2026 ESFS Awards Winners
Article excerpt
The European Science Fiction Society (ESFS) announced the Hall of Fame Awards, Achievement Awards, and winners of the Chrysalis Awards for emerging talent. The Hall of Fame Awards winners are: Best Author WINNER: Luís Filipe Silva (Portugal) Marc Elsberg (Austria) Alessandro Forlani (Italy) Agnieszka Hałas (Poland) Christian Léourier (France) Ruth Frances Long (Ireland) Julija Lukovnjak (Slovenia) Michael Marrak (Germany) Emil Minchev (Bulgaria) Ondřej Neff (Czech Republic) Luís …Read More The post 2026 ESFS Awards Winners appeared first on Locus.
The European Science Fiction Society (ESFS) announced the Hall of Fame Awards, Achievement Awards, and winners of the Chrysalis Awards for emerging talent.
The Hall of Fame Awards winners are:
Best Author
WINNER: Luís Filipe Silva (Portugal)
Marc Elsberg (Austria)
Alessandro Forlani (Italy)
Agnieszka Hałas (Poland)
Christian Léourier (France)
Ruth Frances Long (Ireland)
Julija Lukovnjak (Slovenia)
Michael Marrak (Germany)
Emil Minchev (Bulgaria)
Ondřej Neff (Czech Republic)
Luís Filipe Silva (Portugal)
Cosimo Suglia (Luxembourg)
Dănuț Ungureanu (Romania)
Володимир Єшкілєв/Volodymyr Yeshkiliev (Ukraine)
Best Artist
WINNER: Stéphanie Hans (France)
Daniel Atanasov-Satanasov (Bulgaria)
Maya Hahto (Finland)
Андрій Лесів/Andriy Lesiv & Романа Романишин/Romana Romanyshyn (Ukrainian)
Luis Louro (Portugal)
Mikuláš Podprocký (Czech Republic)
Mojca Poljanc (Slovenia)
Valentin Tănase (Romania)
Adrian van Schwamen (Germany)
Lucrezia Viperina (Italy)
Best Magazine
WINNER: Supernova (Slovenia)
Agamor Gamebooks Magazine (Bulgaria)
Dangan (Portugal)
Exodus (Germany)
Helion (Romania)
Hypnos (Italy)
Parsec (UK)
Le Rocambole (France)
Tähtivaeltaja (Finland)
Best Publisher
WINNER: Ohneohren (Austria)
Carcosa (Germany)
Cristian PlusArt (Romania)
Critic (France)
Editorial Divergência (Portugal)
Jakub Němeček (Czech Republic)
Newcon Press (UK)
The O’Brien Press (Ireland)
Orange Books (Bulgaria)
Vivat Publishing (Ukraine)
Zona 42 (Italy)
Best Promoter
WINNER: Francesco Verso (Italy)
Afonso Cruz (Portugal)
Dmytro aka Khajiit (Ukraine)
Bojan Ekselenski (Slovenia)
Alain Grousset (France)
Karo Leikomaa (Finland)
Helmuth W. Mommers (Austria)
Václav Pravda (Czech Republic)
Prez 9 Zemi [Through Nine Lands] team (Bulgaria)
Science Fiction & Fantasy Society Luxembourg (Luxembourg)
Cornel Secu (Romania)
Klaudia Seibel (Germany)
Francesco Verso (Italy)
Jo Zebedee (Ireland)
Best Translator
WINNER: Mariano Martin Rodriguez (Spain, nominated by Moldova)
Pavel Bakič (Czech Republic)
Andrea Cassini (Italy)
Gilles Goullet (France)
Sergej Hvala (Slovenia)
Emil Minchev (Bulgaria)
Ana-Veronica Mircea (Romania)
Ursula Phillips (Poland)
Mariano Martin Rodriguez (Moldova)
Богдан Стасюк/Bohdan Stasiuk (Ukraine)
Teresa Fernandes Swiatkiewicz (Portugal)
Austin Wagner (UK)
Karin Will (Germany)
The Achievement Awards winners are:
Best Written Work of Fiction
WINNER: Tecnologie del Futuro, Marco Passarello, ed. (Italy)
Легендарій міських див [The Legendary of the City Wonders], Антонян А., Горбунов Андрій, Кузнєцов В., Павло Дерев’янко/Pavlo Derevianko, Легендарій міських див, Роман Колган, Владислав Лєнцев & Олег Сілін (Ukraine)
Ochiul tigrului [Eye of the Tiger], Emilia Burca (Moldova)
Prometheus Dezlănțuit [Prometheus Unleashed], Adrian Chifu (Romania)
Wolfszone, Christian Endres (Germany)
Será de Madrugada, Raquel Fontão (Portugal)
Metamorf, Karolina Francova (Czech Republic)
The Sword Triumphant, Gareth Hanrahan (Ireland)
Lumenlaulaja, Emmi Itäranta (Finland)
Skrivnost Srži, Jakob Konda (Slovenia)
Mrak, Emil Minchev (Bulgaria)
Das zweigeteilte All, Ralph Alexander Neumüller (Austria)
Sintonia, Audrey Pleynet (France)
Roserei, Cosimo Suglia (Luxembourg)
When There Are Wolves Again, E.J. Swift (UK)
Best Work of Art
WINNER: DOFRESH for the cover of La Vie secrète des robots [The Secret Life of Robots], Suzanne Palmer (France)
Franco Brambilla for the illustration of Tecnologie del Futuro, Marco Passarello, ed. (Italy)
Michaela Konrad for “Embrace the Future” (Austria)
Tania Mincheva for the cover of Mrak (Bulgaria)
Eleonor Piteira for “Time’s End” (Portugal)
Оксана Сіненко/Oksana Sinenko for the covers and illustration of the Litopys Siroho Ordeny books, Pavlo Derevianko (Ukraine)
Adrian van Schwamen for “Dreieck des Schreckens” (Germany)
Nick Wells for the covers of The Fractal Series, Allen Stroud (UK)
Best Fanzine
WINNER: Journey Planet #93 (Ireland)
Agamor #3 (Bulgaria)
ArtZone SF 12/25 (Romania)
Basis 11/24 (France)
Emarginacje #1 (Poland)
Faun #5 (Austria)
Il magazzino dei mondi #1 (Italy)
Pacto #2 (Portugal)
Weltenportal 9/25 (Germany)
Best Work for Children
WINNER: Fantastyczne Smoki [Fantastic Dragons], Marcin Kończewski (Poland)
Der kleine Perry 3: Meister der Roboter, Olaf Brill, illustrated by Michael Vogt (Germany)
Was macht ein Dino im Museum?, Marie Gamillscheg (Austria)
Station Symbiose, Noëmie Lemos (France)
Corvinho, Luis Louro (Portugal)
Doctor Who: The Robot Revolution, Una McCormack (UK)
Mitko and the Enchanted Cave, Емил Минчев/Emil Minchev
(Bulgaria)
Apollo credici, Adrian Fartade, Leo Ortolani & Luca Perri (Italy)
Platanos, Doina Rusti (Romania)
Вандалізм [Vandalism], Валерія Савотіна/Valeriia Savotina (Ukraine)
Best Comic Book or Graphic Novel
WINNER: Tales from Nevermore, Manuel Monteiro, illustrated by Pedro Nascimento (Portugal)
Der kleine Perry 3: Meister der Roboter, Olaf Brill, illustrated by Michael Vogt (Germany)
Silver: Unearthed, Michael Carroll, illustrated by Joe Currie, lettering by Simon Bowland (Ireland)
Cristina Covrig
Мор. Частина 2: Потойбіччя [Pestilence. Volume 2: The Beyond], Andrii Dankovych (Ukraine)
Daga #3, Giuliano Dimitrov, Kancho Kozhuharov, Haralambi Markov, Diana Naneva, Blagovesta Neycheva, Marko Nikolic, Satanasov, Marko Stoyanovich & Alyosha Tomic (Bulgaria)
Oskar Ed: Můj nejlepší přítel, Branko Jelínek (Czech Republic)
Ionheart, Lukas Kummer (Austria)
La Route, Manu Larcenet (France)
Arv, Adrian Nen (Romania)
Guida pratica e un po’ comic(a) al Solarpunk, Francesco Verso, ed. (Italy)
Best Internet Publication
WINNER: Intergalactic Robot, Artur Coelho (Portugal)
Actusf.com (France)
Knigi-igri.bg (Bulgaria)
Legie.info (Czech Republic)
Nörttikulttuurivisa [Geek Culture Quiz] (Finland)
Other Than a Fanzine: Fantastica Magazine (Romania)
Reading Wildlife (Italy)
SciFiNet (Germany)
Vlad the Storyteller (Ukraine)
Best Event, Festival or Convention organised by Fans
WINNER: Аль Мор [All Mor] 2025 (Ukraine)
Archipelacon 2 (Finland)
Bazyliszek x Polcon (Poland)
Contacto 2025 (Portugal)
DeepCon 2025 (Italy)
Eastercon 2025 (Ireland)
Elstercon 2024 (Germany)
Fantasy-Con (Wien) (Austria)
FénixCon (zech Republic)
Les Intergalactiques, 13e édition (France)
LuxCon 2025 (Luxembourg)
Na meji nevidnega 2025 (Slovenia)
Romcon 2025 (Romania)
Through Nine Lands 2025, Monstrous Encounters (Bulgaria)
World Fantasy Convention 2025 (UK)
Best Dramatic Presentation
WINNER: Ти, космос [U Are the Universe] (Ukraine)
À l’ouest d’Arkham (Luxembourg)
Another End (Italy)
Chien 51 (France)
The Dex Legacy Season 3 (UK)
Färjan (Finland)
Moonflower (Bulgaria)
O Velho e a Espada (Portugal)
Poate visezi [Maybe You’re Dreaming] (Romania)
The Chrysalis Awards winners were also announced:
Thomas Arnaud (France)
Ondřej Blaho (Czech Republic)
Vida Delcheva (Bulgaria)
Marcel Gherman (Moldova)
Elia Gonella (Italy)
Ben J.A. Hansen (Luxembourg)
Svenja Knisel (Austria)
Matjaž Marinček (Slovenia)
Afonso Molinar (Portugal)
Kevin Moran (Ireland)
Yulia Nahorniuk (Юлія Нагорнюк) (Ukraine)
Tessa (Germany)
Alina Voinea (Romania)
Thomas Recktenwald (Germany) was honored as European Grandmaster.
Winners were announced at Metropol Con 2026, held June 2-5, 2026 in Berlin, Germany. For more information, see the ESFS website.
The post 2026 ESFS Awards Winners appeared first on Locus.