Yandro
Issue 198
Cover Art by Dan Adkins
Yandro was a science fiction fanzine by Robert "Buck" Coulson and Juanita Coulson in Wabash, Indiana, U.S.A.
It was first published in 1953 and ran till 1985, with 259 issues released. The last issue was not distributed till 1991. Yandro began life as the organ of the Eastern Indiana Science Fiction Association, originally called EISFA and edited by Juanita Wellons (before becoming Juanita Coulson) and Beverly Amers (later Beverly DeWeese). Juanita married Robert "Buck" Coulson in 1953, and he began doing book reviews for the zine. By the late 1950s the name had been changed to Yandro, derived from an old folk song in a Manly Wade Wellman story.
Yandro featured fiction, articles and reviews of books and fanzines.
Contributions of writing included George Barr, Ruth Berman (All Mimsy, Inside Star Trek, SH - sf Fanthology), John Brunner (Noise Level), L. Sprague de Camp, E.J. 'Ted' Carnell (Novae Terrae), Raymond L. Clancy, Alan Dodd (Camber), Elizabeth Fishman, John Foyster, Joe Hensley, Dennis Lien, Dave Locke (Awry), Allen Mardis, Derek Nelson, Alexei Panshin, Seth Poole, Jerry Pournelle, Gene Roddenberry, George Scithers (Amra), Robert Silverberg (Spaceship), Don and Maggie Thompson (Comic Art), Bjo Trimble (Shangri L'Affaires, Pas-Tell), Bob Tucker (Le Zombie), Ted White (Gambit), Gene Wolfe, and Roger Zelazny.
Contributions of art work came from Dan Adkins (Sata Illustrated), George Barr, Sherna Burley (Spockanalia), Jim Cawthorn, Richard Delap, Margaret Dominick (as DEA), Richard Flinchbaugh, George Foster, Robert E. Gilbert (REG), Alexis Gilliland, Jay Kinney (Nope!), David Lewton, Dave Locke, Brian Lumley, Dan Osterman, Dave Prosser, William Rotsler, Dick Schultz (En Garde), Randy Scott, Reg Smith, Mike Symes, ATom (The ATom Anthology).
Covers were by Herb Beach, Jim Cawthorn, Kurt Erichsen, Jackie Franke (Dilemma, Resolution), Robert E. Gilbert, Cynthia Goldstone, Ken Haas III, Fred Jacobic, Lea Reed, William Rotsler, Stu Shiffman (Raffles), Al Sirois, Taral Wayne (DNQ), and the Yandro logo was by Arthur Thomson (ATom).
Letters came from Philip Jose Farmer and Fredric Wertham, among others.
Yandro won the Hugo Award for Best Fanzine in 1965. It was nominated every year from 1958 to 1967.
Juanita Coulson was also the publisher and co-editor, with Kay Anderson, of ST-Phile.
