2019 ESFS Awards Winners

• Ian McDonald (United Kingdom)

Hall of Fame Awards:

Best Author

• WINNER: Charles Stross (United Kingdom)

• Ismael Martínez Biurrun (Spain)
• Philippe Curval (France)
• Yana Dubynianska (Ukraine)
• Victor Pelevin / Виктор Пелевин (Russia)
• Maria Turtschaninoff (Finland and Sweden)
• João Ventura (Portugal)
• Alessandro Vietti (Italy)
• Aleksandar Žiljak (Croatia)

Best Artist

• WINNER: Nicolas Fructus (France)

• Ninni Aalto (Finland)
• Ascold Akishin / Аскольд Акишин (Russia)
• Igor Baranko (Ukraine)
• Franco Brambilla (Italy)
• Maeve Clancy (Ireland)
• Dominic Harman (United Kingdom)
• Juan Alberto Hernández (Spain)
• Luis Melo (Portugal)
• Mario Rosanda Ros (Croatia)

Best Magazine

• WINNER: Windumanoth (Spain)

• Bang! (Portugal)
• Futuri (Italy)

Best Publisher

• WINNER: Future Fiction (Italy)

• Editorial Divergência (Portugal)
• Hangar 7 (Croatia)
• Insólita Editorial (Spain)
• KM-Books (Ukraine)
• L’Atalante (France)
• Mann, Ivanov & Ferber / Манн, Иванов и Фербер (Russia)
• PS (United Kingdom)

Best Promoter

• WINNER: Petra Bulić (Croatia)

• Joseph Altairac & Guy Costes (France)
• Volodymyr Arenev (Ukraine)
• Arkaitz Arteaga (Spain)
• Toni Jerrman (Finland)
• Andrey Malyshkin (Italy)
• Rogério Ribeiro (Portugal)
• Vasiliy Vladimirskiy / Василий Владимирский (Russia)

Best Translator

• WINNER: Mihai-Dan Pavelescu (Romania)

• Jorge Candeias (Portugal)
• Michelle Charrier (France)
• Manuel de los Reyes (Spain)
• Marko Fančović (Croatia)
• Jack Fennell (Ireland)
• Flora Staglianò (Italy)
• Bohdan Stasiuk (Ukraine)

Achievement Awards:

Best Work of Fiction

• WINNER: Spire Trilogy, Laurent Génefort (France)

• Karma City Blues, Giovanni De Matteo (Italy)
• Neinhaim: El azor y los cuervos, Aranzazu Serrano (Spain)
• Slutet, Mats Strandberg (Sweden)
• Perfectly Preventable Deaths, Deirdre Sullivan (Ireland)

Best Work of Art

• WINNER: Covers and interior illustrations for Le Dogue Noir, American Gods, and Le Monarque de la Vallée, Daniel Egneus (Sweden)

• Cover for Children of Time, Davorin Horak (Croatia)
• Freelance illustrations and character designs, Denis Martynets (Ukraine)
• “Martians Go Home”, Leyre Valiente (Spain)

Best Fanzine

• WINNER: Find a Lumberjack (Russia)

• Counterclock #36 (Italy)
• Présences d’Esprits #94 (France)
• Svemirski brod #10 (Croatia)
• Tantrum #3 (Spain)

Best Work for Children

• WINNER: Begone the Raggedy Witches, Celine Kiernan (Ireland)

• Enigmas de la historia, Víctor Escandell (Spain)
• Aventures à Guedelon, Danielle Martinigol (France)
• Figli del futuro, various authors (Italy)

Best Internet Publication, Other than a Fanzine

• WINNER: Origen Cuántico (Spain)

• Vladimir Anikeev author’s blog (Russia)
• Inverzija (Croatia)
• Irish Comics News (Ireland)
• Quarante-Deux (France)

Best Dramatic Presentation

• WINNER: Game of Thrones (Romania)

• Aniara (Sweden)
• La casa de papel (Spain)
• Moj dida je pao s Marsa (Croatia)
• Mutafukaz (France)
• Outro sentido (Portugal)
• Zirkonavty (Ukraine)

The Chrysalis Awards Winners:

• Dalen Belić (Croatia)
• Franci Conforti (Italy)
• Sarah Davis Goff (Ireland)
• Mar Goizueta (Spain)
• Gunilla Jonsson & Michael Petersén (Sweden)
• Andrey Kokoulin / Андрей Кокоулин (Russia)
• Floriane Soulas (France)
• Svitlana Taratorina (Ukraine)