The Fellowship was created to honor those people who have made a significant contribution to NESFA® and to the furtherance of its aims. The Fellowship is modeled after academic fellowships and Fellows are awarded the privilege of the postnominal abbreviation FN. New Fellows are installed at an annual banquet each fall. The date after each name shows the year of election; if no date is given, the year is 1976, when the Fellowship was established. † signifies that a Fellow has died.
The original proposal was to call this the Order of the Spaceship and Sun after the imperial insignia in the Foundation series. Approval was obtained from Isaac Asimov for this, but in the end it was decided that Fellowship of NESFA was more appropriate for our aims.
The new Fellows are elected each Fall and announced at the Fellowship Banquet held in November at various restaurants around the area. If the new Fellow cannot attend, they are taken out to dinner at the next Boskone or Worldcon which they do attend. Each fellow receives a Certificate of Fellowship suitable for framing, etc.
The Fellows are listed by year of creation; there is also an alphabetical list.
| Founding Fellows Dr. Isaac Asimov † Krissy [Benders] † Ben Bova † Judy-Lynn del Rey † Lester del Rey † William H. Desmond Donald E. Eastlake III Jill Eastlake Marsha Elkin 1 Paul F. Galvin Richard Harter † Linda Ann Kent 2 Dr. Anthony Lewis Suford Lewis Edwin W. Meyer, Jr. George & Andréa Mitchell Marilyn J. Niven † Cory Seidman Panshin Frank Prieto † Karen Blank Ranade A. Joseph Ross, J.D. Elliot Kay Shorter † Col. Harry C. Stubbs † Leslie J. Turek David A. Vanderwerf Andrew A. Whyte † Robert K. Wiener Class of 1977 Class of 1978 Class of 1979 Class of 1980 Class of 1981 Class of 1982 Class of 1983 Class of 1984 Class of 1985 |
Class of 1986 Richard Ferree Ben Yalow Class of 1987 Class of 1988 Class of 1989 Class of 1990 Class of 1991 Class of 1992 Class of 1993 Class of 1994 Class of 1995 Class of 1996 Class of 1997 Class of 1998 Class of 1999 Class of 2000 Class of 2001 Class of 2002 Class of 2003 |
Class of 2004 B. Shirley Avery Martin Deutsch † Rick Kovalcik Class of 2005 Class of 2006 Class of 2007 Class of 2008 Class of 2009 Class of 2010 Class of 2011 Class of 2012 Class of 2013 Class of 2014 Class of 2015 Class of 2016 Class of 2017 Class of 2018 Class of 2019 Class of 2020 Class of 2021 Class of 2022 Class of 2023 |
| Alphabetical Listing of Fellows | ||
|---|---|---|
| Adina Adler (2015) Claire Anderson (1984) † Dave Anderson (1981) Ellen Asher (2007) Dr. Isaac Asimov † Bonnie Atwood (1998) Ted Atwood (1998) B. Shirley Avery (2004) Judith Carol Bemis (2015) Krissy [Benders] † Mike Benveniste (2001) Ben Bova † Joni Brill Dashoff (2009) Brons [James Burrows] (1983) Ann A. Broomhead (1977) Dave Cantor (1987) Elisabeth Carey (1991) William Carton (1978) Bruce Coville (2014) Don D'Ammassa (1994) Judy-Lynn Benjamin del Rey † Lester del Rey † Gay Ellen Dennett (1993) William H. Desmond Martin Deutsch (2004) † Robert Devney (2011) Vincent Di Fate (2002) Michael DiGenio (1983) † Donald E. Eastlake III Jill Eastlake Bob Eggleton (1995) Marsha Elkin 1 Dale Farmer (2006) Richard Ferree (1986) Dr. George Flynn (1978) † Ellen F. Franklin (1977) Pam Fremon (1990) † Louis Galvez (2019) Paul F. Galvin Dr. Deb Geisler (1999) † Wendy Glasser (1981) |
David G. Grubbs (2003) Richard Harter † David Hartwell (2008) † Lisa Hertel (2013) Mark Hertel (1994) Charles J. Hitchcock (1979) Kath A. Horne (1981) Dr. James F. Hudson (1979) Wendell Y. G. Ing (1980) † Aron Insinga (1992) Merle Insinga (1991) Rick Katze, J.D. (1980) Allen Kent (1991) Linda Ann Kent 2 Michael Kerpan (2019) Deborah King (1982) Kenneth Knabbe (1996) Sally Kobee (2013) Rick Kovalcik (2004) Jenny Kraus (2023) Paul Kraus (2023) Steven Lee (2017) Alice Naomi Sophronia Lewis (2003) Dr. Anthony R. Lewis Suford Lewis Selina Lovett (1977) Robert Luoma (2016) Anne McCaffrey (1977) † R. Terry McCutchen (1977) † Jim Mann (1988) Laurie Mann (1988) Joe Mayhew (1992) † Edwin W. Meyer, Jr. George & Andréa Mitchell Patrick Nielsen Hayden (1998) Teresa Nielsen Hayden (1998) Marilyn J. Niven † Dr. Mark L. Olson (1985) Priscilla Pollner Olson (1989) † Cory Seidman Panshin |
Bruce Pelz (1991) † Kelly Persons (1988) George Phillies (2018) Frank Prieto † Karen Blank Ranade Mike Resnick (2003) † Joseph Rico (1989) Tim Roberge (2005) A. Joseph Ross, J.D. Ruth L. Sachter (1990) Sharon Sbarsky (1988) Andrea Senchy (2014) Elliot Kay Shorter † Joe Siclari (1997) Kurt C. Siegel (1993) Larry Smith (2013) † Davey Snyder (1997) Robert J. Spence (1980) Edie Stern (2012) Erwin S. "Filthy Pierre" Strauss (2005) Col. Harry C. Stubbs † Geri Sullivan (2008) Tim Szczesuil (1995) Greg Thokar (1990) Bill Todd (2012) Liza Groen Trombi (2020) Leslie J. Turek Erin Underwood (2016) Patricia A. Vandenberg (1981) David A. Vanderwerf Michael J. Walsh (2006) Monty Wells (1983) † Peter Weston (2010) † Andrew Adams Whyte † Robert Wiener Jo Ann Wood (1978) † Ben Yalow (1986) Jane Yolen (2014) Beth Zipser (2020) Mike Zipser (2020) |
Notes
- Marsha Elkin was her name in 1976, when the initial NESFA Fellows were installed. From 1962 to 1969, she was married to Charles N. Brown (Locus), so went by Marsha Elkin Brown. Later she married Eddie Jones, the British artist, so went by Marsha Elkin Jones. After a later divorce, she is again Marsha Elkin.
- Linda Ann Kent was the wife of Allen R. Kent, at the time of her installation as a NESFA Fellow. She later divorced and married John Allen, becoming Linda Ann Allen.
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