15th World Science Fiction Convention

15th Worldcon (1957) April 2022 Loncon I, the 15th World Science Fiction Convention Science fiction King's Court Hotel London United Kingdom 6–9 September 1957 268 The 15th World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon), also known as Loncon I, was held on 6–9 September 1957 at the King's Court Hotel in London, United Kingdom. It was the first Worldcon held outside North America. The chairman was Ted Carnell. Participants Attendance was 268. Guests of Honour John W. Campbell, Jr. Programming and events Events included a "fancy dress ball" on the evening of Friday, 6 September. Awards Awards 1957 Hugo Awards The winners were: Best American Professional Magazine: Astounding Science Fiction, edited by John W. Campbell, Jr. Best British Professional Magazine: New Worlds, edited by John Carnell Best Fanzine: Science Fiction Times, edited by James V. Taurasi, Sr., Ray Van Houten, and Frank R. Prieto, Jr. Because the 1957 International Fantasy Award was being given out in London at the same time, Loncon I chose not to compete with this similar literary award, which was given to J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. As a result, only the three Hugo Awards for Best Professional Magazine and Best Fanzine were given out at the 1957 Worldcon. Both the International Fantasy Award and the Hugo Award shared the very same Chesley Bonestell-influenced finned rocketship design that year, the only time this has happened. See also Hugo Award Science fiction Speculative fiction World Science Fiction Society Worldcon References 30em Chicago Tribune Fans of Science Fiction Meet Sept. 6 in London B16 https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/565505642.html?dids=565505642:565505642&FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI 1957-08-30 2011-03-06 5 November 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121105215025/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/565505642.html?dids=565505642:565505642&FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI dead Associated Press Eugene Register-Guard Martians Invited 4C https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=8nERAAAAIBAJ&sjid=feIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3399,579100&dq=world-science-fiction&hl=en 1957-09-04 2011-03-06 The Glasgow Herald Imaginative Writers 6 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=JH1AAAAAIBAJ&sjid=rKMMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3876,6827342&dq=world-science-fiction&hl=en 1957-08-30 2011-03-07 The Hugo Awards 1957 Hugo Awards World Science Fiction Society http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/1957-hugo-awards/ 2011-03-06 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110316080759/http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/1957-hugo-awards/ 2011-03-16 External links nesfa.org - 1957 convention notes https://web.archive.org/web/20070209104936/http://www.nesfa.org/data/LL/LongListNotes.html#1957 9 February 2007 THEN Archive - 1957 14th World Science Fiction ConventionNYCon II in New York City, United States (1956) List of Worldcons 15th World Science Fiction ConventionLoncon I in London, UK (1957) 16th World Science Fiction ConventionSolacon in Los Angeles, California, United States (1958) Speculative fiction Novels Category:1957 conferences Category:1957 in London Category:September 1957 in the United Kingdom Category:English science fiction Category:Science fiction conventions in the United Kingdom Category:Worldcon Category:Organised events in London