Checkpoint Fan Poll

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The Checkpoint Fan Poll was a fan poll of UK fanzine activity conducted by Peter Roberts through the newszine Checkpoint. In its 21st issue (August 1972), Roberts said that it was 'the first British Fan Poll since those taken by Ron Bennett in Skyrack back in the late fifties and early sixties.'

Each poll covered the period from Easter to Easter. All fans were eligible to vote although the majority who did so were Checkpoint subscribers and most were UK fans.

Best British Fanzine[edit]

Place Fanzine Editor(s)
1971/2
1 Egg Peter Roberts
2 Maya Ian Maule
3 Speculation Peter Weston
4 Cypher James Goddard
5 Zimri Lisa Conesa
6 Lurk Mike Meara & Pat Meara
7 Cynic Graham Boak
8 The Turning Worm John Piggott
9 Erg Terry Jeeves
10 Vector Malcolm Edwards
1973/4
1 Zimri Lisa Conesa
2 Vector Malcolm Edwards
3 Blunt Dave Rowe, Bob Smith & Mary Smith
4 Cynic Graham Boak
5 Ritblat Greg Pickersgill
6 Hell Paul Skelton, Brian Robinson
7 Cypher James Goddard
8 True Rat Leroy Kettle
= 9 Magic Pudding Malcolm Edwards
= 9 Erg Terry Jeeves
1974/5
1 True Rat Leroy Kettle
2 Wrinkled Shrew Pat Charnock
3 Egg Peter Roberts
= 4 Zimri Lisa Conesa
= 4 Inferno Paul Skelton & Cas Skelton
6 Maya Rob Jackson
= 7 Triode Eric Bentcliffe
= 7 Spi Graham Poole
9 Cypher James Goddard
10 Big Scab John Brosnan
1975/6
1 Maya Rob Jackson
2 Stop Breaking Down Greg Pickersgill
3 True Rat Leroy Kettle
4 Wrinkled Shrew Pat Charnock
5 Egg Peter Roberts
6 Knockers from Neptune Mike Meara & Pat Meara
= 7 K Dave Rowe/Bernie Peek
= 7 Vibrator Graham Charnock
9 Daisnaid D. West
10 Goblin's Grotto Ian Williams
1976/7
1 Wrinkled Shrew Pat Charnock
2 Stop Breaking Down Greg Pickersgill
3 Maya Rob Jackson
4 True Rat Leroy Kettle
5 Twll-Ddu Dave Langford
6 Vibrator Graham Charnock
although over 60 titles were nominated, no other zine received more than five points this year.
1977/8
1 Twll-Ddu Dave Langford
2 Stop Breaking Down Greg Pickersgill
3 Maya Rob Jackson
4 Dot Kevin Smith
5 True Rat Leroy Kettle
= 6 Kamikaze Harry Bell
= 6 Meet on the Ledge Darroll Pardoe
8 Epsilon Rob Hansen
= 9 One-Off David Bridges
= 9 Fanzine Fanatique Keith Walker
1978/9
1 Twll-Ddu Dave Langford
2 Seamonsters Simone Walsh
3 Dot Kevin Smith
4 One-Off David Bridges
= 5 Gross Encounters Alan Dorey
= 5 Deadloss Chris Priest
no other zine received more than five points this year.

Best British Fanzine Single Issue[edit]

Place Fanzine Editor
1971/1972
1. Maya #4 Ian Maule
1972/1973
1. The Turning Worm #3 John Piggott
2. Maya # 5 Ian Maule
3. Cypher # 9 James Goddard
3. Zimri #4 Lisa Conesa
1973/1974
1. Magic Pudding #1 Malcolm Edwards.
2. Grim News #1 Greg Pickersgill
1974/1975
1. True Rat #5 Roy Kettle
2. Spi #2 Graham Poole
1975/1976
1. True Rat #5 Roy Kettle
=2. One Off #1 Dave Bridges
=2. Stop Breaking Down #2 Greg Pickersgill
=4. Wrinkled Shrew #4 Pat Charnock
=4. Wrinkled Shrew #5 Pat Charnock
1976/1977
1. Wrinkled Shrew #7 Pat Charnock
2. Maya #11/12 Rob Jackson
1977/1978
1. True Rat #10 Roy Kettle
2. Dot #2 Kev Smith
1978/1979
1. A Ragged Trousered Pedalcyclist Dave Bridges
2. Deadloss #1 Chris Priest
=3. Seamonsters #2 Simone Walsh
=3. Twll-Ddu #14 Dave Langford

Best British Fanzine Article or Column[edit]

Place Article Writer Fanzine
1971/1972
1. 'Looking Back' Mary Legg Maya #2 and #3
1972/1973
1. 'Goblin Towers' Ian Williams Maya #4 and #5
1973/1974
1. 'OMPAcon Report' Roy Kettle True Rat #1
1974/1975
1. 'Novacon Report' Roy Kettle True Rat #5
1975/1976
1. 'The Great Seacon Freak-Out' Peter Nicholls Wrinkled Shrew #4
2. 'Slice of Life' Peter Weston Maya
=3. 'Income Taxi' Bob Shaw Maya and Mota
=3. 'Fan Memoirs' Roy Kettle Wrinkled Shrew
=5. 'Burning Hell' Greg Pickersgill Stop Breaking Down
=5. 'Goblin Towers' Ian Williams Maya
1976/1977
1. 'The State of the Art' D. West Wrinkled Shrew #7
2. 'How Not To Be A Writer' Roy Kettle Maya #12/13
3. 'Eight Days a Week' Rob Holdstock Stop Breaking Down #4
1977/1978
1. ' The Bermondsey Triangle Mystery' Bob Shaw Maya #14
2. ' Wish You Were Here' D. West Stop Breaking Down #5
1978/1979
1. 'TAFF Report' Peter Roberts Egg #11, Nabu # 5, and Mota #27
2. 'Convention Death Wish' D. West Seamonsters #3
=3. 'Billy The Squid' Greg Pickersgill Seamonsters #2
=3. Condom' Chris Priest Seamonsters #1 and #2

Best British Revived Fanzine[edit]

Place Fanzine Editor
1971/1972
1. Fouler Greg Pickersgill & Roy Kettle
Not listed in later years.

Best British Fan Writer[edit]

Place Writer
1971/1972
1. Graham Boak
2. Bob Shaw
3. Terry Jeeves
=4. Mary Legg
=4. Ian Williams
=4. Thom Penman
1972/1973
1. Ian Williams
2. Graham Boak
3. John Brosnan
4. John Piggott
5. Rob Holdstock
=6. Peter Roberts
=6. Terry Jeeves
8. Peter Weston
9. Bob Shaw
=10. Lisa Conesa
=10. Alan Burns
1973/1974
1. Malcolm Edwards
2. Greg Pickersgill
3. John Brosnan
4. Graham Boak
5. Ian Williams
6. Leroy Kettle
=7. Dave Rowe
=7. Jack Marsh
9. Peter Roberts
10. Andrew Stephenson
1974/1975
1. Leroy Kettle
2. John Brosnan
3. Peter Roberts
4. Greg Pickersgill
5. Pat Charnock
6. Graham Boak
7. Bob Shaw
=8. Ian Williams
=8. Paul Skelton
10. Eric Bentcliffe
1975/1976
1. Leroy Kettle
2. Bob Shaw
3. Greg Pickersgill
4. Peter Roberts
5. Graham Charnock
6. Peter Weston
7. Ian Williams
8. John Brosnan
=9. Pat Charnock
=9. D. West
1976/1977
1. Leroy Kettle
2. Graham Charnock
3. D. West
4. Dave Langford
5. Greg Pickersgill
6. Bob Shaw
7. Peter Weston
=8. Rob Holdstock
=8. Tom Perry
=10. David Bridges
=10. Peter Roberts
1977/1978
1. Dave Langford
2. Leroy Kettle
3. Bob Shaw
4. Kevin Smith
5. Greg Pickersgill
6. D. West
=7. Simone Walsh
=7. David Bridges
9. Keith Seddon
1978/1979
1. Dave Langford
2. Simone Walsh
3. D. West
=4. Chris Priest
=4. Kevin Smith
6. Peter Roberts
7. Greg Pickersgill
8. David Bridges
9. Rob Holdstock
10. Bob Shaw

Best British Fan Artist[edit]

Place Artist
1971/1972
1. Harry Bell
2. Kevin Cullen
3. Dave Rowe
4. Terry Jeeves
5. Andrew Stephenson
6. Arthur Thomson
1972/1973
1. Harry Bell
2. Andrew Stephenson
3. Dave Rowe
4. Kevin Cullen
5. Terry Jeeves
6. Arthur Thomson
7. Jim Pitts
8. Brian Frost
1973/1974
1. Andrew Stephenson
2. Harry Bell
3. Harry Turner
4. Dave Rowe
=5. Arthur Thomson
=5. Penny Grant
7. Paul Skelton
=8. Eddie Jones
=8. Dave Britton
=10. Jim Cawthorn
=10. Kevin Cullen
1974/1975
1. Harry Bell
2. Harry Turner
3. Andrew Stephenson
4. Dave Rowe
5. Paul Skelton
6. Jim Pitts
7. Terry Jeeves
=8. Dicky Howett
=8. Steve Jones
10. John Mottershead
1975/1976
1. Harry Bell
2. Harry Turner
3. Paul Dillon
4. Terry Jeeves
5. Dave Rowe
6. Paul Skelton
7. D. West
=8. Jim Cawthorn
=8. Lisa Conesa
=8. Eaianne Cooke
=8. Paul Ryan
=8. Arthur Thomson
1976/1977
1. Harry Bell
2. Jim Barker
3. D. West
4. Tony Schofield
5. Jon Langford
6. Terry Jeeves
7. Carol Gregory
1977/1978
1. Harry Bell
2. Jim Barker
3. D. West
=4. Jon Langford
=4. Alan Hunter
6. Tony Schofield
1978/1979
1. Jim Barker
2. Harry Bell
3. Rob Hansen
4. D. West
5. Jon Langford

Best British Fanzine Cover[edit]

Place Fanzine Artist
1972/1973
1. Cypher #9 Kevin Cullen
2. Zimri #4 Alan Hunter
=3. Zimri #3 Andrew Stephenson
=3. Macrocosm #3 Andrew Stephenson
1973/1974
1. Zimri #5 Harry Turner
1974/1975
1. Zimri #6 Harry Turner
2. Seacon Programme Book Andrew Stephenson
1975/1976
1. Maya #9 Harry Bell
=2. Maya #8 Harry Turner
=2. Maya #10 David Hardy
=4. Cynic #9 Harry Bell
=4 Zimri #8 Harry Turner
1976/1977
'Ten covers from ten different fanzine titles were nominated. No winners, however.'
1977/1978
1. Siddhartha #8 Harry Bell
2. Maya #14 Angus McKie
1978/1979
1. Wrinkled Shrew #8 Anon (possibly Graham Charnock)
2. Twll-Ddu #14 Harry Bell

Award 1971—1979
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