The 67th World Science Fiction Convention (

Worldcon Worldcon, officially the World Science Fiction Convention, the annual convention of the World Science Fiction Society (WSFS), is a science fiction convention. It has been held each year since 1939 (except for the years 1942 to 1945, during Wor ...

), also known as Anticipation, was held on 6–10 August 2009 at the Palais des congrès de Montréal in Montréal, Québec, Canada. The organising committee was co-chaired by René Walling and Robbie Bourget. This convention was also the 2009 Canvention, and therefore presented the Prix Aurora Awards. This was the fifth Worldcon to be held in Canada, and the first one to be held in an officially French-speaking city.

Participants

Guests of Honour

Neil Gaiman Neil Richard MacKinnon Gaiman (; born Neil Richard Gaiman; 10 November 1960) is an English author of short fiction, novels, comic books, audio theatre, and screenplays. His works include the comic series ''The Sandman (comic book), The Sandma ...

* Elisabeth Vonarburg * Taral Wayne (fan) * David Hartwell (editor) * Tom Doherty (publisher) * Julie Czerneda (toastmaster)

Awards

A number of notable science fiction and fantasy awards were presented at Anticipation.

2009 Hugo Awards

Anticipation was the first Worldcon to include a category for graphic story on the Hugo ballot. The category filled with six nominations due to a tie for fifth place. The 2009 Hugo Award statue base was designed by Seattle-based artist Dave Howell. * Best Novel: '' The Graveyard Book ''by

* Best Novella: "The Erdmann Nexus" by Nancy Kress * Best Novelette: " Shoggoths in Bloom" by

Elizabeth Bear Sarah Bear Elizabeth Wishnevsky (born September 22, 1971) is an American author who works primarily in speculative fiction genres, writing under the name Elizabeth Bear. She won the 2005 Astounding Award for Best New Writer, John W. Campbell Awar ...

* Best Short Story: "Exhalation" by

Ted Chiang Ted Chiang (; pinyin: ''Jiāng Fēngnán''; born 1967) is an American science fiction writer. His work has won four Nebula Award, Nebula awards, four Hugo Award, Hugo awards, the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, and six Locus Award, ...

* Best Related Book: ''Your Hate Mail Will Be Graded: A Decade of Whatever, 1998–2008'' by

John Scalzi John Michael Scalzi II (born May 10, 1969) is an American science fiction author and former president of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. He is best known for his ''Old Man's War'' series, three novels of which have been n ...

* Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form: ''

WALL-E ''WALL-E'' (stylized with an interpunct as ''WALL·E'') is a 2008 American animated Romance film, romantic science fiction film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures. The film was directed by Andrew Stanton, produced b ...

,'' story by

Andrew Stanton Andrew Ayers Stanton (born December 3, 1965) is an American filmmaker. He is best known as the director and co-writer of the Pixar animated films ''Finding Nemo'' (2003), ''WALL-E'' (2008), ''Finding Dory'' (2016), and the upcoming ''Toy Story 5 ...

and

Pete Docter Peter Hans Docter (born October 9, 1968) is an American filmmaker and animator, who has served as chief creative officer (CCO) of Pixar since 2018. He has directed the company's animated films ''Monsters, Inc.'' (2001), ''Up (2009 film), Up'' ( ...

; screenplay by Andrew Stanton &

Jim Reardon Jim Reardon is an American animation director and screenwriter. He is best known for his work on the animated TV series ''The Simpsons''. He has directed over 30 episodes of the series and was credited as a supervising director for seasons 9 t ...

; directed by Andrew Stanton (

Pixar Pixar (), doing business as Pixar Animation Studios, is an American animation studio based in Emeryville, California, known for its critically and commercially successful computer-animated feature films. Pixar is a subsidiary of Walt Disney ...

Walt Disney Walter Elias Disney ( ; December 5, 1901December 15, 1966) was an American animator, film producer, voice actor, and entrepreneur. A pioneer of the Golden age of American animation, American animation industry, he introduced several develop ...

)

* Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form: '' Doctor Horrible's Sing-Along Blog,'' written by

Joss Whedon Joseph Hill "Joss" Whedon ( ; born June 23, 1964) is an American screenwriter, director, producer, comic book writer, and composer. He is best known as the creator of several television series: the supernatural drama ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer' ...

, Zack Whedon,

Jed Whedon Jed Tucker Whedon (born July 18, 1975) is an American screenwriter and musician, and the son of screenwriter Tom Whedon, grandson of screenwriter John Whedon, and the brother of screenwriter Zack Whedon and of filmmaker Joss Whedon. Career Alo ...

, and Maurissa Tancharoen, directed by Joss Whedon * Best Professional Editor, Long Form: David G. Hartwell * Best Professional Editor, Short Form: Ellen Datlow * Best Professional Artist: Donato Giancola * Best Semiprozine: ''

Weird Tales ''Weird Tales'' is an American fantasy and horror fiction pulp magazine founded by J. C. Henneberger and J. M. Lansinger in late 1922. The first issue, dated March 1923, appeared on newsstands February 18. The first editor, Edwin Baird, printe ...

'', edited by

Ann VanderMeer Ann VanderMeer (née Kennedy) is an American publisher and editor, and the second female editor of the horror magazine ''Weird Tales''. She is the founder of Buzzcity Press. Work from her press and related periodicals has won the British Fantasy ...

and Stephen H. Segal * Best Fanzine: '' Electric Velocipede'', edited by John Klima * Best Fan Writer: Cheryl Morgan * Best Fan Artist: Frank Wu * Best Graphic Story: '' Girl Genius'', Volume 8: "Agatha Heterodyne and the Chapel of Bones", written by Kaja and

Phil Foglio Philip Peter Foglio (born May 1, 1956) is an American cartoonist and comic book artist known for his humorous science fiction and fantasy art. Early life and career Foglio was born on May 1, 1956, in Mount Vernon, New York, and moved with his fa ...

, art by Phil Foglio, color by Cheyenne Wright

Prix Aurora Awards

This Worldcon being also the 2009 Canvention, it awarded the Prix Aurora Awards. They are given out annually for the best Canadian science fiction and fantasy literary works, artworks, and fan activities from that year, and are awarded in both English and French. * Best Long Form: ''Marseguro'', by Edward Willett * Meilleur livre: ''Les vents de Tammerlan'', by Michèle Laframboise * Best Short Form: "Ringing in the Changes in Okotoks, Alberta", by Randy McCharles * Meilleure nouvelle: ''Le Dôme de Saint-Macaire'', by Jean-Louis Trudel * Other, in English: '' Neo-opsis Science Fiction Magazine'', Karl Johanson, editor * Meilleur ouvrage (autre): ''Solaris'', Joël Champetier * Fanzine: ''The Original Universe'', Jeff Boman, editor * Fan (organizational): Randy McCharles (Chair of World Fantasy 2008) * Fan (other): Joan Sherman for ''Heather Dale Concert'' (organizer) * Artistic Achievement: Looking for Group, by Lar deSouza

Sidewise Awards

The Sidewise Award for Alternate History recognizes the best

alternate history Alternate history (also referred to as alternative history, allohistory, althist, or simply A.H.) is a subgenre of speculative fiction in which one or more historical events have occurred but are resolved differently than in actual history. As ...

stories and novels of the year. * Long form: Chris Roberson, ''The Dragon's Nine Sons'' * Short form: Mary Rosenblum, "Sacrifice"

Other awards

* John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer: David Anthony Durham

Future site selection

Worldcon

In uncontested elections, the members of Anticipation selected

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, as the host city for the 69th World Science Fiction Convention, ''Renovation'', to be held in 2011; and

Raleigh, North Carolina Raleigh ( ) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital city of the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is the List of municipalities in North Carolina, second-most populous city in the state (after Charlotte, North Carolina, Charlotte) ...

, as the host city for the 10th North American Science Fiction Convention (NASFiC),

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, to be held in 2010.

Canvention

The Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association selected

Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg () is the capital and largest city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Manitoba. It is centred on the confluence of the Red River of the North, Red and Assiniboine River, Assiniboine rivers. , Winnipeg h ...

, as the location of Canvention 2010 and the 30th Prix Aurora Awards.

References

External links

Anticipation—the 67th Worldcon

Official Worldcon Homepage
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