The 2003 Italia Awards for best SF published in Italy were presented on May 3 at at ITALCON 29/Saga 2003 in the Republic of San Marino, Italy.

The winners were chosen by a jury of fans and members of WORLD SF ITALIA. The awards were delivered by Ernesto Vegetti, chairman of WORLD SF ITALIA at the end of the annual Banquet.

BEST NOVEL: Nessuna giustificazione by Enrica Zunic (Solid)

BEST INTERNATIONAL NOVEL: Komarr by Lois McMaster Bujold (Nord)

BEST ARTIST: Giuseppe Festino

BEST EDITOR: Giuseppe Lippi

BEST TRANSLATOR: Vittorio Curtoni

BEST SHORT STORY: "La musica č finita" by Vittorio Catani (Perseo)

BEST ESSAY: "Enciclopedia della Fantascienza in TV 1" by Aleksandar Mickovic, Marcello Rossi and Nicola Vianello (Fanucci)

BEST SHORT ESSAY: "La fantascienza italiana alla ricerca della sua identitą" by Vittorio Catani (Solid)

BEST BOOK COLLECTION: Urania (Mondadori)

BEST MAGAZINE: Nova SF (Perseo)

The following awards were assigned in the fan categories:

BEST FANZINE: Avata

BEST SHORT STORY: "L'obelisco di sangue", by Vittorio Catani (Continuum)

BEST SHORT ESSAY: "La fantascienza e il vecchio continente" by A. Jarok and L. Kremo (Avatar)

Italia Awards are administered by World SF Italia. World SF is an international association of people with a professional interest in the field of science fiction: authors, editors, publishers, translators, academics, bibliographers, musicians, film-makers, artists, librarians, critics--anywhere in the world. It was founded in Dublin in 1976 and coming into operation two years later at the 1978 Dublin meeting.

Posted April 13, 2003