Eurocon

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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. 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.

List of Eurocons

1972: Trieste, Italy

European SF Award

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)

European SF Special 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 a 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: Grenoble, France

1976: Poznań, Poland

European SF Award

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 - Czeslaw Chruszczewski
Romania - Vladimir Colin
Soviet Union - Eremei 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: Brussels, Belgium

European SF Award

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: Slawomir Mrozek (Poland)
Translator: Roberta Rambelli (Italy)

1980: Stresa, Italy

European SF Award

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 Wydawnicza (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); Stanlislaw 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: Mönchengladbach, West Germany

European SF Award

Author: Arkadi & Boris Strugatski (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: Ljubljana, Yugoslavia

European SF Award

Author: Istvan Nemere (Hungary); Christopher Priest (United Kingdom)
Professional Magazine: Fantastyka (Poland); Solaris (West Germany)
Book: Ljudju, zvezde, vesolja Bajt (Yugoslavia); Zvid Scerbakov (Soviet Union)
Fanzine: Shards of Babel (Netherlands); Kvazar (Poland)
Publisher: Tehniska Zalozba Slovenije (Yugoslavia); Galaktika (Bulgaria)

1984: Brighton, United Kingdom (SeaCon'84)

Guests of honour: Christopher Priest, Roger Zelazny, Pierre Barbet, Josef Nesvadba and Waldemar Kumming

European SF Award

Special Award: Science in SF Nicholls, Langford and Stableford (United Kingdom); Centre International pour documentation sur la literature de l'etange (Belgium); Eremei Panov (Soviet Union)
Novelist: John Brunner (United Kingdom); Gianluigi Zuddas (Italy); Janusz Zadjel (Poland)
Short Story Writer: James Ballard (United Kingdom); A. de Ceglie (Italy); Kiril Buliciov (Soviet Union)
Artist: D. Hardy (United Kingdom); G. Festino (Italy); R. Wojitinski (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: R. Erler (West Germany); Cinghiz Aitmanov (Soviet Union)
Film Director: P. Szulkin (Poland); M. Jankovits (Hungary)

1986: Zagreb, Yugoslavia (Ballcon)

Guest of honour: Sam Lundwall

European SF Award

Special Award: Iskry (Poland); Solfanelli Editore (Italy)
Magazine: Urania (Italy); Sirius (Yugoslavia); Fantastika (Poland); Galaktika (Hungary); Jules Verne Magazinet (Sweden); Zapisnk (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

1987: Montpellier, France

European SF Award

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 Zwikiewicz
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 & Boris Strugatski
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: Budapest, Hungary

1989: San Marino

European SF Award

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: Fayence, France

European SF Award

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: Kraków, Poland (CraCon/PolCon)

European SF Award

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: Freudenstadt, Germany (FreuCon XII)

Guests of honour: John Brunner, Iain Banks, Norman Spinrad and Daniel Walther

European SF Award

Hall of Fame

Best Author: Arkady & 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: Saint Helier, Jersey (Helicon)

Guests of honour: John Brunner, George R. R. Martin, Karel Thole and Larry van der Putte

European SF Award

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: Timişoara, Romania

Guests of honour: John Brunner, Herbert W. Franke, Joe Haldeman, Moebius, Norman Spinrad and Peter Cucska

European SF Award

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: Glasgow, Scotland (Intersection, the event was also the Worldcon)

Guests of honour: Samuel R. Delany, Gerry Anderson, Les Edwards and Vin¢ Clarke

European SF Award

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: Vilnius, Lithuania (Lituanicon)

European SF Award

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)

Guest of honour: Harry Harrison

1999: Dortmund, Germany (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)

Guests of honour: Norman Spinrad, Joe Haldeman, Ion Hobana, and David Lewis Anderson

2002: Chotěboř, Czech Republic (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)

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

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

(Event was organized jointly by Czech, Polish and Slovak fandoms. Guests of Honour were Juraj Cervenak (Slovakia), Andrzej Sapkowski (Poland), Miroslav Zamboch (Czech Rep.) and Orson Scott Card (USA).)

2011: Stockholm, Sweden

(The event was also the 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, Robert Laffout (France)
Best Magazine: Galaxies SF (France)

Spirit of Dedication Award

Best Dramatic Presentation: Divadelni spolek Kaspar (Czech Republic), for its adaptation of Daniel Keyes’ novella Floers 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)

2013: Kiev, Ukraine

2014: Dublin, Ireland

Notes

1985: There is info that 1985 Eurocon had to be held in Riga, Latvia (USSR at the time) 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.