Leah Zeldes Smith
Fan.
Toastmaster:
InConspicuous, Bowling Green, Ohio (1982) -
baked bread and brought a toaster oven.
Special Guest: Corflu 4, Cincinnati, Ohio (1987).
Fan Guest of Honor (w/Dick):
ArmadilloCon 17 (Austin TX, 1995);
Windycon 22 (Schaumburg IL, 1995);
First Contact 5 (Milwaukee WI, 1998);
ConQuesT 31 (Kansas City MO, 2000).
Fan Guest of Honor (solo): ConFusion XX (Romulus Mi, 1994).
Chair: AutoClave (Detroit, 1978); Ann Arbor Science Fiction & Fantasy Fair
(1982).
Co-Chair: Wondaycon (Detroit, 1975); AutoClave (Detroit, 1976-1977);
ditto (1990, 2001); FanHistoriCon (2001).
Convention Committees: AutoClave; MidAmeriCon;
ConFusion; Chicon IV;
ConStellation; L.A.con II;
LoneStarCon (NASFiC, 1985) and LoneStarCon II (Worldcon, 1997);
Relaxacon (Northbrook IL); ConFiction; ditto; Chicon 2000
(various dept. heads and staff positions, including
programming, daily newszine, guest liaison, masquerade, publicity
program, restaurant guide, security.)
Worldcon Bid Committees: Detroit in '82 (ca. 1977-1980) - only person to have been on all three (unsuccessful)
versions; Australia in '99.
DUFF Winner 1993.
Hugo Award nominee: Best Fanzine, for STET (1993, 1994, 2001).
Fanzines: OMEKRONICLE (Oak Park H.S. S.F. Club), IMP, SFOHA Newsletter, INSUFFICIENT FUNDS, TANSTAAFL, UNCLE DICK'S, SPIRITS IN THE NIGHT, STET (1990-present), SPIRITS OF THINGS PAST; plus innumerable miscellaneous apazines and oneshots and assorted letters, articles, columns, poems and drawings in other people's fanzines., most prolifically during the mid- to late-'70s.
Clubs and organizations, past and present: Wayne Third Foundation, N3F, Stilyagi Air Corps, SFOHA, Ann Arbor Science Fiction Association, Thursday, CFG, Fannish Educational Network, Timebinders, SFWA.
APAs: APA-50, MISHAP, AZAPA, RAPS, ApaCorps, FLAP, ANZAPA, The Secret Garden, FHAPA.
Herbangelist High Priestess of the Midwest.
Hoagie Award, 1983.
See Also: Smith, Dick
See Also: Smith, Dick & Leah