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GUFF (the Get Up-and-over Fan Fund, or the Going Under Fan Fund, depending on the direction of travel) was dreamed up by [[Chris Priest]] in [[1977]] to complete the triangle of [[fan funds]] and to bring an Australian fan to Britain for the [[1979 Worldcon]]. Without the tiresome business of actually having a free trip anywhere, [[Dave Langford]] (UK) and [[Leigh Edmonds]] (in Australia) were the first administrators, and [[John Foyster]] was the first winner, and it seemed rather a nice idea to continue. The name DUFF being already taken, [[Chris Priest|Chris]] imagined GUFF as standing for the '''G'''et '''U'''p-and-over '''F'''an '''F'''und, which didn't sound so brilliant when time came to do a southward trip, but as Don Marquis (who never stood for the fund either) so aptly put it, you can't have everything [This description mostly provided by [[Dave Langford]] with the admonition that it needs to be marked "Copyright (c) [[Astral Leauge]] 1979 do not impinge copyright or the [[Astral Leauge|Leauge]] will take MEASURES.")]
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'''GUFF''' (the '''Get Up-and-over Fan Fund''', or the '''Going Under Fan Fund''', depending on the direction of travel) was dreamed up by [[Chris Priest]] in 1977 to complete the triangle of major transoceanic [[fan funds]] and to bring an [[Australia]]n fan to Britain for the [[1979 Worldcon]]. Without the tiresome business of actually having a free trip anywhere, [[Dave Langford]] (UK) and [[Leigh Edmonds]] (AU) were the first administrators, and [[John Foyster]] was the first winner, and it seemed rather a nice idea to continue. The name DUFF being already taken, Chris imagined GUFF as standing for the '''G'''et '''U'''p-and-over '''F'''an '''F'''und, which didn't sound so brilliant when time came to do a southward trip, but as [[Don Marquis]] (who never stood for the fund either) so aptly put it, you can't have everything. [This description mostly provided by [[Dave Langford]] with the admonition that it needs to be marked "Copyright (c) [[Astral Leauge]] 1979 do not impinge copyright or the Leauge will take MEASURES.")]
  
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The fund continues to send fans between Australasia (mainly [[Australia]] and [[New Zealand]]) and the [[U.K.]] or [[Europe]]. Although trips alternate the the direction of travel, the intervals between trips vary.
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GUFF continues to send fans between [[Australasia]] (mainly [[Australia]], rarely [[New Zealand]]) and the [[U.K.]] or [[Europe]] (if there is a [[Worldcon]] there). So far it is the only one of the three major fan funds to maintain regular alternation of the travel direction without any changes; it has also had the longest intervals between trips. GUFF is patterned after [[TAFF]] and [[DUFF]], with winners expected to publish a [[trip report]] and becoming co-administrators of the fund until the next winner from their respective continent returns from a trip.
  
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GUFF is patterned after [[TAFF]] and [[DUFF]], with fund winners being co-administrators of the fund until the next winner from their respective continent returns from a trip. GUFF winners, like winners of other [[fan funds]], are expected to publish a [[trip report]].
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In 2017, the voting deadline was extended from 1 April to 17 April; this accompanied a change to the ballot mentioned in the table below.
  
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In 2017, the voting deadline was extended from 1 April 2017 to 17 April 2017; this change accompanied a change to the ballot mentioned in the table below.
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In 2018, the target convention was not the [[Australian Natcon]], a [[Swancon]] held at Easter, clashing with the [[New Zealand Natcon]] ([[Conclave (NZ) 3]]) not held on the Queen's Birthday weekend (June) as usual but at Easter. The target Australian convention was [[Continuum XIV]] on the Queen's Birthday.  
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In 2018, the target Australian convention is not the [[Australian Natcon]] for that year, a [[Swancon]] held at Easter, and the [[New Zealand Natcon]] is not being held on the Queen's Birthday weekend. Instead, the New Zealand Natcon is being held at Easter and the target Australian convention is a [[Continuum]] convention held on the Queen's Birthday weekend.  
 
  
 
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Year and Direction  || Winner || Other Candidates || Notes || Reports & Bid Zines
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Year & Dir. || Winner || Other Candidates || Notes || Reports & Bid Zines
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[[1979 GUFF Results|1979 North]] ||[[John Foyster]] ||[[John Alderson]], [[Eric Lindsay]] (who later asked fans not to vote for him). ||See [[The Northern Guffblower]]; ||''[[Stranger in Stranger Lands]]'', published 1996.  
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[[1979 GUFF Race|1979 North]] || [[John Foyster]] || [[John Alderson]], {{nowrap| [[Eric Lindsay]] }} (later asked fans not to vote for him) || See ''[[The Northern Guffblower]]'' || ''[[Stranger in Stranger Lands]]'', published 1996.  
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[[1981 GUFF Results|1981 South]] ||[[Joseph Nicholas]] ||[[Malcolm Edwards]] ||See [[The Northern Guffblower]]  
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1980||colspan="4" | No race
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An immense 500,000-word record was reportedly drafted but lost during a house move. A condensed account appeared as "The Dreamtime" in ''[[Ansible]]'' 19, July 1981, and another chapter elsewhere.
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[[1981 GUFF Race|1981 South]] || [[Joseph Nicholas]] || [[Malcolm Edwards]] || See ''[[The Northern Guffblower]]'' || Immense 500,000-word record claimed drafted but lost in a house move. A condensed account {{link | website=https://news.ansible.uk/a19.html | text="The Dreamtime"}} in ''[[Ansible]]'' 19, July 1981; another chapter in ''[[Ornithopter]]'' 10, Oct 1982
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[[1984 GUFF Results|1984 North]] ||[[Justin Ackroyd]] ||[[Shayne McCormack]], [[Jean Weber]], [[Roger Weddall]] || ||  
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1982<br />1983 ||colspan="4" | No race
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1985 South ||[[Eve Harvey]] ||[[John Jarrold]] || ||''[[A Brighton Belle Meets Skippy]]'', published 1999.
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[[1984 GUFF Race|1984 North]] ||[[Justin Ackroyd]] ||[[Shayne McCormack]], [[Jean Weber]], [[Roger Weddall]] || 32-week trip ||  
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1987 North ||[[Irwin Hirsh]] ||[[Valma Brown]], [[Jean Weber]] || ||Report is in progress with many chapters published in [[fanzines]], readable on the {{link | website=http://www.users.bigpond.net.au/hirsh/fanfunds.html | text=Australian Fan Funds Page}}  
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[[1985 GUFF Race|1985 South]] || [[Eve Harvey]] || [[John Jarrold]] || || ''[[A Brighton Belle Meets Skippy]]'', 1999
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1989 South ||[[Roelof Goudriaan]] ||[[Linda Pickersgill]] || ||  
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1986 ||colspan="4" | No race
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1990 North ||[[Roman Orszanski]] ||[[Larry Dunning]], [[Mark Loney]] & [[Michelle Muijsert]] || ||  
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[[1987 GUFF Race|1987 North]] || [[Irwin Hirsh]] || [[Valma Brown]], [[Jean Weber]] || || 10 chapters in various [[fanzines]] out of order 1988–99; {{link | website=https://ozfanfunds.com/old_site_archives/guff/guff.html#1987 | text=available at the Australian Fan Funds Page}}
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1992 South ||[[Eva Hauser]] ||[[Bridget Wilkinson]] || ||''[[Australsky Denik]]'', published in ''[[Interkon]]'', 1992.  
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1988 ||colspan="4" | No race
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1995 North ||[[Ian Gunn]] & [[Karen Pender-Gunn]] ||[[LynC]], [[Kim Huett]] || ||''[[Oh to be in England, In the summertime, With my love]]'', published by [[Karen Pender-Gunn|Karen]] in 1999 after [[Ian Gunn|Ian's]] death.
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[[1989 GUFF Race|1989 South]] || [[Roelof Goudriaan]] (NL) || [[Linda Pickersgill]] || ||  
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1999 South ||[[Paul Kincaid]] ||[[Steve Davies]], [[Julian Headlong]] || ||''[[Guffaw]]''  
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[[1990 GUFF Race|1990 North]] ||[[Roman Orszanski]] ||[[Larry Dunning]], [[Mark Loney]] & [[Michelle Muijsert]] || ||  
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2001 North ||[[Eric Lindsay]] & [[Jean Weber]] ||[[Damien Warman]] & [[Juliette Woods]] (joint) || ||''[[Jean and Eric 'Avalook at the UK]]'', and also http://www.ericlindsay.com/guff/donate.htm
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1991 ||colspan="4" | No race
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2004 South ||[[Pat McMurray]] ||[[Doug Bell]] || ||  
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[[1992 GUFF Race|1992 South]] || [[Eva Hauser]](ová), [[Czech]](oslovak)ia || [[Bridget Wilkinson]] || colspan=2 | Bids ''[[Wild Shaarkah]]'' [https://efanzines.com/WildSharkaah/WildSharkaah-07.pdf #7 + ''Please Turn Over'']. Trip "Australský deník", ''[[Interkom]]'' 1992 (Czech [http://interkom.vecnost.cz/1992/19920657.htm pt 1], [http://interkom.vecnost.cz/1992/19920751.htm 2]); English abbreviated ''Wild Shaarkah'' 1992, reprint "My Australian Diary", ''[[Guffaw]]'' #4, 2000
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2005 North ||[[Damien Warman]] & [[Juliette Woods]] ||[[Sue Ann Barber]], [[Alison Barton]], [[David Cake]] || ||  
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1993<br />1994 || colspan="4" | "Due to a lack of candidates" to [[Helicon]], decided to postpone until [[Intersection]]<ref> https://www.fanac.org/fanzines/Shards_of_Babel/Shards_of_Babel41-16.html </ref>
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2007 South ||[[Ang Rosin]] ||[[Johan Anglemark]], [[Steve Davies]], [[Anna Davour]] || ||''[[The 2007 GUFF Losers' Fanzine]]''  
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[[1995 GUFF Race|1995 North]] ||[[Ian Gunn]] & [[Karen Pender-Gunn]] ||[[LynC]], [[Kim Huett]] || ||''[[Oh to be in England, In the summertime, With my love]]'' (1999) by [[Karen Pender-Gunn|Karen]] after [[Ian Gunn|Ian's]] death
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2009 North ||[[Sue Ann Barber]] & [[Trevor Clark]] ||Norah Ding (aged "almost two", with her mother), [[Alisa Krasnostein]] || ||  
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1996<br />1997<br />1998||colspan="4" | No race
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2010 South ||[[James Shields]] ||[[Douglas Spencer]] || ||''[[Ego and Scruples]]'' Trip report: ''[[A Rough Guide to GUFF]]''  
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[[1999 GUFF Race|1999 South]] || [[Paul Kincaid]] || [[Steve Davies]], [[Julian Headlong]] || || "The Coriolis Effect", 4 chapters in ''[[Guffaw]]'' 1999–2003
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2012 North ||[[Kylie Ding]] ||[[Grant Watson]] || ||  
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2000 ||colspan="4" | No race
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2013 South ||[[Mihaela Marija Perković]] ||[[Julie McMurray]] || ||  
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[[2001 GUFF Race|2001 North]] ||[[Eric Lindsay]] & [[Jean Weber]] ||[[Damien Warman]] & {{nowrap| [[Juliette Woods]] }} (joint) || ||''[[Jean and Eric 'Avalook at the UK]]''
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2014 North ||[[Gillian Polack]] ||[[Alison Barton]], [[Samara Morgan]], [[Shay Telfer]] || ||''[[Gillian's Book of Lists]]''  
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2002<br />2003||colspan="4" | No race
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2015 South ||[[Jukka Halme]] ||(none) || ||
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[[2004 GUFF Race|2004 South]] ||[[Pat McMurray]] ||[[Doug Bell]] || ||  
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[[2017 GUFF Results|2017 North]] ||[[Donna Maree Hanson]] ||[[Sam Hawke]], [[Belle McQuattie]], [[Alexandra Pierce]] ||originally [[Alexandra Pierce]] was running jointly with [[Alisa Krasnostein]]; the ballot was revised. ||{{link | website=https://donnamareehanson.com/guff-trip-report/ | text=Trip report}}
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[[2005 GUFF Race|2005 North]] ||[[Damien Warman]] & [[Juliette Woods]] ||[[Sue Ann Barber]], [[Alison Barton]], [[David Cake]] || ||  
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2018 South ||[[Marcin Klak]] ||[[Steve Lawson|Steve]] & [[Alice Lawson]] (joint) || ||  
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2006 ||colspan="4" | No race
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[[2019 GUFF Results|2019 North]] ||[[Simon Litten]] ||[[Lynelle Howell]], [[Nicole Murphy]] || ||  
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[[2007 GUFF Race|2007 South]] || [[Ang Rosin]] || [[Johan Anglemark]] (SE), [[Steve Davies]], [[Anna Davour]] || || ''[[The 2007 GUFF Losers' Fanzine]]'' (Anglemark and Davour, after the race)
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2008 ||colspan="4" | No race
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[[2009 GUFF Race|2009 North]] || [[Sue Ann Barber]] & [[Trevor Clark]] || Norah Ding (aged "almost two", with [[Kylie Ding|her mother]]), {{nowrap| [[Alisa Krasnostein]] }} || ||  
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[[2010 GUFF Race|2010 South]] || [[James Shields]] || [[Douglas Spencer]] || || bid: ''[[Ego and Scruples]]'' (Spencer) <br> report: ''[[A Rough Guide to GUFF]]'' (2015)
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2011 ||colspan="4" | No race
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[[2012 GUFF Race|2012 North]] || [[Kylie Ding]] || [[Grant Watson]] || colspan="2" | Ding wrote a brief "how-to" ''[[The Winners Guide to Winning a Fan Fund]]'', 2015
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[[2013 GUFF Race|2013 South]] || [[Mihaela Marija Perković]] (HR) || [[Julie McMurray]] || || [https://rantalica.com/tag/guff/page/3/ a few blog posts]
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[[2014 GUFF Race|2014 North]] || [[Gillian Polack]] || [[Alison Barton]], [[Samara Morgan]], [[Shay Telfer]] || ||''[[Gillian's Book of Lists]]''  
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2015 ||colspan="4" | No race
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[[2016 GUFF Race|2016 South]] || [[Jukka Halme]] (FI) || (none) || colspan=2 | Perković went on serving as the European administrator until 2018, with Halme busy chairing [[Worldcon 75]]
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[[2017 GUFF Race|2017 North]] || [[Donna Maree Hanson]] || colspan=2 | [[Sam Hawke]], {{nowrap| [[Belle McQuattie]]}}, [[Alexandra Pierce]] (originally Pierce ran jointly with [[Alisa Krasnostein]]; the ballot was revised) || {{link | [https://donnamareehanson.com/category/guff/ Series of blog posts]; [http://web.archive.org/web/20230323182613/https://donnamareehanson.com/guff-trip-report/ complete trip report also sold for GUFF] for a time
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[[2018 GUFF Race|2018 South]] || [[Marcin Klak]] (PL) || [[Steve Lawson|Steve]] & [[Alice Lawson]] (joint) || || ''[[The Giant Leap to Never Never]]''
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[[2019 GUFF Race|2019 North]] || [[Simon Litten]] || [[Lynelle Howell]], [[Nicole Murphy]] || ||
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[[2020 GUFF Race|2020 South]] || [[Alison Scott]] || [[Cora Buhlert]] (DE), [[Hisham El-Far]] + [[Lee Fletcher]], [[Hanna Hakkarainen]] ([[Finland|FI]]), [[Elizabeth Jones]] + [[Claire Rousseau]], [[Dave Lally]]  || Due to [[Covid-19]], participated remotely in [[CoNZealand]] and a {{link |website =https://facebook.com/groups/virtualguff2020 | text=virtual trip}}. Traveled Sept–Oct 2023.
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[[2024 GUFF Race|2024 North]] || [[Kat Clay]] || [[Ian Nichols]] || ||
 
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* [https://ozfanfunds.com/?page_id=6 GUFF] at Australian Fan Funds website
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* [https://taff.org.uk/guff.html GUFF news and materials] at the TAFF website
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Latest revision as of 05:52, 30 October 2024

GUFF (the Get Up-and-over Fan Fund, or the Going Under Fan Fund, depending on the direction of travel) was dreamed up by Chris Priest in 1977 to complete the triangle of major transoceanic fan funds and to bring an Australian fan to Britain for the 1979 Worldcon. Without the tiresome business of actually having a free trip anywhere, Dave Langford (UK) and Leigh Edmonds (AU) were the first administrators, and John Foyster was the first winner, and it seemed rather a nice idea to continue. The name DUFF being already taken, Chris imagined GUFF as standing for the Get Up-and-over Fan Fund, which didn't sound so brilliant when time came to do a southward trip, but as Don Marquis (who never stood for the fund either) so aptly put it, you can't have everything. [This description mostly provided by Dave Langford with the admonition that it needs to be marked "Copyright (c) Astral Leauge 1979 do not impinge copyright or the Leauge will take MEASURES.")]

GUFF continues to send fans between Australasia (mainly Australia, rarely New Zealand) and the U.K. or Europe (if there is a Worldcon there). So far it is the only one of the three major fan funds to maintain regular alternation of the travel direction without any changes; it has also had the longest intervals between trips. GUFF is patterned after TAFF and DUFF, with winners expected to publish a trip report and becoming co-administrators of the fund until the next winner from their respective continent returns from a trip.

In 2017, the voting deadline was extended from 1 April to 17 April; this accompanied a change to the ballot mentioned in the table below.

In 2018, the target convention was not the Australian Natcon, a Swancon held at Easter, clashing with the New Zealand Natcon (Conclave 3) not held on the Queen's Birthday weekend (June) as usual but at Easter. The target Australian convention was Continuum XIV on the Queen's Birthday.

Year & Dir. Winner Other Candidates Notes Reports & Bid Zines
1979 North John Foyster John Alderson, Eric Lindsay (later asked fans not to vote for him) See The Northern Guffblower Stranger in Stranger Lands, published 1996.
1980 No race
1981 South Joseph Nicholas Malcolm Edwards See The Northern Guffblower Immense 500,000-word record claimed drafted but lost in a house move. A condensed account "The Dreamtime" in Ansible 19, July 1981; another chapter in Ornithopter 10, Oct 1982
1982
1983		 No race
1984 North Justin Ackroyd Shayne McCormack, Jean Weber, Roger Weddall 32-week trip
1985 South Eve Harvey John Jarrold A Brighton Belle Meets Skippy, 1999
1986 No race
1987 North Irwin Hirsh Valma Brown, Jean Weber 10 chapters in various fanzines out of order 1988–99; available at the Australian Fan Funds Page
1988 No race
1989 South Roelof Goudriaan (NL) Linda Pickersgill
1990 North Roman Orszanski Larry Dunning, Mark Loney & Michelle Muijsert
1991 No race
1992 South Eva Hauser(ová), Czech(oslovak)ia Bridget Wilkinson Bids Wild Shaarkah #7 + Please Turn Over. Trip "Australský deník", Interkom 1992 (Czech pt 1, 2); English abbreviated Wild Shaarkah 1992, reprint "My Australian Diary", Guffaw #4, 2000
1993
1994		 "Due to a lack of candidates" to Helicon, decided to postpone until Intersection[1]
1995 North Ian Gunn & Karen Pender-Gunn LynC, Kim Huett Oh to be in England, In the summertime, With my love (1999) by Karen after Ian's death
1996
1997
1998		 No race
1999 South Paul Kincaid Steve Davies, Julian Headlong "The Coriolis Effect", 4 chapters in Guffaw 1999–2003
2000 No race
2001 North Eric Lindsay & Jean Weber Damien Warman & Juliette Woods (joint) Jean and Eric 'Avalook at the UK
2002
2003		 No race
2004 South Pat McMurray Doug Bell
2005 North Damien Warman & Juliette Woods Sue Ann Barber, Alison Barton, David Cake
2006 No race
2007 South Ang Rosin Johan Anglemark (SE), Steve Davies, Anna Davour The 2007 GUFF Losers' Fanzine (Anglemark and Davour, after the race)
2008 No race
2009 North Sue Ann Barber & Trevor Clark Norah Ding (aged "almost two", with her mother), Alisa Krasnostein
2010 South James Shields Douglas Spencer bid: Ego and Scruples (Spencer)
report: A Rough Guide to GUFF (2015)
2011 No race
2012 North Kylie Ding Grant Watson Ding wrote a brief "how-to" The Winners Guide to Winning a Fan Fund, 2015
2013 South Mihaela Marija Perković (HR) Julie McMurray a few blog posts
2014 North Gillian Polack Alison Barton, Samara Morgan, Shay Telfer Gillian's Book of Lists
2015 No race
2016 South Jukka Halme (FI) (none) Perković went on serving as the European administrator until 2018, with Halme busy chairing Worldcon 75
2017 North Donna Maree Hanson Sam Hawke, Belle McQuattie, Alexandra Pierce (originally Pierce ran jointly with Alisa Krasnostein; the ballot was revised) Series of blog posts; complete trip report also sold for GUFF for a time
2018 South Marcin Klak (PL) Steve & Alice Lawson (joint) The Giant Leap to Never Never
2019 North Simon Litten Lynelle Howell, Nicole Murphy
2020 South Alison Scott Cora Buhlert (DE), Hisham El-Far + Lee Fletcher, Hanna Hakkarainen (FI), Elizabeth Jones + Claire Rousseau, Dave Lally Due to Covid-19, participated remotely in CoNZealand and a virtual trip. Traveled Sept–Oct 2023.
2024 North Kat Clay Ian Nichols
  1. ↑ https://www.fanac.org/fanzines/Shards_of_Babel/Shards_of_Babel41-16.html

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