2024 Hall of Fame Awards – Nominations

Best Artist

Nominee	Nominating country	Nominee country	Description	url
Veselin Chakarov	Bulgaria	Bulgaria	- Fantasy comic trilogy ""Katana"", Petrov M., Markosia Enterprises, London, 2021-23- Book-game ""WEST"", Bright S., 2021, winner of Best Illustrations award Art - exhibition ""Songs Of Time"", Steiner Gallery, Vienna, Austria, - Comic book ""A Quarter Of Infinity"", 2021, Kozhuharov A., Terra Balkanica - Novel trilogy LAMYA EOOD, 2017, Troshanov M., Phaeton, 2016-18
Korina Hunjak	Croatia	Croatia	Korin(a) Hunjak is an award winning illustrator, comics artist, and designer. They have illustrated various children's books and book covers and have contributed illustrations and design for board games and mobile apps. They are an editor of the award-winning art and culture magazine Strip-PREFIKS.
Elena Vieillard	France	France	Elena Vieillard is a freelance graphic designer & illustrator since 2008, working in publishing as well as in cultural, political, and popular education domains. She contributes to the editorial direction and covers for the SF books of Aux Forges de Vulcain. She was awarded the Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire in 2022 (graphic design category). She is also a member of a punk-rap from space music group.
benSwerk (S. Beneš)	Germany	Germany	It’s Ben’s ability to give books and entire series something unique through their design which distinguishes her art. Magnificently achieved in the series design for Carcosa: each title gets its own cover graphic, but with a very high recognition value as belonging to Carcosa, in a style never seen before. Ben’s works for Golkonda and Memoranda show a very artistic and appealing interior layout.
Claudio Castellini	Italy	Italy	One of the most relevant Italian comic artist of the last 30 years who worked on famous comics like Dylan Dog and Nathan Never. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudio_Castellini
Nora 'Nono' Back	Luxembourg	Luxembourg	A Luxembourgish artist, currently living in Germany. Finished school at the ""Arts et Métiers"" in Luxembourg, with ""beaux arts"" as subject in 2010. At the same school, added 2 years (BTS) of animation. Then in Stuttgart graduated from ""Filmakademie Baden Württemberg"", in ""Film & Media - Animation"" in 2018. Living and working in Stuttgart, as a freelance artist and animator, ever since.
Zbigniew Bielak	Poland	Poland	Zbigniew Bielak is a Polish artist, illustrator, and architect. He is very well known for the cover illustrations for albums by bands such as Watain, Ghost, Mayhem, and ABSU. Many of those illustrations strongly resonate with SFF topics. Fans may have also seen his Mountain card for Magic: The Gathering.
Libertad Delgado	Spain	Spain	With a personal and authentic style, the young artist Libertad Delgado has shown in her detailed and luminous covers her ability to capture the essence of books in images. Illustrator of the Spanish version of novels such as The Goblin Emperor or the new editions of El Ciclo de la Luna Roja, (by José Antonio Cotrina), Delgado displays a personal and recognizable style.
Vadym Antonyuk (Вадим Антонюк)	Ukraine	Ukraine
Iris Compiet	Netherlands	Netherlands	Labyrinth Bestiary

Best Author

Nominee	Nominating country	Nominee country	Description	url
Marc Elsberg	Austria	Austria	“Celsius” of our bestselling author Marc Elsberg is a very well-researched science-fiction thriller about the possibility of man-made climate change.
Guido Eekhaut	Belgium	Belgium	Guido Eekhaut has been writing for over 40 years. He has published more than 60 books en more than 150 short stories, many of them within the genres sciencefiction and speculative fiction. He writes for adults as well as for young adults and had been nominated for several literary prizes. https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guido_Eekhaut
Vesela Flamburari	Bulgaria	Bulgaria	Vesela Flamburari graduated Theater and Culturology studies. She has been writing for 25 years with 22 books – novels and tales; 27 plays, and TV scripts. She has received national and international awards, some from fantasy and fiction clubs. Her works have been translated into English, Bosnian, Serbian, Hungarian and more. She likes meeting children and playing with puppets at her presentations.
Igor Rendić	Croatia	Croatia	Igor Rendić is a speculative fiction writer with dozens of published short stories and several novels. His urban fantasy series A Town Called River places familiar tropes in a Croatian setting with a Slavic twist. Co-founder and editor of the Morina kutija online literary SF magazine and co-host of the Mora FM speculative fiction podcast. Recipient of seven Croatian literary SF awards.
Pierre Bordage	France	France	Famous French SF writer (1955-). Achieved success since his 1st novel Les Guerriers du silence (1993, +100,000 copies). Author of +80 novels & +100 short stories across various genres (SF, space opera, post-apo, historical fantasy, science fantasy, detective). Many prestigious awards including two for his entire career. Translated into Germany, Spain, Italy, Romania, Slovenia, Russia and China.
Christian Montillon	Germany	Germany	Christian Montillon is one of the chief/ outline authors directing the world’s largest science fiction series, PERRY RHODAN. He also publishes horror short stories (collection “Wege der Unsterblichkeit”) and stand alone science fiction novels, like “Fallender Stern” or “Tambora”.
Lanfranco Fabriani	Italy	Italy	A prominent figure of Italian SF for at least 30 years. Winner of 2 Urania Awards.
Maxime Weber	Luxembourg	Luxembourg	Maxime Weber is a young voice from Luxembourg whose work 'Das Gangrän' brought attention to the speculative genres. He actively participates in many initiatives around SF locally and internationally. His contact is maxime.weber93@gmail.com
Adnadin Jasarevic	Montenegro	Bosnia-Herzegovina	Writer and illustrator. He is the author of 18 books, including poetry and prose. He is the recipient of numerous recognitions and awards in the countries of the region and beyond. He is the winner of the Golden Dragon Award for his contribution to fantastic literature. The new book The Death of a Working Fairy was published in 2023 and won an award in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Jorrit de Klerk	Netherlands	Netherlands	Author of good short stories

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.
Ciela	Bulgaria	Bulgaria	In a world full of books we share stories – this is the mission of the biggest Bulgarian publishing house Ciela. With more than 3000 titles in our wide portfolio, we believe that books are emotion. We are committed to publish some of the most accomplished and thrilling Bulgarian and international authors. Оur approach to each title stays the same: to spread the beauty of reading anytime, anywhere.
Nakladatelství Epocha	Czech Republic	Czech Republic	The publishing house supports publishing of new, young Czech authors. In 2022-20
Les Moutons électriques	France	France	For the past 20 years since 2003, this independent publishing house, led by André-François Ruaud & Melchior Ascaride & named in homage to Dick, has ceaselessly provided its readers, through diverse collections, with mythographies about the most famous fictional heroes, monographs on great illustrators, reeditions of classics from popular literature, and the rising stars of speculative fiction.
Memoranda (Hardy Kettlitz)	Germany	Germany	Memoranda covers important special interest areas of sf. This includes the translation of the Dream Makers interviews, a 4 issue documentation on the history of sf in DE starting with Imperial times, the sf personality series portraying iconic authors. Also, classic and modern sf novels are published, with a focus on sf from Eastern Germany. In addition, Memoranda runs an interview podcast.
Swan River Press	Ireland	Ireland	The Swan River Press is Ireland's only publishing house dedicated to literature of the gothic, fantastic, strange and supernatural. It celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2023. The press consistently publishes new novels, anthologies, scholarly writings and classic reprints, all in the press's signature high quality bindings.
Zona 42	Italy	Italy	A young publisher dedicated to quality genre books, ranging from fantastic, to weird and science fiction
Local Public Broadcaster Radio Bijelo Polkje	Montenegro	Montenegro	The local public broadcaster Radio Bijelo Polje is the organizer of the Regional Festival of Fantastic Literature and a publisher in the field of fiction for more than 30 years. During 2023, this publisher published 11 titles. While a special endeavor is the anthology Contemporary Balkan Fantasy, a book in which the stories of 70 authors from the countries of the Western Balkans were published.
Wydawnictwo IX	Poland	Poland	Wydawnictwo IX was established in 2018. They publish works by both classics and contemporary Polish authors. Among the first group one should point to H.P. Lovercraft, August Derleth, and Stefan Grabiński. In 2022 they released a charity anthology to support Ukraine (called „24/02/2022”).
Obscura Editorial	Spain	Spain	Since its creation in 2019, this publishing house has demonstrated its expertise and professionalism with each publication. With a well-balanced catalogue of translated works and national authors, as well as new voices and well-established pens, Obscura has quickly established itself as a benchmark for well-edited, quality works.

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!
Out of this World	Belgium	Belgium	Out of this World is a Belgian online magazine (in Flemish) about sciencefiction, fantasy and related subjects in books, movies and music. The magazine is the digital successor of the once paper magazine Cerberus. They publish (almost daily) articles, interviews, short stories, reviews etc. https://ootw-magazine.weebly.com/
The Citadelata Team	Bulgaria	Bulgaria	The team behind the website www.citadelata.com consists of the members of the Citadel reader club which meets twice every month to discuss favorite books and movies. They promote works the genre since 2001 and post online reviews about it since 2003. Each year the club gives the Annual Awards for Fantasy and Horror – an event, which has become a part of the cultural calendar of Sofia.
Bookworm Dreams	Croatia	Croatia	Bookworm Dreams is a YouTube channel by Maja & Kristina, two avid readers. Their videos and discussions on fantasy, scifi, and horror books promote speculative fiction, drawing in new readers. They also do a tremendous job of reviewing Croatian speculative fiction, giving it a spotlight among similar but more popular anglophone books, putting Croatian authors on the map of world genre literature.
Viktoriya Lajoye & Patrice Lajoye	France	France	Translators & publishers, for +10 years, they promote works from Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus through published texts & conferences.Nous sommes vivants ! (We Are Alive!) anthology (2022) contains stories by Ukrainian SF writers, with their firsthand testimonies about the war they are experiencing. For the 1st time in French : Henry Lion Oldie, Y. Dubynianska, V. Arenev, M. Nazarenko & S. Paltsun.
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.
Brian Nisbet	Ireland	Ireland	Brian Nisbet has been supporting, leading, and championing Irish fandom events for decades (sorry Brian, I'm afraid the maths works out on that). As well as chairing and co-chairing gaming con Gaelcon, the UK Discworld Con, the 2014 Eurocon, and now the 2029 Dublin Worldcon bid, Brian has also been a stalwart committee member of many recent Worldcons, and a regular ESFS delegate for Ireland.
Barbra Bucci	Italy	Italy	The leading organizer of Stranimondi convention in Milan, she is the powerful force that makes things happen!
Science Fiction & Fantasy Society Luxembourg (or Gérard Kraus)	Luxembourg	Luxembourg	Science Fiction & Fantasy Society Luxembourg (alternatively Gérard Kraus) is working to bring awareness of the many worlds and media of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror to the public through various initiatives, events and public presence.
Dragic Rabrenovic	Montenegro	Montenegro	Founder and organizer of the Regional Fantastic Literature Festival REFESTICON, in Montenegro. Writer, editor, promoter. Editor of two anthologies. One of the initiators of the network of festivals of the Western Balkans. Participant and promoter at festivals and conventions, participant of Eurocon, and representative of Montenegro at the FanExpo convention held in Vancouver in 2024.

Best Magazine

Nominee	Nominating country	Nominee country	Description	url
In Tenebris	Belgium	Belgium	In Tenebris is a Flemish SF, fantasy, horror and mystery magazine that appears twice a year. It doubles as an anthology, as the first half of the magazine is always dedicated to a certain topic (e.g. a certain city, the clouds). It collects both old and new short stories, as well as essays on SF/F/H. It also contains reviews on new books.
Dracus	Bulgaria	Bulgaria	The Draсus magazine has been published for over 10 years and presents Bulgarian authors of science fiction, fantasy, horror and crime stories, as well as classic authors from all over the world.
Morina Kutija	Croatia	Croatia	Morina kutija is a Croatian online literary magazine for speculative fiction open to submissions in both Croatian and English with hopes of being a bridge between Croatian and anglophone audiences. As an online publication they have managed to reach a wide audience. Their YouTube channel features book recs and their podcast Mora FM is about writing, publishing, and speculative fiction in general.
Gandahar	France	France	Gandahar is a quaterly magazine, published since 2014 by Jean-Pierre Fontana and Christine Brignon. They published illustrated SF, fantasy and fantastic short stories in each issue. After 10 years, the number 38 (December 2023) will be their last.
Phantastisch! (Klaus Bollhöfener)	Germany	Germany	An institution for Germany’s speculative fiction scene. PHANTASTISCH! is a cornerstone of the genre, elevating small publications to the big stage and skillfully illuminating attractive facets of the genre. It also provides insights to the lives and works of international genre stars and backstage heroes, like translators and publishers, through in-depth interviews.
Fantasy Magazine	Italy	Italy	One of the most precious sources of information about fantasy and science fiction in Italy
Droids & Druids Magazine	Spain	Spain	This magazine has been publishing two issues per year since 2020, focusing on promoting a space for fantasy and science fiction new female and non binary authors. Besides short stories, the magazine also includes science fiction poetry and essay. The Droids & Druids team also organizes writing camps and coordinates the annual Droids & Druids Awards.

Best Translator

Nominee	Nominating country	Nominee country	Description	url
Yavor Tsanev	Bulgaria	Bulgaria	In the last few years, Yavor Tsanev has been translating mostly classical works for Dracus magazine and several publishing houses.
Srebrenka Peregrin	Croatia	Croatia	Srebrenka Peregrin is a Croatian professional storyteller, writer, and translator. As a translator her works include the Croatian translations of Peter S. Beagle's The Last Unicorn, Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series, Emma Roberts' Secret Fairy Club, and Brandon Sanderson's The Rithmatist.
Michel Pagel	France	France	Michel Pagel, born on October 28, 1961, in Paris, is a French writer known for his science fiction and fantasy novels. He is a highly recognized and award-winning translator (Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire) of numerous works, including books by Joe Haldeman, Graham Joyce, Neil Gaiman, Francis Stevens, Claire North, and "Babel" by R.F. Kuang.
Hannes Riffel	Germany	Germany	Hannes translates at a very high level and can therefore also adequately translate very demanding works into German. This is particularly noticeable when you compare his new translations with former translations. He has translated authors as diverse as Bacigalupo, Brackett, Cline, Clute, Gaiman, Gibson, Moorcock, Shirley, Stewart and Jo Walton and given each of them their own distinctive voice.
Karen Gerwig	Ireland	Germany	Karen Gerwig is a translator of many speculative fiction books into German, including such wide-ranging books as those by Brandon Sanderson, official Lego official novels, and "A Crack in Everything" by Ruth Frances Long which was the co-winner of the 2015 ESFS Award for Children's Fiction.
Silvia Castoldi	Italy	Italy	Silvia has been working on many SF translations over the last 20 years, including John Shirley and Robert Heinlein. Last year she re-translated the masterpiece of Mary Shelley, Frankenstein.
Manuel de los Reyes García Campos	Spain	Spain	With over 20 years of experience, Manuel de Los Reyes is one of the most respected translators in Spain. He has gone from role-play games and manuals to display an outstanding portfolio of over 150 translations that include works from authors such as Stark Holborn, Brandon Sanderson or Ken Liu. Manuel de los Reyes is one of the most prominent figures of the literary translation industry
Anna Gustafsson Chen	Sweden	Sweden	Anna is a Swedish translator who translate from Chinese into Swedish. She have translated Chinese Science Fiction such as “Råttans år (The Year of the Rat)” by Qiufan Chen (2020). Her Swedish translation of The Three Body problem has just been published in 2024.
Bohdan Stasiuk (Богдан Стасюк)	Ukraine	Ukraine	He translates into Ukrainian novels and short stories of Ray Bradbury, Dan Simmons, Charles Stross, Susanne Clarke, Michael Flynn and others. Works in Volodymyr Vynnychenko Central Ukrainian State University