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The SFera Award is awarded annually by the science fiction society
SFera SFera is a science fiction society from Zagreb, Croatia. It was founded in 1976, thus marking the beginnings of organised science fiction fandom in the region. SFera is the official organiser of SFeraKon, an annual Croatian science fiction ...
in
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since 1981. Until 1991, it was given to participants from whole of
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, but since 1994 only for works originally published in Croatian. The SFera award is given to the best accomplishments in
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(as well as in
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and
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) first published or shown in Croatia over the preceding year. At the beginning, the award was only for literary works, but with time, expanded to many categories. Currently it is awarded in the following categories: *miniature (very short story) *short story *story *novella *novel *novel for children *drama *poetry *color illustrations *black-white illustrations *comic book Other mediums (costimography, sculpture, film, video, music) are designated as "special achievements". It is also awarded for life's work and from time to time, a special award for newcomers, called Protosfera.


Winners


1981

*Story: Goran Hudec, ''Prsten'' *Novel: Miha Remec, ''Prepoznavanje'' (slovenski author) *Dedication: emisija ''Eppur si muove'' Radio Zagreb


1982

*Story: Radovan Devlić, ''Hajka'' *Life work: Zvonimir Furtinger *Dedication:
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1983

*Story: Biljana Mateljan, ''Vrijeme je, maestro'' *Dedication: ''Sirius magazine''


1984

*Story: Slobodan Čurčić, ''Šume, kiše, grad i zvezde'' (srpski author) *Novel: Branko Belan, ''Utov dnevnik'' *Dediacation: IRO Politika (Belgrade) and Brane Dimitrović


1985

*Story: Hrvoje Prćić, ''Ana s onu stranu zrcala'' *Comic book: Željko Pahek *Dedication: Galerija Studentskog centra u Zagrebu, Boban Knežević i Talijanski kulturni centar u Zagrebu


1986

*Priča: Slobodan Petrovski, ''Most'' *Roman: Predrag Raos, ''Mnogo vike nizašto'' *Dedication: Centar za kulturu Pešćenica, Technical Museum in Zagreb, Borivoj Jurković


1987

*Story: Miha Remec, Spomenik Euridiki (slovenski author) *Comic book:
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*Dedication: Žiga Leskovšek, IRO Prosveta (Beograd)


1988

*Story: Vladimir Lazović, ''Sokolar'' *Dedication: Dobrosav Bob Živković


1989

*Story: Predrag Raos, ''Škorpion na jeziku'' *Life's work: Gavrilo Vučković (srpski urednik)


1990

*Story: Radovan Devlić, ''Zatvor'' *Novel: Radivoje Lola Đukić, ''Ovca na Bulevaru Oktobarske revolucije'' (srpski author)


1991

*Priča: Vera Ivosić-Santo, ''Evici, s ljubavlju'' *Roman: Predrag Raos, ''Nul effort'' *Posebno ostvarenje: Zoran Živković, ''Enciklopedija naučne fantastike'' (srpski teoretičar)


1992

Not awarded.


1993

Not awarded.


1994

*Story:
Darko Macan Darko Macan (born 1966) is a Croatian writer and illustrator who has created and collaborated on comics, essays and science fiction and fantasy. He is also an editor. Biography Born in Zagreb, where he still lives, he has a degree in history an ...
, ''Mihovil Škotska Snježnica'' *Illustration: Aleksandar Žiljak


1995

*Short story:
Darko Macan Darko Macan (born 1966) is a Croatian writer and illustrator who has created and collaborated on comics, essays and science fiction and fantasy. He is also an editor. Biography Born in Zagreb, where he still lives, he has a degree in history an ...
, ''Pročitaj i daj dalje'' *Story: Jasmina Blažić, ''Kuća na broju 15'' *Novella: Jasmina Gluhak, Nataša Pavlović, ''One Shot'' *Illustration:
Igor Kordej Igor Kordej (referred to as Igor Kordey in American and French publications; born 23 June 1957) is a Croatian comic book artist, illustrator, graphic designer and scenographer of international reputation. Early life Igor Kordej graduated at ...


1996

*Short story: Mario Berečić, ''Ovo je moja nesreća'' *Story: Tatjana Jambrišak, ''Duh novog svijeta'' *Drama: Hrvoje Kovačević, ''Profesionalna deformacija'' *Color illustration:
Igor Kordej Igor Kordej (referred to as Igor Kordey in American and French publications; born 23 June 1957) is a Croatian comic book artist, illustrator, graphic designer and scenographer of international reputation. Early life Igor Kordej graduated at ...
*Black-white illustration: Aleksandar Žiljak *Life's work: Krsto A. Mažuranić i Ivica Posavec *Protosfera: Zvjezdana Odobašić, for novel ''Čudesna krljušt''


1997

*Miniature: Denis Peričić, ''Diptih o doktoru'' *Short story: Dean Fabić, ''Svi njihovi životi'' *Story: Aleksandar Žiljak, ''Slijepe ptice'' *Novel: Predrag Raos, ''Od rata do zvijezda'' *Color illustration: Karlo Galeta *Black-white illustration: Tihomir Tikulin *Special achievement: Urban & 4, for the album ''Otrovna kiša''


1998

*Miniature: Zdenko Vlainić, ''Buba'' *Short story: Tatjana Jambrišak, ''Crveno i crno'' *Story:
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, ''Pet minuta do budućnosti'' *Drama: Marijana Nola, ''Don Huanov kraj'' *Illustration: Bojan Tarticchio *Životno djelo: Zdravko Valjak *Protosfera: Andrija Jakić, za priču ''a.n.d.''


1999

*Miniature: Aleksandar Žiljak, ''Prvi let'' *Short story: Jasmina Blažić, ''Kraj stoljeća'' *Story: Zoran Pongrašić, ''Dijagonala'' *Drama: Denis Peričić, ''Netopir'' *Novel: Milena Benini Getz, ''Kaos'' *Color illustration: Željko Pahek *Crno-bijela ilustracija: Esad T. Ribić *Životno djelo: Damir Mikuličić


2000

*Miniature: Zoran Vlahović, ''Lovci slave'' *Short story: Irena Krčelić, ''Gubilište'' *Story: Krešimir Mišak, ''Svijet iduće sekunde'' *Novella: Dalibor Perković, ''Banijska praskozorja'' *Drama: Ivana Sajko, ''Idući površinom'' *Illustration: Goran Šarlija


2001

*Miniature: Aleksandar Žiljak, ''Hladni dodir vatre'' *Short story: Igor Lepčin, ''Blijedonarančasta Tineluss'' *Story: Vanja Spirin, ''Nimfa'' *Novela: Krunoslav Gernhard, ''Libra mrtvieh nazivja'' *Roman:
Darko Macan Darko Macan (born 1966) is a Croatian writer and illustrator who has created and collaborated on comics, essays and science fiction and fantasy. He is also an editor. Biography Born in Zagreb, where he still lives, he has a degree in history an ...
, ''Koža boje masline'' *Esej: Igor Marković, ''U vrtlogu stvarnosti - Dick čitan Flusserom'' *Ilustracija: Robert Drozd *Životno djelo: Živko Prodanović *Posebni doprinos SFERAKONU 2000: Tajana Štasni *Protosfera: Marin Medić, za priču ''Trkač''


2002

*Miniature: Kristijan Novak, ''Posljednjih sedam milisekundi'' *Short story: Viktoria Faust, ''Teško je biti vampir'' *Story: Želimir Periš, ''Tisućljeće'' *Novela: Igor Lepčin, ''Nebo iznad Marijane'' *Crno-bijela ilustracija: Davor Rapaić (za knjigu Neusporediva' protiv slučajne sličnosti'') *Ilustracija u boji: Tatjana Jambrišak (za www.tatjana.ws ) *Povelja: Bojan Krstić (for the magazine '' Futura'')


2003

*Miniature:
Zoran Krušvar Zoran Krušvar is a Croatian psychologist and science fiction and fantasy writer, born on April 9, 1977, in Rijeka. He won 4 SFERA awards, in 2002 (for ''Igra''), in 2003 (for ''Brodovi u tami''), in 2007 (for ''Izvršitelji nauma Gospodnjeg'') ...
, ''Igra'' *Short story: Marina Jadrejčić, ''Tužna madona'' *Story: Tatjana Jambrišak, ''Ima li bolje zabave, moje dame?'' *Roman za djecu:
Darko Macan Darko Macan (born 1966) is a Croatian writer and illustrator who has created and collaborated on comics, essays and science fiction and fantasy. He is also an editor. Biography Born in Zagreb, where he still lives, he has a degree in history an ...
, ''Pavo protiv Pave'' *Roman: Dejan Šorak, ''Ja i Kalisto'' *Crno-bijela ilustracija: Filip Cerovečki (Lovecraftova galerija) *Ilustracija u boji: Štef Bartolić (naslovnica ''Monolitha'') *Povelja: Dvotjedniku '' Zarezu'' za prilog o Philipu Kindredu Dicku


2004

*Miniature:
Zoran Krušvar Zoran Krušvar is a Croatian psychologist and science fiction and fantasy writer, born on April 9, 1977, in Rijeka. He won 4 SFERA awards, in 2002 (for ''Igra''), in 2003 (for ''Brodovi u tami''), in 2007 (for ''Izvršitelji nauma Gospodnjeg'') ...
, ''Brodovi u tami'' *Short story: Viktoria Faust, ''Vrištač'' *Story: Danilo Brozović, ''Prsti'' *Novela: Dalibor Perković, ''Preko rijeke'' *Roman za djecu: Zvonko Todorovski, ''Prozor zelenog bljeska'' *Roman: Ivan Gavran, ''Sablja'' *Ilustracija: Milivoj Ćeran, za ''Vile hrvatskih pisaca'' *Protosfera: Jurica Palijan, ''Bili ste divna publika'' *Povelja: elektronski fanzin NOSF


2005

*Miniature: Saša Škerla, ''Bilo jednom'' *Short story: Bojan Sudarević, ''Cyberfolk'' *Story: Krešimir Mišak, ''Akvarij sa zlatnim ribicama'' *Novela: Zoran Pongrašić, ''Letač'' *Roman: Oliver Franić, ''Araton'' *Ilustracija: Darko Vučenik (za naslovnicu knjige ''Čuvari sreće'' Z. Pongrašića) *Posebna priznanja: Vlatko Jurić-Kokić, Davor Šišović


2006

*Miniature: Zoran Janjanin, ''Primarna zdravstvena...'' *Short story: Petra Bulić, ''Antarktički vjetar'' *Story: Danilo Brozović, ''Anne Droid'' *Novela: Milena Benini, ''McGuffin Link'' *Roman: Dalibor Perković, ''Sva krv čovječanstva'' *Ilustracija: Tomislav Tomić (za naslovnicu knjige ''Zeleno sunce, crna spora'' D. Brozovića)


2007

*Miniature: Dario Rukavina, ''Ima li piljaka tamo gore, na jugu?'' (zbirka ''Blog.SF'') *Short story: Viktoria Faust, ''Riana u sutonu sivom'' (zbirka ''Vampirske priče'') *Story: Danijel Bogdanović, ''87. kilometar'' (zbirka ''Zagrob'') *Roman: Veselin Gatalo, ''Geto'' *Ilustracija: Nela Dunato, ''You don’t own me'' (naslovnica časopisa NOSF) *Posebno ostvarenje: Tomislav Šakić i Aleksandar Žiljak, ''Ad Astra – Antologija hrvatske znanstveno-fantastične novele 1976-2006'' *Životno djelo – Mladen Bjažić


2008

* Miniature: Danijel Bogdanović, ''Decimala'' ("Krivo stvoreni", Pučko otvoreno učilište Pazin, 2007) * Short story: Ivana D. Horvatinčić, ''Post mortem'' ("Priče o starim bogovima", Pučko otvoreno učilište Pazin, 2007) * Story: Nikola Kuprešanin, ''Karakuri ningyo'' (NOSF magazin br. 25, 2007) * Novela: Danilo Brozović, ''Besmrtna Diana'' ("Trinaesti krug bezdana", Mentor i SFera, 2007) * Roman: Predrag Raos, ''Let Nancija Konratata (Izvori, 2007) * Roman za djecu:
Darko Macan Darko Macan (born 1966) is a Croatian writer and illustrator who has created and collaborated on comics, essays and science fiction and fantasy. He is also an editor. Biography Born in Zagreb, where he still lives, he has a degree in history an ...
, ''Dlakovuk'' (Knjiga u centru, 2007) * Esej: Zoran Kravar, ''Duboka fikcija - J. R. R. Tolkien'' (Ubiq br.1, Mentor, 2007) * Zbirka poezije: Tatjana Jambrišak, ''Slova iz snova'' (Mentor, 2007) * Posebno ostvarenje: Zoran Krušvar, Multimedijalni projekt ''Izvršitelji nauma Gospodnjeg'' * Strip: Ivan Marušić, ''Entropola'' (Mentor, 2007) * Posebno ostvarenje za oblikovanje časospisa Ubiq: Melina Mikulić * Protosfera: Vesna Bolfek, ''Snijeg i pepeo'' ("Priče o starim bogovima", Pučko otvoreno učilište Pazin, 2007)


2009

* Najbolja minijatura: Ed Barol, ''Zadnja vožnja'' (Dobar ulov, Pučko otvoreno učilište, Pazin, 2008) * Najbolja priča: Dario Rukavina, ''Nek' se ne zna traga, Ljeljo!'' (Zlatni zmajev svitak, SFera & Mentor, 2008, Zagreb) * Najbolja novela:
Zoran Krušvar Zoran Krušvar is a Croatian psychologist and science fiction and fantasy writer, born on April 9, 1977, in Rijeka. He won 4 SFERA awards, in 2002 (for ''Igra''), in 2003 (for ''Brodovi u tami''), in 2007 (for ''Izvršitelji nauma Gospodnjeg'') ...
, ''Tako mora biti'' (Ubiq 3, Mentor, 2008, Zagreb) * Najbolji roman: Sanshal Tamoya, ''Dobitnik'' (Slovo, 2008, Zagreb) * Najbolji roman za djecu: Igor Lepčin, ''Vražje oko'' (Knjiga u centru, 2008, Zagreb) * Najbolja ilustracija u boji: Biljana Mateljan, ilustracija naslovnice zbirke ''Zlatni zmajev svitak'' (SFera & Mentor, 2008, Zagreb) * Najbolja crno-bijela ilustracija: Frano Petruša, ilustracije i knjizi ''Zvijeri plišane'' Zorana Krušvara (Knjiga u centru, 2008, Zagreb) * Najbolji esej o žanru: dr. Nikica Gilić, ''Filmska fantastika i SF u kontekstu teorije žanra'' (Ubiq 2, Mentor, 2008, Zagreb) * Životno djelo: dr.
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, professor emeritus * Protosfera: posebna nagrada za autora mlađeg od 21 godine, dobila je u kategoriji priče Valentina Mišković za priču ''Izgubljeni bijeli brat'' (Eridan 7, Treći zmaj, 2008, Rijeka)


2010

* Najbolja minijatura: Zoran Janjanin, ''Quare desperamus?'' (Treća stvarnost, Pučko otvoreno učilište, Pazin, 2009) * Najbolja kratka priča: Milena Benini, ''Plesati zajedno pod polariziranim nebom'' (Priče o dinosaurima, Pučko otvoreno učilište, Pazin, 2009) * Najbolja priča: Zoran Vlahović, ''Svaki put kad se rastajemo …'' (Ubiq 5, Mentor, Zagreb, 2009) * Najbolji roman: Damir Hoyka, ''Xavia'' (VBZ, Zagreb, 2009) * Najbolji roman za djecu: Ivana D. Horvatinčić, Pegazari (Knjiga u centru, Zagreb, 2009) * Najbolja drama: Tanja Radović, zbirka drama ''Ledeno doba'' (Meandar, Zagreb, 2009) * Najbolja ilustracija u boji: Tomislav Tikulin, ilustracija naslovnice ''Staklene knjige kradljivaca snova'' Gordona Dahlquista (Algoritam, Zagreb, 2009)


2011

* Minijatura – Ed Barol ''Avangarda'' (Dimenzija tajne, Pučko otvoreno učilište, Pazin, 2010) * Kratka priča – Sanja Tenjer, ''Kao iz pera Arbine bake'' (Priče o zvijezdama, Pučko otvoreno učilište, Pazin, 2010.) * Priča – Katarina Brbora, ''Starozavjetna'' (Ubiq 6, Mentor, 2010, Zagreb) * Novela – Danijel Bodganović, ''Sjećaš li se zečića na Suncu?'' (Ubiq 7, Mentor, 2010, Zagreb) * Roman – Marko Mihalinec & Velimir Grgić, ''Kriza'' (Algoritam, 2010., Zagreb) * Esej – Zoran Kravar, ''Kad je svijet bio mlad:visoka fantastika i doktrinarni antimodernizam'', Mentor, 2010. Zagreb * Crnobijela ilustracija – Zdenko Bašić, za ilustracije u romanu ''Luna'' ( Algoritam, 2010, Zagreb) * Ilustracija u boji – Marko Horvatrin, ilustracija naslovnice fanzina ''Eridan'' broj 9 (Treći zmaj, 2010, Rijeka)


2012

* Kratka priča – Aleksandar Žiljak, ''Lesija, u daljini Heraklovi stupovi'' (Turističke priče, Pučko otvoreno učilište,
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, 2011) * Priča – Igor Rendić, ''Jednom, negdje'' (Ubiq 9, Mentor, 2011, Zagreb) * Roman – Franjo Janeš, ''Formula za kaos'' ( Algoritam, 2011, Zagreb) * Roman za djecu –
Darko Macan Darko Macan (born 1966) is a Croatian writer and illustrator who has created and collaborated on comics, essays and science fiction and fantasy. He is also an editor. Biography Born in Zagreb, where he still lives, he has a degree in history an ...
''Djed Mrz'' (Knjiga u centru, 2011, Zagreb) * Esej – Milena Benini, ''Divide et morere'', ( Književna republika 10-12, 2011, Zagreb) * Ilustracija u boji – Zdenko Bašić, ilustracije u izdanju Sjeverozapadni vjetar, (Planetopija, 2011, Zagreb) * Posebna kategorija: Časopis ''Književna republika'' za temat o Darku Suvinu * Životno ostvarenje: Želimir Košćević * Protosfera: Antonija Mežnarić, Svakoj priči jednom mora doći kraj (Laboratorij Fantastike 2, 2011, Rijeka)


2013

* Roman - Aleksandar Žiljak, ''Irbis'' * Kratka priča - Aleksandar Žiljak, ''Srneći but s lisičicama, uz njega teran'' iz zbirke Priče o vinu * Minijatura - Vesna Kurilić, ''Priča supružnika'' * Priča - David Kelečić, ''Imago ultima'' * Roman za djecu - Norma Šerment-Mikulčić ''Adrijanin vrt'' * Teorijski rad - Petra Mrduljaš, djelo Prstenovi koji se šire: Junačka potraga u djelima J. R. R. Tolkiena * Crno-bijela ilustracija - Korina Hunjak, Loki, objavljena u fanzinu Eridan * Ilustracija u boji - Mario Rosanda, naslovnica zbirke Priče o vinu


2014

* Minijatura – David Kelečić, ''Dječak i mora'' * Kratka priča – Irena Hartmann, ''Lutke'' * Roman – Tomica Šćavina, ''Povratak genija'' * Roman za djecu – Nataša Govedić, ''Mrežir, zemlja mačaka i zmajeva'' * Teorija – Rafaela Božić, ''Distopija i jezik: distopijski roman kroz oko lingvostilistike'' * Posebno ostvarenje - Predrag Ličina, ''Teleport Zovko'', kratki filmhttp://sfera.hr/nagrada-sfera/popis-dobitnika/ (pristupljeno 15. ožujka 2015)


See also

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SFeraKon SFeraKon is a science fiction convention that takes place in Zagreb, Croatia every year at the end of April. Organised by SFera, it is the largest and the longest running science fiction convention in southeastern Europe. The first SFeraKon unde ...


References

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