Apanage

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Apanage is a bi-monthly apa focused on children's fantasy founded December 1970 by Michael Dobson. Its Official Organ is The Phantom Tollbooth, given that name in mailing 36; it was the title of Dobson's original apazine.

Apanage began as a monthly apa with rotating OEs, but this lasted only four mailings; the fifth, due out in April 1971, was published three days after the sixth in August 1971, after Joanne Burger took over as OE. The mailing switched to bi-monthly in even-numbered months with the eighth mailing in October 1971, and the apa name, which had been variously “APANAGE” and “APA-XY”, was set to the former after two rounds of balloting. The apa later switched to odd-numbered months effective with Apanage 34 in March 1976, and its name subsequently became the mixed-case "Apanage".

Since the switch, mailings have appeared every January, March, May, July, September, and November. The 100th mailing, in March 1987, was the longest to date: 760 pages. The apa’s 50th anniversary mailing, Apanage 303, was published in January 2021. As of January 2025, the apa has 16 members and 4 honorary members. Mailings run in the neighborhood of 200 printed pages, and typically have 100% participation. There has very little turnover in membership in the 2020s.

Although the emphasis on children’s fantasy has faded somewhat over the decades, authors in the genre have been members or honorary members, including Jane Yolen, Diane Duane, Tamora Pierce, and Diana Wynne Jones (honorary). Some members became professionally published children's and YA fantasy authors during their tenure, including Bruce Coville, Sherwood Smith, Debra Doyle and James D. Macdonald, and Mary Frances Zambreno.

Apanage is still active, with 327 mailings through January 2025. The current OE is Andrew Sigel.

Contributors and Apazines

• Ruth Berman — POOKA
• Joanne Burger — SMRGOL
• Elinor Busby — The Here&Thereian
• Bev Clark — Commot Sense
• Bruce Coville — Elf Songs
• Lisa Cowan — Mythmash
• Jim Crutchfield — Almanac
• Frank Denton — The Raven of Osskill
• Michael Dobson — The Phantom Tollbooth
• Debra Doyle — hwaet!
• Diane Duane — A Visit to Owl Springs
• Amy Falkowitz, later Amy Bradley — The Culling Flame, The Dragontamer
• John Hopfner — Return from Caer Rigor
• David Hulan — Penny-Ice and Cold Meat
• Marcia Hulan — A Grin Without a Cat, But It's the Playoffs!
• Don Keller — Hytte the Hyfthe, Inabout (as by Carlton Balfour), Maricastanha
• Signe Landon, later Signe Danler — Mind Mold, The Dancer, Rappaccini's Garden
• Devra Langsam — Muggles' Maxims, Not-So-Distant Thunder
• James D. Macdonald — Red Mike's Saloon
• Tim Marion — Epiphany, The Green Gomrath, The Apamoors
• Arthur Metzger — The Glass of the Five Jars
• Alice G. Morigi — The Looking-Glass
• Joyce O'Dell, later Joyce Odell — Alderley Edge, Further Correspondence from the Edge
• David Ortman — Dragon Teeth
• Joyce C. Peterson — Veritable Falsehoods, The Broken String, Apostrophizing the Moon
• James Robertson — Balrin and Perigrine
• Andrew Sigel — Why Not?
• Richard Small — Yellow Submarine
• Paula Sigman — Gallows Oak
• Sherwood Smith — Ale's Haven
• Jan Snyder — Gramercy, The Secret Kingdom
• Anna Vargo — small brown bear, Cardomon
• Gail B. Weiss — Returned to the Fold, Tout Ce Qui Brille
• George Wells — 'Ayn Ran' Is Narnya Spelled Backwards
• Donya White — The Luck of Pook's Hill, Luck Everlasting
• Melissa Williamson — Farther Up and Further In
• Janet Wilson — Dr. Smitheringale's Reception
• Charles Wingate — Green Bowl Special, Instant Oats
• Jane Yolen — Taradiddles
• Mary Frances Zambreno — A Silver Rod, North Country Gazette

OEs

Dates	Mailings	Editor
December 1970	1	Michael Dobson
January–March 1971	2–4	various
August 1971 – September 1978	5–49	Joanne Burger
November 1978 – March 1987	50–100	David Hulan
May 1987 – May 1998	101–167	John Hopfner
July 1998 – November 2003	168–200	Joyce C. Peterson
January 2004 – May 2022	201–311	David Hulan
July 2022 –	312–	Andrew Sigel

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