N'APA

N’APA is the bi-monthly Neffer Amateur Press Alliance. (Not to be confused with NAPA, which see.) The apa was formed in 1959 for members of the National Fantasy Fan Federation (a.k.a. NFFF or N3F) to help introduce those who were wannabe fanzine publishers to the ways of fanzine fandom.

Several prominent fans joined the N3F for the first time just to participate, which was the source of some amusement until the knowledgeable NFFF President warned off members of the N3F's Welcommittee who through naiveté were "welcoming" to fandom people who'd been active in the greater microcosm longer

For a time, the Official Organ was titled N'APA Yap, but sometime around 1970 it was renamed Alliance Amateur.

The OE is called the Collator, a title still in use although the apa is now produced as a .pdf. In 2020 that official was Jefferson Swycaffer.

Website

From Fancyclopedia 2, ca. 1959

Pronounced, usually, nee-APA. The N3F's APA, open only to members. It is probably the most successful project of the club, and certainly the one responsible for the greatest amount of realized fanactivity. Its operation is not remarkably different from that of other APAs , except for the requirement that all members be N3F people.

Contributors and Apazines

• Don Anderson --
• Tom Armistead -- Pied Type
• Lon Atkins -- Gyre, Clarges, Hoop
• Lenny Bailes -- Excalibur
• Ed Baker -- Dushe
• Judi Beatty-Sephton -- Buffering Solutions
• Lurel Beckley -- Hippocampus
• Richie Benyo -- Rissler's Ram
• Mark Blackman -- The Quire Infeasible
• John Boston -- Infernal Avenues
• Bee Bowman -- Hoom
• Ned Brooks -- Down with Reality
• G. M. Carr -- Gemzine, As I See It, Gemel
• Vernon Clark -- The Drums of Skarl
• Ed Connor -- The Pointed Stake
• Walter Coslet -- Faunch
• Frank Denton -- Hoom, The Mirkwood Slow Coach
• Gordon Eklund -- Devil Ritter
• Don Franson -- Neffervescent
• Bob "Argee" Gersman -- Fooka
• Owen Hannifen -- Neofan
• Jack Harness -- Six Pages in Search of a Title, Djebel
• Phil Harrell -- Sauron, Amazine
• Art Hayes -- Guano
• Ron Hicks -- Alchera
• Alma Hill -- Snorkel, ZZZ
• Mike Horvat -- Bibliomania Melancolia
• David Hulan -- Fenris
• Eric Jamborsky -- Bar Stool
• Bob Jennings -- A Public Service
• Seth A. Johnson -- The Vaux Hall Fanatic
• Ted Johnstone -- Hippicaloric
• Arnie Katz -- Excalibur, Meow
• Irv Koch -- IMK, Apollooo
• Phil Kohn -- Eilat for Early Risers
• John Kusske -- Mickey
• La Rochelle -- FANport
• Janie Lamb -- Howdy, Un-Named
• Jerry Lapidus -- Big Bright Green Pleasure Machine
• Fred Lerner -- The Sociable Grossbeak
• Al Lewis -- Why Not
• Richard Llewellyn -- The Alternate Typewriter
• Frank Lee Linne -- Gorm Has Broken Free and Is Eating the Moon
• Hank Luttrell -- Kercheif
• Richard Mann -- Nothing
• Tim Marion -- Branstock
• Larry McCombs -- Megaloscope
• Ed Meskys -- Polhode, Peskys, Niekas
• Norm Metcalf --
• Will Norris -- Strangers to the Stars
• Michael O'Brien -- Antipodes Observer
• D. K. Patrick -- Eris, HPIC
• Fred Patten -- Foofaraw, Why Give Up the Ship?
• Bruce Pelz -- Savoyard, Rache
• Andy Porter -- Degler
• Frank Prieto -- Fandom Is Just a Hobby
• Ian A. Ralph -- A Public Service
• Bruce Robbins -- Paradox
• Bob Roehm -- Cyan
• Felice Rolfe -- Niekas
• Daniel Say -- Guard the North
• David Speakman -- FanDominion, Devoid Specimen
• Henry Stine -- Anthem
• Jon D. Swartz -- The E-Ultraverse
• Sally Syrjala -- Midnight Musings
• Roy Tackett -- Alcherner
• Creath Thorne -- Spina
• Phil Walker -- Ambul
• Jeff Wanshel -- Gribble
• Mike Ward -- Fanac Less Than Infinity
• Wally Weber -- Phantom, Rot
• Robert E. Weinberg -- Morgan Smith
• George Wells -- Plateau
• Larry Williams -- Quirk, Cinder
• Frank Wilimczyk -- Gardyloo
• Stan Woolston -- Science Fiction Parade
• James Wright -- TetraGremmaton, Arkham Phud

OEs:

• 1963 -- Robert Lichtman
• 1964 -- Fred Patten
• 1979-81 -- Frank Denton
• Art Hayes
• 2016–18 -- George Phillies
• 2018–present -- Jefferson Swycaffer

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