)
* Best Dramatic Presentation: ''Maksym Osa'' (Ukraine)
* Best Fanzine: Himmelskibet, 63 (Denmark)
* Best Work for Children: Poe la nocchiera del tempo by Licia Troisi (Italy)
* Best Internet Publication: History of Ukrainian SF&F (Ukraine)
Chrysalis Awards
* Anouck Faure (France)
* Lea Katarina Gobec (Croatia)
* Łukasz Kucharczyk (Poland)
* Myriam M. Lejardi (Spain)
* Natalia Matolinets/Наталія Матолінець (Ukraine)
* Jacqueline Mayerhofer (Austria)
* Aiki Mira (Germany)
* Laura Silvestri (Italy)
* Derek Ugochukwu (Ireland)
2024: Rotterdam, Netherlands
Eurocon 2024 will be Erasmuscon in Rotterdam
Rotterdam ( , ; ; ) is the second-largest List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city in the Netherlands after the national capital of Amsterdam. It is in the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of South Holland, part of the North S ...
, Netherlands in August 2024.
2025: Mariehamn, Finland
Eurocon 2025 will be Archipelacon 2 in Mariehamn
Mariehamn ( , ; ; ) is the capital of Åland, an autonomous territory under Finnish sovereignty. Mariehamn is the seat of the Government and Parliament of Åland, and 40% of the population of Åland live in the city. It is mostly surrounded b ...
, the Åland Islands, Finland
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in 2025.
Notes
* 1985: There is info that 1985 Eurocon was to be held in Riga
Riga ( ) is the capital, Primate city, primate, and List of cities and towns in Latvia, largest city of Latvia. Home to 591,882 inhabitants (as of 2025), the city accounts for a third of Latvia's total population. The population of Riga Planni ...
, Latvia, USSR
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet ...
, 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
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External links
European Science Fiction Society
Science fiction conventions in Europe
Science fiction awards
Fantasy awards
Awards established in 1972