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Year and Direction || Winner || Other Candidates || Notes || Reports & Bid Zines | Year and Direction || Winner || Other Candidates || Notes || Reports & Bid Zines | ||
[[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. | [[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. | ||
| − | [[1981 GUFF Results|1981 South]] ||[[Joseph Nicholas]] ||[[Malcolm Edwards]] ||See [[The Northern Guffblower]] | + | [[1981 GUFF Results|1981 South]] ||[[Joseph Nicholas]] ||[[Malcolm Edwards]] ||See [[The Northern Guffblower]] || An immense 500,000-word record was reportedly drafted but lost during a house move. A condensed account appeared as {{link | website=https://news.ansible.uk/a19.html | text="The Dreamtime"}} in ''[[Ansible]]'' 19, July 1981, and another chapter elsewhere. |
| − | 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. | ||
[[1984 GUFF Results|1984 North]] ||[[Justin Ackroyd]] ||[[Shayne McCormack]], [[Jean Weber]], [[Roger Weddall]] || || | [[1984 GUFF Results|1984 North]] ||[[Justin Ackroyd]] ||[[Shayne McCormack]], [[Jean Weber]], [[Roger Weddall]] || || | ||
1985 South ||[[Eve Harvey]] ||[[John Jarrold]] || ||''[[A Brighton Belle Meets Skippy]]'', published 1999. | 1985 South ||[[Eve Harvey]] ||[[John Jarrold]] || ||''[[A Brighton Belle Meets Skippy]]'', published 1999. | ||
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2018 South ||[[Marcin Klak]] ||[[Steve Lawson|Steve]] & [[Alice Lawson]] (joint) || || | 2018 South ||[[Marcin Klak]] ||[[Steve Lawson|Steve]] & [[Alice Lawson]] (joint) || || | ||
[[2019 GUFF Results|2019 North]] ||[[Simon Litten]] ||[[Lynelle Howell]], [[Nicole Murphy]] || || | [[2019 GUFF Results|2019 North]] ||[[Simon Litten]] ||[[Lynelle Howell]], [[Nicole Murphy]] || || | ||
| − | [[2020 GUFF Results|2020 South]] || ||[[Dave Lally]] || || | + | [[2020 GUFF Results|2020 South]] || || [[Cora Buhlert]], [[Hisham El-Far]] and [[Lee Fletcher]], [[Hanna Hakkarainen]], [[Elizabeth Jones]] and [[Claire Rousseau]], [[Dave Lally]], [[Alison Scott]] || || |
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Revision as of 19:38, 19 January 2020
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 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.")]
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.
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.
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.
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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