Eurocon

Science fiction convention

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]

## List of Eurocons

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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 [it], 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 [it], 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]

## European SF Awards

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The European SF Awards are annual awards governed by the European Science Fiction Society.[14] since 1972 mostly during Eurocons.[15] The awards are given to works of fiction (science fiction or fantasy) or related to that field.[15]

### Rules

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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.[15]

#### Current annual awards

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As of 2020, the following are awarded each year:

##### Special Awards

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* The Chrysalis Awards
* The Achievement Awards
* The Hall of Fame
* The European Grandmaster

##### Achievement Award categories

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* 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

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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

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### 1972 European SF Awards: Trieste, Italy

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The first Eurocon was in Trieste.[16]

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

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* 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

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* 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);

* 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

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### 1976 European SF Awards: Poznań, Poland

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* 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

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* 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

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#### Science Fiction Awards

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

#### Fantastic & Fantasy Award

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* 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

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* 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

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* 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

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* 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

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* 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)

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* 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 (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)

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* 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 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 (Poland)
* Television: Bogdanoff
* Posthumous: Julia Verlanger; Janusz Zajdel

### 1987 European SF Awards: Montpellier, France

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#### Bulgaria

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* Author: Liubomor Nikolov (for the novel Earthform in the Summerwind)
* Artist: Rumen Urumov

#### France

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* 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

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* Lichtjahr – almanac edited by Eric Simon

#### Hungary

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* Author: Miklos Monus (for the novel He and It)
* Artist: Csaba Jancso (for graphic work)
* Publisher: Nepszava Publishing House
* Fanzine: Metamorphozis

#### Italy

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* 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

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* Lifelong Literary Achievement: Wiktor Żwikiewicz
* Publisher: Iskry Publishing House
* Fanzine: Feniks

#### Portugal

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* 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

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* 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)

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* 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

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* Fanzine: Transito

### 1988 European SF Awards: Budapest, Hungary

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### 1989 European SF Awards: San Marino

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#### Bulgaria

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* Lifelong Literary Achievement: Vessella Lutzkanova
* Artist: Plamen Avramov
* Magazine: FEP ("Fantastika, Evristika, Prognostika")

#### Finland

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* Author: Karl Nenonen
* Publisher: Ursa Publishing House
* Magazine: Portti

#### Hungary

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* Lifelong Literary Achievement: Laszlo Lorincze
* Author: Hugo Preyer (for the novel Galaktikai jatekom)
* Artist: Ivan Marko
* Publisher: Vega Publishing House
* Magazine: Elixir

#### Italy

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* Lifelong Literary Achievement: Lino Aldani
* Lifelong Artistic Achievement: Karel Thole
* Promoter: Ernesto Vegetti
* Publisher: Marino Solfanelli Publishing House
* Magazine: Urania

#### Poland

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* Critic: Andrzej Niewiadowski
* Artist: Dariusz Chojnacki
* Publisher: Alfa Publishing House
* The editorial staff of the magazines Fantasyka, MalaFantasyka, Fantasyka Comics

#### Portugal

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* Author: Romeu de Melo
* Publisher: Livros do Brasil (for Argonauta series)

#### Romania

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* 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)

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* Author & Screen Writer: Karen Shahnasarov
* Publisher: Sovetscaia Rossia Publishing House

#### Spain

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* Author: Carlos Cidoncha
* Fanzine: Berserkr

#### Yugoslavia

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* Artist: Igor Kordey
* Bibliography: Zivko Prodanovich (for his SF Bibliography in Braille)

### 1990 European SF Awards: Fayence, France

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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

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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)[17]
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)

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53rd World Science Fiction Convention Intersection; the event was also the 1995 Worldcon.

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)

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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)

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### 1999: Dortmund, Germany (Trinity)

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### 2000: Gdańsk, Poland (Tricity 2000)

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### 2001: Capidava, Romania (Atlantykron)

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### 2002: Chotěboř, Czech Republic (ParCon)

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### 2003: Turku, Finland (Finncon)

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### 2004: Plovdiv, Bulgaria (BulgaCon)

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### 2005: Glasgow, Scotland (Interaction)

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

### 2006: Kyiv, Ukraine

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### 2007: Copenhagen, Denmark

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### 2008: Moscow, Russia (Roscon / Interpresscon)

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Roscon / Interpresscon guests of honour

### 2009: Fiuggi, Italy (Deepcon 10)

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

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

### 2011: Stockholm, Sweden (and Swecon)

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### 2012: Zagreb, Croatia

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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 [fr], Éditions Robert Laffont (France)
Best Magazine: Galaxies SF [fr] (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 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" Kotouč (Czech Republic)

### 2013: Kyiv, Ukraine

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### 2014: Dublin, Ireland

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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[18]

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)

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The Golden Blasters[19] are unconnected to the Eurocons and were presented because this event was combined with Ireland's own national convention.

##### Golden Blaster

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ON/OFF; directed by Thierry Lorenzi

##### Silver Blaster

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Steadfast Stanley; directed by John Kim

##### Best Script

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The Borders of the Imagination; written by Benjamin A. Friedman

##### Best Script Honorable Mentions

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Once a Hero by Neil Chase; and The Almost Dead by Stanley B. Eisenhammer

### 2015: Saint Petersburg, Russia

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### 2016: Barcelona, Spain

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### 2017: Dortmund, Germany

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Guests of honour

### 2018: Amiens, France

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Eurocon 2018 was hosted by Nemo 2018 from Thursday 19 to Sunday 22 July 2018.[20] There was a stream of programming on African Science Fiction.[21]

Hall of Fame

* Best Author: Анна Старобинец/Anna Starobinets (Russia)
* Best Artist: Milivoj Ćeran (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 (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

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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

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Eurocon 2020 was hosted by Rikon from Friday 2 to Sunday 4 October 2020.[22] 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

* 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

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Eurocon 2021 was hosted in Italy by DeepCon from Thursday 15 July to Sunday 18 July 2021.[23][24]

European Grandmaster

Maurizio Manziere, Italy

Hall of Fame

* Best Artist: Igor Baranko [uk] / Ігор Баранько (Ukraine)
* Best Author: Victor Pelevin / Виктор Пелевин (Russia)
* Best Publisher (tie): Azbooka [ru] / Азбука (Russia), Colibri Publishers [bg] / Колибри (Bulgaria), Shtriga (Croatia)
* Best Promoter: Vanja Kranjčević (Croatia)
* Best Magazine(tie): Mir Fantastiki (Russia), Helion (Romania)
* Best Translator: Serhiy Legeza [uk] (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

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Eurocon 2022 was hosted by Luxcon from Thursday-Sunday 7–10 April 2022 (inclusive) in Dudelange, Luxembourg.[25]

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 (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

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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

* Best Artist: Jesper Ejsing (Denmark)
* Best Author: Jacek Dukaj (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

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Eurocon 2024 will be Erasmuscon in Rotterdam, Netherlands in August 2024.

### 2025: Mariehamn, Finland

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Eurocon 2024 will be Archipelacon 2 in Mariehamn, the Åland Islands, Finland in 2025.

## Notes

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* 1985: There is info that 1985 Eurocon was to be held in Riga, Latvia, USSR, but was canceled.[citation needed]
* 1992: Was to have been Zagreb, but war in Croatia required a change of venue.[citation needed]
* 1998: There was no Eurocon this year, although there was a Euroconference in Croatia.[citation needed]

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## External links

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* European Science Fiction Society