2012 ROMCON Awards

This week-end at Timișoara a new edition of ROMCON (The National Convention of Romanian Science Fiction Clubs and Authors) took place, organized by Helion (Timișoara), Quasar (Iași) and Victor Anestin (Craiova). On this occasion the winners of 2012 ROMCON Awards were announced. The award winners are designated through a complex voting system that combines the votes of a jury and the convention participants. This year the ROMCON jury was formed by George Anania (president), George Ceaușu, Cătălin Badea-Gheracostea, Viorel Pîrligras and Lucian Vasile-Szabo. The winners and the nominated works are:

NOVEL: “Journey in Capricia” (Călătorie în Capricia) by Mircea Opriță

The other nominated works:
“The Honest Courtesan and the Astrologer” (Curtezana onestă și astrologul) by Voicu Bugariu
“Ink and Blood” (Cerneală și singe) by Ștefana Cristina Czeller
“DemNet” (DemNet) by Dan Doboș
“The Seagulls Island” (Insula pescărușilor) by Mircea Liviu Goga

SHORT STORY: “The Story of Calistrat Hadîmbu from Vizireni, foully murdered by Raul Colentina in a Bucharest’s outskirts inn” (Povestea lui Calistrat Hadîmbu din Vizireni, ucis mişeleşte de nenicul Raul Colentina într-un han de la marginea Bucureştilor) by Michael Haulică(Steampunk: A second revolution edited by Adrian Crăciun)

The other nominated works:
“Via Italia” (Via Italia) by Costel Baboș
“Alice in madmen’s land” (Alice în țara nebunilor) by Beatrice Badea
“The Last Hourglass” (Ultima clepsidră) by Oliviu Crâznic
“Emanoil Popescu, superhero” (Emanoil Popescu, supererou) by Ştefan Ghidoveanu
“The Alphabet for Venus” (Alfabetul spre Venus) by Cristian Mihail Teodorescu

NON-FICTION: “Ştiință și violoncel” (Science and violoncello) by Mircea Opriță

The other nominated works:
“…Neither Torquemada” (…Nici Torquemada) by Michael Haulică
“Comic books and the postmodern canon” (Benzile desenate și canonul postmodern) by Ion Manolescu
“Introduction in the interpretative fantastic” (Introducere în fantasticul de interpretare) by Cosmin Perta

PERIODICAL: Helion, magazine printed on paper, issues 1-6/2011 and online edition

The other nominees:
Galileo, online edition
Gazeta SF, online magazine
Nautilus, online magazine
SRSFF – website

DEBUT: “Ink and Blood” (Cerneală și singe) by Ștefana Cristina Czeller

The other nominated works:
“The return from holiday” (Întoarcerea din concediu) by Adrian Glosic
“Double Spiral” (Spirală dublă) by Alexandru Neagu
“The morning walk of Miss Vu” (Plimbarea de dimineață a domnișoarei Vu) by Ioana Vișan

VISUAL ARTS: Marian Mirescu – for comics

The other nominees:
Lucian Amarii-Jup – for comics
Adrian Chifu – for short film
Cătălin Negrea – for graphic
Veronica Solomon – for comics

SPECIAL AWARD: Bogdan Bucheru

Congratulations to all the winners!