ESFS Awards Nominations & Eurocon 2015

This year’s Eurocon, Worldcon’s European, smaller and younger cousin, will be held from April 23 to April 26, 2015 in Saint-Petersburg, Russia. Founded in 1972 at the first meeting of the European Science Fiction Society (ESFS), Eurocon follows the pattern of Worldcons and bid for and then hosted in various places throughout Europe selected by membership vote at previous conventions.

Russia is hosting the event for the second time and has merged it, as is customary in Europe, with a major local convention. This year it is big annual Russian Science Fiction convention Interpresscon. Guests of Honor at Eurocon 2015 are Joe Abercrombie and Michael Stackpole, a Russian cosmonaut Pavel Vinogradov is the local GoH and the awesome Finnish fan Jukka Halme is Fan Guest of Honour.

Eurocon is also where the main European SF&F Awards are given out. And the nominees this year are:

 Hall of Fame

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Best Author

• Vilma Kadle?ková, Czech Republic


• D?nu? Ungureanu, Romania


• Philippe Curval, France


• John Connolly, Ireland


• Lights amidst Shadows, Bulgaria


• Andreas Eschbach, Germany


• Sviatoslav Loginov, Russia


• Michael Marcus Thurner, Austria


• Aleksandar Žiljak, Croatia


• China Miéville, United Kingdom


• Dario Tonani, Italy

Best Artist

• Pavel Cech, Czech Republic


• Manchu, France


• Declan Shalvey, Ireland


• Katerina Danailova, Bulgaria


• Lothar Bauer, Germany


• Sergey Shikin, Russia


• Johann Peterka, Austria


• Ivana Guljaševic, Croatia

Best Magazine

• Fantastica, Romania


• Fiction, France


• FantAstica Almanac, Bulgaria


• Exodus, Germany


• Mlechnyj Put’ (Milky way) Russia/Israel (Russian-language magazine published in Israel)


• Visionarium, Austria


• Sirius B, Croatia

Best Publisher

• Argo, Czech Republic


• Paladin, Romania


• L’Atalante, France


• Swan River Press, Ireland


• The Human Library, Bulgaria


• Fantastika Book Club, Russia


• Finfar, Finland


• Septime, Austria


• Hangar 7, Croatia


• Gollancz, United Kingdom


• Delos Digital, Italy

Best Promoter

• Marian Truta, Romania


• Jean-Luc Rivera, France


• The Human Library team, Bulgaria


• Dmitrij Zlotnitsky, Russia


• Toni Jerrman, Finland


• Franz Rottensteiner, Austria


• Mihaela Marija Perkovic, Croatia


• Worldcon Exhibits Team, UK

Best Translator

• Jan Kanturek, Czech Republic


• Silviu Genescu, Romania


• Patrick Couton, France


• Gabriel Rosenstock, Ireland


• Kalin M. Nenov, Bulgaria


• Ekaterina Dobrohotova-Majkova, Russia

Spirit of Dedication

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Best Artist

• Didier Cottier, France


• Serhiy Krykun, Ukraine


• Igor Savin, Russia

Best Performance

• Fantastica, Romania


• Song of the Sea, Ireland


• Aurelion: Eternal Balance, episode 2, Bulgaria


• Geek Picnic, Russia


• Astra LARP, Croatia

Encouragement Awards

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• Martin D. Antonin, Czech Republic


• Jana Plauchova, Slovakia


• Georgiana Vl?dulescu, Romania


• Liz Bourke, Ireland


• Kaloyan Zahariev, Bulgaria


• Victor Kolyuzhniak, Russia


• Luís Corredoura, Portugal


• Micheal Wozoning, Austria


• David Kelecic, Croatia

ESFS Awards Nominations & Eurocon 2015