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Eurocon is an annual science fiction 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, 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]
Year | City | Country | Convention Name | Guests of honor and other information | |
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1st | 1972 | Trieste | Italy | Eurocon 1 | John Brunner, Kurt Steiner (André Ruellan) and Roberto Vacca. 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 , Gianfranco De Turris, the French writer Daniel Drode, and Carlo Frabetti.[3] |
2nd | 1974 | Grenoble | France | Eurocon 2 | |
3rd | 1976 | Poznań | Poland | Eurocon 3 | Brian Aldiss |
4th | 1978 | Brussels | Belgium | Eurocon 4 | A.E. van Vogt, Alexander Zinoviev, Angélica Gorodischer, Frank Kelly Freas |
5th | 1980 | Stresa | Italy | Eurocon 5 | |
6th | 1982 | Mönchengladbach | West Germany | Eurocon 6 | John Brunner, Wiktor Bukato, Wolfgang Jeschke, Josef Nesvadba, Kathinka Lannoy |
7th | 1983 | Ljubljana | Yugoslavia | Eurocon 7 | |
8th | 1984 | Brighton | United Kingdom | Seacon '84 / Eastercon 35 | Christopher Priest, Roger Zelazny, Pierre Barbet, Josef Nesvadba and Waldemar Kumming |
9th | 1986 | Zagreb | Yugoslavia | Ballcon | Sam J. Lundwall |
10th | 1987 | Montpellier | France | Eurocon 1987 | |
11th | 1988 | Budapest | Hungary | Eurocon 1988 | |
12th | 1989 | San Marino | San Marino | Eurocon 1989 | Frederik Pohl, Norman Spinrad[4] |
13th | 1990 | Fayence | France | Eurocon 1990 | David Brin |
14th | 1991 | Kraków | Poland | Cracon / Polcon 1991 | |
15th | 1992 | Freudenstadt | Germany | FreuCon XII | John Brunner, Iain Banks, Norman Spinrad, and Daniel Walther |
16th | 1993 | Saint Helier | Jersey | Helicon / Eastercon 44 | John Brunner, George R. R. Martin, Karel Thole and Larry van der Putte |
17th | 1994 | Timișoara | Romania | Eurocon 1994 | John Brunner, Herbert W. Franke, Joe Haldeman, Moebius and Norman Spinrad in addition to half a dozen 'Special Guests'. |
18th | 1995 | Glasgow | Scotland | Intersection | Samuel R. Delany, Gerry Anderson, Les Edwards and Vin¢ Clarke (also Worldcon) |
19th | 1996 | Vilnius | Lithuania | Lithuanicon | |
20th | 1997 | Dublin | Ireland | Octocon | Harry Harrison |
21st | 1999 | Dortmund | Germany | Trinity | Terry Pratchett, Harry Harrison, Ian Watson, Roger MacBride Allen and Eric A. Stillwell |
22nd | 2000 | Gdańsk | Poland | Tricity 2000 | |
23rd | 2001 | Capidava | Romania | Atlantykron | Norman Spinrad, Joe Haldeman, Ion Hobana, and David Lewis Anderson |
24th | 2002 | Chotěboř | Czech Republic | Parcon 2002 | George R. R. Martin, Robert Holdstock, Jim Burns, Myra Cakan, Kir Bulychev, Andrzej Sapkowski, Rafał A. Ziemkiewicz, Ernst Uleck, Isobel Carmody, William King, Jaroslav Velinský, Phillipe Coriat, Ondřej Neff, Klaus N. Frick and Martina Pilcerova |
25th | 2003 | Turku | Finland | Finncon 2003 | Michael Swanwick, Steve Sansweet, Karolina Bjällerstedt Mickos, Boris Hurtta, Jonathan Clements and Björn Tore Sund |
26th | 2004 | Plovdiv | Bulgaria | Bulgacon | Robert Sheckley, Ian Watson, Sergei Lukyanenko, Andrzej Sapkowski, Roberto Quaglia and Patrick Gyger |
27th | 2005 | Glasgow | Scotland | Interaction | Greg Pickersgill, Christopher Priest, Robert Sheckley, Lars-Olov Strandberg and Jane Yolen (also Worldcon) |
28th | 2006 | Kyiv[5] | Ukraine | Eurocon 2006 | Harry Harrison and Andrzej Sapkowski |
29th | 2007 | Copenhagen[6] | Denmark | Eurocon 2007 | Anne McCaffrey, Stephen Baxter, Zoran Živković, David A. Hardy, Niels Dalgaard |
30th | 2008 | Moscow | Russia | Eurocon 2008 / RosCon / Euroscon / Interpresscon | Harry Harrison, Sergei Lukyanenko |
31st | 2009 | Fiuggi[7] | Italy | DeepCon 10 / Eurocon 2009 / Italcon 35 | Giuseppe Lippi , Lolita Fatjo, Marina Sirtis, Anthony Simcoe, Max Grodénchik, Larry Nemecek, Janet Nemecek, Ian Watson, Sergey Lukyanenko, Bruce Sterling, Geoffrey Landis, Mary Turzillo |
32nd | 2010 | Cieszyn and Český Těšín Eurocon 2010 in Cieszyn, Poland & Czech | Poland and Czech Republic | Tricon 9Polcon 2010 / Parcon 2010) | 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 | Eurocon 2011 | Elizabeth Bear, Ian McDonald, John-Henri Holmberg, Jukka Halme |
34th | 2012 | Zagreb[9] | Croatia | Kontakt (SFeraKon 2012) | Tim Powers, Charles Stross, Dmitry Glukhovsky, Darko Macan, Cheryl Morgan. Ghosts of Honour: Joanna Russ, Andre Norton |
35th | 2013 | Kyiv[10] | Ukraine | Eurocon 2013 | Andriy Dmytruk, Maryna and Serhiy Dyachenko, Olga Gromyko, H. L. Oldie (Dmitriy Gromov and Oleg Ladyzhensky), Christopher Priest, Vadim Panov, Andriy Valentynov |
36th | 2014 | Dublin | Ireland | Shamrokon | Michael Carroll, Seanan McGuire, Andrzej Sapkowski, Ylva Spångberg |
37th | 2015 | Saint Petersburg | Russia | Eurocon 2015 | Joe Abercrombie, Michael Stackpole, Jukka Halme, Pavel Vinogradov |
38th | 2016 | Barcelona | Spain | B-Con | Aliette de Bodard, Enrique Corominas (artist guest of honour), Pèter Ichaleczky (fan guest of honour), Pèter Michaleczky, Richard Morgan, Rosa Montero, Rhianna Pratchett, Albert Sánchez Piñol, Andrzej Sapkowski, Johanna Sinisalo |
39th | 2017 | Dortmund | Germany | U.Con | Andreas Eschbach, Dave Hutchinson, Autun Purser and Aleksandar Žiljak |
40th | 2018 | Amiens | France | Eurocon Nemo 2018 | "African Science Fiction" and Volodymyr Arenev |
41st | 2019 | Belfast[11] | Northern Ireland | TitanCon | Guest of Honour: George R. R. Martin, Comics Guest of Honour: James Roberts, Toastmutant: Pat Cadigan & Peadar Ó Guilín |
42nd | 2020 | Rijeka | Croatia | Futuricon | Ivana Delač, Ivica Puljak, Adrian Tchaikovsky |
43rd | 2021 | Fiuggi | Italy | DeepCon 21 / Eurocon 2021 / Italcon 47 | Marco Casolino, Giuliano Giuffrida, Shun Iwasawa, Hanne Madeleine Paine, Maurizio Manzieri, Chase Masterson, Ian McDonald, Eric A. Stillwell, Licia Troisi |
44th | 2022 | Dudelange | Luxembourg | LuxCon, the 2022 EuroCon | Guest of Honour: Arkady Martine Other Guests: Aliette de Bodard, Vivian Shaw, Peadar Ó Guilín, Bernhard Hennen, Robert Corvus, Agnieszka Hałas, Gunilla Jonsson and Michael Petersén Virtual Guests: Marieke Nijkamp, Kai Meyer, Andreas Eschbach, Tommy Krappweis |
45th | 2023 | Uppsala | Sweden | Konflikt | Martha Wells, Francesco Verso, Merja Polvinen and Johan Egerkrans[12] |
46th | 2024 | Rotterdam | The Netherlands | Erasmuscon | Bo Balder, Iris Compiet, Gary Erskine, Jasper Fforde and Andrzej Sapkowski[13] |
47th | 2025 | Mariehamn | Åland – Finland | Archipelacon 2 | Ann VanderMeer, Jeff VanderMeer, Mats Strandberg, and Emmi Itäranta[14] |
The European SF Awards are annual awards governed by the European Science Fiction Society.[15] since 1972 mostly during Eurocons.[16] The awards are given to works of fiction (science fiction or fantasy) or related to that field.[16]
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.[16]
As of 2020, the following are awarded each year:
Winners can only be admitted once.
This section may contain information not important or relevant to the article's subject. (September 2020) |
The first Eurocon was in Trieste.[17]
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.
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;
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;
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);
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);
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;
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;
Belgium – Yoko Tsuno, R. Leloup; Netherlands – Arman en Ilva, The Tjong King; Spain – Haxtur, Victor de la Fuente; Sweden – Blixt Gordon, Lars Olsson;
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;
53rd World Science Fiction Convention Intersection; the event was also the 1995 Worldcon.
Event celebrated the 63rd World Science Fiction Convention Interaction and was also that year's Worldcon.
The PolCon/ParCon combined event was organized jointly by Czech, Polish, and Slovak fandoms.
The Golden Blasters[20] are unconnected to the Eurocons and were presented because this event was combined with Ireland's own national convention.
Eurocon 2018 was hosted by Nemo 2018 from Thursday 19 to Sunday 22 July 2018.[21] There was a stream of programming on African Science Fiction.[22]
Hall of Fame
The CHRYSALIS AWARDS
Achievement Awards
HONORARY AWARD European Grand Master:
Eurocon 2019 was hosted by TitanCon Belfast from Thursday 22 to Saturday 24 August 2019. This was the weekend after Worldcon in Dublin.
Eurocon 2020 was hosted by Rikon from Friday 2 to Sunday 4 October 2020.[23] 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. ač.
European Grandmaster
Franz Rottensteiner, Austria
Hall of Fame
Achievement Awards
Chrysalis Awards
Eurocon 2021 was hosted in Italy by DeepCon from Thursday 15 July to Sunday 18 July 2021.[24][25]
European Grandmaster
Maurizio Manziere, Italy
Hall of Fame
Achievement Awards
Chrysalis Awards
Eurocon 2022 was hosted by Luxcon from Thursday-Sunday 7–10 April 2022 (inclusive) in Dudelange, Luxembourg.[26]
European Grandmaster
Maurizio Manzieri, Italy
Hall of Fame
Achievement Awards
Chrysalis Awards
Eurocon 2023 was known as Konflikt and was hosted from 8–11 June 2023 in Uppsala, Sweden.
European Grandmaster
John-Henri Holmberg, Sweden
Hall of Fame
Achievement Awards
Chrysalis Awards
Eurocon 2024 will be Erasmuscon in Rotterdam, Netherlands in August 2024.
Eurocon 2024 will be Archipelacon 2 in Mariehamn, the Åland Islands, Finland in 2025.
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