2024 Chrysalis Awards – European Science Fiction Society

Nominee	Nominating country	Nominee country	Description
Ralph Alexander Neumüller	Austria	Austria	Ralph Neumüller debuted with the science-fiction novel “Das Stoffuniversum” about a protagonist, who awakes in parallel universeses, again and again, where he is forced to live the life of a stranger. It is an outstanding book that tells us a lot about different socities – and different personal lifestyles.
Finn Audenaert	Belgium	Belgium	Finn Audenaert (1977) has been writing short stories and poetry for about 2 years: SF, horror, fantasy and absurd stories. He’s been published in Belgian and Dutch magazines and websites. He edits In Tenebris and Out Of This World (online) magazines. He reviews SF/F/H books for Fantastische Vertellingen magazine. He is putting together three anthologies: ghost stories, SF and Alice in Wonderland.
Elitsa Hristova for her "The stork and the sun"	Bulgaria	Bulgaria	"The stork and the sun" tells us the story of the young stork Strahlivcho. Since his birth he is afraid from everything. Especially from flying. The courage gives wind to the wings to fly, but what if the little stork doesn’t know how to find this courage? Full of new friends, unexpected meetings, unbelievable tales and some rays of magic, his journey will change his life forever.
Ivana Geček	Croatia	Croatia	A multitaletend Croatian artist. Originally a comics artist and illustrator, she has in the past few years started making forays into writing speculative fiction, with works published in anthologies and magazines. Her fiction features Slavic motifs and while she often deals in dark themes, she is prone to infusing her work with humor.
Zuzana Johanovská	Czech Republic	Czech Republic	In her first participation in the Karel Čapek literary Award 2023, she won for the short story "You are scrap and you will turn into scrap" the main prize Mlok and the Skokan newcomer prize and the Prize for a short story about robots.
Marguerite Imbert	France	France	Marguerite Imbert, born in 1994 in Guadeloupe, has spent much of her life on the road and lived around the world. Her first novel, "Qu’allons-nous faire de ces jours qui s’annoncent?" (2021), depicted the ideological conflicts about ecology and society. Her second novel, "Les Flibustiers de la mer chimique," enjoyed immense critical success. She works as a screenwriter for a video game publisher.
Marie Erikson	Germany	Germany	Marie Erikson is a very versatile author. In 2023, she had her first publication, a science fiction short story, an episode of the STELLARIS series of PERRY RHODAN. This was followed by a horror short story in JOHN SINCLAIR. Since then, several novelettes have been published as episodes of JOHN SINCLAIR and PERRY RHODAN-NEO. A stand-alone fantasy novel is announced to be published soon.
Courtney Smyth	Ireland	Ireland	Courtney's debut adult fantasy murder mystery "The Undetectables" was published in September 2023 with Titan Books. It's sequel, "The Undead Complex" will be published in September 2024.
Lucio Besana	Italy	Italy	""Storie della serie cremisi"" is a collection of interconnected stories with a weird character in a dystopian setting, where reality and identity are fragile and random, where deformity is normal and normality deformed, on the edge of the apocalypse. Lucio Besana is a very promising voice in Italian Weird Fiction
Audrey Martin	Luxembourg	Luxembourg	Audrey is behind The Heart Pyre, an interactive fantasy podcast. She has released The Heart Pyre, Book 1 – A Searing Faith, participated in Aner Welten's Solapunk Anthology. She has also written Rest for Aner Welten, published in August 2022.