Claire Brialey

(1970 – )

Claire Brialey is a British fan, fanzine editor and con-runner who first found fandom in 1986.

Alongside fanzine and convention fanac, she has been a committee member for ZZ9 Plural Z Alpha (1989–94) and the BSFA (1996-2001); she was the awards administrator for the BSFA (2004–6, and 2008) and the FAAn Awards (2016), and a judge for the Rotsler Award (2007–14) and the Arthur C. Clarke Award (1999–2000). She has managed the UK treasuries for GUFF and TAFF for some years, and continues to help with organisation of auctions and other fundraising (including as part of the UK League of Fan Funds since 2003).

Her first convention committee was Eroticon Six in 1991, followed by Vocon (1993), Inconceivable (1994) and Inconsistent (1996). While running small fun conventions she somehow joined the Board and committee for the 1995 Worldcon (Intersection, in Glasgow) and turned to the committee for the 1998 Eastercon (Intuition, in Manchester) as light relief. With her partner, Mark Plummer, she has been on con committees for Corflu (a fanzine convention) in 2010 and 2015, and ConRunner 4 in 2017; they have also worked together on publications and programme for other Eastercons and British Worldcons.

Her other work on conventions has included promotions, memberships, finance, overseas agent, GoH liaison, volunteer management, and chairing. She joined the committee of the online Punctuation 2 in 2021 and is on the committee for the 2023 Eastercon (Conversation), after which she might or might not give up conrunning again, until the next time.

Claire was the letters editor and copy-editor for James Bacon & Chris Garcia's Journey Planet from 2008 to 2011, and has provided proofreading, copy-editing and research assistance for a wide range of other convention, fan fund, and fan-related publications. She was elected President of ANZAPA in 2010, 2012, 2014, 2018, and 2021.

She and Mark Plummer live in Croydon, UK.

• FANAC History Zoom: “The Women Fen Don’t See” with Claire Brialey, Kate Heffner and Leah Zeldes Smith: Part 1, Part 2.

Fanzines and Apazines: Core titles:

• Banana Wings [since 1996] (with Mark Plummer)
• BW [occasional since 1997] (with Mark Plummer)
• Parakeet [1999-2002] (with Mark Plummer)
• No Sin But Ignorance [as a perzine since 2002]

APAzines:

• various titles [1995-1997] for Acnestis
• No Sin But Ignorance [1997-2001] for Acnestis
• Quoz [since 2005] (with Mark Plummer) for ANZAPA
• All Things That Delight the Heart [since 2021] for The Women's Periodical (TWP)

Short-run/one-shot publications:

• Waxen Wings (1995)
• Paraphernalia [2001] (with Mark Plummer)
• Triceratops Tales [2016]
• Weekend Weetabix [2020]

Collections of other people's fan writing (co-editor):

• Bumper Snufkin [1998] (with Mark Plummer): supporting Maureen Kincaid Speller for TAFF
• A GUFF Spotter's Handbook [1999] (with Mark Plummer): for the 1999 GUFF race
• Tobes Stole My Brain [2002] (with Mark Plummer): supporting Tobes Valois for TAFF
• Easter Wine (with Mark Plummer): a fanthology for Seacon03, the 2003 Eastercon
• Can't Get Off the Island [2005] (with Mark Plummer): a collection of Greg Pickersgill's writing
• I Knew the Porridge Was Trying to Tell Me Something [2007] (with Mark Plummer): supporting Ang Rosin for GUFF
• GUFF Guy [2009] (with Pat McMurray): a report of Pat's 2004 GUFF trip
• Slow Train to Immortality [2010] (with Randy Byers and Mark Plummer): a fanthology for Corflu Cobalt
• Curt Phillips for Taff [2014] (with Randy Byers and Carl Juarez)
• Reflections in the Shards [2015] (with Mark Plummer): a collection of Caroline Mullan's writing
• A TAFF Guide to Beer [2019] (with Mark Plummer and Geri Sullivan): for the 2019 TAFF race

Awards, Honors and GoHships:

• Best Fan Writer Hugo Award finalist in 2005, 2006, and 2010–12, and finalist (with Mark Plummer, for Banana Wings) for the Best Fanzine Hugo in 2005–7 and 2009–13.
• Nova Award for Best Fanzine (with Mark Plummer): 1996, 1997, 1998, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2012, 2013
• 2001 -- Fan Guest of Honour at Paragon (with Mark Plummer)
• Nova Award for Best Fan Writer: 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011
• FAAn Award for Best Fan Writer: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2021
• FAAn Award for Best Fanzine (with Mark Plummer): 2007, 2010, 2019, 2020
• FAAn Award for Best Genzine (with Mark Plummer): 2012, 2014, 2015, 2017
• FAAn Award for #1 Fan Face: 2007, 2021
• Best Fan Writer Hugo: 2011
• 2012 -- Guest of Honour at Corflu Glitter (randomly selected!)
• 2022 -- Past President of the fwa
• 2023 -- Doc Weir Award
• 2024 -- Glasgow 2024

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