Golden Caterpillar Awards

Joke awards, and a few more serious ones, presented by Paul Stevens.

1970

• John Bangsund for Most Optimistic Fan of the Year
• John Foyster for The Fan with the Biggest Beard
• David Grigg for The Most Productive Fan of 1970

1982

• Jean Weber for furthering relations between the sexes through her article "How to Handle a Woman"

1983

(presented at Syncon '83)

• June Taubman for Tactful Remark of the Year
• Merv Binns for Soliciting Business for the Australian and the International Telecommunications Networks
• Julie Vaux for Services to word-of-mouth Advertising
• Peter Toluzzi for doing what he did to Australian fandom and then getting out in time
• John Packer for Services to "triffids" and for redefining the word "vermin"
• Leigh Edmonds for Successful integration into the middle classes
• Special Award to the Advertising Department of Granada Publishing for their advertising of "Bladerunner"

1984

(presented at Eureka!con)

• Michael Hailstone for his letters to ASFN
• John Alderson for putting the 'ist' into 'sexist'
• Cath McDonnell for her contributions to equal opportunity
• Daniel Heap for carrying on the Jeff Harris tradition of misuse of rubber chickens
• a Common Marmoset
• Diana Hawthorn for uncovering the cover

and one 'nice' Golden Caterpillar Award to

• 'Transfinite AudioVisuals' for their selfless contribution to Australian conventions

1985

(presented at Aussiecon Two)

• Carey Handfield

1986

(presented at Swancon XI)

• Ian Nichols for the unknown deed that made him think he should have won an award at Aussiecon II
• John Hall-Freeman for being crazy enough to open a science fiction bookshop and then proving the charge by opening another one
• Grant Stone for starting the fannish baby boom
• Barbara de la Hunty for her exposé at an Aussiecon II room party which showed exactly what Perth fans are made of
• Jack Herman for having the courage of his convictions
• Jeff Harris for the Texas Chainsaw Business Meeting, Adelaide 1985

the 'Rat Leaving the Ship' award to

• Justin Ackroyd

and "Good Guy Awards" to

• Jay Plester
• Sally Beasley
• Cindy Evans

1989

(presented at Swancon 14)

• Jacob Blake

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Award

1970—1989

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