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Some members of FAPA were around ten years ago ... many are newcomers to Fandom. With the hope that this information will bring back memories to the Old Guard and inform the New Ranks, we reprint here some of the results of Widner's First Poll (1941) as supplied by Gerry de la Ree, and with them the corresponding results of the NFFF Laureate Poll of 1950.
| Pro Authors ('41) | ('50) | Pro Artists ('41) | ('50) |
| 1. Campbell-Stuart | Bradbury | 1. Finlay | Cartier |
| 2. Weinbaum | Sturgeon | 2. Paul | Finlay |
| 3. EE Smith | Shiras | 3. Wesso | Bonestell |
| 4. de Camp | Anderson | 4. Cartier | Bok |
| 5. H.G.Wells | Schmitz | 5. Bok | Vincent |
| 6. Williamson | Knight | ||
| 7. Merritt | McDonald | ||
| 8. Lovecraft | Reynolds | ||
| 9. Taine | Simak | ||
| 10.Keller | Heinlein |
| Fans ('41) | ('50) | Fanzine ('41) | ('50) |
| 1. Ackerman | R. Lavender | 1. Spaceways | Fanscient |
| 2. Tucker | Firestone | 2. Le Zombie | S-F Newsletter |
| 3. Moskowitz | Higgs | 3. Stardust | Nekromantikon |
| 4. Lowndes | Winne | 4. Alchemist | TNFF |
| 5. Warner | Slater | 5. V.O.M. | Fantasy Times |
| 6. Wollheim | Rapp | 6. Fantasy News | Shangri-La |
| 7. Madle | Moskowitz | 7. Pluto | Futurist |
| 8. Fortier | Venable | 8. Snide | Slant |
| 9. Sykora | Austin | 9. Comet | Operation Fantast |
| 10.Widner | Ackerman | 10.Fanfare | Spacewarp |
Data entry by Judy Bemis
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