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| Now available: photos from the first sf convention: 1937 in Leeds | |
| News > Fandom | January 9, 2012 |
| Rob Hansen has unearthed and posted photos and reports of what may have been the first sf convention, in Leeds, UK, in 1937. He's also posted Forry Ackerman's 1957 WorldCon report... | |
| Chris Steinbrunner, and a Renaissance of Fantasy | |
| News > Fandom | December 15, 2011 |
| Fan and friend James H. Burns hopes to revive Edgar Award-winner Chris Steinbrunner's legacy... | |
| Jacqueline Monahan wins 2012 TAFF race | |
| News > Fandom | December 13, 2011 |
| Chicago's Jacqueline Monahan won the 2012 TransAtlantic Fan Fund race, which will send her to Europe... | |
| Doreen Rogers Hospitalized | |
| News > Fandom | December 12, 2011 |
| British fan Dorren Rogers (nee Parker) is hospitalized and seeking good wishes... | |
| SFContario seeking donations to Charity Auction | |
| News > Fandom | November 2, 2011 |
 SFContario 2, this year' Canvention, is seeking donations for its Charity Auction, to benefit Regent Park Youth Focus Media Arts Centre, and the Canadian Unity Fan Fund...
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| 2012 TAFF Fund balloting now open, to send a Norht American fan to Europe | |
| News > Fandom | October 12, 2011 |
| The 2012 TransAtlantic Fan Fund will send a North American fan to Olympus, the 2012 Eastercon, in London next April. Nominees are... | |
| 1965 WorldCon now online, with LOTS of photos | |
| News > Fandom | September 7, 2011 |
 Rob Hansen's fandom site has now posted an incredibly in-depth write up of the 1965 World Science Fiction Convention, accompanied by lots of wonderful photos...
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| Seeking 2012 TAFF Candidates | |
| News > Fandom | September 1, 2011 |
| The administrators of the Trans-Atlantic Fan Fund are seeking candidates for 2012, which will send a North American fan to Eastercon in London... | |
| 70,000 readers vote for their favorite Harry Potter characters, ending with a surprise winner | |
| News > Fandom | August 31, 2011 |
| An open poll, voted on by more than 70,000 readers, determined the 40 favorite characters from the Harry Potter series. Number one may not be the one you expected... | |
| World SF Travel Fund | |
| News > Fandom | August 5, 2011 |
| World SF Travel Fund established to bring one international person involved in sf to a major genre event. First recipient will be Charles Tan, traveling to the World Fantasy Con... | |
| LASFS buys new building in Van Nuys | |
| News > Fandom | July 21, 2011 |
| The Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society has purchased a new building in Van Nuys, which is twice the size of their previous home (which the group acquired in 1977)... | |
| John Coxon wins TAFF race | |
| News > Fandom | April 29, 2011 |
| A surprising outcome—due to the dual voting requirements—will send John Coxon to this year's WorldCon... | |
| Noreascon 1 banquet speeches now available online | |
| News > Fandom | April 27, 2011 |
| The banquet speeches, including those of the Guests of Honor, Toastmaster, and Hugo Awards, from the 1971 WorldCon are available online... | |
| They're digitizing our history! | |
| News > Fandom | March 9, 2011 |
| Time magazine reported on the first WorldCon in 1939. Now the article is available online... | |
| Classic sf photographs now available | |
| News > Fandom | February 25, 2011 |
| Andrew I. Porter has posted a slew of classic sf and fan photos dating back to the 1920s... | |
| 25th ConFederation anniversary reunion in the works | |
| News > Fandom | January 13, 2011 |
| Plans are in the works for a reunion of the people instrumental in ConFederation, the 1986 World Science Fiction Convention. Organized by Ron Zukowski and M. Lee Rogers, they're planning the get-together for 18 June 2011... | |
| Four candidates for 2011 westward TAFF | |
| News > Fandom | December 24, 2010 |
| The four candidates for the 2011 westward TAFF are Graham Charnock, John Coxon, Liam Proven, and Paul Treadaway... | |
| 1957 WorldCon now online, with LOTS of photos | |
| News > Fandom | November 12, 2010 |
 Rob Hansen's fandom site has now posted an incredibly in-depth write up of the 1957 World Science Fiction Convention, accompanied by lots of wonderful photos...
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| Rob Hansen's new, improved "Fan Stuff" web site | |
| News > Fandom | December 4, 2009 |
| Rob Hansen has launched his "new, bigger' improved Fan Stuff" web site, talking about many things fannish from a British point of view... | |
| Tuckerization auctions to help fund TAFF | |
| News > Fandom | November 30, 2009 |
| Seven Tuckerizations are currently up for auction, with the proceeds going to fund the TransAtlantic Fan Fund. Participating authors include Elizabeth Bear, David Brin, Julie Czerneda, Cory Doctorow, Nalo Hopkinson, Mary Robinette Kowal, and Charlie Strauss... | |
| Jeff Carlson's Super Fan, in Plague Year cosplay | |
| News > Fandom | November 24, 2009 |
 Jeff Carlson's Plague Year series has inspired fandom, including the costumed Brian C....
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| TAFF 2010 nominations now open | |
| News > Fandom | September 9, 2009 |
| The 2010 TransAtlantic Fan Fund, which will send a North American fan to London for the 2010 Eastercon, is now open for nominations. Deadline is 4 October... | |
| GUFF 2010 nominations now open | |
| News > Fandom | September 8, 2009 |
| Nominations for the Going Under Fan Fund, which will send a European fan to next year's WorldCon in Australia, are now open... | |
| Newly scanned fan photos from the 1930s on now available | |
| News > Fandom | July 15, 2009 |
 Andy Porter has scanned a bunch of old fan photos from the 1930s to the 1990s, and they're available on Flickr...
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| Laura Haywood-Cory calls for submissions to one-shot fanzine A Change of Heart | |
| News > Fandom | June 30, 2009 |
| Laura Hayood-Cory, who is recovering from heart trouble earlier in the year, is putting together a one-shot fanzine as a way to raise awareness about heart disease. She's soliciting submissions... | |
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