2020 ESFS Awards Nominations

The European Science Fiction Society (ESFS) Hall of Fame Awards, Achievement Awards, and Chrysalis Award nominees have been announced, along with the names of the nominating countries.

Hall of Fame Awards:

Best Author

  • Milena Benini (Croatia)
  • Philippe Curval (France)
  • Marc Elsberg (Austria)
  • Anna Kańtoch (Poland)
  • Maura McHugh (Ireland)
  • Claude Peiffer (Luxembourg)
  • Victor Pelevin / Виктор Пелевин (Russia)
  • Gheorghe Sasarman (Romania)
  • Johanna Sinisalo (Finland)
  • José Carlos Somoza (Spain)
  • Francesco Verso (Italy)

Best Artist

  • Igor Baranko (Ukraine)
  • Ken Barthelmey (Luxembourg)
  • Zdenko Bašić (Croatia)
  • Philippe Caza (France)
  • Adrian Chifu (Romania)
  • Iain Clark (Ireland)
  • Enrique Corominas (Spain)
  • Petri Hiltunen (Finland)
  • Tomasz Maroński (Poland)
  • Sergey Shikin / Сергей Шикин (Russia)

Best Magazine

  • μ Cephei / Мю Цефея (Russia)
  • Esensja (Poland)
  • Gandahar (France)
  • Helion (Romania)
  • IF – Insolito e Fantastico (Italy)
  • Sirius B (Croatia)
  • Tantrum (Spain)

Best Publisher

  • L’Atalante (France)
  • Crononauta (Spain)
  • Fanzon (Russia)
  • Hangar 7 (Croatia)
  • Ohneohren (Austria)
  • PAVCON (Romania)
  • Robert “Gollo” Steffen (Luxembourg)
  • Wydawnictwo MAG (Poland)
  • Zona 42 (Italy)

Best Promoter

  • Deep Space One (Italy)
  • Cristina Jurado (Spain)
  • Alexey Karavaev / Алексей Караваев (Russia)
  • Gérard Kraus (Luxembourg)
  • Vesna Kurilić (Croatia)
  • Raymond Milési (France)
  • Yuri Shevela (Ukraine)
  • Marguerite Smith (Ireland)

Best Translator

  • Silvia Castoldi (Italy)
  • Michelle Charrier (France)
  • Silviu Genescu (Romania)
  • Paweł Laudański (Russia)
  • Igor Rendić (Croatia)
  • Pilar Ramírez Tello (Spain)

Achievement Awards:

Best Work of Fiction

  • Krsnik, Ana Cerovac (Croatia)
  • Trois hourras pour Lady Évangeline, Jean-Claude Dunyach (France)
  • The Harm Tree, Rose Edwards (Luxembourg)
  • Bionautas, Cristina Jurado (Spain)
  • Luna: Moon Rising, Ian McDonald (Ireland)
  • No/Mad/Land, Francesco Verso (Italy)
  • Shape Me, Melanie Vogltanz (Austria)

Best Work of Art

  • Cover for Utopiales 19, Mathieu Bablet (France)
  • Tow & Tank, Andy Genen (Luxembourg)
  • Däniken zum Schmunzel, Reinhard Habeck (Austria)
  • Art for La guerra de Dios, Juan Alberto Hernández (Spain)
  • Other Worlds exhibition, Maja Strgar Kurečić (Croatia)
  • Poster for “Cartoons on the Bay 2019”, Maurizio Manzieri (Italy)
  • Cover for Other Sky, Sergey Shikin (Russia)
  • “Urtidsbilder”, Simon Stålenhag (Sweden)
  • Dublin 2019 Hugo Award bases, Eleanor Wheeler & Jim Fitzpatrick (Ireland)

Best Fanzine

  • Aconitum / Аконит 7-8/20 (Russia)
  • Cuentos para Algernon 12/19 (Spain)
  • FantaSTine #3 (Croatia)
  • Journey Planet: A Half Pint of Flann (Ireland)
  • Présences d’esprits #96 (France)
  • Sci-Fan 9/1/19 (Luxembourg)
  • Super Pulp #5 (Austria)
  • ZIN 4/19 (Romania)

Best Work for Children

  • Dvojnici iz Tame, Morea Banićević (Croatia)
  • Charovodjie Cycle, Julia Ivanova (Russia)
  • Illustrated Fairytales, Sabrina Kaufmann (Luxembourg)
  • Rapunzel con piojos, Miguel López (Spain)
  • The Invasion, Peadar Ó Guilín (Ireland)
  • Thalmus, Ursula Poznanski (Austria)
  • Mers Mortes, Aurélie Wellenstein (France)

Best Internet Publication, Other than a Fanzine

Best Dramatic Presentation

  • Aniara (Finland and Sweden)
  • Dr. Krell & The Carnyx of Terror (Ireland)
  • Good Omens (Italy)
  • Klaus (Spain)
  • Little Joe (Austria)
  • The Outbreak / Эпидемия (Russia)
  • Slice of Life (Croatia)
  • Superjhemp Retörns (Luxembourg)
  • Terra Willy – Planète inconnue (France)

The Chrysalis Award:

  • Diana Alzner (Romania)
  • Jean Bürlesk (Luxembourg)
  • Linda De Santi (Italy)
  • Oein DeBhairduin (Ireland)
  • Caroline Hofstätter (Austria)
  • Volodymyr Kuznietsov (Ukraine)
  • Zoe Penn (Croatia)
  • Olga Rejn / Ольга Рэйн (Russia)
  • Edmund Schluessel (Finland)
  • Chloé Veillard (France)
  • Haizea Zubieta (Spain)

Winners will be announced during Futuricon, the 2020 Eurocon, which will take place online October 2-4, 2020.

For more information, see the ESFS website.


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