Rotsler Award

The annual Rotsler Award is for long-time wonder-working with graphic art in amateur publications of the science fiction community. Established in 1998, sponsored by the Southern California Institute for Fan Interests (SCIFI). The winner gets a plaque and a $300 honorarium. The Award is ordinarily announced at Loscon, the Los Angeles sf convention held over the U.S. Thanksgiving Day weekend in November. The current judges are Suzanne Tompkins, John Hertz, and Sue Mason.

Bill Rotsler (1926-1997) knew everyone and did everything. He went house-hunting with Marilyn Monroe. He wrote sf. He sculpted with welded steel rods. He celebrated the West Coast Science Fantasy Conference (Westercon) as his birthday. In the sf community he was best known for graphic art, mostly in fanzines.

Year	Winner
1998	Steve Stiles
1999	Grant Canfield
2000	Arthur Thomson
2001	Brad Foster
2002	Kurt Erichsen
2003	Ray Nelson
2004	Harry Bell
2005	Marc Schirmeister
2006	Alexis Gilliland
2007	Terry Jeeves
2008	Taral Wayne
2009	Dan Steffan
2010	Stu Shiffman
2011	D. West (he declined the award)
2012	Ross Chamberlain
2013	Jim Barker
2015	Teddy Harvia
2016	Dick "Ditmar" Jenssen
2017	Jeanne Gomoll
2018	Ken Fletcher
2019	Alison Scott
2020	Alan White
2021	Tim Kirk
2022	Ulrika O'Brien

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