FAAn Awards

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The FAAn Activity Achievement Awards are given annually for fanzine activity in the previous year. Voting is open to anyone with an interest. The awards are presented at Corflu, but membership in the convention isn’t required to participate.

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History[edit]

After discussions at the 1974 Midwestcon and at Discon II in Washington about the sad state of the Hugo’s fannish categories, in late October, 1974, Moshe Feder sent out a mimeographed letter to influential fanzine fans proposing the creation of the Fanzine Activity Achievement Awards (FAAn Awards) as an alternative. Where the Hugos were popularly-voted awards, the FAAns would be a peer award imitating the Oscars. Nominating would be by guilds — fanwriters nominate fanwriters, fanartists nominate fanartists, etc. — followed by a final ballot voted on by all eligible to nominate in any category. Only currently active fanzine fans would be eligible to nominate and vote. (This was abandoned.)

Moshe's proposal was well received and a committee was formed to refine the concept and run the inaugural award process. Committee members took turns publishing The Zine Fan, the discussion-zine in which the awards' business was conducted. The members of the founding committee were Bill Bowers, Donn Brazier, Linda Bushyager, Don D'Ammassa, Tom Digby, Moshe Feder, Mike Glicksohn, Mike Glyer, Eric Lindsay, Sam Long, Ray Nelson, Darroll Pardoe, Peter Roberts, Jim Shull, Jeff Smith, and Harry Warner, Jr..

The first awards were presented by Bob Tucker at Midwestcon 26 in 1975. The trophy, designed and made by fanartist Randy Bathurst, depicted a propeller-beanie-wearing bheercan perched atop a duplicator, each one slightly different, and mounted atop a walnut base with a photoengraved nameplate.

The FAAns were awarded till 1980, then went into a long hiatus. When they were revived in 1995, they were awarded at Corflu and have been awarded there ever since.

The awards were originally peripatetic, but for some time now have been awarded at Corflu. They are unrelated to the earlier Fan Achievement Awards.

See also Faaaaan.

No awards given 1980–94. All subsequent presentations at Corflu.

Year Awarded Best Fanzine Best Fan Writer Best Fan Artist Best New Fanzine Fan Number 1 Fan Face* Best Letterhack
1994 BLAT!, Dan Steffan & Ted White Andrew Hooper Dan Steffan
1995 Apparatchik, Victor Gonzalez, Andrew Hooper, & Carl Juarez, editors Andrew Hooper D. West
1996: (the gap here is the result of changing from the eligibility year to the award year; the 1994 and 1995 awards were actually awarded in 1995 and 1996)
1997 Apparatchik, Victor Gonzalez, Andrew Hooper, & Carl Juarez Andrew Hooper Ian Gunn
1998 Idea, Geri Sullivan Christina Lake D. West Lesley Reece Geri Sullivan Harry Warner, Jr.
1999 Outworlds, Bill Bowers Ted White Ian Gunn Karen Johnson Not awarded Harry Warner, Jr.
2000 Trap Door, Robert Lichtman Christina Lake D. West Yvonne Rowse Robert Lichtman Lloyd Penney
2001 Idea, Geri Sullivan Victor Gonzalez Steve Stiles Sheila Lightsey Robert Lichtman Robert Lichtman
2002 Wabe, Jae Leslie Adams, Tracy Benton, & Bill Bodden Alison Freebairn Dave Hicks Max Not awarded Lloyd Penney
2003 Chunga, Randy Byers, Andrew Hooper & Carl Juarez Randy Byers Steve Stiles John Teehan Randy Byers Joseph Nicholas
* This is an unofficial FAAn Award, calculated and bestowed only when a fan is able to amass more total voting points across all categories than any single fan or fanzine receives in any single category. To be eligible for the list, a fan must receive votes in at least two categories.
In 2003 the attendees voted to rename the Best Letterhack Award to the Harry Warner, Jr. Memorial Award.

Year Awarded Best Fanzine Best Fan Writer Best Fan Artist Best New Fanzine Fan Number 1 Fan Face Best Humorist Special Award
2004 Trap Door, Robert Lichtman Gordon Eklund Steve Stiles Pete Young Andrew Hooper Andrew Hooper Bill Burns for the website eFanzines.com

Year Awarded Best Fanzine Best Fan Writer Best Fan Artist Best Fanzine Design Harry Warner, Jr., Memorial Award for Best Fan Correspondent
2005 Chunga, Randy Byers, Andrew Hooper & Carl Juarez Claire Brialey Steve Stiles Carl Juarez for Chunga Lloyd Penney

Year Awarded Best Fanzine Best Fan Writer Best Fan Artist Best New Fanzine Fan Harry Warner, Jr., Memorial Award for Best Fan Correspondent
2006 Chunga, Randy Byers, Andrew Hooper & Carl Juarez Claire Brialey Steve Stiles Chris Garcia Robert Lichtman
2007 Banana Wings, Claire Brialey & Mark Plummer Claire Brialey Dan Steffan Teresa Cochran Lloyd Penney

Year Best Fanzine Best Fan Writer Best Fan Artist Best New Fanzine Fan Number 1 Fan Face Best Fan Website Harry Warner, Jr., Memorial Award for Best Fan Correspondent
2008 Prolapse, Peter Weston Arnie Katz Dan Steffan John Coxon Arnie Katz Bill Burns's eFanzines.com Robert Lichtman
2009 e*I, Earl Kemp Bruce Gillespie Dan Steffan tie: Jean Martin & Kat Templeton not awarded Bill Burns's eFanzines.com Lloyd Penney
2010 Banana Wings, Claire Brialey & Mark Plummer, editors Claire Brialey Steve Stiles Jacqueline Monahan Robert Lichtman Bill Burns's eFanzines.com Robert Lichtman
2011 Trap Door, Robert Lichtman Roy Kettle Steve Stiles not awarded not awarded Bill Burns's eFanzines.com Robert Lichtman

Year Best Genzine Best Perzine Best Fan Writer Best Fan Artist Number 1 Fan Face Best Fan Website* Harry Warner, Jr., Memorial Award for Best Letterhack
2012 Banana Wings, Claire Brialey & Mark Plummer, editors A Meara for Observers by Mike Meara Mark Plummer Steve Stiles Mark Plummer eFanzines.com, managed by Bill Burns Robert Lichtman
2013 Banana Wings, Claire Brialey & Mark Plummer, editors A Meara for Observers, ed. Mike Meara Andy Hooper Dan Steffan Dan Steffan eFanzines.com, managed by Bill Burns Robert Lichtman
2014 Banana Wings, edited by Mark Plummer & Claire Brialey Flag, edited by Andy Hooper Andy Hooper Steve Stiles not awarded eFanzines.com, managed by Bill Burns Robert Lichtman
2015 Banana Wings Vibrator Mark Plummer Steve Stiles Steve Stiles eFanzines.com, managed by Bill Burns Paul Skelton
2016 tie: Chunga, edited by Randy Byers, Andy Hooper and Carl Juarez; and Raucous Caucus, edited by Pat Charnock Vibrator, edited by Graham Charnock Roy Kettle Steve Stiles Dan Steffan eFanzines.com, managed by Bill Burns Paul Skelton
2017 Banana Wings The White Notebooks Andy Hooper Steve Stiles not awarded eFanzines.com, managed by Bill Burns Paul Skelton
2018 Beam, edited by Nic Farey & Ulrika O'Brien Vibrator, by Graham Charnock Randy Byers Steve Stiles Jacq Monahan eFanzines.com, hosted by Bill Burns (changed to Best Online Activity in 2018) tie: Robert Lichtman and Milt Stevens
2019 Banana Wings, eds. Claire Brialey and Mark Plummer (Tie) Flag ed. Andrew Hooper and Vibrator ed. Graham Charnock Mark Plummer (category split) Mark Plummer (category split) Paul Skelton
2020
2021 Portable Storage, ed William Breiding This Here... by Nic Farey Claire Brialey Ulrika O'Brien Claire Brialey fanac.org Mark Plummer
2022 Portable Storage This Here... Nic Farey Ulrika O'Brien Nic Farey Category removed from awards Jerry Kaufman
2023 Portable Storage This Here... Justin E. A. Busch & Nic Farey Ulrika O'Brien not awarded not awarded Jerry Kaufman

Year Best Single Issue Best Fanzine Cover Best Special Publication Special No Award Award
2012 Alternative Pants by Randy Byers not awarded
2013 Trap Door #29, edited by Robert Lichtman Banana Wings #50 by Dan Steffan
2014 Trap Door #30, edited by Robert Lichtman Inca #9 by Harry Bell
2015 Trap Door #31, edited by Robert Lichtman Banana Wings #56 by D. West
2016 Raucous Caucus #4 by D. West with Harry Bell The MOTA Reader, edited by Dan Steffan
2017 Beam #10 by Harry Bell Then by Rob Hansen Marty Cantor, editor of No Award
2018 Rubber Crab #8 by Graham West Same Planet, Different World: Jacq Monahan's TAFF Report, by Jacq Monahan
2019 These categories were split. See 2019 FAAn Awards
2020
2021 Sara Felix (Beam 15) Outworlds 71 (Bill Bowers, Pat Virzi Jeanne Bowman, Alan Rosenthal and Rich Coad
2022 not awarded Littlebrook #11 by Ulrika O'Brien Daangerous Visions (Sandra Bond, Rob Jackson and Pat Virzi)
2023 not awarded Bean 16 by Alan White 1957: The First UK Worldcon by Rob Hansen not awarded

Year FAAn Award for Lifetime Achievement
2010 Ted White
2011 Art Widner
2012 Earl Kemp and Shelby Vick
2013 Elinor Busby
2014 Ray Nelson
2015 Peter Weston
2016 John Bangsund
2017 (not given)
2018 Bruce Gillespie
2019 Paul Skelton
2020 Robert Lichtman
2021 Dave Langford
2022 Geri Sullivan[1]
2023 Rob Hansen
  1. The 2022 Lifetime Achievement Award was presented at Corflu Pangloss in October 2022.

FAAn Awards Administrative History
Year Awarded Date At Administrator Voting details
1975 July 3-6, 1975 OakLaCon (Westercon 28) 1975 FAAn Awards
1976 July 2-5, 1976 Westercon 29 UK: Ian Williams 1976 FAAn Awards
1977 July 22-24, 1977 AutoClave 2 Moshe Feder and Bruce Pelz, UK: Rob Jackson 1977 FAAn Awards
1978 July 21-23, 1978 AutoClave 3 Bruce Pelz, UK: Ian Maule 1978 FAAn Awards Results FAAn Awards 1978
1979 Mike Glicksohn and Leigh Edmonds UK: Ian Maule 1979 FAAn Awards Results FAAn Awards 1979
1980 Mike Glicksohn UK: Rob Jackson 1980 FAAn Awards
1981-1993 - not given
1994 April 9, 1995 Corflu 12 1994 FAAn Awards
1995 March 17, 1996 Corflu 13 Janice Murray 1995 FAAn Awards
1996: (the gap here is the result of changing from the eligibility year to the award year; the 1994 and 1995 awards were actually awarded in 1995 and 1996)
1997 March 13-17, 1997 Corflu 14 Janice Murray 1997 FAAn Awards
1998 March 13-16, 1998 Corflu 15 Andy Hooper 1998 FAAn Awards
1999 May 2, 1999 Corflu 16 Andy Hooper 1999 FAAn Awards
2000 March 5, 2000 Corflu 17 Andy Hooper 2000 FAAn Awards
2001 April 1, 2001 Corflu 18 Andy Hooper 2001 FAAn Awards
2002 February 14-17, 2002 Corflu 19 Victor Gonzalez 2002 FAAn Awards Results
2003 April 27, 2003 Corflu 20 Andy Hooper 2003 FAAn Awards
2004 March 21, 2004 Corflu 21 Joyce Worley Katz 2004 FAAn Awards
2005 February 27, 2005 Corflu 22 Andy Hooper 2005 FAAn Awards
2006 May 7, 2006 Corflu 23 Murray Moore 2006 FAAn Awards Results
2007 February 11, 2007 Corflu 24 Murray Moore 2007 FAAn Awards Results
2008 April 27, 2008 Corflu 25 Murray Moore 2008 FAAn Awards Results
2009 March 15, 2009 Corflu 26 Hal O'Brien 2009 FAAn Awards
2010 March 21, 2010 Corflu 27 Mike Meara 2010 FAAn Awards Results
2011 February 13, 2011 Corflu 28 Spike 2011 FAAn Awards Results
2012 April 22, 2012 Corflu 29 Andy Hooper 2012 FAAn Awards Results
2013 May 5, 2013 Corflu 30 Andy Hooper 2013 FAAn Awards Results
2014 May 4, 2014 Corflu 31 Andy Hooper 2014 FAAn Awards Results
2015 March 30, 2015 Corflu 32 Mike Meara 2015 FAAn Awards Results
2016 May 15, 2016 Corflu 33 Claire Brialey 2016 FAAn Awards Results
2017 April 30, 2017 Corflu 34 Murray Moore 2017 FAAn Awards
2018 May 6, 2018 Corflu 35 Nic Farey 2018 FAAn Awards Results
2019 May 5, 2019 Corflu 36 Curt Phillips and Michael Dobson 2019 FAAn Awards
2020
2021 March 28, 2021 virtual [1] Nic Farey 2021 FAAn Awards
2022 March 20, 2022 virtual [2]
2023 April 2, 2023 Corflu 40 2023 FAAn Awards
  1. The 2021 FAAns were presented in an online ceremony due to Covid-19.
  2. The 2022 FAAns were presented in an online ceremony due to Covid-19.



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