Important Dates & Links

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Last modified 2025-06-29

The Translated Hugo Initiative Working Group

Table of content
  1. Worldcons & Related Dates
  2. Seattle in 2025
  3. Los Angeles in 2026
  4. Montréal in 2027 (presumably)

Worldcons & Related Dates

The World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon) is an annual event that moves to a different location every year. Members of the World Science Fiction Society (WSFS) nominate and vote on works for the Hugo, Astounding, and Lodestar awards, which are presented at Worldcon, and also vote on bids to host future Worldcons. Attending members can also participate in the Business Meetings (BM), where changes to the WSFS constitution are proposed, discussed, and voted on. Note that attending membership can be virtual or in person, and also that there is a category of "supporting" membership that allows you to nominate and vote for the awards, but not, currently, for Business Meeting matters.

Adding a Hugo for Translated Speculative fiction will require formally proposing it for a Business Meeting agenda, having enough supporting votes to pass when it comes up, and then ratifying the amendment at the following year's business meeting.

Seattle in 2025

The Translated Hugo Initiative is not proposing anything at the 2025 Business Meeting. Some of our members are attending the Seattle Worldcon, and we encourage working group members and supporters of the the initiative to attend the online business meetings if possible, to become familiar with the process. We also generally encourage speculative fiction fans to participate in the Hugo nominating and voting process, and to participate in Worldcon if you are interested and able: it is a volunteer-run and community-supported event and award.

Seattle Dates:

Los Angeles in 2026

We will likely be beginning the formal process of proposing a Hugo for Translated Speculative Fiction at the business meetings of LAcon V, the 2026 Worldcon. (Because each Worldcon is hosted by a rotating, independent group each year, many of them have individual names such as "LAcon" or "Chicon".) The Translated Hugo Working Group will be asking our supporters to come to these business meetings if we do propose it at that time. Los Angeles, one of the most linguistically diverse cities in America, is a great place to be discussing this.

Los Angeles Dates:

Montréal in 2027 (presumably)

While it is not yet formally selected, Montréal is currently the only bid city for 2027, so it is extremely likely that it will host Worldcon. We definitely plan on asking supporters to help us out in 2027, for either the initial or ratifying phase of the proposal. We're very excited at the prospect of talking about translated speculative fiction in polylingual Quebec, which has its own tradition of speculative genre work.

Montréal Dates: