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77th World Science Fiction Convention

Coordinates:53°20′53.412″N6°14′21.561″W/ 53.34817000°N 6.23932250°W/53.34817000; -6.23932250
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Dublin 2019, the 77th World Science Fiction Convention
GenreScience fiction
Dates15–19 August 2019
VenueConvention Centre Dublinand The Point Square,Dublin
Location(s)Dublin
Coordinates53°20′53.412″N6°14′21.561″W/ 53.34817000°N 6.23932250°W/53.34817000; -6.23932250
CountryIreland
Organized byJames Bacon (Chair)[1]
Websitedublin2019

The77th World Science Fiction Convention(Worldcon), also known asDublin 2019—An Irish Worldcon,was held on 15–19 August 2019 at theConvention Centre,as well as in The Point Square,Dublin,Ireland.[2]

The convention chair wasJames Bacon.

Participants

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Attendance was 6,525, out of 8,430 paid memberships.[1]

Guests of Honour

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One of the Guests of Honour, Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell.

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Special Guests

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Other notable participants

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In addition to several Guests of Honour, a number of Featured Artists appeared on the convention programme:Jim Fitzpatrick,Maeve Clancy,Afua RichardsonandSana Takeda.[3]

Programming and events

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Convention Centre Dublin,the main venue for Dublin 2019

The convention took place in two main locations - theConvention Centre Dublin,and the Odeon Theatre at Point Square. In addition to the main programming, a number of fringe events took place around the city, in theScience Gallery,Irish Film Institute,the Fishamble Theatre, andFairview Park.

Awards

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Main article:Hugo Award

The World Science Fiction Society administers and presents theHugo Awards,[4]the oldest and most noteworthy award for science fiction. Selection of the recipients is by vote of the Worldcon members. Categories include novels and short fiction, artwork, dramatic presentations, and various professional andfandomactivities.[4][5]

Other awards may be presented at Worldcon at the discretion of the individual convention committee. This has often included the national SF awards of the host country, such as the JapaneseSeiun Awardsas part ofNippon 2007,[6]and thePrix Aurora Awardsas part ofAnticipationin 2009. TheAstounding Award for Best New Writerand theSidewise Award,though not sponsored by the Worldcon, are usually presented, as well as theChesley Awards,thePrometheus Award,and others.[6] Dublin 2019 announced that there would be a special Hugo category for "Best Art Book".[7]The awards were announced at the convention on 19 August.

2019 Hugo Awards

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The Hugo Award design for 2019, featuring a ceramic base designed byJim Fitzpatrick.

3,097 ballots were cast for the 2019 Hugo Awards, of which 3,089 were online ballots and 8 were paper ballots. The winners were:

Other awards

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FollowingJeannette Ng's acceptance speech of the award for Best New Writer, in which she called out Campbell's politics, referring to him as a "fascist", the publishers ofAnalogmagazine announced that the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer would immediately be renamed to "TheAstounding Awardfor Best New Writer ".[8][9]

Site selection

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Dublin in 2019was the only bid which officially filed to host the 77th World Science Fiction Convention, and its selection was confirmed by vote of the members of the75th World Science Fiction ConventioninHelsinki.[10][11]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ab "The Long List of World Science Fiction Conventions (Worldcons)".smof info.
  2. ^ab StJohn Macintosh, Paul (2017-08-12)."Worldcon off to Dublin in 2019".Retrieved2017-08-17.
  3. ^ab Taylor, Paul (2018-01-02)."Afua Richardson joins the featured artists at Dublin 2019".Dublin 2019.
  4. ^ab"Article 3: Hugo Awards".WSFS Constitution.World Science Fiction Society. 2008. Archived fromthe originalon May 20, 2011.RetrievedApril 5,2009.
  5. ^Franklin, Jon (October 30, 1977)."Star roars: this year's champs in science fiction".The Baltimore Sun.Baltimore,MD. p. D5. Archived fromthe originalon March 8, 2013.RetrievedMarch 3,2011.
  6. ^ab"Awards".Nippon2007: 65th World Science Fiction Convention.Archivedfrom the original on August 2, 2018.RetrievedMarch 15,2009.
  7. ^ Mike Glyer (2018-11-30)."Dublin 2019 Adds Special Hugo Award Category: Best Art Book".File 770.
  8. ^ "A statement from the Editor".Analog Science Fiction and Fact. 2019-08-27.Retrieved2019-08-29.
  9. ^ Connolly, Thomas (2019-09-11)."Joanna Russ, the First Minister of Feminist Science Fiction, PopMatters".
  10. ^ "Worldcon Bids".Worldcon [Official].World Science Fiction Society.Retrieved2017-08-17.
  11. ^ "Site Selection for 2019".Worldcon 75.Retrieved2017-08-17.
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Preceded by List of Worldcons
77th World Science Fiction Convention
Dublin 2019 inDublin,Ireland (2019) 		Succeeded by
78th World Science Fiction Convention
CoNZealand inWellington,New Zealand (2020)
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