Oziana

Zine
Title:	Oziana
Publisher:	International Wizard of Oz Club
Editor(s):	Fred M. Meyer, Gary Ralph, Jay Delkin, Robin Olderman, Joel Harris, J. L. Bell, Marcus Mebes, Gina Wickwar
Date(s):	1971–present
Frequency:	Annual
Medium:	print zine
Fandom:	Wizard of Oz
Language:	English
External Links:	http://ozclub.org/oziana/
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Oziana is a gen Wizard of Oz anthology of articles and art. This zine was published by the International Wizard of Oz Club. They describe this magazine as follows:

Oziana is the creative magazine of the International Wizard of Oz Club, featuring the best in new Oz short fiction and poetry. Each annual issue contains at least three original stories, fully illustrated in black and white, and a colorful cover.

The Oz Club launched the magazine in 1971 as a way for members to share their fictional work. It thus appeared near the beginning of the “fan fiction” movement (back when this form of writing was called “pastiche”).

There have been over 50 issues published annually (with some exceptions).

1970s

Oziana 1 was published in 1971.

Oziana 2 was published in 1972 and contains 24 pages.

Oziana 3 was published in 1973 and contains 24 pages.

Oziana 4 was published in 1974 and contains 24 pages.

Oziana 5 was published in 1975 and contains 30 pages. On the cover: "They Were Flying over THE RAINBOW BRIDGE."

Oziana 6 was published in 1976 and contains 24 pages. It contains the OZ Alphabet by Eubank.

Oziana 7 was published in 1977. Contents include "A Map for Ruth Plumly Thompson", poetry by Ruth Berman; "Two Friendships" by Stanley Worden; "Glinda and the Red Jinn" by Robert R. Pattrick; "What If They Had Taken the Other Path?" by Jay Delkin; and more. Black and white art throughout.

Oziana 8 was published in 1978 and contains 32 pages.

Oziana 9 was published in 1979. Includes "Gloma (The Wishing Horse of Oz)" by Ruth Berman.

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  cover of issue #2

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  cover of issue #3

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  cover of issue #4

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  cover of issue #5

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  cover of issue #6

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  cover of issue #8

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  cover of issue #9

1980s

Oziana 10 was published in 1980.

Oziana 11 was published in 1981.

Oziana 12 was published in 1982.

Oziana 13 was published in 1983.

Oziana 14 was published in 1984.

Oziana 15 was published in 1985.

Oziana 16 was published in 1986.

Oziana 17 was published in 1987.

Oziana 18, subtitled The Oz Transformation Game, was published in 1988.

Oziana 19 was published in 1989.

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  cover of issue #14

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  cover of issue #15

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  cover of issue #16

1990s

Oziana 20 was published in 1990.

Oziana 21 was published in 1991.

Oziana 22 was published in 1992.

Oziana 23 was published in 1993.

Oziana 24 was published in 1994.

Oziana 25 was published in 1995.

Oziana 26 was published in 1996.

Oziana 27 was published in 1997.

Oziana 28 was published in 1998.

Oziana 29 was published in 1999.

2000s

Oziana 30 was published in 2000.

Oziana 31 was published in 2001.

Oziana 32 was published in 2002.

Oziana 33 was published in 2003.

Oziana 34 was published in 2004.

Oziana 35 was published in 2005.

Oziana 36 was published in 2006.

Oziana 37 was published in 2009. Cover art is by Kevenn T. Smith. Contents include "As the Rainbow Follows the Rain" by Jeff Rester, "The Magic Door to Oz" by Johanna Buchner and Paul Ritz, and "Bastinda and the Winged Lion" by Sergei Sukhinov. It was advertised as the final issue. There was nearly a 3-year break in the publication schedule here, although they try to make that up between 2011 and 2012.

I now hold in my hand the thirty-seventh and final (at least according to the advertisements) issue of Oziana, the International Wizard of Oz Club's sorta-annual fiction magazine. It's sad to see it ending, as Oziana has brought so many excellent stories in the past thirty-odd years. In various issues, we learned about the origins of the Red Jinn, the back story of the tailor who made the Wogglebug's first outfit, the further misadventures of Mrs. Yoop, a resolution for Kiki Aru, and an account of how there came to be a considerate Kalidah in Oz. Not to mention that it's the only professional publication to have included one of my own stories. So why is it ending? Well, apparently it has something to do with the inner politics of the Club, which I hear are quite complex and divisive, even though most of us dues-paying members aren't privy to them. Come on, can't they rule in a kind and altruistic way like Ozma? Then again, Ozma DID try to have Dorothy's kitten executed. It would have been more appropriate for them to have cranked out ten more issues, since there are some strong suggestions that forty-seven was L. Frank Baum's favorite number, but what are you going to do?

2010s

Oziana 38 was published in 2011, and contains 40 pages. It is also referred to as Oziana 2008, although the cover shows "Oziana 38".

As of issue #39, the issues were primarily referred to just by publication year, and that is all that appears on the covers, with no issue numbers. It appears that many issues, if not all, referred to themselves internally by their relative issue number.

Oziana 2009/2010 was re-published in 2012, as a second edition, in a dos-a-dos format, with covers on each side. The total page length is 40 pages. We do not know if they were published as separate publications in those years, or whether it was only published as a double issue. The publication date for issue #38 implies a disruption in the publication schedule.

Oziana 2011 was published in 2011, and contains 48 pages.

Oziana 2012 was published in 2012, and contains 48 pages.

Oziana 2013 was published in 2013, and contains 56 pages.

Oziana 2014 was published in 2014, and contains 40 pages. This is also referred to internally as issue #44.

Oziana 2015 was published in 2015, and contains 40 pages.

Oziana 2016 was published in 2016, celebrates the 100th anniversary of Baum's 10th Oz novel, and contains 90 pages.

Oziana 2017 was published in 2017.

Oziana 2018 was published in 2018.

Oziana 2019 was published in 2019.

2020s

Oziana 2020 was published in 2020.

Oziana 2021 was published in 2021.

Oziana 2022 was published in 2022.

50th Anniversary Readings

In 2021, The Official Oz Club held a "50 Years, 50 Stories" celebration of Oziana's anniversary. They posted 50 Years of Oziana, a weekly YouTube video series of stories from Oziana read aloud by the author or another fan.

	Story	Author	Published	Reader	Date
1	Sherlock Holmes in Oz	Ruth Berman	1971	Jane Albright	2021-01-10
2	Mr. Thinman in Oz	Fred M. Meyer and Adrienne Martinez	1972	Peter E. Hanff	2021-17-01
3	The Patchwork Girl and the Giant	Harry Mongold	1971	Susan Johnson	2021-01-24
4	The Mysterious Palace of Voe	Jay Delkin	1974	Ryan Bunch	2021-01-31
5	It's Tuesday; This Must Be Oz	Mary Reynolds	1972	Mary Reynolds & Eric Gjovaag	2021-02-07
6	Tempus Temporis in Terra	George Van Buren	1973	Michael Gessel	2021-02-14
7	The Ice Cream Man of Oz	Jim VanderNoot	1985	Jim Vander Noot	2021-02-21
8	Glinda and the Red Jinn	Robert Pattrick	1977	John L. Bell	2021-02-28
9	A Sideways View of the Nonestic Islands	Martha Cornag	1988	Blair Frodelius	2021-03-07
10	The Northeast Wind in Oz	Wendy Roth	1988	Wendy Roth	2021-03-14
11	The Woozy's Tale	Gili Bar-Hillel Semo	1992	Gili Bar-Hillel Semo	2021-03-21
12	Zimbo and the Magic Amulet	George Van Buren	1978	Susan Johnson	2021-03-28
13	The Blue Raindrops of Oz	Camilla Townsend	1984	Camilla Townsend	2021-04-03
14	Rated G for Glinda	Leroy Fleming (Rob Roy McVeigh)	1989	Eric Gjovaag	2021-04-10
15	Billy Bumble of Oz	Jane Albright	1994	Jane Albright	2021-04-17
16	The Dollmaker of Oz	Karyl Carlson	1995	Karyl Carlson	2021-04-24
17	Button Bright and the Knit Wits of Oz	Jim Vander Noot	1987	Jim Vander Noot	2021-05-01
18	The Threat of Civil-Oz-Ation	Dan Cox	1975	Sarah Crotzer	2021-05-08
19	Santa Claus in Oz	Tim Hollis	1986	Karyl Carlson	2021-05-15
20	The Gauds of Oz	David Hulan	1999	Brianna East	2021-05-22
21	Kabumpo Finds a Frond	Atticus Gannaway	1998	Atticus Gannaway	2021-05-29
22	The Grabbit Rabbit of Oz	Robin Olderman	1998	Ed Brody	2021-06-05
23	An Oz Cliffhanger (Part 2)	Gina Wickwar	2001	Gina Wickwar	2021-06-12 – 2021-06-19
24	Follow the Other Brick Road	Fred Otto	1989	Blair Frodelius	2021-06-26
25	The Cowardly Lion and the Courage Pills	Glenn Ingersoll	1982	Glenn Ingersoll	2021-07-03
26	The Merchant of Oz (Part 2)	Charles Sabatos	1993	Charles Sabatos	2021-07-10 – 2021-07-17
27	The Patchwork Girl's Pet	Peter Schulenburg	2005	Peter Schulenburg	2021-07-10
28	Umbrella Island in Oz (Part 2) (Part 3)	Ruth Waara	1996	Susan Johnson	2021-07-24 – 2021-08-07
29	A Bungled Kidnapping in Oz	David Hulan	2004	Sam Milazzo	2021-08-14
30	Cat and Mouse in Oz	Margaret Koontz	2002	Ed Brody	2021-08-20
31	Bud and the Red Jinn	Jared Davis	2011	Karyl Carlson	2021-08-27
32	The Harvest Ball	Gina Wickwar	2013	Susan Johnson	2021-09-04
33	Polychrome Visits the Sea Fairies	Gina Wickwar	2008	Gina Wickwar	2021-09-11
34	The Way of a Lion	Jared Davis	2013	Susan Johnson	2021-09-18
35	The Red Desert of Oz (Part 2)	Nathan Dehoff	2005	Nathan Dehoff	2021-09-25
36	Bitsy the Patchwork Cat of Oz	Jane Albright	2019	Jane Albright	2021-10-02
37	How the Cowardly Lion Met the Hungry Tiger	Judy Bieber	1980	Susan Johnson	2021-10-09
38	The New Fellow	John Bell	2014	Bonnie Wall	2021-10-15
39	Roselawn	Jay Davis	2014	Clara Rodriguez de Blas	2021-10-23
40	The Malevolent Mannequin in Oz	Joe Bongiorno	2015	Bonnie Wall	2021-10-30
41	The Trouble with the Magic Belt	Steve Teller	2009	Susan Johnson	2021-11-06
42	The Fabulous Frogman and the Faith of Freakish Friends	Joe Bongiorno	2018	Susan Johnson	2021-11-13
43	Polychrome's Sky School	Paul Dana	2020	Susan Johnson	2021-11-20
44	As the Rainbow Follows the Rain	Jeffrey Rester	2007	Eric Gjovaag	2021-11-27
45	Thy Fearful Symmetry	Jeff Rester	2008	Lynn Edmonds	2021-12-07
46	A Christmas Tree for Dorothy	Jane Albright	1992	Jane Albright	2021-12-10
47	Rinkitink in Oz: An Alternative Ending	Karen Diket	2016	Susan Johnson	2021-12-17
47	A Week with Mr. Baum (Part 2)	Laura DeNooyer	2021	Laura DeNooyer	2022-01-02 – 2022-01-07
49	Always Look a Gift Goat in the Mouth	Jared Davis	2011	Karyl Carlson	2022-01-16
50	Journal of a Journey	Mary Rakestraw	1979	Susan Johnson	2022-02-06

External Links

• Introduction to Oziana by Susan Johnson, Membership Secretary of the International Wizard of Oz Club for the 50th anniversary of Oziana
• Gary Ralph on "Oziana", "memories of the first issue of 'Oziana' on the fiftieth anniversary of its birth" from the zine's founder
• Oziana at The Internet Speculative Fiction Database