2012 Service to SFWA Award goes to Clarence Howard ‘Bud’ Webster

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The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America would like to award Clarence Howard ‘Bud’ Webster the 2012 Service to SFWA Award for his outstanding work on behalf of the organization.

Bud has had a long history in the science fiction and fantasy community. He is a contributing editor and columnist for the SFWA Bulletin, the poetry editor of Black Gate Magazine, and well-known for the Bubba Pritchert series, published by Analog Science Fiction and Fact magazine. However, it is his work with the Estate Project that SFWA particularly wishes to acknowledge with this award.

The Estate Project is designed to track and distribute information pertaining to deceased members of the community. Bud has worked extensively with agents, executors and heirs to track this valuable information. Due to his patience and perseverance, this information is now available to the industry at large.

“Bud Webster is a tireless force and dedicated to the health of science-fiction and fantasy. While our jobs are often writing about the future, Bud makes certain that we don’t forget the past by keeping track of developing a database of literary estates.”

~Mary Robinette Kowal
VP, SFWA

“SFWA has honored me more than I can say.  As a writer interested in the history of our field, I get a strong sense of fulfillment in helping editors and publishers make classic work available to a new readership.  I am proud of what we’ve been able to accomplish with the Estate Project, and proud of being a member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America.”

~Bud Webster

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