2023 Hall of Fame Awards – Nominations

Best Artist

Nominee	Nominating country	Nominee country	Description	url
Korina Hunjak	Croatia	Croatia	Korina is an illustrator, graphics designer, and comic book artist from Rijeka, Croatia, with a long list of book covers, comics, and other art projects to their name. Check her portfolio!
Jesper Ejsing	Denmark	Denmark	Jesper Ejsing has established himself as the preeminent and most internationally acclaimed fantasy artist in Denmark in the last couple of decades. Besides his fantastic and voluminous dragon art, he was the colorist for the Valhalla comics, artist for Dungeons & Dragon, and also writes fantasy books. His top-class art and coloring styles are instantly impressive and recognizable.
Petri Hiltunen	Finland	Finland	Petri Hiltunen is a Finnish cartoonist and illustrator. Hiltunen has produced work in a variety of genres, but is most notable for his fantasy and horror work. He has won the prestigious Puupäähattu award in 2002, which is the highest honour for Finnish comic artists. He is also a well-known figure in Finnish science fiction fandom and a regular panelist and guest of at conventions, like Finncon.
Didier Graffet	France	France	Since 1994, this French illustrator and colorist [b. 1970] is known for his work in fantasy & SF, characterized by his attention to detail and use of light and shadow. His work has appeared on book covers, posters, and games, and has won several awards. He explores Nordic mythology, Celtic mythology, imaginary journeys as well as steampunk. bureau21.net/categorie-produit/artistes/didier-graffet/
Thomas Thiemeyer	Germany	Germany	Fascinating landscapes, strange artefacts, the combination of settings found in real world history with fantastic creatures and technology … these are only some of the qualities to be found in Thomas’ work. Since decades, he provides cover art and illustrations for major publishers in sf and fantasy. In 2022, the Exodus 44 fanzine published a gallery of “the wonderful worlds of Thomas Thiemeyer”.
Jog Brogzin	Ireland	Ireland	Jog Brogzin is a Fantasy artist and cartographer from Ireland. Jog has been making fantasy maps for over 30 years and mostly works with traditional pen and paper.
Leo Ortolani	Italy	Italy	Very famous Italian comics artist who lately has illustrated 3 comics books for the Italian Space Agency.
André Mata	Portugal	Portugal
Natacha Bustos	Spain	Spain
Nicolas Krizan	Sweden	Sweden	Nicolas is an artist, illustrator and comics artist. He is also a science fiction fan. He has among other things designed the logo of ESFS.

Best Author

Nominee	Nominating country	Nominee country	Description	url
Marc Elsberg	Austria	Austria	Our bestselling author Marc Elsberg had a big success back then with his book “Blackout”, where people had to deal with the loss of electricity (this had also been turnt into a TV-show), now he is back with his novellete “Black Hole”, a sequel!
Tatjana Jambrišak	Croatia	Croatia	ou could say that Tatjana single handedly pushed Croatian Science fiction from 20th to 21st century and you would not be far from the truth. Writer, poet, translator, artist, publisher, con runner - she had tremendous influence and shaped the Croatian fandom and genre Her stories and poetry won multiple national awards and her style and themes were inspiration for generations of writers.
Emmi Itäranta	Finland	Finland	Emmi Itäranta is a Finnish author whose novels have been characterised as lyrical dystopias with strong ecological undercurrents. Itäranta’s award-winning debut novel Memory of Water (2014) is available in more than 20 languages and as a film, The Guardian of Water. She has written two more novels and is a mainstay in World SF/F circles.
Philippe Curval	France	France	French SF writer, journalist and photograph (1929-). Since 1960, Philippe Curval is one of the most eminent French science fiction writers. He wrote more than 100 short stories and 40 novels, some translated in 14 countries. He still published new novels now. He is also known for his works of science fiction criticism and as an editor. Summary Bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ch.cgi?3341
Aiki Mira	Germany	Germany	Aiki Mira explores the boundaries of our relationships and human identity and enjoys writing, thinking and discussing queer issues. Aiki’s short story Utopie27 won both major German sf awards. Aiki contributes to sf in long and short forms, fiction and non fiction, and impresses the audience with precise observations, combined with a musicality in language.
Eoin Colfer	Ireland	Ireland	Eoin Colfer is the international best selling author of the "Artemis Fowl" series, the adult fantasy novel "Highfire", and the illustrated children's book "Cloud Babies".
Nicoletta Vallorani	Italy	Italy	One of the best Italian SF writers and winner of the Urania Award. She often deals with post-cyberpunk set in futuristic Milan and also feminist/gender narratives.
Jacek Dukaj	Poland	Poland	Jacek Dukaj debuted in “Fantastyka” with a short story “The Golden Galley” when he was only 16. His stories were translated to multiple languages and one of them was a basis for the 2002 Academy Award-nominated SF short film “The Cathedral”. His novel “The Old Axolotl” was inspiration for the “Into the Night” Netflix series. Author received multiple awards including six Zajdel Awards.
Bruno Martins Soares	Portugal	Portugal
Laura Gallego	Spain	Spain

Best Publisher

Nominee	Nominating country	Nominee country	Description	url
Ohneohren	Austria	Austria	The publishing house Ohneohren, founded in 2013 by Ingrid Pointecker is spezialized in speculative fiction. A focus is on so called “unpopular” topics and on supporting female authors.
Science Fiction Cirklen	Denmark	Denmark	The organized SF fandom society Science Fiction Cirklen has, in recent decades, also been a prolific publisher of science fiction books in Danish; many translated from other languages, but also a number of original Danish novels and anthologies, such as the (so far) 17-volume annual "Under overfladen" series. This has helped renew public interest in science fiction, as well as serving fandom well.
Kirjava	Finland	Finland	Punching above its weight, Kirjava is a major publishing house in Finland, home of George R. R. Martin, Joe Abercrombie, Patrick Rothfuss, among others, including a number of anthologies and short story collections.,
Éditions Mnémos	France	France	Vibrant & pioneer, this independant publishing house for +25 years is committed to promoting high-quality speculative fiction, mainly French & US authors, but also Cuban, Spanish, Swedish or Italian: more than 400 SF, fantasy and alternate history books, new voices and classics texts. Some collections focus on art books, patrimonial complete works or essays.
Hirnkost	Germany	Germany	Hirnkost shows commitment to projects that offer special value to the German science fiction biotope, filling crucial niches: a yearbook covering statistics as well as essays on focus topics, high value anthologies presenting colored artwork alongside fresh fiction, an edition of classical sf novels, and modern works. Hirnkost books are often classy hardcovers, adding beauty to every bookshelf.
Limit Break Comics	Ireland	Ireland	Limit Break Comics is a Dublin-based comic collective, founded on the back of a shared desire to see small press comics grow in Ireland. They consistently released high quality anthology comics that showcase Irish creators and stories.
Edizioni Hypnos	Italy	Italy	A very high quality small press dedicated the weird and speculative fiction, both contemporary and forgotten classics.
Saida de Emergência	Portugal	Portugal
Duermevela	Spain	Spain
Ylva Blomqvist	Sweden	Sweden	Ylva is working as a publisher. She has published many books for children and young adults.

Best Promoter

Nominee	Nominating country	Nominee country	Description	url
Stefan Cernohuby	Austria	Austria	Stefan Cernohuby was editor of the anthology “Facetten der Zukunft”, a book with Austrian science-fiction short stories. He promotes it by public readings along with his team and the book had also been intruduced on public TV!
Raymond Milési	France	France	French SF writer, anthologist (Mouvances) & active fan for almost 40 years. He went to the 2nd French SF national convention (1975) & only missed 4 since! Since 1988, he is responsible for their attribution vote and the guardian of their smooth running. He received the Cyrano special award in 2018 in Amiens for his writings and his commitment to SF fandom and genre.
Udo Klotz	Germany	Germany	Since 1991, Udo is trustee of Germany’s most prestigious sf award, the Kurd Laßwitz Preis. He earned maximum respect from pros as well as from fans for the calm, objective, and reliable way he fulfills this key role. Moreover, Udo is a connector for the German sf scene, editing fanzines, running a monthly gathering in Munich, and actively participating in national and international sf conventions.
Gareth Kavanagh	Ireland	Ireland	Gareth Kavanagh is the former chair of the Irish National Convention, Octocon, has had key leadership roles in multiple Worldcons and the 2014 Dublin Eurocon. And oh yeah, he was the ESFS Secretary for six years. Irish and European fandom would far poorer without the years of quiet background work Gareth has dedicated to us!
Flora Staglianò	Italy	Italy	Long time fan and excellent organizer of SF convention "DeepCon" and 2 EuroCons in Fiuggi.
Sandra Henriques	Portugal	Portugal
Ricard Ruiz Garzón	Spain	Spain
Flora Staglianò	Ukraine	Italy	Flora is first of all known as a translator, but she is definitely one of the best convention organizers and SF&F promoters in Europe. Thanking to her Italian Fiuggi hosted Eurocon twice, in 2009 and 2021. She is the heart of the most successful Italian SF convention Deepcon for over 25 years.

Best Magazine

Nominee	Nominating country	Nominee country	Description	url
Morina kutija	Croatia	Croatia	Morina kutija (Mora’s Box) is a Croatian online literary SF magazine focused on publishing stories by local and regional authors and to share the love for SF with the rest of audience. They also publish reviews, recommendations and essays. Besides Croatian and languages that don’t need a translation, they also publish stories and reviews in English and are open for non-Croatian authors.
Tähtivaeltaja	Finland	Finland	Nearly 40 years of excellence and pushing the boundaries of all things speculative, be they literary, art, music, poetry, audio-visuals, conventions, comics, games and everything else, Tähtivaeltaja is the most important SF/F in Finland and probably one of the very few in the world that has continued to be on the pulse for nearly four decades.
Gandahar	France	France	Gandahar is a quaterly magazine, published since 2014 by Jean-Pierre Fontana and Christine Brignon. They published illustrated short stories in each issue.
Future Fiction Magazine (German Edition) by Sylvana Freyberg and Uwe Post	Germany	Germany	Being the German branch of an international project, Future Fiction Magazine publishes authors from Germany, Europe, and all over the world, giving special focus to non-anglophone voices. Content centers around new positive visions for our joint future. Topics include exobiology, ai, solar punk, hard sf, social fiction, bio punk, etc. International networking is at the heart of the project.
Dimensione cosmica	Italy	Italy	SFF magazine dedicated to speculative fiction.
Bang!	Portugal	Portugal
Oasis	Spain	Spain

Best Translator

Nominee	Nominating country	Nominee country	Description	url
Adrian Cvitanović	Croatia	Croatia	Adrian Cvitanović translates from Polish and he translated over 20 books from Polish to Croatian and countless magazine articles and essays. This winner of the Croatian translators award in 2020 is responsible for returning Polish science fiction to Croatia with his translations of Stanislaw Lem and Jacek Dukaj.
Hélène Collon	France	France	Hélène Collon [b. 1961] is a French translator working from English. She translated numerous modern SF & fantasy authors, including Le Guin, Priest, Aldiss among others. She was recognized and won awards for her translations of Iain M. Banks, but especially of Philip K. Dick, for which she also ensured the complete retranslation/harmonization of the short stories and the Exegesis, & wrote essays.
Bernhard Kempen	Germany	Germany	Since decades, Bernhard translates a large number of English-language SF for almost all major publishers. His approach follows the question: "How would authors have written the story if German were their native language?" Outstanding works incl. Morgan’s “Thin Air”, Leckie’s “Imperial Radch”, McDonald’s “River of Gods”, “Dune” prequels, and, German in 2022, Martine’s "A Desolation Called Peace".
Silvia Castoldi	Italy	Italy	Very expert translator of Science Fiction, (Ian McDonald and Karl Schroeder among other). Lately she has translated again Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.
Sebastian Musielak	Poland	Poland	Sebastian Musielak translates from English and Finnish to Polish. He is not involved only in SFF. The works he translates are often not obviously SFF what makes them even more interesting. Among his translations are books by Johanna Sinisalo (“Not Before Sundown”, “The Blood of Angels”), Juhani Karila (“Fishing for the Little Pike”), and Leena Krohn (“Tainaron: Mail From Another City”).
Luis Filipe Silva	Portugal	Portugal
David Tejera Expósito	Spain	Spain	David Tejera Expósito is a Spanish video games and literary translator who has translated over 40 Fantasy and Science Fiction books, such as N. K. Jemisin’s The Broken Earth trilogy, Tamsyn Muir’s The Locked Tomb series, James S. A. Corey’s The Expanse series, William Gibson’s Neuromancer or J. G. Ballard’s High-Rise. He has also won the Matilde Horne award for best SFF translation into Spanish.
Ylva Kempe	Sweden	Sweden	Ylva is a translator who has translated fantasy books from Norwegian into Swedish.
Iaroslava Strikha (Ярослава Стріха)	Ukraine	Ukraine	Iaroslava Strikha translated from English into Ukrainian the works of such famous writers as Susanna Clarke, Alan Moore, Paul Auster and many others.