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Fantasy Amateur, v. 8, issue 1, September 1944
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LAUREATE AWARDS, FAPA YEAR 1943-44 Based on the mailings for Fall & Winter, '43, & Spring & Summer '44 FOR EDITING AND PUBLISHING: Awarded to Bill Watson. Honorable mention to Al Ashley and Art Widner. FOR NON-FICTION: Awarded to Russell Chauvenet. Honorable mention to Langley Searles and Don Thompson. FOR FICTION: No award. FOR ART: Awarded to Jack Weidenbeck. Honorable mention to Rosco Wright. FOR POETRY: No award. Honorable mention to Robert Lowndes and Chan Chan Davis. FOR HUMOR: Awarded to Robert Lowndes. Honorable mention to Art Widner and John Michel. FOR BEST IN THE MAILINGS: Awarded to Norman Stanley. Honorable mention to Jack Speer and Robert Lowndes. By the committee, Russell Chauvenet Jack Speer Samuel Russell September 2, 1944 Chairman's note: I am slightly embarrassed to find myself awarded the Non-fiction laureate; I would like to make it clear that my two colleagues outvoted me on this award, and I have no choice but to accept their joint decision. This brings up a matter I have been considering, namely, broadening the scope of the 'Laureate Committee' to a point where the awards will be more representative of general FAPA opinion. In the current issue of Sardonyx I have listed my private votes for the last two mailings. If others of the FAPA membership should wish to do like-wise, I suggest that as many as undertake to make it a regular custom be appointed permanent members of the Laureate Committee. The Committee would then be such in name only; actually it might include from ten to twenty or more members, and the ex-Vice President's duties would then be simplified to the tabulation of the votes of the various members during the past year. ((I, for one, intend to use Russell's system, as a way of cutting out reviews of reviews, so naturally this paragraph carries my enthusiastic endorsement. -- Laureate T Shaw)) Such a system would make the awards dependent on the votes of maybe a fourth to a third or more of the active membership and thus would provide a fairer basis than the present system of a limited committee. Of course, it should be made clear to those participating that votes are supposed to be based on merit. If there is no poem worth a 5 point award, no first place vote should be given; if the best story is considered worth only one point, it should be named for 3rd and the first two places be left blank. This is an obvious necessity to prevent the poor best of an inferior mailing being ranked the same as the excellent 'top' of a goo done. Respectfully submitted, Russell Chauvenet 14
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LAUREATE AWARDS, FAPA YEAR 1943-44 Based on the mailings for Fall & Winter, '43, & Spring & Summer '44 FOR EDITING AND PUBLISHING: Awarded to Bill Watson. Honorable mention to Al Ashley and Art Widner. FOR NON-FICTION: Awarded to Russell Chauvenet. Honorable mention to Langley Searles and Don Thompson. FOR FICTION: No award. FOR ART: Awarded to Jack Weidenbeck. Honorable mention to Rosco Wright. FOR POETRY: No award. Honorable mention to Robert Lowndes and Chan Chan Davis. FOR HUMOR: Awarded to Robert Lowndes. Honorable mention to Art Widner and John Michel. FOR BEST IN THE MAILINGS: Awarded to Norman Stanley. Honorable mention to Jack Speer and Robert Lowndes. By the committee, Russell Chauvenet Jack Speer Samuel Russell September 2, 1944 Chairman's note: I am slightly embarrassed to find myself awarded the Non-fiction laureate; I would like to make it clear that my two colleagues outvoted me on this award, and I have no choice but to accept their joint decision. This brings up a matter I have been considering, namely, broadening the scope of the 'Laureate Committee' to a point where the awards will be more representative of general FAPA opinion. In the current issue of Sardonyx I have listed my private votes for the last two mailings. If others of the FAPA membership should wish to do like-wise, I suggest that as many as undertake to make it a regular custom be appointed permanent members of the Laureate Committee. The Committee would then be such in name only; actually it might include from ten to twenty or more members, and the ex-Vice President's duties would then be simplified to the tabulation of the votes of the various members during the past year. ((I, for one, intend to use Russell's system, as a way of cutting out reviews of reviews, so naturally this paragraph carries my enthusiastic endorsement. -- Laureate T Shaw)) Such a system would make the awards dependent on the votes of maybe a fourth to a third or more of the active membership and thus would provide a fairer basis than the present system of a limited committee. Of course, it should be made clear to those participating that votes are supposed to be based on merit. If there is no poem worth a 5 point award, no first place vote should be given; if the best story is considered worth only one point, it should be named for 3rd and the first two places be left blank. This is an obvious necessity to prevent the poor best of an inferior mailing being ranked the same as the excellent 'top' of a goo done. Respectfully submitted, Russell Chauvenet 14
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