Last update: January 18,
2020
What follows is a (still incomplete) list of current Amateur Publication
Associations. I would like to receive capsule descriptions including the APAs’ frequency, contact address,
minac, membership/mailing account cost, and any theme or subject required.
To explain the fields I want to fill:
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The “Official Editor”,
or “Central Mailer”, is someone who receives contributions from APA members,
collates them for regular mailings, and sends them back out to the members.
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By “Contact” I mean how
to contact the OE/CM, whether by email or regular mail.
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“Frequency” means how
often an APA sends out mailings, and by the same token, how often deadlines
reoccur.
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“Subject/theme” means
the subjects that APA members write about, whether current affairs, or feminist
issues, or personal journalism, or fannish events and interests, or a specific
fandom such as comics, costuming, conrunning, robotics, media franchises from
Babylon-5 to X-files, or the art and craft of amateur printing itself.
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“Minac” simply means
the “minimum activity” to maintain your APA membership, defined usually as X
many pages contributed over Y amount of time. Members who don’t appear in APA mailings
for a while are generally put on notice.
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“Copy count” means how
many printed copies of a contributed APAzine to send to the OE/CM; obviously
this makes the most sense for APAs collated and distributed on paper, and by
regular mail.
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“Postal dues”
likewise make the most sense for paper APAs; since the OE/CM has to pay for
distributing APA copies, members are logically obliged to contribute something
in dues
Some other terms:
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“apazine”, or “contribution”, are the terms I use for the submissions that
members send to an Official Editor; before the Internet, people had to produce
their apazines on paper, and often make enough copies for other members, as
well. Today, though, some people use “APA” and “apazine” interchangeably. Some
days I think there should be a Fanspeak Academy to dictate what terms actually
mean … then I give my head a shake.
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“hardcopy” is the term I had to adopt, to
distinguish paper APAs from electronic APAs
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“mailings”, or “distys” (spelling varies), are the
collations of members’ printed contributions, gathered and sorted and mailed
out to members by the Official Editor (or Central Mailer).
.zap!! – an APA for participants in the alt.zines Usenet
newsgroup. Published several issues in the mid-'90s and was revived by the
original editor in 2008 (wikipedia.org)
Alarums and Excursions – role-playing
games (wikipedia.org)
Alarums and
Excursions
Official Editor - Lee Gold
Contact - 3965 Alla Road, Los Angeles, CA 90066 or [email protected],
or [email protected].
Frequency - monthly
Subject/theme – “Contributors are interested in many different games. They are
also interested in cultural and military history, fantasy and science fiction,
rock music, military re-enactments, movies, martial arts, murder mysteries,
filksongs, science fiction fandom, religion, physics, astronomy, and a number
of other subjects, all of which can be easily tied into roleplaying games if
you take a sufficiently creative approach.”
Minac – (not stated)
Copy count – 30
Postal dues - A contributor pays per page of the contribution and gets that
issue free and the next issue for postage only. US contributors have A&Es
mailed First Class. Non-US contributors have A&Es mailed Air Mail. An issue
of A&E costs $2.50 plus postage. Checks should be made payable to Lee Gold.
Payment may also be made by PayPal to Lee Gold's account. Unpaid for
material will not be printed nor included in A&E.
(http://www.conchord.org/xeno/aande.html,
last updated Feb. 1, 2019)
All Of The Above – the game GURPS (wikipedia.org)
ALPS (Amateur Long-Playing Society) – music APA founded by D
Potter (wikipedia.org)
American Amateur Press Association
Website – www.AAPAinfo.org
Subject – amateur journalism
“The website can provide most, if not all, of the information you want, and
would be the most reliable and up-to-date source. It also includes links to
their new President and other officers.”
(Bill Boys,
Feb. 7, 2019)
ANZAPA, the Australian and New Zealand Amateur Publishing Association
Official Editor - Bruce Gillespie: [email protected]
Contact - Send contributions to 5 Howard Street, Greensborough VIC 3088, Australia
Frequency - bimonthly
Subject/theme if any - No waiting list. Average size of mailing: 240
pages.
Minac - 6 pages every six months (you must be in at least every third mailing).
Copy count - Currently 22 members.
Postal dues - Overseas membership (because of Australia's outrageous airmail rates):
$A140 per year (approx. $US100).
(Bruce Gillespie, Nov. 2018)
Aotearapa
Official Editor: Rex Thompson (from 2008)
“New Zealand's longest running science fiction publication”
(wikipedia.org)
APA Enterprise
Star Trek
“started by Mark Ernst (New Hampshire) roughly 1980. Alumni include Derek McCulloch (wikipedia.org)
(see DerekMcCulloch.com)
APA Lambda – science fiction; lesbian, gay and
gay-friendly members of science fiction fandom; alumni include Marion Zimmer Bradley (wikipedia.org)
APA-247 – British based APA for Comic featuring Legion of Super-Heroes
(wikipedia.org)
APA-5 – comics; the birthplace of Dark
Horse Comics; alumni include Frank Miller, Paul
Chadwick and Mark Verheiden.
(wikipedia.org)
APA50
Editor - Daniel Kresh
Contact - at [email protected]
Frequency – ??
Subject/theme if any – “originally for science fiction fans and
writers born after 1950.” (wikipedia.org)
Minac - ??
Copy count - ??
Postal dues - ??
APA-B – founded by Britain's Birmingham Science
Fiction Group, but later detached and run as The Organisation
(wikipedia.org)
APAcalypse – role-playing games
(wikipedia.org)
APA-Centauri – general interest; started as science fiction but
morphed to a general interest APA (international). Alumni include Derek McCulloch
(wikipedia.org)
APA-F – science fiction; the first weekly APA (New York City)
(wikipedia.org)
APA-I – comic book indexing (wikipedia.org)
APA-L
Editor - Marty Cantor
Contact - 11825 Gilmore St., No. 105, North Hollywood, CA 91606, U.S.A., [email protected]
Frequency – weekly; “the second weekly APA, collated at meetings of the Los Angeles Science
Fantasy Society since 1964” (wikipedia.org)
Subject/theme if any – science fiction
Minac - ??
Copy count - ??
Postal dues - ??
(John Hertz,
November14, 2018)
Apaplexy
Central Mailer. Sheila Brown. “Tell her Wolf sent you.”
Contact - 30 Wigan Dr., Ottawa, ON K2E 6L1
Format: Hard copy. Your options are to mail printed end
product to someone here to take to collation (or directly to Central Mailer) or
send a PDF or other document file and have them print it here.
Frequency - every six weeks
Subject/theme if any – general interest
Minac - two pages every other issue
Copy count – “ I'm guessing 19 with the new members.
Ask again in a month.”
Postal dues - $8 (Printing covers and other incidentals) +
mailing costs of each member's issues for the out-of-towners
(Marc “Starwolf” Gerin-LaJoie, February 11, 2019)
Apatoons – animation; founded 1981 and still publishing as of
April 2008 (wikipedia.org)
ATDNSIN
(Attitude n' Sin) The APA That Dares Now Speak Its Name – comic books & pop
culture with an LGBTQ
focus. First published in 1988, it is the longest running gay-themed APA.
Merged with Northstar APA in 2003. Became Pride APA in 2018. (wikipedia.org)
Barr Wars – cartoonists' collaborative with a centaur theme,
1987–1989; alumni include Donna Barr, Roberta
Gregory (wikipedia.org)
British Amateur Press
Association – the first British APA, primarily for amateur printers
(wikipedia.org)
BunAPA – random topic-driven (UK) (wikipedia.org)
CAPA-alpha
(also known as K-a) – the first comics APA. Alumni include Mark
Evanier, Carl Gafford, Fred
Patten, Richard and Wendy
Pini, Roy Thomas, Tony
Isabella, Dan Alderson, Rick
Norwood, Don Markstein, and Don and Maggie
Thompson. (wikipedia.org);
in email format
(Dennis Kininger, February 14, 2019)
CAPRA – cinema
oriented, reviews of film and commentary of film industry. Alumni include Derek McCulloch
(wikipedia.org)
CARTOON LOONACY – a comic and cartoon APA begun in 1984 and
still active in 2017 (wikipedia.org)
CFA APA
Editor - David Applegate
Contact at [email protected]
Frequency - three times a
year
Subject/theme – “an APA devoted to Comic and Fantasy original art
and artists (wikipedia.org)”
“What do you get when you combine the
collecting expertise and passion of an international group of fantasy and comic
art collectors? You get the Comic and Fantasy Art – Amateur Press Association
(CFA-APA). Founded in 1985 by Roger Hill, the CFA APA has just released its 105th
issue. Each issue of the CFA-APA is dedicated to a specific theme from within
the fantasy and comic art realm. Issues of the CFA-APA contain historical
information, artist interviews, tales of collecting and examples of incredible
artwork from the collections of our members. On average our issues cover a wide
variety of subjects and range in size from 300-450 pages.”
Minac - Submissions must
be a minimum of 400 words of original material and may be submitted to the
editor as either hard copies or in digital files.”
Copy count - 40
Postal dues - currently $75/year to US addresses, $100 to Canada,
$150 overseas.
(John Stuart; David Applegate, Feb. 7,
2019)
Comicopia – an international comics APA (established in 1990)
(wikipedia.org)
Cuneiform – zines, journals, philosophy, literature, postal
service, mail art (established in 2012) (wikipedia.org)
DAPA-EM (Elementary, My Dear APA) – mystery and detective
fiction, founded 1973 (wikipedia.org)
Dapper – a Dutch APA in English; “Name said
to stand for "Dutch Amateur People's Press Energetically Reproducing” (wikipedia.org)
Official Editor - “Try Jan van’t Eng, Vaalserberg 137, 2095 PM,
Cappele aan den Ijssel, Netherlands” (John Hertz, November 14, 2018)
Frequency - ??
Subject/theme if any - contributions are produced in English by
an international membership
Minac - ??
Copy count - ??
Postal dues - ??
e-APA
Official Editor - Garth Spencer
Contact - at [email protected]
Frequency – monthly (deadline is midnight Pacific time on the first of each
month); Distributions are
password protected at the eFanzines site. The
OE notifies members by
e-mail when the distribution is ready for downloading from eFanzines.com.
Subject/theme - an
attempt to bridge the format and style of traditional paper-based APAs with
newer digital publishing formats; primarily for science fiction fans
Minac - Members are
expected to contribute a PDF document by the first of the distribution month, no
larger than 500K in size, at least once every other distribution. Activity
may consist of either written or graphic material primarily by the member.
Fanzines are e-mailed to the OE for inclusion in distributions. Membership is
open to anyone. Members may, at their discretion, make their e-APAzines
available to the general public.
Copy count – N/A
Postal dues - no dues
(Garth Spencer, February 9,
2019)
ERBAPA – dedicated to the writing of Edgar Rice Burroughs
(wikipedia.org)
Fantasy Amateur Press Association (FAPA)
Official editor(s) = A team of Steve and Vickie Ogden
Contact info = Email address: [email protected]
Frequency - quarterly
Subject/theme if any - science fiction
fandom's longest-established amateur press association, founded 1937. In order to qualify for
membership, one must have done one or more of the following within a year of
applying: produced and distributed at least one issue of a fanzine; contributed
material (written or artistic) to two fanzines not produced in the same
metropolitan area; and/or posted contributions in two different electronic
forums.
Minac - 8 pages a year. “It can
be done in one swell foop or in any combo that adds up to eight pages.” (D. Cozort)
Copy count - 25 double-sided
Postal dues - US$20 a year. Sample mailings are available for $5 postpaid
(to US addresses, more elsewhere).
(Robert Lichtman, February 8, 2019)
“FAPA has an unofficial Facebook group @ https://www.facebook.com/groups/409930185866875”
(Dale Cozort, February 9, 2019)
First Draft – Writer's APA, offering critique and commentary of
contributors' works (wikipedia.org)
FLAP - Fannish Little Amateur Press
Official Editor - D. Gary Grady
Contact - [email protected]
Frequency - quarterly
Subject/theme if any - ??
Minac - ??
Copy count - “currently has 15 individuals/couples as members”
Postal dues - ??
(Joel Zakem). (Also: Leah A. Zeldes, Richard HE Smith)
Frank's APA – music; currently published from Ireland, with
members in Britain, Ireland, the USA, and the Netherlands (wikipedia.org)
Frefanzine – Libertarian science fiction
(wikipedia.org)
Friends of Lulu – APA for
members of the women-friendly comics organization, including Trina
Robbins, Heidi MacDonald, Deni
Loubert, etc.; several issues published in 1994 (wikipedia.org)
Galactus – comics; based in Canada; birthplace of Strawberry Jam Comics; alumni
include founder Derek McCulloch.
(wikipedia.org)
Gallery –
APA/'zine for cartoonists and illustrators,
a significant proportion (but not all) of whom were interested in anthropomorphics
and funny
animals. (wikipedia.org)
Gothik APA – comics (wikipedia.org)
Haymaker! - an APAzine about Champions (a super-hero roleplaying
game) and the rest of the Hero System (a generic role-playing game), founded in
1992. (wikipedia.org)
Huzzah – APA/'zine for anthropomorphics
and funny
animals (wikipedia.org)
ImaginAPA – Long-running, very high quality fiction and general
discussion APA, last (and most frequently) CM'd by the great Eric L. Watts.
Started by APA-5 waitlisters who got tired of waiting. (wikipedia.org)
Interlac
Central Mailer - Eric Schultheis: [email protected]
Contact - contributions to 2124 Kittredge St. PMB-J, Berkeley CA
94704
Frequency - bimonthly on even months: Feb, Apr, Jun, Aug, Oct, and
Dec.
Subject/theme if any - the first and still running APA dedicated
to the Legion of Super-Heroes. We do not have a required subject for zines, and
function as a general comics and fannish APA that frequently returns to the
subject of the Legion. We accept hardcopy contributions and collate a physical
mailing. Average size of mailings is 100 + pages.
Minac - 4 pages every three mailings (six months).
Copy count - Currently 19 members and no waiting list. Membership
is limited to 50 roster slots.
Postal dues - Applicants for membership must send the leader $10
to open an account which is used to cover outgoing postage and the general
expenses of production.
(Eric Schultheis, December 9, 2018)
K-a – see CAPA-alpha, above
(wikipedia.org)
Klordny – North American APA focused primarily on Legion of Super-Heroes
comics (wikipedia.org)
LASFAPA
Official Editor - Marty Cantor
Contact - 11825 Gilmore St., No. 105, North Hollywood, CA 91606, U.S.A., [email protected]
Frequency - monthly
Subject/theme if any – science fiction
Minac - ??
Copy count - ??
Postal dues - ??
(John Hertz,
November 14, 2018)
Legends – DC Comics[4]
(wikipedia.org)
MilwAPA
Official Editor - Gregory Rihn
Contact - 4718 W Cleveland Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53219, [email protected]
Frequency - Monthly
Subject/theme if any - Milwaukee-based regional,
general interest APA with an emphasis on science-fiction fandom. (Our current
members are all located in southeastern Wisconsin. We have had members from out
of state in the past, although they have usually had a Milwaukee connection.)
Minac - one page of new material every other month
Copy count - Currently 20
Postal dues are coverage of first-class postage for
mailing distys, so about $3.00 per month
(Gregory Rihn, February 7, 2019)
N’APA - APA of the National Fantasy Fan Federation
Official Editor - Jefferson Swycaffer
Contact - Jefferson Swycaffer <[email protected]>
Frequency - bimonthly
Subject/theme if any: Science Fiction and fantasy,
personal notes
Minac- none
Copy count - One electronic file, .DOC or similar format
(not PDF).
Postal dues - N/A, email
(George Phillies, Feb. 7, 2019)
NightStalkers – horror APA with an LGBT focus, primarily dealing
with werewolves and vampires. (wikipedia.org)
Pride APA - renamed in 2018; formerly Northstar –
comic books & pop culture with an LGBTQ focus (named after the Marvel
Comics superhero Northstar) First published in
1990, merged with Attitude n' Sin (ATDNSIN) in 2003. (wikipedia.org)
NYAPA (New York APA) – long-lived general discussion APA, based
all over North America during its lifetime (wikipedia.org)
OMPA (Off-trail Magazine Publishers' Association) – a British
science fiction fan APA (although with many American members). It started in
1954 and folded in 1976. Alumni include John Brunner (novelist), Michael
Moorcock, Kenneth Bulmer, Arthur Thomson and Ken Slater. (wikipedia.org)
ORComix-APA – comics (wikipedia.org)
OSFMAPA – The Old School Fantasy Miniatures Amateur Press
Alliance. For fans/collectors/historians of early fantasy gaming miniatures.
(wikipedia.org)
OWLHOOT – Western fiction, Western films and Old West history.
Founded 2003 and still running. (wikipedia.org)
British
Amateur Press Association comics-related (wikipedia.org)
PEAPS – Pulp Era Amateur Press Society, founded by Lynn Hickman
in 1987 and still running in 2013. Focuses on all aspects of the pulp magazine
hobby and related topics. Current members and alumni include some of the most
accomplished pulp magazine fans and professionals in the world including Al
Tonik, Glenn
Lord, Howard DeVore, Jerry Page, George Evans, Rusty
Hevelin, Scott Cranford, Doug Ellis, Will
Murray, Anthony Tollin, Brian Earl Brown, and Curt Phillips.
(wikipedia.org)
Phoenix – comics, science fiction and other entertainment media.[6]
(wikipedia.org)
Pieces of Eight – British APA (wikipedia.org)
POD (Point of Divergence)
Official Editor - Dale Cozort <[email protected]>
Subject/theme - an alternate history APA, though we often discuss other science
fiction-related subjects.
Frequency - 4 to 6 times/year
Copy count = 12 double-sided copies
Minac - 2 pages every other issue
Postal dues - $30 every five issues (roughly once per year). Digital only
memberships may be available to non-US members after a probationary period.
“We have a Facebook group for POD past and current members.”
(Dale Cozort, February 9, 2019)
Quarternotes – Interlac spin-off devoted to music
(wikipedia.org)
REHEAPA – Robert
E. Howard and his works – an online APA: The Robert-E-Howard
Electronic Amateur Press Association (wikipedia.org)
REHUPA – Robert E. Howard and his works
(wikipedia.org)
Rowrbrazzle – information requested!
Official Editor - ??
Contact - ??
Frequency - ??
Subject/theme if any -– anthropomorphics
and funny
animals; its founder dedicated it to "Funny animals, plants,
machines, and squash." (wikipedia.org)
Minac - ??
Copy count - ??
Postal dues - ??
Samizdat – General interest APA with a closed membership, spun
off from Galactus (wikipedia.org)
SFPA (Southern Fandom Press Alliance)
Official Editor - David Schlosser of Eureka, CA. ([email protected])
Frequency - every two months
Subject/theme if any - SF APA
Minac - original
material in every two consecutive mailings. This used to be a little more stringent,
but has been relaxed because of health issues with a couple of long-time
members
Copy count - 24
Postal dues - $30
(Bill Plott,
Feb. 8, 2019)
Shiot Crock – for regulars of The Comics Journal's web-based message board (wikipedia.org)
SlanAPA (“Slanderous Amateur Press Association”) – information requested!
Official Editor - ??
Contact - ??
Frequency - monthly (Bob Vardeman)
"no rules, no dues" (wikipedia.org)
Southern Fandom Press Alliance (SFPA) – science fiction APA based
in the southern US. Still running in 2015. (wikipedia.org)
Spectator
Amateur Press Society (SAPS) – science fiction; the third science
fiction APA, founded in 1947 by a group that included Joe Kennedy (later known
as the poet X. J. Kennedy). Still running
in 2018. (wikipedia.org)
Snicker Snack
APA
Central Mailer - Dennis Kininger
Contact - PO Box 206, Oriskany, NY 13424, U.S.A.
Frequency – “four issues a year but I have done 6 issues a year in the past.”
Subject/theme - a small, comics/pop culture APA
My membership is currently open. People can contact me for a comp issue or
email me at this address with questions.
Postal dues – “I maintain the membership mailing accounts. There is no actual
"Snicker Snack" account so any checks or money orders must be made
out to my name.”
(Dennis Kininger, February 14, 2019)
StippleAPA - contact information
requested!
Official Official Koolaider), aka Jeanne Mealy
Contact - [email protected]
Frequency – every six weeks
Subject/theme – general-interest - “Stipple-APA is a small
amateur press association originating in the St. Paul/Minneapolis science
fiction/fantasy fannish community (Minnesota, doncha know). It began in 1980 as
the MinneAPA waitlist that didn’t want to wait to pub its ish.”
Minac - Minimum activity to retain membership is one page
(including covers) every other mailing. All material published in Stipple-APA must
be original, intended for first publication in Stipple-Apa, and contain no more
than one blank page (i.e., double-sided copying is required but an even number
of pages is not). Material that is not original to Stipple-APA may be printed
on that otherwise blank page and may be distributed about your zine as you
choose. It can be carefully placed, scattered whimsically, whatever you like.
Copy count – Copy count is 16 copies of double-sided, uncollated,
8-1/2 x 11” pages. An extra copy is recommended to placate the collation
demons. Membership limited to 30.
New blood is always welcome to join the party. Issues of Stipple-APA can be
obtained at the collation site. Or contact the OOK, aka Jeanne Mealy.
Postal dues – no dues
(Jeanne
Mealy, [email protected], Feb. 7, 2019)
Super-Team Amateur Press Alliance (S-TAPA); superhero teams,
general interests. Still running in 2009. Alumni include Derek McCulloch, David Elyea
(current Central Mailer), comics historian Randy Duncan, and comics
professionals John Dennis and Louis Bright-Raven. (wikipedia.org)
SWAPA – the APA for members and friends of SWIL, Swarthmore College's science
fiction club. Still running as of 2014. (wikipedia.org)
TAPA – Toronto APA, a general Science Fiction APA with members
from across Canada, and around the world (CA) (wikipedia.org)
TAPS – The Terrean Amateur Press Society, a rotating APA organized
along the same lines as The Cult, but with 12 members instead of 13 and a
different, less confrontational style of interaction. (wikipedia.org)
The Clobberin' Times – an APA devoted to the Champions
role-playing game (wikipedia.org)
The Everlasting Club – Ghost story
fans, primarily English membership (wikipedia.org)
The Final Frontier – Star Trek/science fiction APA based in
Canada. Founded by Derek McCulloch
(wikipedia.org)
The Force – Star Wars (wikipedia.org)
The Fossils
Secretary-Treasurer: Tom Parson
Contact: 157 South Logan, Denver, CO
80209, email [email protected]
"The Historians of Amateur Journalism" (wikipedia.org)
“The Fossils is a non-profit organization whose purposes are to stimulate
interest in and preserve the history of independent publishing, either separate
from or organized in the hobby known as “Amateur Journalism,” and to foster the
practices of amateur journalism … To this end, The Fossils preserved the Library of Amateur Journalism
(LAJ), a repository of amateur papers and memorabilia dating from the 1850s,
acquired in 1916 and donated in 2004 to the Special
Collections Department of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and located
in Memorial Library.
“Individuals or institutions allied with our goals are invited to join The
Fossils. Dues are $15 annually, or $20 for joint membership of husband and
wife. Annual subscription to The Fossil without privileges of membership
is $10.
(Website – www.thefossils.org)
(Bill Boys,
Feb. 7, 2019)
The Furthest North Crew (FNC) – a major Canadian-run Furry
APA[3]
(wikipedia.org)
The Golden APA – devoted to Illuminatus! and related
topics (wikipedia.org)
The National Amateur Press Association
Official Editor / Contact: either
President Michelle Klosterman, 1431 Maple Grove Rd.,
Williamsburg OH 45176-9636. Email: [email protected] or
Secretary/Treasurer Bill
Boys, 184 Reinhard Ave., Columbus, OH 43206, U.S.A., [email protected]
Frequency – quarterly (September, December, March, June)
Subject/theme if any - a
non-fannish APA Otherwise,
subject or theme policy; each member is free to choose their own content.
Minac – no minimum activity requirement
Copy count - 95
Membership dues = $30
per year in U.S.A., $37.50 elsewhere.
History
– The world’s longest-running amateur press association, in continuous
operation ever since its establishment in Philadelphia, Pa., on July 4, 1876.
Website -- www.AmateurPress.org
(Bill
Boys, Feb. 7, 2019)
The Organisation – British APA (see APA-B) (wikipedia.org)
The Tape APA – British audio APA, run during the 1980s (wikipedia.org)
The Women’s
Periodical/TWP – information
requested!
Official Editor - ??
Contact - ??
Frequency - ??
Subject/theme if any - ??
Minac - ??
Copy count - ??
Postal dues - ??
(Christina Lake in the UK)
Turbo-Charged Party Animal APA
Official Editor - Hope Keifer
Contact - Hope Kiefer <[email protected]>
Frequency -Monthly
Subject/theme if any - General interest APA with an
emphasis on science-fiction fandom. Members in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Washington,
Massachusetts, and Japan.
Minac - One page of new material every other month
Copy count - Currently 19
Postal dues - coverage of first-class postage for
mailing distys, so about $3.00 per month
(Gregory Rihn, Feb. 7, 2019)
TWP (The Women's Periodical) – for women who are UK-based or
have strong UK ties. (wikipedia.org)
United APA – general publishing; the second U.S. APA; primarily
for amateur printers (wikipedia.org)
United Fanzine Organization – Minicomic
creators. (wikipedia.org)
WAPA – the "W" Amateur Press Alliance, originally the
Western Amateur Press Alliance, a comics APA. Alumni include Tom and Mary Bierbaum, Derek McCulloch, and Dan
DiDio. Both Tom Bierbaum and McCulloch served as Central Mailers.
Web site exists, though apparently long dormant.[7]
(wikipedia.org)
WAPA, the “W” Amateur Press Alliance
Central Mailer - Grace Spengler
Contact: 3245 S Cherry St Denver CO 80222. I can be contacted via this email: [email protected] if you have any other
questions
Frequency - Deadlines are bi-monthly, our next one is March 27th
(2019)
Subject/theme - We are a general pop culture APA, with a legacy of interest in
comics. Nobody has ever finalized what the W is for, though most of us think it
stands for Western. If you are familiar with spas we are fairly standard.
Membership - Roster limit of 25 members max
Minac f- 3 pages in any three consecutive issues
Copy count - 10, collated, stapled zine copies mailed to the CM
Postal dues - $5 initial joining account balance - with the requirement to
maintain a positive postage balance thereafter. Funds are held by the CM and
postage costs are for media mail and divided among rostered members. A sample
issue costs $5.
(Grace Spengler, February 13, 2019)
WOOF (Worldcon Order of Faneditors APA)
Official Editor – different every year
(see File770.com one or two months before Worldcon)
Frequency – annual (at Worldcon)
All other questions – N/A
Example:
W.O.O.F. 43 (Worldcon 76 in 2018) edited by Guy H. Lillian III
(c/o 1390 Holly Ave. Merritt Island FL 32952, U.S.A., or email [email protected]); sample $3.
“One of the high moments of Worldcon 76 for moi was editing and
assembling the 2018 disty of the Worldcon Order of Fan-Eds, the incredibly
foolish invention of the late Bruce Pelz: an annual APA. Fronted with a
cute doggy cover by Charlie Williams, the mailing is filled with perzines by
such estimable personages as Alan Stewart, Johan Anglemark, Kay Templeton and *blush* myself, an excellent
sercon piece by Andy Hooper, the previous issue of TZD and most
importantly, stats on the previous disties courtesy of the great Roger Hill.
After getting copies to all the contributors, I have several left, available
for $3, my postage cost. Who will handle W.O.O.F. in Ireland? Volunteers
contact James Bacon or me.”
(Guy H. Lillian III, The Zine Dump #45,
Dec. 2018)
WTFB – devoted to Disney, especially classic 1990s TV series of
the Disney Afternoon, takes name
from Disney Afternoon slogan Where The Fun Begins; disbanded (wikipedia.org)
Yarf!
– APA/'zine for anthropomorphics and funny
animals (wikipedia.org)
YHAPA – Young Heroes APA – an APA run primarily by young people
in the late 1980s, devoted to popular comic books of the time (wikipedia.org)