The Rebel Award is a lifetime achievement award for a

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fan "who has done a great deal for Southern Fandom." The Rebel is given annually by

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, a bidded convention held in different states of the former Confederacy. There is no standard shape or image for the Rebel as each host convention creates their own unique interpretation of the award. The Rebel is presented in conjunction with

Phoenix Award The Phoenix Award annually recognizes one English-language children's book published twenty years earlier that did not then win a major literary award. It is named for the mythical bird phoenix that is reborn from its own ashes, signifying the ...

for a science fiction professional (author, artist, editor, etc.) meeting similar criteria. The award recipients are chosen by the host convention.

List of Rebel Award winners

* 2021: Cheralyn Lambeth * 2020: Raymond Boudreau & Jessica Styons & Rebecca Smith * 2019: Ron McClung & Jeff Smith * 2018: Rick Norwood * 2017: Bob Ellis & Mike Pederson * 2016: Pat Henry & Bill Harrison * 2015: Michael Scott & Frank Schiavo * 2014: Judy Bemis * 2013: Regina Kirby & M. Lee Rogers * 2012: Shelby Vick, Bill Zielke, Linda Zielke, Robert Zielke, & Becky Zielke * 2011: Brad W. Foster * 2010: Albin Johnson * 2009: Randy Cleary * 2008: Kelly Lockhart * 2007: Bill Payne, "Dutch" Stacy, & Mickey Kilgore * 2006: Dan Caldwell * 2005: Naomi Fisher * 2004: Dal Coger† & Sue Thorn * 2003: Mike Kennedy * 2002: Julie Wall * 2001: Robert Neagle & Sam Smith * 2000: Lynn Harris &

Toni Weisskopf Toni Weisskopf (born Antonia Katherine Flora Weisskopf on December 12, 1965) is an American science fiction editor and the publisher of Baen Books. She has been nominated four times for a Hugo Award. She has won the Phoenix Award, the Rebel Aw ...

* 1999: Tim "Uncle Timmy" Bolgeo * 1998: Tom Feller & Wilson "Bob" Tucker * 1997: Teddy Harvia * 1996: Gary Robe & Corlis Robe * 1995: J.R. "Mad Dog" Madden * 1994: Don Cook &

Bob Shaw Robert Shaw (31 December 1931 – 11 February 1996) was a science fiction writer and fan from Northern Ireland, noted for his originality and wit. He won the Hugo Award for Best Fan Writer in 1979 and 1980. His short story "Light of Other Days" ...

* 1993: G. Patrick Molloy * 1992: Steve Francis & Sue Francis * 1991: Samanda B. Jeude * 1990: Charlotte Proctor * 1989: Steven Carlberg & Maurine Dorris * 1988: Sue Phillips & mike weber * 1987: Lee Hoffman & Penny Frierson * 1986: John A.R. Hollis * 1985: Larry Montgomery & P.L. Caruthers-Montgomery * 1984: Guy H. Lillian III * 1983: John Guidry & Lynn Hickman * 1982: Lon Atkins * 1981: Dick Lynch & Nicki Lynch * 1980: Jerry Page * 1979: Cliff Amos * 1978:

Don Markstein Don Markstein's Toonopedia (subtitled A Vast Repository of Toonological Knowledge) is an online encyclopedia of print cartoons, comic strips and animation, initiated February 13, 2001. Donald D. Markstein, the sole writer and editor of Toonopedi ...

* 1977: Cliff Biggers & Susan Biggers * 1976: Ned Brooks * 1975: Meade Frierson III * 1974: Ken Moore * 1973:

Hank Reinhardt Julius Henry ("Hank") Reinhardt (January 18, 1934 – October 30, 2007) was an American author, editor, science fiction fan, and noted armorer and authority on medieval weaponry. He wrote as Hank Reinhardt, the nickname by which he was widely kno ...

* 1972: ''No Award Given'' * 1971: Janie Lamb * 1970: Irvin Koch * 1969: ''No Award Given'' * 1968: ''No Award Given'' * 1967: ''No Award Given'' * 1966: David Hulan * 1965: Al Andrews † = award presented

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References

External links

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