Dublin 2019, the 77th World Science Fiction Convention | |
Coordinates: | 53.3482°N -6.2393°W |
Dates: | 15–19 August 2019 |
Organizer: | James Bacon (Chair) |
Website: | dublin2019.com |
The 77th World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon), also known as Dublin 2019—An Irish Worldcon, was held on 15–19 August 2019 at the Convention Centre, as well as in The Point Square, Dublin, Ireland.
The convention chair was James Bacon.
Attendance was 6,525, out of 8,430 paid memberships.
In addition to several Guests of Honour, a number of Featured Artists appeared on the convention programme: Jim Fitzpatrick, Maeve Clancy, Afua Richardson and Sana Takeda.
The convention took place in two main locations - the Convention 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 the Science Gallery, Irish Film Institute, the Fishamble Theatre, and Fairview Park.
Dublin 2019 announced that there would be a special Hugo category for "Best Art Book". The awards were announced at the convention on 19 August.
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:
Following Jeannette 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 of Analog magazine announced that the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer would immediately be renamed to "The Astounding Award for Best New Writer".
Dublin in 2019 was 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 the 75th World Science Fiction Convention in Helsinki.