The Rebel Award, Phoenix Award, and the Rubble Award, all presented at Contrails/DeepSouthCon 52 in Bristol, VA. The Rebel and Phoenix Awards are official awards, while the Rubble is an unofficial, but traditional award. The Rebel Award is presented for service to Southern fandom by a fan. the Phoenix is given for support by a pro of Southern fandom and/or professional work reflecting positively on the South, and the Rubble is given for the fan who’s done the most to Southern Fandom.
- Rebel Award: Judy Bemis
- Phoenix Award: Steve Jackson
- Rubble Award: Gary Robe, for screwing up the SFPA ego boo poll
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Filed in Authors, Awards, Fan, Industry | Steven H Silver, April 21, 2013 11:53 am | Comments (0)
Tags: DeepSouthCon, JordanCon, Mike Rogers, Pat Gibbs, Phoenix Award, Rebel Award, Regina Kirby, Robert Jordan, Rubble Award
Two awards were presented at DeepSouthCon 51 (combined with JordanCon) on April 20. The Rebel Award is presented to a fan who has done things for Southern fandom and the Phoenix Award is for an SF professional who has done things for Southern fandom.
- Rebel Award: Mike Rogers and Regina Kirby
- Phoenix Award: Robert Jordan
The Rubble Award, for the person doing to most to Southern Fandom, was bestowed upon Atlanta fan Pat Gibbs, who frequently manages DeepSouthCon’s Hearts competition.
Filed in Awards, Fan, Industry | Steven H Silver, June 20, 2012 4:46 am | Comments (0)
Tags: Becky Zielke, Bill Zielke, DeepSouthCon, Fencon, John RIngo, Linda Zielke, Phoenix Award, Rebel Award, Robert Zielke, Rubble Award
Two awards were presented at DeepSouthCon 50 on June 17. The Rebel Award is presented to a fan who has done things for Southern fandom and the Phoenix Award is for an SF professional who has done things for Southern fandom.
- Rebel Award: John Ringo
- Phoenix Award: Shelby Vick; and The Zielke Clan: Robert & Becky Zielke and Bill & Linda Zielke
In addition, the Rubble Award was presented to a fan for doing things to Southern fandom. This year’s Rubble Award was presented to Bob Jennings for his work as OE on SFPA.
Filed in Awards, Fan, Industry | Steven H Silver, September 25, 2011 12:53 am | Comments (0)
Tags: Brad W. Foster, DeepSouthCon, Fencon, Phoenix Award, Rebel Award, Rubble Award, Selina Rosen
Two awards were presented by DeepSouthCon at FenCon VIII/DeepSouthCon 49 on September 25. The Rebel Award is presented to a fan who has done things for Southern fandom and the Phoenix Award is for an SF professional who has done things for Southern fandom. This year’s awards were presented by Steven H Silver and Toni Weisskopf.
- Rebel Award: Brad W. Foster
- Phoenix Award: Selina Rosen
In addition, the Rubble Award was presented to a fan for doing things to Southern fandom. This year’s Rubble Award was presented to Bill Parker for bringing Worldcon to San Antonio in 2013.
The Rebel Award, Phoenix Award, and the Ruble Award, all presented at DeepSouthCon 47/Hypericon 5 in Nashville. The Rebel and Phoenix Awards are official awards, while the Rubble is an unofficial, but traditional award. The Rebel Award is presented for service to Southern fandom by a fan. the Phoenix is given for support by a pro of Southern fandom and/or professional work reflecting positively on the South, and the Rubble is given for the fan who’s done the most to Southern Fandom.
- Rebel Award: Randy B. Cleary, ex-president of the Southern Fandom Confederation, ex-editor of the SFC Bulletin, art show runner, etc.
- Phoenix Award: Robert McCammon, for his horror fiction as well as mentoring many younger authors; and one of the founders of the Horror Writers Association.
- Rubble Award: Chattacon Registration Department, for (a) botching a new reg system last year resulting in an hours-long registration line then (b) not learning from their mistakes and having an hours-long reg line again this year.
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