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(September 30, 1924 – )
 
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'''Elinor Busby''', a [[Seattle]] [[fan]], was the first woman to win a [[Hugo Award]], as co-editor of ''[[Cry of the Nameless]]'', which won the [[1960 Best Fanzine Hugo]].  (It was also nominated for the [[1959 Best Fanzine Hugo]] and the [[1962 Best Fanzine Hugo]].) She was a member of the [[Cry Crowd]], and, of course the [[Nameless Ones]].
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[[File:BusbyElinor1958.jpeg|thumb|'''Elinor Busby at Solacon, 1958.''' ]]
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'''Elinor Busby''' (née '''Doub'''), a [[Seattle]] [[fan]], was the first woman to win a [[Hugo Award]], as [[co-editor]] of ''[[Cry of the Nameless]]'', which won the [[1960 Best Fanzine Hugo]].  (It was also nominated for the [[1959 Best Fanzine Hugo]] and the [[1962 Best Fanzine Hugo]].) She was a member of the [[Cry Crowd]], and, of course, the [[Nameless Ones]].
  
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A prominent [[fanzine]] editor of the 1950s–1960s, she received a [[FAAn Award]] for Lifetime Achievement in 2013 at [[Corflu XXX]].
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A prominent [[fanzine]] editor of the 1950s–60s, she received a [[FAAn Award]] for Lifetime Achievement in 2013 at [[Corflu XXX]]. She was a member of the [[Cascade Regional Amateur Press Association]], [[SAPS]], [[OMPA]], [[Lilapa]], [[Apassembly]], [[A Women's Apa]] and [[APANAGE]].
  
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Elinor was on the committee of [[Seacon]], the 1961 [[Worldcon]]. She was also a member of the [[Cascade Regional Amateur Press Association]], [[Lilapa]], [[Apassembly]], and [[APANAGE]].
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Elinor was on the committee of [[Seacon]], the 1961 [[Worldcon]].  
  
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She was married to fellow [[fan]] [[F. M. Busby]].  
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She was born in Tacoma, [[Washington State|Washington]], studied at the University of Washington, and married [[F. M. Busby]] in 1954.  
  
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[https://calisphere.org/item/ark:/86086/n2348j38/ Photo] with [[Greg Benford]] at [[Noreascon 1]], 1971.  
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[[File:BusbyFM-Elinor1996.jpeg|thumb|left|'''[[F. M. Busby|Buz]] and Elinor, 1996.'''<br>''Photo by [[Kim Huett]].'' ]]
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==='''Photos:'''===
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*[https://calisphere.org/item/ark:/86086/n26w9883/ Busby, right, accepting the gavel] on behalf of [[Seacon]] from [[Dirce Archer]], [[chair]] of [[Pittcon]], 1960.
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*[https://calisphere.org/item/ark:/86086/n2348j38/ Photo] with [[Greg Benford]], left, and [[Terry Carr]] at [[Noreascon 1]], 1971.
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*[https://calisphere.org/item/ark:/86086/n2bp01h3/ Photo], far left, with [[Sid Coleman]], [[Terry Carr]], and [[Barbara Silverberg]] in the [[con suite]] at [[Noreascon 1]], 1971.
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*Photo on page 218 of [[Harry Warner]]'s history of [[fandom]], ''[[A Wealth of Fable]]'' (1992).
  
 
{{fanzines}}
 
{{fanzines}}
 
* ''[[Cry of the Nameless]]'' (co-editor)
 
* ''[[Cry of the Nameless]]'' (co-editor)
 
* ''[[Dolphin]]'' (for [[OMPA]])
 
* ''[[Dolphin]]'' (for [[OMPA]])
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* ''[[Fapulous]]'' (for [[FAPA]]
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* ''[[Fapulous]]'' (for [[FAPA]])
 
* ''[[Fendenizen]]''
 
* ''[[Fendenizen]]''
 
* ''[[Gosling]]'' (for [[SAPS]])
 
* ''[[Gosling]]'' (for [[SAPS]])
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*''[[An Index to the People in ASI]]'' [1962]
 
* ''[[Memory Lane]]'' (for [[SAPS]])
 
* ''[[Memory Lane]]'' (for [[SAPS]])
 
* ''[[Polarity]]'' (with F. M. Busby)
 
* ''[[Polarity]]'' (with F. M. Busby)
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[[File:BusbyElinor1960.jpeg|thumb|right|'''Elinor Busby at [[Pittcon]], 1960.'''<br>''Photo by [[James O'Meara]]''.]]
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* ''[[Rain Arrow]]'' (for [[C/RAPA]])
 
* ''[[Salud]]''
 
* ''[[Salud]]''
  
 
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{{recognition}}
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* 1959 -- [[1959 Best Fanzine Hugo|Best Fanzine Hugo]] nominee
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* 1959 -- [[1959 Best Fanzine Hugo]] nominee
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* 1960 -- '''[[1960 Best Fanzine Hugo|Best Fanzine Hugo]]'''
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* 1960 -- '''[[1960 Best Fanzine Hugo]]'''
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* 1962 -- [[1962 Best Fanzine Hugo|Best Fanzine Hugo]] nominee
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* 1962 -- [[1962 Best Fanzine Hugo]] nominee
 
* 1963 -- [[Westercon 16]]
 
* 1963 -- [[Westercon 16]]
 
* 1979 -- [[KulaCon]]
 
* 1979 -- [[KulaCon]]
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* 2013 -- [[FAAn Award]] for Lifetime Achievement
 
* 2013 -- [[FAAn Award]] for Lifetime Achievement
  
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[https://calisphere.org/item/ark:/86086/n2bp01h3/ Photo] (far left) with [[Sid Coleman]], [[Terry Carr]], and [[Barbara Silverberg]] in the [[con suite]] at [[Noreascon One]], 1971. Her photo also appears on page 218 of [[Harry Warner]]'s history of [[SF fandom]], ''[[A Wealth of Fable]]'' (1992).
 
  
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{{person | born=1924|died=????|locale=Seattle, WA}}
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{{person | born=1924}}
 
 
[[Category:fan]]
 
[[Category:fan]]
 
[[Category:US]]
 
[[Category:US]]

Latest revision as of 10:34, 26 March 2023

(September 30, 1924 – )

Elinor Busby at Solacon, 1958.

Elinor Busby (née Doub), a Seattle fan, was the first woman to win a Hugo Award, as co-editor of Cry of the Nameless, which won the 1960 Best Fanzine Hugo. (It was also nominated for the 1959 Best Fanzine Hugo and the 1962 Best Fanzine Hugo.) She was a member of the Cry Crowd, and, of course, the Nameless Ones.

A prominent fanzine editor of the 1950s–60s, she received a FAAn Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2013 at Corflu XXX. She was a member of the Cascade Regional Amateur Press Association, SAPS, OMPA, Lilapa, Apassembly, A Women's Apa and APANAGE.

Elinor was on the committee of Seacon, the 1961 Worldcon.

She was born in Tacoma, Washington, studied at the University of Washington, and married F. M. Busby in 1954.

Buz and Elinor, 1996.
Photo by Kim Huett.

Photos:[edit]

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Elinor Busby at Pittcon, 1960.
Photo by James O'Meara.

Awards, Honors and GoHships:


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