2016 ESFS Awards Winners
The European Science Fiction Society (ESFS) Hall of Fame Awards, Encouragement Awards, and Spirit of Dedication Awards winners were announced during the 38th Eurocon held November 4-6, 2016 in Barcelona, Spain.
Herbert W. Franke of Austria was named European Grandmaster. The title is awarded to outstanding figures in European science fiction and is decided by the ESFS board and convention organizing committee.
Other awards winners and nominees are below.
Hall of Fame Awards:
Hall of Fame awards are chosen by the European Committee, selected from a ballot of nominations submitted by national delegates. Winners receive an award plaque.
Best Author
- Tom Crosshill (Latvia)
- João Barreiros (Portugal)
- John Connolly (Ireland)
- Cristina Fernández Cubas (Spain)
- Jean-Claude Dunyach (France)
- Andreas Gruber (Austria)
- Dave Hutchinson (United Kingdom)
- Svyatoslav Loginov (Russia)
- Lyubomir Nikolov-Narvi (Bulgaria)
- Adam Roberts (United Kingdom, nominated by Ukraine)
- Gheorghe Săsărman (Romania)
- Johanna Sinisalo (Finland)
- Dario Tonani (Italy)
- Aleksandar Žiljak (Croatia)
Best Artist
- Stephan Martinière (France)
- Ninni Aalto (Finland)
- Alex Andreev (Russia)
- Igor Baranko (Ukraine)
- Paolo Barbieri (Italy)
- Lothar Bauer (Germany)
- Adrian Chifu (Romania)
- Enrique Corominas (Spain)
- Esad T. Ribić (Croatia)
- Will Simpson (Ireland)
- Peter Stanimirov (Bulgaria)
Best Magazine
- Bifrost (France)
- Bang! (Portugal)
- Fantasy & Science Fiction (Italy)
- FEP (Bulgaria)
- Hélice (Spain, nominated by Spain and Romania)
- Milky Way (Israel, nominated by Russia)
- Sirius B (Croatia)
- XB-1 (Czech Republic)
Best Publisher
- Nova (Ediciones B) (Spain)
- L’Atalante (France)
- Cheeky Frawg Books (USA, nominated by Russia)
- Coimicí Gael (Ireland)
- Delos Digital (Italy)
- Hangar 7 (Croatia)
- The Human Library (Bulgaria)
- KSD (Ukraine)
- Michael Haitel (Germany)
- Septime Verlag (Austria)
- Tracus Arte (Romania)
Best Promoter (tie)
- James Bacon (Ireland)
- Organizers of Archipelacon (Finland and Sweden, nominated by Russia)
- Roberto Quaglia (Italy)
- Grigor Gatchev (Bulgaria)
- Michael Haulică (Romania)
- Toni Jerrman (Finland)
- Thomas LeBlanc (Germany)
- Jean-Luc Rivera (France)
- Sérgio Santos (Portugal)
- Davor Šišović (Croatia)
- Yura Shevela (Ukraine)
- Mariano Villarreal (Spain)
Best Translator
- Andrew Bromfield (United Kingdom, nominated by Russia)
- Ona Frantz (Romania)
- Annarita Guarnieri (Italy)
- Bernhard Kempen (Germany)
- Svetlana Komogorova-Komata (Bulgaria)
- Sergii Legeza (Ukraine)
- Patrick Marcel (France)
- Igor Rendić (Croatia)
- Pilar Ramírez Tello (Spain)
Encouragement Awards:
National delegates nominate a young writer or artist from each country to receive an Encouragement Award, which is presented by the ESFS Chair. This year’s recipients of the Encouragement Awards diploma are:
- Juraj Belošević (Croatia)
- Maria Boyle (Ireland)
- Orshulya Farynyak (Ukraine)
- Maria Gyuzeleva (Bulgaria)
- Jan Hlávka & Jana Vybíralová (Czech Republic)
- Alexandru Lamba (Romania)
- Felicidad Martínez (Spain)
- Kuschuj Nepoma (Russia)
- Mark E. Pocha (Slovakia)
- Rui Ramos (Portugal)
- Melanie Vogeltanz (Austria)
Spirit of Dedication Awards:
Winners of the award are chosen by the vote of Eurocon participants. Each winner receives an award plaque.
Best Author
- Guillem López (Spain)
- Authors of Green Stories anthology (Bulgaria)
- Marian Coman (Romania)
- Oskar Källner (Sweden)
- Celine Kiernan (Ireland)
- Roman Schliefer (Austria)
Best Artist
- Kristina Bilota (Croatia)
- Edgar Ascensão (Portugal)
- Stephen Byrne (Ireland)
- Enrique Corominas (Spain)
- Didier Cottier (France)
- Valentin Ionescu (Russia)
- Kateryna Shtanko (Ukraine)
- Peter Stanimirov (Bulgaria)
Best Fanzine
- SuperSonic (Spain)
- Andromeda SF Magazin 154 (Germany)
- Chat Noir (Croatia)
- CounterClock (Sweden)
- Cronache di un sole lontano (Italy)
- Gazeta SF (Romania)
- H-Alt (Portugal)
- Keep Watching the Skies (France)
- Terra Fantastika (Bulgaria)
- Usvazine (Finland)
- Visionarum (Austria)
Best Creator of Children’s SF or Fantasy
- Sofía Rhei (Spain, nominated by Spain and Latvia)
- Morea Baničević (Croatia)
- Ioana Nicolae (Romania)
- Rosana Nowakowska (Bulgaria)
- Nigel Quinlan (Ireland)
- Natalia Scherba (Ukraine)
Best Website
- Risingshadow (Finland)
- Actu SF (France)
- Biliowiki (Portugal)
- Fantascienza (Italy)
- Inverzija (Croatia)
- Irish Comics News (Ireland)
- Mir Fantastiki (Russia)
- Sborishte na trubaduri (Bulgaria)
- Science Fiction Club Deutschland (Germany)
- SF2 Concatenation (United Kingdom)
- Stardust (Spain, nominated by Romania)
- La Tercera Fundación (Spain)
- Zoryana Fortetsya (Ukraine)
Best Dramatic Presentation (tie)
- El Ministerio del Tiempo (Spain)
- The Shaman (Austria)
- Getting Fat in a Healthy Way (Bulgaria)
- The Lobster (United Kingdom)
- A Meeting Across Time and Space (Croatia)
- Philae Landing (ESA, nominated by Ukraine)
- Wrecking the Rising (Ireland)
