Eurocon

Eurocon is an annual science fiction 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 first Eurocon was held in Trieste, Italy, in 1972.[1] Unlike Worldcons, 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.[2]

European SF Awards

The European SF Awards are annual awards governed by the European Science Fiction Society.[3] since 1972 mostly during Eurocons.[4] The awards are given to works of fiction (science fiction or fantasy) or related to that field.[4]

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 (Appendix 1); 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.[4]

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 Eurocons

	Year	City	Country	Guests of honor
1st	1972	Trieste	Italy	John Brunner, Kurt Steiner (André Ruellan) and Roberto Vacca
2nd	1974	Grenoble	France
3rd	1976	Poznań	Poland
4th	1978	Brussels	Belgium
5th	1980	Stresa	Italy
6th	1982	Mönchengladbach	West Germany
7th	1983	Ljubljana	Yugoslavia
8th	1984	Brighton	United Kingdom	Christopher Priest, Roger Zelazny, Pierre Barbet, Josef Nesvadba and Waldemar Kumming
9th	1986	Zagreb	Yugoslavia	Sam Lundwall
10th	1987	Montpellier	France
11th	1988	Budapest	Hungary
12th	1989	City of San Marino	San Marino
13th	1990	Fayence	France
14th	1991	Kraków	Poland
15th	1992	Freudenstadt	Germany	John Brunner, Iain Banks, Norman Spinrad and Daniel Walther
16th	1993	Saint Helier	Jersey	John Brunner, George R. R. Martin, Karel Thole and Larry van der Putte
17th	1994	Timișoara	Romania	John Brunner, Herbert W. Franke, Joe Haldeman, Moebius and Norman Spinrad
18th	1995	Glasgow	Scotland	Samuel R. Delany, Gerry Anderson, Les Edwards and Vin¢ Clarke (also Worldcon)
19th	1996	Vilnius	Lithuania
20th	1997	Dublin	Ireland	Harry Harrison
21st	1999	Dortmund	Germany	Terry Pratchett, Harry Harrison, Ian Watson, Roger MacBride Allen and Eric A. Stillwell
22nd	2000	Gdańsk	Poland
23rd	2001	Capidava	Romania	Norman Spinrad, Joe Haldeman, Ion Hobana, and David Lewis Anderson
24th	2002	Chotěboř	Czech Republic	George R. R. Martin, Robert Holdstock, Jim Burns, Myra Cakan, Kir Bulychev, Andrzej Sapkowski, Rafał Ziemkiewicz, Ernst Uleck, Isobel Carmody, William King, Jaroslav Velinský, Phillipe Coriat, Ondřej Neff, Klaus N. Frick and Martina Pilcerova
25th	2003	Turku	Finland	Michael Swanwick, Steve Sansweet, Karolina Bjällerstedt Mickos, Boris Hurtta, Jonathan Clements and Björn Tore Sund
26th	2004	Plovdiv	Bulgaria	Robert Sheckley, Ian Watson, Sergei Lukyanenko, Andrzej Sapkowski, Roberto Quaglia and Patrick Gyger
27th	2005	Glasgow	Scotland	Greg Pickersgill, Christopher Priest, Robert Sheckley, Lars-Olov Strandberg and Jane Yolen (also Worldcon)
28th	2006	Kyiv[5]	Ukraine	Harry Harrison and Andrzej Sapkowski
29th	2007	Copenhagen[6]	Denmark	Anne McCaffrey, Stephen Baxter, Zoran Živković, David A. Hardy, Niels Dalgaard
30th	2008	Moscow	Russia	Harry Harrison, Sergei Lukyanenko
31st	2009	Fiuggi[7]	Italy	Marina Sirtis, Ian Watson
32nd	2010	Cieszyn and Český Těšín Eurocon 2010 in Cieszyn, Poland & Czech	Poland and Czech Republic	Event was organized jointly by Czech, Polish and Slovak fandoms. Guests of Honour were Juraj Cervenak (Slovakia), Andrzej Sapkowski (Poland), Miroslav Zamboch (Czech Republic) and Orson Scott Card (USA).
33rd	2011	Stockholm[8]	Sweden	Elizabeth Bear, Ian McDonald, John-Henri Holmberg, Jukka Halme
34th	2012	Zagreb[9]	Croatia	Tim Powers, Charles Stross, Dmitry Glukhovsky, Darko Macan, Cheryl Morgan. Ghosts of Honour: Joanna Russ, Andre Norton
35th	2013	Kyiv[10]	Ukraine
36th	2014	Dublin	Ireland	Michael Carroll, Seanan McGuire, Andrzej Sapkowski, Ylva Spångberg
37th	2015	Saint Petersburg	Russia
38th	2016	Barcelona	Spain
39th	2017	Dortmund	Germany	Andreas Eschbach, Dave Hutchinson, Autun Purser and Aleksandar Žiljak
40th	2018	Amiens	France
41st	2019	Belfast[11]	Northern Ireland	Guest of Honour: George R. R. Martin, Comics Guest of Honour: James Roberts, Toastmutant: Pat Cadigan & Peadar Ó Guilín
42nd	2020	Rijeka	Croatia
43rd	2021	Fiuggi	Italy

1972 European SF Awards: Trieste, Italy

The first Eurocon was in Trieste.[12] There were three guests of honour: John Brunner for the United Kingdom; Kurt Steiner (André Ruellan) for France; and Roberto Vacca for Italy. Forrest Ackerman was in attendance, as well as Brian Aldiss, Peter Nicholls, Gianfranco Viviani for Editrice Nord, Ubaldo Fanucci for Fanucci Editore, Inisero Cremaschi and his wife Gilda Musa, Patrice Duvic, the Italian poet Andrea Zanzotto, Sandro Sandrelli, Renato Pestriniero, the Hungarian writer and editor Peter Kuczka, Gustavo Gasparini who was also toastmaster, Karel Thole, Riccardo Valla, Gian Franco De Turris, the French writer Daniel Drode, and Carlo Frabetti.[13]

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 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 C. Tubb;

• Dramatic Production:

Denmark - Man Den, Der Tankte Ting (Film); Italy - La Ragazza di Latta (Film); Netherlands - De Kleine Mannetjes van Mars (Radiophonic play for children); Sweden - Deadline (Film); United Kingdom - UFO (TV Serial);

• 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; 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)

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 James 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 (United Kingdom)
• Play: Sodomaquina Carlo Frabetti (Spain)
• Translator: Zoran Zivkovic (Yugoslavia)

Fantastic & Fantasy Award

• Publisher: Marabout (Belgium)
• Anthologists: Jacques Goimard & Roland Stragliati (France)
• Novel: The Forbidden Forest Mircea Eliade (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: Sconti stellari Luigi Cozzi (Italy); Cover coga trebiti ubiti (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 (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)

SeaCon'84 guests of honour

Christopher Priest, Roger Zelazny, Pierre Barbet, Josef Nesvadba and Waldemar Kumming

• 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: James 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 (Soviet Union)
• Professional Magazine: Foundation (United Kingdom); Fiction (France); Sirius (Yugoslavia)
• Fanzine: Epsilon (United Kingdom); Andromeda Nachrichten (West Germany); Helion (Romania)
• Screenwriter: Rainer Erler (West Germany); Chinghiz Aitmatov (Soviet Union)
• Film Director: Piotr Szulkin (Poland); Marcell Jankovics (Hungary)

1986 European SF Awards: Zagreb, Yugoslavia (Ballcon)

Ballcon guest of honour

Sam Lundwall

• Special Award: Iskry (Poland); Solfanelli Editore (Italy)
• Magazine: Urania (Italy); Sirius (Yugoslavia); Fantastika (Poland); Galaktika (Hungary); Jules Verne Magazinet (Sweden); Zápisník (Czechoslovakia)
• Fanzine: La Spada Spezzata (Italy); Fikcje (Poland); Ikarie (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 (Poland)
• Television: Bogdanoff
• Posthumous: Julia Verlanger; Janusz Zajdel

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

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: Kaja 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 Kadleckova

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)

FreuCon XII guests of honour

John Brunner, Iain Banks, Norman Spinrad, and Daniel Walther

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 & Vladimir Veverka (Czechoslovakia)

Encouragement Award

Romania - Danut Ungureanu

1993 European SF Awards: Saint Helier, Jersey (Helicon)

Helicon guests of honour

John Brunner, George R. R. Martin, Karel Thole and Larry van der Putte

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

Guests of honour

John Brunner, Herbert W. Franke, Joe Haldeman, Moebius and Norman Spinrad in addition to half a dozen 'Special Guests'.

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)[14]

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.

Guests of honour

Samuel R. Delany, Gerry Anderson, Les Edwards and Vin¢ Clarke

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 Olsa (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)

Octocon guest of honour

Harry Harrison

1999: Dortmund, Germany (Trinity)

Trinity guests of honour

Terry Pratchett, Harry Harrison, Ian Watson, Roger MacBride Allen and Eric A. Stillwell

2000: Gdańsk, Poland (Tricity 2000)

2001: Capidava, Romania (Atlantykron)

Atlantykron guests of honour

Norman Spinrad, Joe Haldeman, Ion Hobana, and David Lewis Anderson

2002: Chotěboř, Czech Republic (ParCon)

ParCon guests of honour

George R. R. Martin, Robert Holdstock, Jim Burns, Myra Cakan, Kir Bulychev, Andrzej Sapkowski, Rafał Ziemkiewicz, Ernst Uleck, Isobel Carmody, William King, Jaroslav Velinský, Phillipe Coriat, Ondřej Neff, Klaus N. Frick and Martina Pilcerova

2003: Turku, Finland (Finncon)

Finncon Guests of honour

Michael Swanwick, Steve Sansweet, Karolina Bjällerstedt Mickos, Boris Hurtta, Jonathan Clements, and Björn Tore Sund

2004: Plovdiv, Bulgaria (BulgaCon)

BulgaCon guests of honour

Robert Sheckley, Ian Watson, Sergei Lukyanenko, Andrzej Sapkowski, Roberto Quaglia, and Patrick Gyger

2005: Glasgow, Scotland

Event celebrated the 63rd World Science Fiction Convention Interaction and was also that year's Worldcon.

Guests of honour

Greg Pickersgill, Christopher Priest, Robert Sheckley, Lars-Olov Strandberg, and Jane Yolen

2006: Kyiv, Ukraine

Guests of honour

Harry Harrison and Andrzej Sapkowski

2007: Copenhagen, Denmark

Guests of honour

Anne McCaffrey, Stephen Baxter, Zoran Živković, David A. Hardy, Niels Dalgaard

2008: Moscow, Russia (Roscon / Interpresscon)

Roscon / Interpresscon guests of honour

Harry Harrison, Sergei Lukyanenko

2009: Fiuggi, Italy (Deepcon 10)

Deepcon 10 guests of honour

Marina Sirtis, Ian Watson

2010: Cieszyn, Poland and Český Těšín, Czech Republic (PolCon/ParCon)

The PolCon/ParCon combined event was organized jointly by Czech, Polish, and Slovak fandoms.

Guests of Honour

Juraj Cervenak (Slovakia), Andrzej Sapkowski (Poland), Miroslav Zamboch (Czech Rep.) and Orson Scott Card (USA).)

2011: Stockholm, Sweden (and Swecon)

Swecon guests of honour

Elizabeth Bear, Ian McDonald, John-Henri Holmberg, Jukka Halme

2012: Zagreb, Croatia

SFeraKon guests of honour

Tim Powers, Charles Stross, Dmitry Glukhovsky, Darko Macan, Cheryl Morgan.

"Ghosts" of Honour

Joanna Russ, Andre Norton.

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: Ailleurs et demain, Éditions Robert Laffont (France)

Best Magazine: Galaxies SF (France)

Best Dramatic Presentation: Divadelni Spolek Kaspar (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 aka Moebius (France)

Honorary Award – European Grand Master

Brian Aldiss (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" Kotouc]] (Czech Republic)

2014: Dublin, Ireland

Shamrokon guests of honour

Michael Carroll, Seanan McGuire, Andrzej Sapkowski, Ylva Spångberg

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[15]

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[16] 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

2017: Dortmund, Germany

Guests of honour

Andreas Eschbach, Dave Hutchinson, Autun Purser and Aleksandar Žiljak.

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.[17]

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.[18] Due to the global COVID-19 pandemic, the event program was recorded in the studio in Rijeka, and broadcast live over the Internet for all registered participants.

Guests of honor were the British author Adrian Tchaikovsky, Croatian physicist Ivica Puljak, and Croatian fantasy writer Ivana Delač.

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 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 will be hosted in Italy by DeepCon from Thursday 18 March to Sunday 21 March, 2021.[19]

Notes

• 1985: There is info that 1985 Eurocon was to be held in Riga, Latvia, USSR, 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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2. "European Science Fiction Society | Promoting Science Fiction in Europe and European Science Fiction worldwide". Esfs.info. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
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5. • Eurocon 2006 in Kyiv, Ukraine
6. "Eurocon 2007 - The 29th European Science Fiction Convention". www.eurocon2007.dk.
7. • Eurocon 2009 in Fiuggi, Italy
8. "Eurocon - My blog about game conventions". Eurocon.
9. "Kontakt (Eurocon 2012 & 34th SFeraKon) | Zagreb, April 26-29 2012". web.archive.org. 15 December 2018.
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13. "The 2014 Science Fiction Worldcon – Loncon 3". Concatenation.org. 16 July 1972. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
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16. "Golden Blaster Awards". Retrieved 5 September 2016.
17. "Eurocon 2018". Eurocon2018.yolasite.com. 5 November 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
18. "Futuricon – Eurocon 2020 | Rijeka, Croatia". Futuricon - Eurocon 2020.
19. Articolo di S*. "L'Eurocon 2021 sarà in Italia". Fantascienza.com. Retrieved 14 January 2020.

External links

• European Science Fiction Society