Doc Weir Award
Entry updated 3 April 2024. Tagged: Award, Fan.
Award for services to Fandom, voted on and presented annually at the UK Eastercon since 1963 in memory of the then recently deceased fan Arthur Rose "Doc" Weir (1906-1961) and his activities. The award takes the form of a silver cup engraved with the names of past winners; all available space on the cup itself having been used, winners are now commemorated on silver plates attached to its storage box. The cup is held by the current winner for a year and then passed to the next. Traditionally the Doc Weir Award goes to "unsung heroes" whose services to fandom may not be easily defined but usually – especially in more recent years – consist of unpaid behind-the-scenes work for fan-run Conventions, the Fan Funds or the sf community in general. [DRL]
Winners
- 1963: Peter Mabey (1926- )
- 1964: Archie Mercer (1925-1998)
- 1965: Terry Jeeves
- 1966: Ken F Slater
- 1967: Doreen Parker (later Rogers) (1930-2017)
- 1968: Mary Reed (1945- )
- 1969: Beryl Mercer (1924-2003)
- 1970: J Michael Rosenblum
- 1971: Phil Rogers (? -1997)
- 1972: Jill Adams (1933-1980)
- 1973: Ethel Lindsay (1921-1996)
- 1974: Malcolm Edwards
- 1975: Peter Weston
- 1976: Ina Shorrock (1929-2021)
- 1977: Keith H Freeman
- 1978: Gregory Pickersgill
- 1979: Rog Peyton (1942- )
- 1980: Bob Shaw
- 1981: John Brunner
- 1982: No award
- 1983: No award
- 1984: Joyce Slater (? -1995)
- 1985: James White
- 1986: No award
- 1987: Brian Burgess (1934-1997)
- 1988: No award
- 1989: A Vincent Clarke
- 1990: Roger Perkins (? -2024)
- 1991: Pat Brown (later Silver) (? -2022)
- 1992: Roger Robinson
- 1993: Bridget Wilkinson
- 1994: Tim Broadribb
- 1995: Bernie Evans
- 1996: Mark Plummer
- 1997: John Harold
- 1998: Andy Croft
- 1999: ½r (Arthur) Cruttenden
- 2000: Tim Illingworth
- 2001: Noel Collyer
- 2002: Dave Tompkins
- 2003: Bill Burns
- 2004: Robert NoJay Sneddon
- 2005: Dave Lally
- 2006: Steve Lawson
- 2007: Sue Edwards
- 2008: Eddie Cochrane
- 2009: Kari
- 2010: Alice Lawson
- 2011: Mark Young
- 2012: Pete "Smudge" Smith (? -2024)
- 2013: Jan van 't Ent
- 2014: Mark Meenan
- 2015: Martin Hoare (1952-2019)
- 2016: Kathy Westhead
- 2017: Serena Culfeather and John Wilson
- 2018: Flick Christian (see Plokta)
- 2019: Jamie Scott
- 2020: No award (Eastercon cancelled)
- 2021: Alison Scott (see Plokta)
- 2022: James Shields
- 2023: Claire Brialey
- 2024: David Langford
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