The 61st World Science Fiction Convention to be held in 2003 was awarded to Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Categories include novels and short fiction, artwork, dramatic presentations, and various professional and fandom activities.

[8][9] The awards were administered by Michael Nelson, Covert Beach, Robert MacIntosh, Tom Veal, Mike Jencevice, and Becky Thomson.

During the bidding process, Chicago in 2000 issued approximately forty trading cards depicting a variety of science fiction authors and artists, including Gordon R. Dickson, Terry Pratchett, and Larry Niven.

Anyone who collected twenty of the cards and voted in site selection received a free membership conversion to Chicon 2000.