15th World Science Fiction Convention

{{infobox convention | name = Loncon I, the 15th World Science Fiction Convention | image = | caption = | status = | genre = Science fiction | venue = King's Court Hotel | location = London | country = United Kingdom | dates = 6–9 September 1957 | organizer = | filing = | attendance = 268 | website = }}

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.<ref name=ct570830/> It was the first Worldcon held outside North America.<ref name=gh570830/>

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.<ref name=erg570904/>

== Awards ==

=== 1957 Hugo Awards ===

The winners were:<ref name=hugo_57/>

* 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.

== References ==

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<ref name=ct570830>{{cite news | work=Chicago Tribune | title=Fans of Science Fiction Meet Sept. 6 in London | page=B16 | url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/565505642.html?dids=565505642:565505642&FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI | date=1957-08-30 | accessdate=2011-03-06 | archive-date=5 November 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105215025/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/565505642.html?dids=565505642:565505642&FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI | url-status=dead }}</ref>

<ref name=erg570904> {{cite news | agency=Associated Press | work=Eugene Register-Guard | title=Martians Invited | page=4C | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=8nERAAAAIBAJ&sjid=feIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3399,579100&dq=world-science-fiction&hl=en | date=1957-09-04 | accessdate=2011-03-06 }}</ref>

<ref name=gh570830> {{cite news | work=The Glasgow Herald | title=Imaginative Writers | page=6 | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=JH1AAAAAIBAJ&sjid=rKMMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3876,6827342&dq=world-science-fiction&hl=en | date=1957-08-30 | accessdate=2011-03-07 }}</ref>

<ref name=hugo_57> {{cite web | work=The Hugo Awards | title=1957 Hugo Awards | publisher=World Science Fiction Society | url=http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/1957-hugo-awards/ | accessdate=2011-03-06 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110316080759/http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/1957-hugo-awards/ | archive-date=2011-03-16 }}</ref>

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== External links ==

* [http://www.nesfa.org/data/LL/LongListNotes.html#1957 nesfa.org - 1957 convention notes] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070209104936/http://www.nesfa.org/data/LL/LongListNotes.html#1957 |date=9 February 2007 }} * [https://www.fiawol.org.uk/FanStuff/THEN%20Archive/1957Worldcon/LonWorld.htm ''THEN'' Archive - 1957]

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