Geri Sullivan

(1954 –)

Minneapolis fan now living in Central Massachusetts (one of Minneapolis's more distant suburbs.) Active in the Minn-stf (where she lived in Toad Hall and was both President and on the Board), conventions, and fanzines: "mostly, I like to throw parties". Post-supporting chair of the Minneapolis in '73 Worldcon bid since 1984. She got involved in fandom in 1979 by meeting Emma Bull at a mundane party and talking for six hours.

She won the 2007 Best Fanzine Hugo with Science-Fiction Five-Yearly also ed. by Lee Hoffman and Randy Byers.

She has been on many committees included a dozen or more Minicons (chairing Minicon 35) and Boskones, many Worldcons, ReinCONation 2-6, Not-A-ReinCONation, D-cons and Not-A-D-Cons, Corflu 6, 1993 World Fantasy Convention. She chaired Smofcon 25 and was a Rotsler Award judge 1998-2003.

Fanzines and Apazines:

• 2005 ConFusion One-Shot
• BaggieCon program books
• Beyond the Enchanted Duplicator ... To the Enchanted Convention (by Walt Willis and James White)
• CHARRISMAMA
• Dare to be Stupid
• From Mist to Missed
• gfs
• Idea
• No Goat's Kneecap
• No Goat's Toe #1-3
• Roscoe Honor Roll
• Science-Fiction Five-Yearly #9-12 (co-ed with various issues with Jeff Schalles, Andy Hooper, Terry Hughes, and Randy Byers)
• Small and Far Away
• Ten Design Tips
• The Story of George
• Roadtripping with the Wheels of IF (a Guided Walk on fanac.org)

Her APAs include MINNEAPA and STIPPLEAPA.

Special projects include: Minn-stf Historical Party, Wimpy Zone Fan Fund, Mystery Fan Fund, Harris Fund. For MidAmeriCon II she created the Video Archaeology Project to recover and digitize videos made forty years before at MidAmeriCon.

Blog

Video of Geri Sullivan and Steven Brust discussing Minneapolis fandom at Balticon 51

Awards, Honors and GoHships:

• 1986 -- Bad SF contest at Minicon 21 (with Kay Drache)
• 1990 -- Keycon 7
• 1991 -- ReinCONation 1
• 1996 -- Toner 1
• 1997 -- Loscon xxiv
• 1998 -- FAAn Award for Best Fanzine for Idea and for #1 Fan Face
• 1999 -- Past president of the FWA
• 2001 -- Capricon 21, FAAn Award for Best Fanzine for Idea
• 2004 -- ConFusion XXX
• 2007 -- Best Fanzine Hugo
• 2008 -- Fellow of NESFA
• 2010 -- SFContario 1, ConQuesT 41
• 2014 -- FenCon XI
• 2015 -- Corflu Fifty recipient to attend Corflu 32
• 2017 -- Balticon 51
• 2019 -- TAFF winner, FAAn Award for Best Cover (Design/Photography)
• 2022 -- Lifetime Achievement Award from Corflu 39

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