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Reminder To Vote For 2015 FAAn Awards By 3/14

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The voting deadline for the Fan Activity Achievement Awards (FAAns) is Saturday, March 14.

The winners will be announced at the end of this month during Tynecon III: The Corflu, to be held March 27-29 in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.

Votes can be cast by e-mail. The address is in the instructions on the ballot. Download it from the Corflu website.

Don’t miss your chance to honor 2014’s best in fanwriting, fanzine art, publishing and posting. These awards are voted on by the fanzine fans of the world and presented at the Corflu banquet.

The FAAn categories are: Best Genzine, Best Personal Fanzine, Best Single Issue, Best Fan Writer, Best Fan Artist, Best Letterhack, Best Fanzine Cover, and Best Fan Website.

A gallery of 2014 fanzine covers has been posted on eFanzines.

2015 Corflu Rate Hike on 3/1

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Tynecon III: The Corflu (Corflu 2015) will raise its attending membership rate on March 1 to £60 ($100), so join soon to get the current rate of £50 or US$85.

Day membership rates for Corflu 32 have been set at £15 for Friday and £20 for Saturday.

Chair Pat Charnock asks everyone intending to get a full attending membership to join by March 15. She says, “No full attending memberships will be available after that date or on the door as we have to agree catering numbers in advance for the Sunday Closing Ceremony lunch buffet.”

For further information, please go to the Corflu website.

Charnock also reminds everyone the voting deadline for the Fan Activity Achievement Awards (FAAn) is Saturday March 14. The FAAn awards honor the best in fanwriting, fanzine art, publishing and posting. They are voted on by the fanzine fans of the world and presented at the Corflu banquet. The ballot can be downloaded from the Corflu website. Votes can be cast by e-mail or on paper – the instructions are on the ballot. Feel free to weep great canine tears of joy all over the form.

2015 FAAn Awards Voting Opens

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The Fan Activity Achievement (FAAn) awards honor the best in fanwriting, fanzine art, publishing and posting. The awards are voted on by the fanzine fans of the world and presented at the Corflu banquet.

The voting season for 2015 has just started. The ballot can be downloaded from the Corflu website. Votes can be cast by e-mail or on paper – the instructions are on the ballot — and must be received by Saturday March 14.

FAAns are given for the Best Genzine, Best Personal Fanzine, Best Single Issue, Best Fan Writer, Best Fan Artist, Best Letterhack, Best Fanzine Cover, and Best Fan Website.

A gallery of 2014 fanzine covers has been posted on eFanzines by the ever-helpful Bill Burns.

Winners will be announced at Tynecon III: The Corflu, taking place March 27-29 in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.

[Thanks to Mike Meara for the story.]

Medium Rare

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Ruthless Culture’s Jonathan McCalmont tweeted a link to the FAAn Award winners chastising them for not being available on the internet —

The 2014 FAAn Awards http://bit.ly/1q5Xxnf  None of the winners are available online. Oh Fanzine fandom… you are hopeless!

I thought that must be wrong based on what I remembered from a year ago, but what he says is absolutely true. Two of 2014’s winning zines – Banana Wings and Flag — never have digital issues. A third, Trapdoor #30, may get added to eFanzines sometime but hasn’t been yet.

Last year’s crop of winning zines were better represented online, with two of the three available on eFanzines —

2013 FAAns

Best Genzine: Chunga, ed. by Andy Hooper, Randy Byers, and carl juarez
Best Personal Fanzine: A Meara for Observers, ed. Mike Meara
Best Single Issue: Trapdoor #29, ed. by Robert Lichtman

2014 FAAn Award Winners

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The FAAn Awards were presented May 4 at Corflu 31 in Richmond, VA.

Best Genzine
Banana Wings, edited by Mark Plummer & Claire Brialey

Best Personal Fanzine
Flag, edited by Andy Hooper

Best Single Issue
Trap Door #30, edited by Robert Lichtman

Best Web­site
efanzines.com

Best Fanzine Cover
Inca 9 cover by Harry Bell

Best Fan Artist or Cartoonist
Steve Stiles

Best Fan Writer
Andy Hooper

Harry Warner Jr. Memorial Award for Best Letterhack
Robert Lichtman

Lifetime Achievement Award
Ray Nelson

Other honors bestowed at this weekend’s con —

Corflu 31 GoH (picked from a hat as is traditional)
Gregg Trend

Past President of fwa (by acclamation)
John Nielsen-Hall (Unc. Johnny)

Next year’s con, Corflu 32, will be in Newcastle, England. Tynecon 3: The Corflu is scheduled for March 27-29, 2015, the weekend before Dysprosium, the 2015 Eastercon at London Heathrow.

[Via Geri Sullivan. With an assist from Jim Mowatt.]

FAAn Voting Deadline Imminent

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Ballots for the 2014 Fan Activity Achievement Awards (FAAns) can be cast through April 5. Anyone interested in science fiction fanzines is invited to participate. Votes can be cast online — click here.

FAAn Awards are presented in eight categories: Best Genzine, Best Personal Fanzine, Best Single Issue, Best Web­site, Best Fanzine Cover, Best Fan Artist, Best Fan Writer and the Harry Warner Jr. Memorial Award for Best Letterhack.

  • A Genzine (General Interest Fanzine) is any fanzine with a significant amount of material by authors other than the editor, or with a multiplicity of editors.
  • A Personal Fanzine is any fanzine in which the editor produces all or nearly all its content.
  • Fan Writing is presented in a fannish context, e.g. fanzines, apas, fannish blogs, fan websites and social media.
  • Fan Art is likewise presented in a fannish context, in fanzines and other forms of publication created by science fiction fans, in any media.

Voters will be invited to register their top three choices in each category. The first choice will receive three points, the sec­ond choice two points and the third choice will receive one point. After all ballots are counted, the highest point total in each category will determine the winner.

[Thanks to JIm Mowatt for the deadline reminder.]

2014 FAAn Awards Voting Begins

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Ballots for the 2014 Fan Activity Achievement Awards (FAAns) can be cast through April 5. Anyone interested in science fiction fanzines is invited to vote.

Awards are presented in eight categories: Best Genzine, Best Personal Fanzine, Best Single Issue, Best Web­site, Best Fanzine Cover, Best Fan Artist, Best Fan Writer and the Harry Warner Jr. Memorial Award for Best Letterhack.

  • A Genzine (General Interest Fanzine) is any fanzine with a significant amount of material by authors other than the editor, or with a multiplicity of editors.
  • A Personal Fanzine is any fanzine in which the editor produces all or nearly all its content.
  • Fan Writing is presented in a fannish context, e.g. fanzines, apas, fannish blogs, fan websites and social media.
  • Fan Art is likewise presented in a fannish context, in fanzines and other forms of publication created by science fiction fans, in any media.

Voters will be invited to register their top three choices in each category. The first choice will receive three points, the sec­ond choice two points and the third choice will receive one point. After all ballots are counted, the highest point total in each category will determine the winner.

Click on the link for the 2014 FAAn Awards ballot [PDF file].

Only one ballot per person. Votes may be submitted via e-mail or in paper form – see instructions on the ballot. The winners will be announced at the Corflu 31 banquet.

[Thanks to Nic Farey for the story.]

2013 FAAn Awards

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Best Genzine: Chunga, ed. by Andy Hooper, Randy Byers, and carl juarez
Best Personal Fanzine: A Meara for Observers, ed. Mike Meara
Best Single Issue: Trapdoor #29, ed. by Robert Lichtman
Best Web­site: eFanzines.com
Best Fanzine Cover: Dan Steffan, Banana Wings #50
Best Fan Artist: Dan Steffan
Best Fan Writer: Andy Hooper
Harry Warner Jr. Memorial Award for Best Letterhack: Robert Lichtman

Congratulations to Corflu XXX chair Dan Steffan and FAAn awards administrator Andy Hooper!