GUFF was created as The Get Up-and-over Fan Fund in 1978, to complete the triangle whose existing sides were TAFF (the TransAtlantic Fan Fund, which sends sf fans between Europe and North America) and DUFF (Down Under Fan Fund, running between North America and Australia/New Zealand). Of necessity, the name changes to Going Under Fan Fund for southbound trips. (See ballot for more.) This page is maintained, irregularly, by David Langford.
GUFF Archive
- All the Past GUFF Races
- Australian Fan Funds
- Australian Fan Funds: GUFF
- GUFF Group Photo, 2010
- Dave Langford on GUFF, 1999
Current Administrators - Europe: Alison Scott – guffeurope at gmail dot com.
- Australasia: Simon Litten – littenz at gmail dot com.
Some GUFF Trip Reports - Stranger in Stranger Lands: John Foyster's 1979 Trip Report (print edition 1996; second edition on line)
- Irwin Hirsh's 1987 Trip Report
- Eric Lindsay's and Jean Weber's 2001 Trip Report
Past GUFF Ballots - 2024 GUFF ballot [PDF]
- 2014 GUFF ballot [PDF]
- 2013 GUFF ballot [PDF]
- 2012 GUFF ballot [PDF]
- 2009/2010 GUFF Ballot
- 2008 GUFF Ballot
- 2007 GUFF Ballot
- 2005 GUFF Ballot
- 2004 GUFF Ballot
- 2000 GUFF Ballot
- 1999 GUFF Ballot
- 1995 GUFF Ballot
- 1985 GUFF Ballot
- 1984 GUFF Ballot
- 1981 GUFF Ballot
- 1979 GUFF Ballot – the first!
- Candidates and Platforms from other ballots not archived in full
Past GUFF Websites - 2013 Announcements
- Great Balls of GUFF (UK home, 2009) (archived)
- GUFF 2008 (archived)
- GUFF 2007 (archived)
- GUFF 2001
Some Early Newsletters - The Northern Guffblower 1, August 1978
- The Northern Guffblower 2, November 1978
- The Northern Guffblower 3, March 1979
- The Northern Guffblower 4, May 1979
- The Northern Guffblower 5, August 1979, with Chris Priest on GUFF's founding and its first winner
- The Northern Guffblower 6, June 1980
- The Northern Guffblower 7, July 1980
- The Northern Guffblower 8, February 1981
- The Northern Guffblower 9, August 1981
- The Northern Guffblower 10, June 1982
- The Northern Guffblower 11, January 1984
- The Northern Guffblower 12, May 1985
Announcements
26 March 2024 The 2024 GUFF race is now on, with candidates Kat Clay and Ian Nichols (both from Australia) contending for the GUFF trip to the Glasgow Worldcon on 8-12 August 2024. Here are links to the PDF ballot with candidates' platforms, and to the online voting form. Voting closes on 22 April, 23:59 British Summer Time; see ballot for other time zones.
20 February 2024 GUFF administrators Alison Scott and Simon Litten have announced a new northbound race for 2024, whose winner will travel from Oceania (Australasia, Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia) to the Glasgow Worldcon on 8-12 August 2024. As usual candidates need to find nominators (two from Europe and three from Oceania), provide a platform of no more than 100 words to appear on the ballot, and deposit bond (AU$25 or NZ$25 with the administrators. The full announcement has been posted at File 770.
August 2023 Alison Scott, the 2020 GUFF winner, is at last making her delayed Australian trip this year – arriving in Sydney on 26 September, flying home from Perth on 30 October.
February 2022 Alison Scott is still waiting until it feels likely that a lengthy trip to Australia and New Zealand would not be significantly disrupted by border closures and lockdowns – that looks most likely to be during 2023 at this point. Donations to GUFF remain welcome; we expect the cost of travel to be significantly higher over the next few years than it has been recently.
October 2020 Just to catch up: Alison Scott was the 2020 GUFF winner but was unable to travel physically to the New Zealand Worldcon (CoNZealand), which could not be held as expected owing to the coronavirus pandemic. She made a spectacular virtual trip to the online Worldcon and other antipodean locations, and will follow up with actual travel when this becomes possible. • Marcin Klak has handed over the GUFF Europe email address to Alison: guffeurope at gmail dot com.
19 January 2020 GUFF 2020 candidates and ballot.
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