The 2008
The Phoenix Award went posthumously to Jim Baen, founder and publisher of Baen Books.
The Rebel Award was presented to Kelly Lockhart, editor of the Southern Fandom Resource Guide website.
The Rubble Award, a faux award created by Gary Robe, was given to Bob Embler, chairman of Outside Con and the 2007 DeepSouthCon, for picking the one rainy weekend in a