65th World Science Fiction Convention

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)

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.