Juanita Coulson

Fan
Name:	Juanita Coulson
Alias(es):	JWC, Juanita W. Coulson, JW Coulson, J. Coulson, Juanita R. Wellons, John Jay Wells, John J. Wells
Type:	Fan Writer, Fan Artist, Filker, Zine Editor
Fandoms:	Star Trek TOS, Starsky & Hutch, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Lord of the Rings, Lois McMaster Bujold, Darkover.
Communities:	Leonard Nimoy Association of Fans, Eastern Indiana Science Fiction Association, Indiana Science Fiction Association , STF League of Indiana
Other:
URL:	Juanita Coulson @ Fancyclopedia 3; last.fm
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Juanita Coulson is a long-time science fiction and fantasy writer, filker, actifan (active fan), fanwriter and fanzine editor. She has been active in fandom since the 1950s, when she was introduced to the concept while a member of EISFA. She was instrumental in the zine publishing movement of the 1960s and 1970s, editing several fanzines and assisting and encouraging others to set up their own. Encouraged by Marion Zimmer Bradley, she published her first science fiction novel in 1967. She continued her involvement in fandom at the same time and had been particularly well-known for her singing and songwriting since the 1950s, having been instrumental in establishing filk at conventions.

Juanita and her husband Rob Coulson were guests of honour at the 1972 Worldcon, L.A. Con, making Juanita the first female Fan Guest of Honour. Over the years she has been the GoH at a variety of cons and as recently as 2021 was GoH at ChambanaCon 50.

An article by Juanita, Juanita Coulson's Reminiscence of Fandom in 1953, written in 2004 for the Noreasoncon #4, provides a perspective of early convention fandom and the first ever Hugo Awards:

1953 was a critical year for fandom in a great many ways. The SF magazine boom had passed its peak. Fanzine editorials and fan correspondence were filled with worried speculation that if the collapse continued there wouldn't be anything left for us to read. Such concern was valid. Remember: in 1953 the SF and Fantasy magazines drove our entire subculture; there were precious few hardbacks or paperbacks around. And fans in those days, even fannish fans, were thoroughly addicted to reading science fiction. Media SF, for the most part, just didn't exist. By and large, fans were a pretty serious bunch, still infected with leftover viruses of the technocracy-loving fandom of the 30s and 40s.

 Fancyclopedia 3. Juanita Coulson's Reminiscence of Fandom in 1953

Fan Activities (Fanac)

Zines

Editor/Publisher

Juanita collects the mail in 1968 -- from Yandro #168, artist is Juanita herself

• Devlins Review [1977] (with Buck Coulson)
• EISFA
• ISFANews
• ST-Phile
• Leonard Nimoy Association of Fans Bulletin ‎
• Vandy (with Buck Coulson)
• Yandro (with Buck Coulson) (1953-1986)

Contributor

• Spockanalia 1 (1967)
  • Art
  • "Physiologica Vulcanesis" co-written with Sherna Comerford and Kay Anderson;
  • "Vulcan Psychology, A Brief Survey of Personality Development and Life Adjustment in a Human/Vulcan Hybrid"
• Spockanalia 2 (1968)
  • Art
• Spockanalia 3 (1968)
  • Duty Briefing: Stores and Supply
• Spockanalia 5 (1970)
  • To Summon the Future (told from the point of view of Mirror Chapel, it is a Mirror Universe story.)

• Menagerie 5 (1975)
  • Ruth Berman & Juanita Coulson: Created Worlds [a transcription of the "Created Worlds Panel" (KWest*Con November 1974)]
• Starsky & Hutch Concordance (1980)
• Vulcan Reflections
  • "Physiologica Vulcanesis" co-written with Sherna Comerford and Kay Anderson;
  • "Vulcan Psychology, A Brief Survey of Personality Development and Life Adjustment in a Human/Vulcan Hybrid"
• ST-Phile 1 (1968)
  • Art
  • "One Ship's Family"
• ST-Phile 2 (1968)
  • Art
  • Star Trek: '67-'68 Season

• Yandro 168 (1967)
  • "The Roddenberry Maneuver" co-written with Kay Anderson

• Masiform D 1 (1971)
  • handcutting artwork credit
• Andúril (1967)
  • Artwork for A Meeting in the Hyades
• T-Negative #10
  • Intersection Point
• Paladin 1 (1980)
  • Art for "Snow Queen" by Kathy Esselman & Eileen Roy

Filker

Coulson has been repeatedly nominated for Pegasus Awards, winning in 2012 for Best Writer/Composer. In 1996, she was inducted into the Filk Hall of Fame at FilKONtario

Albums

• Past and Future Tense (1989)
• Border Patrol (1990) - "Neutral Zone"
• Quest (2021)

Artist

Coulson had art in several zines; some of them were Man from U.N.C.L.E. art in Paladin, Star Trek art in T-Negative, and Darkover/Tolkien art in Starstone and Andúril.

Some other art is shown below.

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  Star Trek art from T-Negative #5 in 1970

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  art from Starstone issue #1, for A Meeting in the Hyades, a Darkover/Tolkien story by Marion Zimmer Bradley

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  art from Starstone issue #1, for A Meeting in the Hyades

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  from Spockanalia issue #1, for "Star Drek"

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  from Spockanalia issue #1, from "Star Drek"

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  inside Spockanalia issue #2, Juanita Coulson

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  ST-Phile, cover of issue #2

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  ST-Phile, from issue #1

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  ST-Phile, issue 1

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  ST-Phile, back cover of issue #1

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  Plak-Tow, issue 13 back cover

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  Plak-Tow, issue 14

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  Plak-Tow issue 14

Fanfiction

• Intersection Point
• To Summon the Future
• One Ship's Family
• Duty Briefing: Stores and Supply

Meta

• Ruth Berman & Juanita Coulson: Created Worlds
• "Physiologica Vulcanesis" co-written with Sherna Comerford and Kay Anderson;
• "Vulcan Psychology, A Brief Survey of Personality Development and Life Adjustment in a Human/Vulcan Hybrid"

Professional Author

Coulson has written many books and collaborated with other authors such as Marion Zimmer Bradley

• Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction - 1963
  • "Another Rib" (as John Jay Wells, in collaboration with MZB)

• Star Trek: The New Voyages - 1976
  • Intersection Point (originally printed in T-Negative #10)

• Crisis on Cheiron - 1967 (first novel)

(see SFE: Coulson, Juanita for a full list of her novels)

Conventions

right a pitch to fans to send Buck and Juanita Coulson to the 1979 Worldcon, organized by Paula Smith

Coulson is a convention attendee and was fan guest of honor and panelist at a number of cons including

• 1972 -- L.A.Con
• 1972 -- Star Trek Lives! (convention)
• 1975 -- Kwest*Con
• 1977 -- Minicon 12
• 1980 -- Hoosier Con 1
• 1981 -- ChambanaCon 11, WisCon 5, FilkCon III, Filkcon West, Munchcon I
• 1982 -- Marcon XVII
• 1984 -- Empiricon V, OKon '84, ConClave IX
• 1985 -- ConQuesT 16
• 1986 -- MileHiCon 18
• 1991 -- Con*Stellation X, ConChord 7, Marcon 26
• 1994 -- OVFF 10
• 1995 -- Rivercon XX
• 1997 -- Marcon 32
• 1998 -- DeepSouthCon 36, ConClave XXIII
• 1999 -- GAFilk 1
• 2001 -- Boskone 38
• 2004 -- ChambanaCon 34
• 2005 -- Consonance 2005, Apollocon 2005
• 2010 -- ReConStruction, ConClave 35, Toastmaster at Conterpoint 2010
• 2011 -- OVFF 27
• 2018 -- Marcon 53
• 2021 -- Chambanacon 50

Awards

• 1965 -- Best Fanzine Hugo - for Yandro
• 1996 -- FilKONtario Filk Hall of Fame
• 2012 -- Big Heart Award at Chicon 7, Pegasus Award for Best Writer/Composer
• 2014 -- DUFF award
• first recipient of the N3F's Ralph M. Holland Award.

Interviews

• Ruth Berman & Juanita Coulson: Created Worlds (1974)
• Interview: Juanita Coulson (2003)
• Fanac.org Fan History Zoom session with Juanita Coulson Part 1 (2021)
• Fanac.org Fan History Zoom session with Juanita Coulson Part 2 (2021)

Further Reading

• Juanita Coulson at Wikipedia
• Juanita Coulson at SF Encyclopedia