Banana Wings

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Banana Wings Issue 7 Cover art by Harry Turner 1990

Banana Wings is a British science fiction fanzine edited by Claire Brialey and Mark Plummer. They have won the Nova Award for Best Fanzine five times. It has also been nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Fanzine

While many of the contributors are British such as Tanya Brown, Graham Charnock, Dave Langford (Ansible), Max, Greg Pickersgill (Rastus Johnson's Cakewalk), and Maureen Kincaid Speller, Banana Wings enjoys a readership on both sides of the Atlantic and in Australia.

Other contributors include Sandra Bond (QuasiQuote), rich brown (crifanac), Chris Garcia, John Hertz, Tony Keen, Paul Kincaid, Catherine Pickersgill, Curt Philips, David Redd, James Shields, and Taral Wayne (DNQ)

Art work has been contributed by Harry Turner (Zenith) and Taral Wayne (DNQ).

The zine's name comes from the combination of Mark's former zine, Banana Skins, and Claire's former zine Waxen Wings.