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'''''O'''''fftrails '''''M'''''agazine '''''P'''''ublishers '''''A'''''ssociation was organized by [[Ken Bulmer]] and [[Vince Clarke]] on June 19, 1954. Founding members included [[Chuck Harris]], [[Joan Carr]], [[Ron Bennett]] and [[Archie Mercer]]. The [[Official Organ]] was ''[[Off Trails]]''.  It was published four times a year: March June, September and December. OMPA lasted into the late 70s and was dead by 1981.
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'''''O'''''fftrails '''''M'''''agazine '''''P'''''ublishers '''''A'''''ssociation was organized by [[Ken Bulmer]] and [[Vince Clarke]] on June 19, 1954. Founding members included [[Chuck Harris]], [[Joan Carr]], [[Ron Bennett]] and [[Archie Mercer]]. The [[Official Organ]] was ''[[Off Trails]]''.  It was published four times a year: March June, September and December. OMPA lasted into the late 70s and was dead by the late 70s. Many members felt that the effort of putting on [[OMPAcon '73]], (an [[Eastercon]]) sapped its energy...though it is maintained by some that OMPA still exists, just that nobody has made [[minac]] since 1977.
  
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Some of the [[OE]]s were:
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===[[OEs]]===
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1954/55 means a term from September 1955 to June 1956.  For many years this was the standard term of an OE.
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1970-73 means the full years 1970, 71, 72, and 73
 
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1954/55 || [[Vincent Clarke]]  
 
1954/55 || [[Vincent Clarke]]  
 
1955/56 || [[Joy Clarke]]  
 
1955/56 || [[Joy Clarke]]  
 
1956/57 || [[Archie Mercer]]  
 
1956/57 || [[Archie Mercer]]  
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1957/58 || [[John Roles]]
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1958/59 || [[Roberta Gray]]
 
1959/60 || [[Ron Bennett]]  
 
1959/60 || [[Ron Bennett]]  
 
1960/61 || [[Daphne Buckmaster]]  
 
1960/61 || [[Daphne Buckmaster]]  
 
1962/63 || [[Ken Cheslin]]  
 
1962/63 || [[Ken Cheslin]]  
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1963/64 || [[Ethel Lindsay]]  
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1963/65 || [[Ethel Lindsay]]
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1965/66 || [[Brian Jordan]]
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September 1967 || [[Archie Mercer]]
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March 1968 || [[Heinrich Arnez]]
 
1969 || [[Beryl Mercer]]
 
1969 || [[Beryl Mercer]]
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1970-73 || [[Ken Cheslin]]
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1974-75 || [[Pat Meara|Pat]] and [[Mike Meara]]
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1976-77 || [[Keith Walker]]
 
1978/79 || [[Keith Walker]]  
 
1978/79 || [[Keith Walker]]  
 
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* [[Don Anderson]] -- ''[[Alces/Amer]]''
 
* [[Don Anderson]] -- ''[[Alces/Amer]]''
 
* [[Heinrich Arenz]] -- ''[[Another One]]''
 
* [[Heinrich Arenz]] -- ''[[Another One]]''
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* [[Mike Ashley]] -- ''[[...And Behold, Cushi Came]]''
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* [[Mike Ashley (Kent)]] -- ''[[...And Behold, Cushi Came]]''
 
* [[Mal Ashworth]] -- ''[[My First Real Convention]]'', ''[[Running, Jumping, and Standing Still Fanzine]]'', ''[[Yrautibo]]'', ''[[Ascent of Next to Nothing]]'', ''[[Dupe]]''
 
* [[Mal Ashworth]] -- ''[[My First Real Convention]]'', ''[[Running, Jumping, and Standing Still Fanzine]]'', ''[[Yrautibo]]'', ''[[Ascent of Next to Nothing]]'', ''[[Dupe]]''
 
* [[ATom]] (see Arthur Thomson, below)
 
* [[ATom]] (see Arthur Thomson, below)
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* [[Pam Bulmer]] -- ''[[Ugh!]]'', ''[[Ziz]]''
 
* [[Pam Bulmer]] -- ''[[Ugh!]]'', ''[[Ziz]]''
 
* [[Brian Burgess]] -- ''[[Go to Hel]]'', ''[[Burgess' Lights]]''
 
* [[Brian Burgess]] -- ''[[Go to Hel]]'', ''[[Burgess' Lights]]''
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* [[Bruce Burn]] -- ''[[Sizar]]'', ''[[Meet]]''
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* [[Bruce Burn]] -- ''[[Sizar]]'', ''[[Meet]]'', ''[[ParaFANalia]]'', ''[[Topee or Not Topee]]''
 
* [[Elinor Busby]] -- ''[[Dolphin]]''
 
* [[Elinor Busby]] -- ''[[Dolphin]]''
 
* [[Pete Campbell]] -- ''[[Andromeda (Campbell)]]''
 
* [[Pete Campbell]] -- ''[[Andromeda (Campbell)]]''
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* [[Bill Harry]] -- ''[[Biped]]''
 
* [[Bill Harry]] -- ''[[Biped]]''
 
* [[Art Hayes]] -- ''[[Marsolo]]''
 
* [[Art Hayes]] -- ''[[Marsolo]]''
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* [[Beryl Henley]] -- ''[[Oz]]''
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* [[Beryl Henley]] (see Beryl Mercer, below)
 
* [[Lynn Hickman]] -- ''[[JD-Argassy]]'', ''[[Troat]]'', ''[[Scurvy]]'', ''[[Ob]]''
 
* [[Lynn Hickman]] -- ''[[JD-Argassy]]'', ''[[Troat]]'', ''[[Scurvy]]'', ''[[Ob]]''
 
* [[John Hitchcock]] -- ''[[Double Whammy]]'', ''[[Fang]]''
 
* [[John Hitchcock]] -- ''[[Double Whammy]]'', ''[[Fang]]''
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* [[Robert Lambeck]] -- ''[[Ompalog]]''
 
* [[Robert Lambeck]] -- ''[[Ompalog]]''
 
* [[Dave Langford]] -- ''[[Cloud Chamber]]''
 
* [[Dave Langford]] -- ''[[Cloud Chamber]]''
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* [[Al Lewis]] -- ''[[Ompalog]]'', ''[[Ompassable Science Fiction]]'', ''[[Space Charge]]''
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* [[Fred Lerner]] --
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* [[Al Lewis]] -- ''[[Ompalog]]'', ''[[Ompassable Science Fiction]]'', ''[[Space Charge]]''*, ''[[Why Not]]''
 
* [[Robert Lichtman]] -- ''[[Zounds]]'', ''[[Some of the Best from Quandry]]''
 
* [[Robert Lichtman]] -- ''[[Zounds]]'', ''[[Some of the Best from Quandry]]''
 
* [[Ethel Lindsay]] -- ''[[Bletherings]]'', ''[[Chatterings]]'', ''[[The Wall]]''
 
* [[Ethel Lindsay]] -- ''[[Bletherings]]'', ''[[Chatterings]]'', ''[[The Wall]]''
 
* [[Nigel Lindsay]] -- ''[[Bias Binding]]'', ''[[Schnerdlites]]''
 
* [[Nigel Lindsay]] -- ''[[Bias Binding]]'', ''[[Schnerdlites]]''
 
* [[Jim Linwood]] -- ''[[Fifty-Second Street]]'', ''[[Movie Music]]'', ''[[Jetstream]]'', ''[[Son of the Fanalytic Eye]]''
 
* [[Jim Linwood]] -- ''[[Fifty-Second Street]]'', ''[[Movie Music]]'', ''[[Jetstream]]'', ''[[Son of the Fanalytic Eye]]''
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* [[George Locke]] -- ''[[Smoke]]'', ''[[Eye Tracks]]'', ''[[The Wall]]''
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* [[George Locke]] -- ''[[Smoke]]'', ''[[Eye Tracks (Locke)]]'', ''[[The Wall]]''
 
* [[P. Howard Lyons]] -- ''[[Ibidem]]''
 
* [[P. Howard Lyons]] -- ''[[Ibidem]]''
 
* [[Stuart MacKenzie]] -- ''[[Ib Tenebo]]''
 
* [[Stuart MacKenzie]] -- ''[[Ib Tenebo]]''
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* [[Ken Potter]] -- ''[[Incantations]]'', ''[[Brennschluss]]'', ''[[Fix]]''
 
* [[Ken Potter]] -- ''[[Incantations]]'', ''[[Brennschluss]]'', ''[[Fix]]''
 
* [[John Rackham]] -- ''[[Rackhamart]]''
 
* [[John Rackham]] -- ''[[Rackhamart]]''
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* [[Julian C. Raasveld]] -- ''[[Spirit of Fan]]''
 
* [[Dorothy Ratigan]] -- ''[[Satan's Child]]''
 
* [[Dorothy Ratigan]] -- ''[[Satan's Child]]''
 
* [[George Nims Raybin]] -- ''[[Ground Zero]]'', ''[[Animus Curiae]]'', ''[[Let George Say It]]'', ''[[Nimbel]]''
 
* [[George Nims Raybin]] -- ''[[Ground Zero]]'', ''[[Animus Curiae]]'', ''[[Let George Say It]]'', ''[[Nimbel]]''

Latest revision as of 07:00, 10 December 2023

Offtrails Magazine Publishers Association was organized by Ken Bulmer and Vin¢ Clarke on June 19, 1954. Founding members included Chuck Harris, Joan Carr, Ron Bennett and Archie Mercer. The Official Organ was Off Trails. It was published four times a year: March June, September and December. OMPA lasted into the late 70s and was dead by the late 70s. Many members felt that the effort of putting on OMPAcon '73, (an Eastercon) sapped its energy...though it is maintained by some that OMPA still exists, just that nobody has made minac since 1977.

OEs[edit]

1954/55 means a term from September 1955 to June 1956. For many years this was the standard term of an OE. 1970-73 means the full years 1970, 71, 72, and 73

1954/55 Vincent Clarke
1955/56 Joy Clarke
1956/57 Archie Mercer
1957/58 John Roles
1958/59 Roberta Gray
1959/60 Ron Bennett
1960/61 Daphne Buckmaster
1962/63 Ken Cheslin
1963/65 Ethel Lindsay
1965/66 Brian Jordan
September 1967 Archie Mercer
March 1968 Heinrich Arnez
1969 Beryl Mercer
1970-73 Ken Cheslin
1974-75 Pat and Mike Meara
1976-77 Keith Walker
1978/79 Keith Walker

Contributors and APAzines:[edit]

From Fancyclopedia 2, ca. 1959
The Off-Trail Magazine Publisher's Association, formed 19 June 1954 to provide British fen wit an equivalent of FAPA. Ken Bulmer and Vin¢ Clarke organized it, and were first president and first Association Editor (respectively) of the group. "We weren't proud", says Vin¢; "we borrowed wholesale from the rules of FAPA." This isn't quite right, since FAPA's Secretary and Vice-President duties were combined with, respectively, the Association Editor's and President's, and the group was smaller (45 members plus the Keeper of the Printed Books British Copyright repository, carried as "Member #0"]). Founder members included eminent Anglofen like Chuck Harris (first Treasurer), Joan Carr, Ron Bennett, and Archie Mercer. The group grew rapidly; original membership of 25 had to be increased to 29 with the first mailing and later to its present level. Beginning in 1956 it became extensively infiltrated with Americans and some alarm and despondency over possible loss of British character was heard.
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