2022 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

  • José Antonio Cotrina (Spain)
  • Philippe Curval (France)
  • Theresa Hannig (Germany)
  • Tatjana Jambrišak (Croatia)
  • Katharina Köller (Austria)
  • Ruth Long (Ireland)
  • Nikolay Peev (Bulgaria)
  • Claude Peiffer (Luxembourg)
  • Florin Purluca (Romania)
  • Tade Thompson (United Kingdom)
  • Eduard Verkin / Эдуард Веркин (Russia)
  • Francesco Verso (Italy)

Best Artist

  • Nora “Nono” Back (Luxembourg)
  • Alain Brion (France)
  • Adrian Chifu (Romania)
  • Iain Clark (United Kingdom)
  • Ciaraíoch/Ciara Kenny (Ireland)
  • Oleh Kinal (Ukraine)
  • Igor Kordej (Croatia)
  • Timo Kümmel (Germany)
  • Emma Ríos (Spain)
  • Peter Stanimirov (Bulgaria)
  • Roch Urbaniak (Poland)

Best Magazine

  • Dracus (Bulgaria)
  • Edita (Russia)
  • Fantasy Magazine (Italy)
  • Gandahar (France)
  • Phantastisch!/ Klaus Bollhöfener (Germany)
  • Opportunity (Spain)
  • Sci Phi Journal – A Universe of Wonder (Hungary)
  • UtopIQa (Romania)

Best Publisher

  • Artline Studios (Bulgaria)
  • Copernicus Corporation (Poland)
  • Crononauta (Spain)
  • Edizioni Hypnos (Italy)
  • Grup editorial Art (Arthur, Grafic, Paladin) (Romania)
  • Hangar 7 (Croatia)
  • Kremart Edition (Luxembourg)
  • Mann, Ivanov and Ferber / Манн, Иванов и Фербер (Russia)
  • Mnémos (France)
  • Ohneohren (Austria)
  • Plan9 Verlag/ Sandra Thoms (Germany)
  • Rebellion Publishing (United Kingdom)
  • The Swan River Press (Ireland)

Best Promoter

  • Xavier Dollo (France)
  • Fantlab.ru / Фантлаб (Russia)
  • Flora Staglianò Deep Space 1 (Italy)
  • Udo Klotz (Germany)
  • Gérard Kraus (Luxembourg)
  • The Glasgow 2024 Promotions Team (United Kingdom)
  • Juan José Parera (Spain)
  • Constantin D. Pavel (Romania)
  • Raissa Perez (Ireland)
  • Margit S. Sárdi (Hungary)
  • The Team of ShadowDance (Bulgaria)
  • Yuri Shevela (Ukraine)

Best Translator

  • Veiko Belials (Russia)
  • Guy Berg (Luxembourg)
  • Jack Fennell (Ireland)
  • Antuza Genescu (Romania)
  • Gabriella Gregori (Italy)
  • Gilles Goullet (France)
  • Bernhard Kempen (Germany)
  • Elena Pavlova (Bulgaria)
  • Bohdan Stasiuk (Ukraine)
  • Bernhard Strobel (Austria)
  • Manu Viciano (Spain)

Achievement Awards:

Best Work of Fiction

  • Edge of Heaven, RB Kelly (Ireland)
  • La Nuit du faune, Romain Lucazeau (France)
  • La simiente de la esquirla, Rodolfo Martínez (Spain)
  • Seven writers in space, Nikolay Peev (Bulgaria)
  • A Town Called River, Igor Rendić (Croatia)
  • Wagners Stimme (Wagner’s Voice), Carsten Schmitt (Germany)
  • Fata de pe drumul matasii, Liviu Surugiu (Romania)
  • The Memory Theater, Karin Tidbeck (Sweden)
  • Futurespotting, Francesco Verso (Italy)
  • Seth ist gefallen, Melanie Vogltanz (Austria)
  • Das Gangrän, Maxime Weber (Luxembourg)

Best Work of Art

  • Global Justice: A 2000 AD Sci-Fi Special, Michael Carroll & Maura McHugh, eds. (Ireland)
  • Glasgow Green Lady, Iain Clark (United Kingdom)
  • Skull in A Jar, Heather Kremer (Luxembourg)
  • EuroCon 2021 (Official Poster), Maurizio Manzieri (Italy)
  • Ukrainian cyberpunk: kiberpoznyaki 2077, Val Porada (Ukraine)
  • Cover art by Sparth, for La Dernière Emperox, John Scalzi (France)
  • Cover Illustration of Cozmic 2, Meike Schultchen (Germany)
  • Cover and illustrations for The day when our mom went up to the sky, Peter Stanimirov (Bulgaria)
  • Fata stimei apelor, vol 2, Maria Surducan (script), Anna Benczedi (art) (Romania)
  • Cover and illustrations for Igualtat de Ritus’,  Marina Vidal (Spain)

Best Fanzine

  • Descanso corto, Laurielle (Spain)
  • Fantastine 4 (Croatia)
  • A Gathering of Troubadours (Bulgaria)
  • Living Force 51 (Italy)
  • Présences d’esprit 105 (France)
  • RING RING: an untitled goose game fanzine (Ireland)
  • Super Pulp #9 (Austria)
  • !Time Machine 5 (Germany)

Best Work for Children

  • Where should I throw this away?, Maya Bocheva (Bulgaria)
  • Biotanistes, Anne-Sophie Devriese (France)
  • Świat Lema (The world of Lem), Marta Ignerska (Poland)
  • Stanotte sfilano cento fantasmi, Xia Jia, Serena Meo and Gabriele “Caelpher” Ghirelli (Italy)
  • The Promise Witch (The Wild Magic Trilogy 3), Celine Kiernan (Ireland)
  • Grickonja Užasa, Zoran Krušvar & Anja Babić (Croatia)
  • Diary of a planet collector/Віктор Робот. Щоденник збирача планет, Anastasiia Lavrenishyna (Ukraine)
  • The Boy Whose Head Was Filled with Stars: A Life of Edwin Hubble, Isabelle Marinov (Luxembourg)
  • Mona Olala, Hélène Mallet & Varvara Pomidor (Russia)
  • Cryptos, Ursula Poznanski (Austria)
  • În căutarea lui Akum, Adina Rosetti (Romania)

Best Internet Publication, Other than a Fanzine

  • ActuSF (France)
  • Blogul de SeFe (Romania)
  • Cuentos para Algernon, Marchetto (Spain)
  • FantasyGuide (Germany)
  • Far beyond the clouds, further from earth away, Oleksandr Burlaka (Ukraine)
  • Morina Kutija (Croatia)
  • Octothorpe (United Kingdom)
  • ShadowDance (Bulgaria)
  • Solarpunk Italia (Italy)
  • The National Leprechaun Museum Talking Stories podcast (Ireland)

Best Dramatic Presentation

  • Freaks out, Gabriele Mainetti (Italy)
  • Groapa (The Grave), Doru Maniu and Alexandru Maniu (Romania)
  • Kaamelott: The First Chapter, Alexandre Astier (France)
  • Mamnik, Vasil Popov (Bulgaria)
  • Roland Meyer’s reading of Stanislaw Lem’s How Erg the Self-inducting Slew a Paleface, (Luxembourgish)
  • El ministerio del tiempo – Season 4 (Spain)
  • Will Sliney’s Storytellers, Will Sliney (Ireland)
  • Utopia – Schöne neue Welt(en), Bruno Max (Austria)

The Chrysalis Award:

  • 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)

Winners will be announced during Luxcon 2022, April 7-10, 2022 in Dudelange, Luxembourg. For more information, see the ESFS website.


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