CoNZealand, the 2020 Worldcon, has published a post-convention roundup of awards and other official announcements in Progress Report #4. It includes recaps of the Masquerade, Big Heart, First Fandom, Sir Julius Vogel Awards and Hugo and Retro Hugo Awards winners, … Continue reading
[Editor’s Note: This list is no longer available at the original site, however, JJ was able to retrieve a copy and with Steven H Silver’s permission we are hosting it here.] A tribute to the genre fans and creators we … Continue reading
CoNZealand has announced that the Sir Julius Vogel Awards Nominee Voter Packet has been made available to CoNZealand members via their website: If you missed out on the Sir Julius Vogel Award voting packet the first time, we are pleased … Continue reading
Science Fiction and Fantasy Association of New Zealand President John Toon released a statement criticizing CoNZealand for how the group’s Sir Julius Vogel Awards were featured, and saying that he hopes access to the award voter packet can be reopened. … Continue reading
CoNZealand wants to remind members that they can continue to access The Hall-O-Deck — The CoNZealand Exhibit Hall — through August 9. Our Exhibits Hall is open and full of awesomeness, please go and check it out – https://virtual.conzealand.nz/exhibits/! (Remember, … Continue reading
After last night’s Hugo Awards ceremony CoNZealand posted “An apology from the CoNZealand Chairs”: We acknowledge that we got some things wrong at the Hugo Awards Ceremony today, and through doing so have hurt members of our community. We sincerely … Continue reading
James Brown’s design for the 1945 Retro Hugo base, and John Flower’s design for the 2020 Hugo Award base were shown to the public for the first time during CoNZealand’s virtual Opening Ceremonies on July 28. Retro Hugos James Brown … Continue reading
Three First Fandom awards were presented during CoNZealand’s Opening Ceremonies. The First Fandom Hall of Fame, created in 1963, is a prestigious achievement award given to a living recipient who has made significant contributions to Science Fiction throughout their lifetime. … Continue reading
CoNZealand Fringe organizers Claire Rousseau, Adri Joy, Alasdair Stuart and Marguerite Kenner, Cheryl Morgan and Cassie Hart have assembled “a series of complementary genre fiction programming at European-friendly times.” In the tradition of Edinburgh Fringe and other international collateral events, CoNZealand Fringe has been created … Continue reading
Some of the Hugo finalists who wrote the open letter of concern to CoNZeland programming are organizing a counterprogramming event they’re calling CoNZealand Fringe (inspired by the Edinburgh Fringe festival). Alasdair Stuart, responding to a question from File 770, says, … Continue reading