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Mark Plummer, who lives in Croydon, UK, is co-editor with his partner [[Claire Brialey]] of the award-winning [[fanzine]] ''[[Banana Wings]]'', formed by joining their [[fanzines]] ''[[Waxen Wings]]'' and ''[[Banana Skins]]''.  He found [[fandom]] in 1985 and is a member of [[ANZAPA]].
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A [[British]] [[fan]], [[fanzine editor]] and [[con-runner]] who first found fandom in 1985. He is the partner of [[Claire Brialey]], with whom he lives in Croydon (UK).
  
''[[Banana Wings]]'' been nominated for the [[Best Fanzine Hugo]] in 2005-2007, 2009-2013. It has won the [[Nova Award]] for Best Fanzine five times. It has also won the [[FAAn Award]] for Best Fanzine twice, in 2007 and 2010. It has been published from the 1990s and throughout the 2000s.
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Alongside fanzine and convention activity, he has been a committee member for [[ZZ9]] Plural Z Alpha,  the [[BSFA]] and the [[Friends of Foundation]]. He was a judge for the [[Arthur C. Clarke Award]] (1992-1995) and a columnist for the BSFA’s ''[[Matrix]]'' (2003-2005) and ''[[Strange Horizons]]'' (2011-2013). He was a member of the [[Acnestis]] APA (1993-2001) and has been a member of [[Anzapa]] since 2005.
  
Claire and Mark also produced ''[[Easter Wine]]'', a 2003 anthology for the convention [[Seacon03]] ''[[Can't Get Off the Island]]'', a 2005 collection of writing by [[Greg Pickersgill]] editor of ''[[Rastus Johnson's Cakewalk]]'', which won the [[Nova Award]] for Best Fanzine in 1994.  
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He was on the committee for the 2014 Worldcon ([[Loncon 3]], in London) and with Claire Brialey he 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 [[Eastercons]] and other British Worldcons. His other work on conventions has included promotions, dealers’ room, tech and GoH liaison.  
  
He has worked on numerous conventions, including [[Eastercons]] and [[Worldcons]].  Is a former committee member of the [[British Science Fiction Association]].  He was a judge for the [[Arthur C. Clarke Award]] 1992-1995 and a columnist for ''[[Strange Horizons]]'' 2011-2013.
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{{fanzines}}
  
{{fanzines}}
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Core titles:
* ''[[Banana Skins]]''
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* ''[[Banana Wings]]'' [since 1996] (with Claire Brialey)
* ''[[Banana Wings]]'' (with Claire Brialey)
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* ''[[BW]]'' [occasional since 1997] (with Claire Brialey)
* ''[[Bumper Snufkin]]'' (with Claire Brialey)
 
* ''[[BW]]'' (with Claire Brialey)
 
* ''[[Easter Wine]]'' [2003] (with Claire Brialey)
 
* ''[[Can't Get Off the Island]]'' [2005] (with Claire Brialey)
 
* ''[[A GUFF Spotter's Handbook]]'' [1999] (with Claire Brialey)
 
* ''[[MDP]]'' [2010]
 
* ''[[Outlaw Mutation Boogie]]''
 
 
* ''[[Parakeet]]'' [1999-2002] (with Claire Brialey)
 
* ''[[Parakeet]]'' [1999-2002] (with Claire Brialey)
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* ''[[Outlaw Mutation Boogie]]'' [as a perzine since 2002]
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* ''[[*mdp*]]'' [very occasional since 2010]
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APAzines:
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* ''[[Outlaw Mutation Boogie]]'' [1993-2001] for [[Acnestis]]
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* ''[[Quoz]]'' [since 2005] (with Claire Brialey) for [[ANZAPA]]
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Short-run/[[one-shot]] publications:
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* ''[[Banana Skins]]'' [1995]]
 
* ''[[Paraphernalia]]'' [2001] (with Claire Brialey)
 
* ''[[Paraphernalia]]'' [2001] (with Claire Brialey)
* ''[[Quoz]]'' (with Claire Brialey)
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* ''[[Reflections in the Shards]]'' (with Claire Brialey)
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Collections of other people's [[fan writing]] (co-editor):
* ''[[Slow Train to Immortality]]'' (with Claire Brialey)
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* ''[[Bumper Snufkin]]'' [1998] (with Claire Brialey): supporting [[Maureen Kincaid Speller]] for [[TAFF]]
* ''[[Super Hooper, Maureen's Duper]]''
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* ''[[A GUFF Spotter's Handbook]]'' [1999] (with Claire Brialey): for the 1999 [[GUFF]] race
* ''[[Tobes Stole My Brain]]'' [2002] (with Claire Brialey)
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* ''[[Tobes Stole My Brain]]'' [2002] (with Claire Brialey): supporting [[Tobes Valois]] for TAFF
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* ''[[Easter Wine]]'' [2003] (with Claire Brialey): a [[fanthology]] for [[Seacon03]] (the 2003 [[Eastercon]])
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* ''[[Can't Get Off the Island]]'' [2005] (with Claire Brialey): a collection of [[Greg Pickersgill]]'s writing
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* ''I Knew the Porridge Was Trying to Tell Me Something'' [2007] (with Claire Brialey): supporting [[Ang Rosin]] for GUFF
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* ''[[Slow Train to Immortality]]'' [2010] (with Claire Brialey and [[Randy Byers]]): a fanthology for [[Corflu Cobalt]]
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* ''[[Reflections in the Shards]]'' [2015] (with Claire Brialey): a collection of [[Caroline Mullan]]'s writing
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* ''A TAFF Guide to Beer'' [2019] (with Claire Brialey and [[Geri Sullivan]]): for the 2019 TAFF race
  
 
{{recognition}}
 
{{recognition}}
 
* 1996 -- [[Doc Weir Award]]
 
* 1996 -- [[Doc Weir Award]]
* 2001 -- [[Paragon]]
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* [[Nova Award]] for Best Fanzine (with Claire Brialey): 1996, 1997, 1998, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2012, 2013
* 2002 -- [[Past president of the FWA]]
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* Nova Award for Best Fan Writer: 1997, 2007, 2010, 2013
* 2012 -- [[Nova Award]] for Best Fan Writer.
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* 2001 -- Fan Guest of Honour at [[Paragon]] (with Claire Brialey)
* 2019 -- [[FAAn Award]] for Best Fan Writer, Best Series or Column, and for Number 1 Fan Face
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* 2002 -- Past president of the [[fwa]]
* 2021 -- [[FAAn Award]]: Harry Warner, Jr., Memorial Award for Best Letterhack
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* [[FAAn Award]] for Best Fanzine (with Claire Brialey): 2007, 2010, 2019, 2020
* many, many awards for [[Banana Wings]], both [[Nova Awards]] and [[FAAn Awards]]
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* FAAn Award for Best Genzine (with Claire Brialey): 2012, 2014, 2015, 2017
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* FAAn Award for Best Fan Writer: 2012, 2015, 2019, 2020, 2022
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* FAAn Award for Best Letterhack: 2021
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* FAAn Award for #1 Fan Face: 2012, 2019
  
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Revision as of 09:38, 3 September 2022

(1964 -- )

A British fan, fanzine editor and con-runner who first found fandom in 1985. He is the partner of Claire Brialey, with whom he lives in Croydon (UK).

Alongside fanzine and convention activity, he has been a committee member for ZZ9 Plural Z Alpha, the BSFA and the Friends of Foundation. He was a judge for the Arthur C. Clarke Award (1992-1995) and a columnist for the BSFA’s Matrix (2003-2005) and Strange Horizons (2011-2013). He was a member of the Acnestis APA (1993-2001) and has been a member of Anzapa since 2005.

He was on the committee for the 2014 Worldcon (Loncon 3, in London) and with Claire Brialey he 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 Eastercons and other British Worldcons. His other work on conventions has included promotions, dealers’ room, tech and GoH liaison.

Fanzines and Apazines:

Core titles:

APAzines:

Short-run/one-shot publications:

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

Awards, Honors and GoHships:

  • 1996 -- Doc Weir Award
  • Nova Award for Best Fanzine (with Claire Brialey): 1996, 1997, 1998, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2012, 2013
  • Nova Award for Best Fan Writer: 1997, 2007, 2010, 2013
  • 2001 -- Fan Guest of Honour at Paragon (with Claire Brialey)
  • 2002 -- Past president of the fwa
  • FAAn Award for Best Fanzine (with Claire Brialey): 2007, 2010, 2019, 2020
  • FAAn Award for Best Genzine (with Claire Brialey): 2012, 2014, 2015, 2017
  • FAAn Award for Best Fan Writer: 2012, 2015, 2019, 2020, 2022
  • FAAn Award for Best Letterhack: 2021
  • FAAn Award for #1 Fan Face: 2012, 2019

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