File 770

File 770 is a long-running science fiction fanzine, newszine, and blog site published and administered by Mike Glyer. It has been published every year since 1978, and has won a record eight Hugo Awards for Best Fanzine, with the first win in 1984 and the latest in 2018.<ref name="SFE"/>Template:Efn

File 770 is named after a legendary room party held in Room 770 at Nolacon, the 9th World Science Fiction Convention, in New Orleans in 1951.Template:Efn Glyer started File 770 in 1978 as a mimeographed print fanzine to report on fan clubs, conventions, fannish projects, fans, fanzines and SF awards.<ref name="SFE"/><ref name="f127"/> In the 1990s, Glyer moved production of the fanzine to computer desktop publishing, and on January 15, 2008, he began publishing File 770 as a blog on the internet.<ref name="f128"/>

A print version of File 770 was produced until 2016. eFanzines.com began hosting PDF versions of the paper issues in 2005.<ref name="f128"/>

Awards

File 770 has won the Hugo Award for Best Fanzine eight times, in 1984,<ref name="Hugo84"/> 1985,<ref name="Hugo85"/> 1989,<ref name="Hugo89"/> 2000,<ref name="Hugo00"/> 2001,<ref name="Hugo01"/> 2008,<ref name="Hugo08"/> 2016,<ref name="Hugo09"/> and 2018.<ref name="Hugo18"/> It has received a total of thirty-one nominations over four decades.<ref name=SFADB/> Glyer himself has also won the Hugo Award for Best Fan Writer four times for his work on File 770.<ref name=SFADB/> Writing in The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, Rob Hansen and David Langford described the zine as evoking a strong feeling of community.<ref name="SFE"/>

Hugo Award for Best Fanzine: File 770

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In his 2018 Hugo acceptance speech, Glyer recused himself and File 770 from future nominations.<ref name=2018-hugo-ceremony/> The next year, File 770 received enough votes to qualify for the Hugo ballot; it was not listed due to the recusal.<ref name=2019-hugo-results/>

External links

• File 770 the official website
• File 770 at eFanzines