The Get Up-and-over Fan Fund or Going Under Fan Fund (its title depends on your point of view) was modelled on DUFF and TAFF. Formed by Leigh Edmonds and Dave Langford, on an idea by Chris Priest. Edmonds (1979), Langford (1979), and Rob Jackson (1981), have acted as administrator without ever winning the Fund, while Joseph Nicholas (1995-99) and Mihaela-Marija Perkovic (2017-18) have acted as administrator in addition to the time called upon as a winner. Read Chris Priest’s 1979 and Dave Langford’s 1999 views on the founding of GUFF.
Current Administrators are: Alison Scott Simon Litten UK NEW ZEALAND guffeurope@gmail.com guff2020@ozfanfunds.com
Some past winners
GUFF winners, past and present, taken at Aussiecon 4, September 2010. From left to right: Damien Warman (2005 joint), Juliette Woods (2005 joint), Trevor Clark (2009 joint), Sue Ann Barber (2009 joint), Krin Pender-Gunn (1995 joint), Angela Rosin (2007), James Shields (2010), Eve Harvey (1985), Roman Orszanski (1990), Jean Hollis Weber (2001 joint, kneeling), Eric Lindsay (2001 joint), Leigh Edmonds (founding administrator, face partly hidden), Justin Ackroyd (1984) and Irwin Hirsh (1987). Photo taken by John Harvey using Irwin’s camera. More photos here.
DETAILS OF PAST GUFF RACES
Note: By following the links in this section you’ll be able to finds details of each race (the candidates’ platforms & nominators), voting details, reprints of the chapters listed, or details on how to purchase completed trip reports.
| 1979 | Winner: John Foyster |
| Attended: Seacon 79, Brighton, Worldcon | |
| Trip report: Stranger in Stranger Lands. (Paper edition published in 1996, 2 e-editions, which were published in 2003 and 2024) | |
| Other Contenders: John Alderson, Eric Lindsay. | |
| 1981 | Winner: Joseph Nicholas |
| Attended: Advention ’81, Adelaide, Aussie Natcon | |
| Trip Report chapter: | |
| (a) Ornithopter 10, Oct 82, edited by Leigh Edmonds | |
| Note: A trip summary was published in Ansible 19. | |
| Other Contender: Malcolm Edwards. | |
| 1984 | Winner: Justin Ackroyd |
| Attended: Seacon 84, Brighton, British Eastercon and Eurocon | |
| Trip Report chapters: | |
| (a) Thyme 36, 1984, edited by Roger Weddall | |
| (b) Rataplan 31, Aug 85, edited by Leigh Edmonds | |
| (c) Larrikin 3, Aug 86, edited by Irwin Hirsh & Perry Middlemiss | |
| Other Contenders: Shayne McCormack, Jean Weber, Roger Weddall. | |
| 1985 | Winner: Eve Harvey |
| Attended: Aussiecon Two, Melbourne, Worldcon | |
| Trip report: A Brighton Belle Meets Skippy (published in 1999) | |
| Other Contender: John Jarrold. | |
| 1987 | Winner: Irwin Hirsh |
| Attended: Conspiracy ’87, Brighton, Worldcon | |
| Trip Report chapters: | |
| (a) published in Sikander 15, Mar 89, edited by Irwin Hirsh (reprinted, in French, as ‘La Moitié du plaisir’ in Yellow Submarine 61, Jun 89, edited by Andre-Francois Ruaud.) |
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| (b) published in Empties 12, Nov 93, edited by Martin Tudor | |
| (c) published in Banana Wings 9, Mar 98, edited by Claire Brialey & Mark Plummer | |
| (d) published in WeberWoman’s Wrevenge 52, June 98, edited by Jean Weber | |
| (e) published in Thyme 119, Jan 98, edited by Alan Stewart | |
| (f) published in GUFFaw 3, Nov 99, edited by Paul Kincaid | |
| (g) published in Attitude 9, Oct 96, edited by Michael Abbott, John Dallman & Pam Wells | |
| (h) published in The Metaphysical Review 26/27, July 1998, edited by Bruce Gillespie | |
| (i) published in Larrikin 19, Dec 88, edited by Irwin Hirsh & Perry Middlemiss | |
| (j) published in Larrikin 16, Jun 88, edited by Irwin Hirsh & Perry Middlemiss | |
| Note: A trip summary was published in Guffawe 4. | |
| Other Contenders: Valma Brown, Jean Weber. | |
| 1989 | Winner: Roelof Goudriaan |
| Attended: Swancon 14, Perth, Aussie Natcon | |
| Other Contender: Linda Pickersgill. | |
| 1990 | Winner: Roman Orszanski |
| Attended: Confiction, The Hague, Worldcon | |
| Trip Report chapters: | |
| (a) doxa! 24 Aug 90, edited by Roman Orszanski | |
| (b) doxa! 7 Nov 90, edited by Roman Orszanski | |
| (c) doxa! 28 Mar 91, edited by Roman Orszanski | |
| Other Contenders: Larry Dunning, and Mark Loney & Michelle Muijsert. | |
| 1992 | Winner: Eva Hauser |
| Attended: Syncon ’92, Sydney, Aussie Natcon | |
| Trip Report: Australsky Denik/My Australian Diary (published in 1992) | |
| Other Contender: Bridget Wilkinson. | |
| 1995 | Winner: Ian Gunn & Karen Pender-Gunn |
| Attended: Intersection, Glasgow, Worldcon | |
| Trip report: Oh, to be in England, In the Summertime, With my love (published in 1999) | |
| Other Contender: LynC, Kim Huett. | |
| 1999 | Winner: Paul Kincaid |
| Attended: Aussiecon Three, Melbourne, Worldcon | |
| Trip Report chapters: | |
| (a) published in GUFFaw 3, Nov 99, edited by Paul Kincaid | |
| (b) published in GUFFaw 4, May 00, edited by Paul Kincaid | |
| (c) published in GUFFaw 6, Nov 01, edited by Paul Kincaid | |
| (d) published in GUFFaw 7, Sep 03, edited by Paul Kincaid | |
| Other Contenders: Steve Davies, Julian Headlong. | |
| 2001 | Winner: Eric Lindsay & Jean Weber |
| Attended: Attended: Paragon, British Eastercon | |
| Trip report: Jean and Eric ‘Avalook at the UK (published in 2002) | |
| Other Contender: Damien Warman & Juliette Woods. | |
| 2003 | Winner: Pat McMurray |
| Attended: Continuum II, Melbourne | |
| Trip report: GUFF Guy (published in 2009) | |
| In addition, Pat’s LiveJournal has entries written on and about his trip. Look for the entries dated late May and early-mid June 2004. | |
| Pat’s photos from the trip are here. | |
| Other Contender: Doug Bell. | |
| 2005 | Winner: Damien Warman & Juliette Woods |
| Attended: Intersection, Glasgow, Worldcon | |
| Trip Report chapters: | |
| (a) published in Banana Wings 30, May 2007, edited by Claire Brialey and Mark Plummer | |
| (b) published in Banana Wings 39, Aug 2009, edited by Claire Brialey and Mark Plummer | |
| Damien and Juliette have posted to a GUFF trip LiveJournal. | |
| Other Contenders: Sue Ann Barber, Alison Barton, David Cake. | |
| 2007 | Winner: Ang Rosin |
| Attended: Convergence 2, Melbourne, Aussie Natcon | |
| Trip Report chapter: | |
| (a) published in Banana Wings 31, Aug 2007, edited by Claire Brialey and Mark Plummer | |
| Ang posted to a GUFF trip LiveJournal. | |
| Other Contenders: Johan Anglemark, Anna Davour, Steve Davies. | |
| 2009 | Winner: Sue Ann Barber & Trevor Clark |
| Attended: Eastercon LX, British Eastercon | |
| Sue Ann and Trevor posted to a GUFF trip LiveJournal. | |
| Other Contenders: Norah Ding, Alisa Krasnostein. | |
| 2010 | Winner: James Shields |
| Attended: Aussiecon 4, Melbourne, Worldcon | |
| Trip report: A Rough Guide to GUFF (published in 2015) | |
| James posted to a GUFF trip Blog. | |
| Other Contender: Douglas Spencer. | |
| 2012 | Winner: Kylie Ding |
| Attended: Olympus, British Eastercon | |
| Other Contender: Grant Watson. | |
| 2013 | Winner: Mihaela-Marija Perkovic |
| Attended: Conflux 9, Canberra, Aussie Natcon | |
| Mihaela-Marija posted trip entries to her website. Look for the posts that have been tagged ‘GUFF’. | |
| Other Contender: Julie McMurray | |
| 2014 | Winner: Gillian Polack |
| Attended: Loncon 3, London, Worldcon | |
| Trip report: Gillian’s Book of Lists (published in 2015) | |
| Other Contenders: Alison Barton, Samara Morgan, Shay Telfer | |
| 2016 | Winner: Jukka Halme |
| Attended: Contact, Brisbane, Aussie Natcon | |
| Other Contenders: elected unopposed | |
| 2017 | Winner: Donna Maree Hanson |
| Attended: Worldcon 75, Helsinki, Worldcon | |
| Trip report: GUFF Trip Report 2017, published in 2018. | |
| Other Contenders: Sam Hawke, Belle McQuattie, and Alexandra Pierce | |
| 2018 | Winner: Marcin Klak |
| Attended: Continuum XIV, Melbourne | |
| Trip report: “The Giant Leap to Never Never“, published in 2019. In addition Marcin posted trip entries to his website/blog Fandom Rover. Look for the posts that have been tagged ‘GUFF’. | |
| Other Contender: Steve and Alice Lawson | |
| 2019 | Winner: Simon Litten |
| Attended: Dublin 2019 – An Irish Worldcon | Trip report: Visiting Nearly Kiwiland, published in 2024. |
| Other Contenders: Lynelle Howell, and Nicole Murphy | |
| 2020 | Winner: Alison Scott |
| Attended: CoNZealand, Wellington – virtually. In 2023 attended Conflux 17, Canberra, Aussie Natcon. | |
| Other Contenders: Cora Buhlert, Hisham El-Far & Lee Fletcher, Hanna Hakkarainen, Elizabeth Jones & Claire Rousseau, and Dave Lally | |
| 2024 | Winner: Kat Clay |
| Attended: Glasgow 2024: A Worldcon for our Futures, Glasgow, Scotland. | |
| Other Contender: Ian Nichols | |
AN (INCOMPLETE) BIBLIOGRAPHY OF GUFF BALLOTS & ADMINISTRATOR REPORTS
We trust that this list is self-explanatory.
In time we hope to have copies of these loaded onto the web.
BALLOTS 1979, 1981, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1995, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018. GUFF FUNDIES (Leigh Edmonds) 1 AUG 78 M A4 1 2 -- -- M A4 1 3 -- -- M A4 1 4 -- -- M A4 1 5 -- -- M A4 2 6 -- 79 M A4 2 THE NORTHERN GUFFBLOWER (Dave Langford) 1 AUG 78 M Q 2 2 NOV 78 M Q 2 3 SPR 79 M Q 1 4 MAY 79 M Q ? 5 AUG 79 M Q ? 6 JUN 80 M Q ? GUFFAWE (John Foyster) 1 APR 80 M A4 1 2 JUL 80 M A4 1 in Chunder! V4, N4 3 DEC 80 M A4 1 GUFF NEWS (John Foyster) -- AUG 81 M Q 1 rider with Thyme 3 GUFF1984 (John Foyster) -- JAN 84 M A4 2 THE NORTHERN GUFFBLOWER (Rob Jackson) 7 JUL 80 M Q ? 8 FEB 81 M Q 2 in Ansible 16 THE NORTHERN GUFFBLOWER (Joseph Nicholas) 9 AUG 81 M Q 1 in Ansible 20 10 JUN 82 M Q 2 in Ansible 26 11 JAN 84 M Q 2 in Ansible 37 12 MAY 85 M Q 2 in Ansible 43 AUSTRALIAN GUFF NEWSLETTER (Justin Ackroyd) -- FEB 86 M A4 2 in Thyme 51 GUFFSTUFF (Eve Harvey) 1 MAR 86 M A4 2 2 JUN 86 M A4 2 3 AUG 86 M A4 4 4 FEB 87 M A4 4 5 FEB 88 M Q 2 6 MAY 88 M A4 4 GUFFAWE (Irwin Hirsh) 4 FEB 88 M A4 4 5 APR 88 M A4 2 in Thyme 68 6 AUG 88 M A4 4 7 --- 89 M A4 4 8 DEC 89 M A4 6 9 AUG 90 M A4 4 THE GUFFIATE (Roelof Goudriaan) -- JUL 91 O A4 4 -- DEC 91 O A4 2 GUFF STUFF (Roman Orszanski) -- MAY 91 O A4 2 GUFFaw (Paul Kincaid) refer next section for publication details
RELATED PUBLICATIONS
The items listed here are those published with a specific purpose of promoting GUFF.
GUFFaw (Paul Kincaid) 1 --- 98 M A4 1 This issue published with Steve Davies and Julian Headlong 2 AUG 99 M A4 22 3 NOV 99 M A4 27 From this issue on, also acts as an Administrator Report 4 MAY 00 M A4 24 5 NOV 00 M A4 18 6 NOV 01 M A4 16 7 SEP 03 PDF A4 18