European Science Fiction Society

The European Science Fiction Society is an international organisation of professionals and fans who are committed to promoting science fiction in Europe and European science fiction worldwide.

European Science Fiction Society
Dave Lally, (former) chairman of the European Science Fiction Society, during the general meeting at Eurocon in Stockholm, Sweden, 2011.
AbbreviationESFS
Formation1972 (1972)
Founded atTrieste, Italy
TypeScience fiction organisation
PurposePromote science fiction
Location
  • Europe
AffiliationsEurocon
Websiteesfs.info

The organisation was founded at the first Eurocon (European Science Fiction Convention), which was held in 1972 in Trieste, Italy. Since that time, the organisation has organized Eurocons at least every two years. The organisation also administrates the European SF Awards.

The society's officers (as re-elected in 2013 in Kiev, Ukraine) are:[1]

  • Chairman: Carolina Gómez Lagerlöf, (Sweden)
  • Secretary: Gareth Kavanagh (Ireland)
  • Treasurer: Vanja Kranjcevic (Croatia)
  • Vice Chairman: Saija Kyllönen (Finland)
  • Award Administrator: Bridget Wilkinson (United Kingdom)

Bridget Wilkinson served as a society officer for 25 years before standing down at the 2016 Eurocon, held in Barcelona, Spain. Before that, she ran Fans Across The World co-ordinating science fiction fans from the former Eastern Europe with their counterparts in the West.

References
  1. Archived 2011-05-25 at the Wayback Machine. European Science Fiction Society.
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