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Aussiecon Three was the 57th World Science Fiction Convention, held in Melbourne, Australia on September 2–6, 1999. The convention was held in the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre.

Guests of Honour

Best Novel: To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis
Best Novella: ""Oceanic" by Greg Egan (Asimov's, August 1998)
Best Novelette: "Taklamakan" by Bruce Sterling (Asimov's, October/November 1998)
Best Short Story: "The Very Pulse of the Machine" by Michael Swanwick (Asimov's February 1998)
Best Related Book: The Dreams Our Stuff is Made Of by Thomas M. Disch
Best Dramatic Presentation: The Truman Show
Best Professional Editor: Gardner Dozois
Best Pro Artist: Bob Eggleton
Best Semiprozine: Locus, edited by Charles N. Brown
Best Fanzine: Ansible, edited by Dave Langford
Best Fan Writer: Dave Langford
Best Fan Artist: Ian Gunn
John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer of 1997 or 1998: Nalo Hopkinson

San Jose won the vote for the 62nd World Science Fiction Convention in 2005 by a large majority. A hoax bid for Roswell, New Mexico was the only other bid filed.¹

Directors: Stephen Boucher, Christine Dziadosz, Donna Heenan, Michael Jordan, Mark Linneman, Perry Middlemiss, Alan Stewart, Michael Jordan

^ "1999 Worldcon Business Meeting Minutes - APPENDIX L". World Science Fiction Society/Noreascon Four (September 1999).

Preceded by 56th World Science Fiction Convention Bucconeer in Baltimore, USA (1998)	List of Worldcons 57th World Science Fiction Convention Aussiecon Three in Melbourne, Australia (1999)	Succeeded by 58th World Science Fiction Convention Chicon 2000 in Chicago, USA (2000)