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65th World Science Fiction Convention

65th Worldcon (2007)

Field	Value
name	Nippon 2007, the 65th World Science Fiction Convention
image	[[File:Worldcon 65 Nippon 2007 logo.png	250px]]
genre	Science fiction
venue	Pacifico Yokohama Convention Center
location	Yokohama
country	Japan
dates	30 August–3 September 2007
organizer	Japanese Association for Science Fiction International Communication
filing	registered non-profit
attendance	2,788
website	[nippon2007.us](http://www.nippon2007.us/)
(English-language site)

(English-language site)

The 65th World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon), also known as Nippon 2007, was held on 30 August–3 September 2007 at the Pacifico Yokohama Convention Center and adjoining hotels in Yokohama, Japan.

The organising committee was chaired by Hiroaki Inoue.

This convention was also the 46th Annual Nihon SF Taikai.

This was the first Worldcon held in Asia.

Participants

Attendance was 2,788, of whom 1,578 were from Japan.

Guests of honor

Sakyo Komatsu (author)
David Brin (author)
Takumi Shibano (fan)
Yoshitaka Amano (artist)
Michael Whelan (artist)

Awards

2007 Hugo Awards

The base of the 2007 Hugo Award included a silhouette of Mount Fuji as a backdrop and a statue of the Japanese superhero Ultraman standing just taller than the iconic Hugo Award rocket.

The Hugo Award nominations were announced on 28 March 2007. A correction was issued a few days later when award officials were notified that a computing error had resulted in the film Pan's Labyrinth being left off the nomination list for Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form.

Best Novel: "Rainbows End" by Vernor Vinge
Best Novella: "A Billion Eves by Robert Reed
Best Novelette: "The Djinn's Wife" by Ian McDonald
Best Short Story: "Impossible Dreams" by Tim Pratt
Best Related Book: James Tiptree Jr: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon by Julie Phillips
Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form: Pan's Labyrinth written and directed by Guillermo del Toro
Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form: Doctor Who: "The Girl in the Fireplace" written by Steven Moffat, directed by Euros Lyn
Best Professional Editor, Long Form: Patrick Nielsen Hayden
Best Professional Editor, Short Form: Gordon Van Gelder
Best Professional Artist: Donato Giancola
Best Semiprozine: Locus, edited by Charles N. Brown, Kirsten Gong-Wong & Liza Groen Trombi
Best Fanzine: Science-Fiction Five-Yearly edited by Lee Hoffman, Geri Sullivan and Randy Byers
Best Fan Writer: Dave Langford
Best Fan Artist: Frank Wu

Other awards

John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer: Naomi Novik

Future site selection

The members of Nippon 2007 selected Montréal, Québec as the hosting city for the 67th World Science Fiction Convention, to be held in 2009.

References

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