Rotsler Memorial Fanzine Artist Award
The Rotsler Memorial Fanzine Artist Award is an American science fiction culture award that has been awarded to particularly deserving artists from the science fiction fandom for their life's work since 1998 . The award is presented annually at Westercon , the major annual West Coast Convention , by the Southern California Institute for Fan Interests (SCIFI) and is endowed with 300 dollars in prize money and a plaque. It is intended to honor the memory of the Californian artist William Rotsler , who died in 1997 and who willingly and free of charge produced hundreds of cartoons and illustrations for various fanzines .
List of award winners
- 1998: Steve Stiles
- 1999: Grant Canfield
- 2000: Arthur “Atom” Thomson
- 2001: Brad W. Foster
- 2002: Kurt Erichsen
- 2003: Ray Nelson
- 2004: Harry Bell
- 2005: Marc Schirmeister
- 2006: Alexis Gilliland
- 2007: Terry Jeeves
- 2008: Taral Wayne
- 2009: Dan Steffan
- 2010: Stu Shiffman
- 2011: D. West (rejected by the awardee, not awarded)
- 2012: Ross Chamberlain
- 2013: Jim Barker
- 2014: Sue Mason
- 2015: Teddy Harvia
- 2016: Dick “Ditmar” Jenssen
- 2017: Jeanne Gomoll
- 2018: Ken Fletcher
- 2019: Alison Scott
Web links
- Official site of the Southern California Institute for Fan Interests
- Rotsler Award , entry in the Science Fiction Awards + Database (English)
- Rotsler Award in Fancyclopedia 3 (English)
- Westercon website (accessed July 11, 2018)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jeanne Gomoll Wins 2017 Rotsler Award , article by Mike Glyer from November 29, 2017 on File770.com, accessed on December 28, 2018.
- ↑ Rotsler Award to Alison Scott , posted December 1, 2019 by Mike Glyer on File770.com, accessed December 2, 2019.