Editing Science fiction fandom (section)

===Italy===
The beginning of an Italian science fiction fandom can be located between the late 1950s and early 1960s, when magazines such as ''Oltre il Cielo'' and ''Futuro'' started to publish readers’ letters and promote correspondences and the setting-up of clubs in various cities.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last=Iannuzzi|first=Giulia|date=2016-01-01|title=Electric hive minds: Italian science fiction fandom in the Digital Age|journal=Journal of Romance Studies|volume=16|issue=1|doi=10.3828/jrs.2016.160107|hdl=11368/2943224 |issn=1473-3536|url=https://zenodo.org/record/3604988|hdl-access=free}}</ref> Among the first fanzines, ''Futuria Fantasia'' was cyclostyled in Milan in 1963 by Luigi Cozzi (later to become a filmmaker), its title paid homage to Ray Bradbury's fanzine by the same name; ''L’Aspidistra'', edited by Riccardo Leveghi in Trento starting in 1965 featured contributions by Gianfranco de Turris, Gian Luigi Staffilano, and Sebastiano Fusco, future editors of professional magazines and book series; also Luigi Naviglio, editor in 1965 of the fanzine ''Nuovi Orizzonti'', was soon to become a writer for ''I Romanzi del Cosmo''. During subsequent years fanzines continued to function as training grounds for future editors and writers, and the general trend was towards improved quality and life expectancy (e.g. ''The Time Machine'' run for 50 issues starting in 1975, ''Intercom'' for 149 issues between 1979 and 1999, before its migration to the web as an e-zine until 2003, then as a website).<ref name=":0" />

In 1963, the first Trieste Festival of Science Fiction Cinema took place, anticipating the first conventions as an opportunity for a nationwide social gathering. Informal meetings were organized in Milan, Turin and Carrara between 1965 and 1967. In 1972, the first European convention, Eurocon, was organized in Trieste, during which an Italia Award was also created. Eurocon was back in Italy in 1980 and 2009 (in 1989 a Eurocon was held in San Marino).

Since its foundation in 2013, the association ''World SF Italia'' coordinates the organization the annual national convention (Italcon) and awards (Premio Italia – with thirty- two categories across media – and Premio Vegetti – best Italian novel and essay).<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/italy|title=Culture : Italy : SFE : Science Fiction Encyclopedia|last1=Iannuzzi|first1=Giulia|last2=Pagetti|first2=Carlo|website=www.sf-encyclopedia.com|access-date=2019-04-25}}</ref>