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The '''National Amateur Press Association''', founded in 1876, is one of the largest and oldest [[mundane APAs]]. However, many [[fans]] have been members of the National (as it is called informally), and some prominent [[fans]] have come into our [[microcosm]] through this association ([[Bill Danner]], [[Helen Wesson]], e.g.). 

NAPA is primarily a club for hobby printers with, naturally, some appeal to amateur writers. The [[mundane APAs]] predated [[fandom]]'s, going back to the 1880s, but were the inspiration for [[fandom]]'s, probably largely through the participation of [[H. P. Lovecraft]] as an amateur journalist and a member of both NAPA and [[UAPA]].


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