Rusty Honored

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PulpFest -- the annual convention for pulp fiction fans -- has been giving out a service award every year to recognize the efforts and involvement of people within that field. Our friend Rusty Hevelin was heavily involved in creating and helping to run first PulpCon and then PulpFest over the decades. The Pulpfest Committee announced this the other day, following Rusty's death:

"The Munsey is a prestigious award given each year at PulpFest to the person deemed most worthy by the majority of his or her peers. It recognizes the efforts and ongoing involvement of the recipient in the improvement, elevation, and continuance of keeping the pulps alive and well.

As a result of the recent death of one of the organizers and stalwarts of the hobby, PulpFest is announcing that henceforth the award will be called The Rusty Hevelin Service Award, or, in short, the Rusty.

Hopefully, this will be accepted as a tribute and memory to a man who was influential in making PulpFest and its predecessors as successful as they are today."

Rusty would be proud, I think, and this is a wonderful way to remember him. Excellent move, PulpFest!