Swedish fan Johan Anglemark has won the 2018 TAFF race to send a American fan to Worldcon 76 in San Jose. Anglemark beat out Swedish fan Fia Karlsson and Scottish fan Helena McCallum in a three way race. Voting tallies have not yet been released.
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Johan Anglemark of Sweden, Fia Karlsson of Sweden, and Helena McCallum of the UK have declared they are running for TAFF, to travel to San Jose for Worldcon 76 in 2018. The voting deadline is April 3.
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John Purcell has won the 2017 TAFF race to send a American fan to Worldcon 75 in Helsinki. Purcell beat out Alissa McKersie by a vote of 68-67 in the second round of voting. Sarah Guide was eliminated after the first round with a vote of 59-59-18 with 7 no preferences and 1 holdover vote.
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The current TAFF Administrators, Curt Phillips and Anna Raftery, have announced the extension of the voting deadline for TAFF. The new deadline, is 17th April 2017 Midnight BST/16:00 PDT/17:00 MDT/18:00 CDT/19:00 EDT, which coincides with this year’s Eastercon, Innominate. Raftery will be attending Innominate and will be accepting ballots there. This year’s TAFF nominees include Sarah Gulde, Alissa McKersie, John Purcell.
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Sarah Gulde, Alissa McKersie, and John Purcell have declared they are running for TAFF, to travel to Helsinki for Worldcon 75 in 2017. The voting deadline is March 4.
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The Eastbound TAFF (Trans Atlantic Fan Fund) race, from North America to Europe, is looking for candidates. Any North American who wishes to run must provide three nominations from North American fans and two from European fans, a written platform not to exceed 101 words, a $10 bond, and a pledge to make the trip upon winning. This year’s TAFF race is being conducted by Anna Raftery (Europe), and Curt Phillips (North America). The winner will attend Worldcon 75 in Helsinki.
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Anna Raftery has won the 2016 TAFF race to send a European fan to MidAmeriCon II, this year’s Worldcon, in Kansas City. Raftery beat out Swedish fan Wolf von Witting by a vote of 92-82 with 12 no preferences.
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Anna Raftery of the UK and Wolf von Witting of Finland, Sweden, Russia, and Italy have declared they are running for TAFF, to travel to Kansas City for MidAmeriCon II in 2016. The voting deadline is April 7.
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The Trans-Atlantic Fan Fund (TAFF) Administrators, Nina Horvath, Curt Phillips, and Jim Mowatt, have announced that they will reverse the direction of the 2016 race to allow a European fan to attend the Worldcon in Kansas City. By running another East-West Race in 2016, it means that 2017 will be a race to send a North American fan to the Helsinki Worldcon.
Nina Horvath of Austria narrowly defeated Wolf von Wittig of Finland, Sweden, Russia, and Italy in TAFF voting, with one of the candidates polling better in Europe and the other in America, but both easily achieving the 20% threshold to be considered a winner. Horvath will travel to the US to attend Sasquan in August.