The European Science Fiction Society has announced its board of directors for the 2013-14 year. ESFS was founded at the first Eurocon in 1972 and holds the event. In addition, the ESFS administers the European SF Awards. The 2013 Eurocon took place this past weekend. The 2014 Eurocon will be held in Dublin a week before Worldcon.
- Chair: Carolina Gomez Lagerlof (Sweden)
- Vice-chair: Saija Kyllonen (Finland)
- Treasurer: Vanja Kranjcevic (Croatia)
- Secretary: Garreth Kavanaugh (Ireland)
- Award Administrator: Bridget Wilkinson (UK)
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The Eurocon Awards were presented in Zagreb at Kontakt, this year’s Eurocon, on April 29.
Hall of Fame:
- Best Author: Ian McDonald (UK)
- Best Publisher: Ailleurs et Demain (France)
- Best Artist: Nela Dunato (Croatia)
- Best Promoter of Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Encyclopedia Online team (UK)
- Best Magazine: Galaxies (France)
- Best Translator: Pavel Weigel (Czech Republic)
- Best Website: Concatenation (UK)
- Grand Master: Brian Aldiss (UK)
- Honorary Award: Jean Giraud / Moebius (France)
Spirit of Dedication
- Best Artist: Zdenko Basic (Croatia)
- Best Dramatic Presentation: Divadelni spolek Kaspar (Czech Republic) for its adaptation of Daniel Keyes’s novella Flowers for Algernon
- Best Fanzine: Eridan (Croatia)
Encouragement Awards:
- Oliviu Crâznic (Romania)
- Alexander Ruda (Ukraine)
- Marki Istvan (Hungary)
- Ilya Tyo (Russia)
- Katarina Brbora (Croatia)
- Rod Rees (UK)
- Lucia Droppova (Slovakia)
- January “Johnak” Kotouc (Czech Republic)
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Ireland beat out Romania to host Eurocon in 2014 by a vote tally of 61-16. The Irish committee, heaqded by James Shields, has selected the weekend following the likely 2014 London Worldcon for the convention, hoping to attract fans in the United Kingdom to come over to Ireland and lengthen their fannish vacation. Shamrokon will take place the weekend of August 22 at the Burlington Hotel in Dublin. Guests of Honor will include Seanan McGuire and Jim Fitzpatrick.
