Thanks
This award has been made possible by the help of many, many people. This page is to show my appreciation to them for their hard work and support.
Many thanks first must go to Peggy White, and to her family, Patricia and Patrick Larkin, for their support, help, and encouragement, and for access to James' library and workbook.
I would like to thank the Judges for the year 2000:
Michael Carroll, David Langford, Morgan Llywelyn, David Pringle and
Michael Scott.
Thank to our sponsors:
Hughes and Hughes
Interzone
Many thanks also to the judges of the preliminary rounds:
Alan Beattie, Michael Carroll, Gerry Doyle, Rory Lennon, Bobby McLaughlin,
Noreen Monahan, David Stewart and, last but not least, Pádraig
Ó Méalóid.
I would like to thank Jacinta and her team at the Irish Writers' Centre for going out of their way to help us with the presentation.
The Website was made possible by the tuition and patience of Michael O'Connor, the diligence of James Shields, the eagle eye of Pádraig Ó Méalóid, and the technical support of Colm Buckley.
Thanks must also go to: David Stewart, who has been instrumental in helping to publicise the award; Ylva Spångberg, our Northern Europe agent; Stefan Lancaster, Michael Carroll, and Pádraig Ó Méalóid for all the difficult "rabbit out of a hat" odd jobs; Brewmeister Michael O'Connor for the beer; all of the above for their stoic support; Anne Stokes for her stunning and beautiful design that is the award logo; Graham Andrews for his excellent bio-bibliography; Brendan Ryder for permission to use his interview with James White; and of course to all those who entered, to those who spread the word, to the bookshops who put up flyers and posters, to the fans who gave their enthusiastic help -at cons and elsewhere- and to Ms Alix Langridge for her personal support.
The James White Award is dedicated to the memory of a true gentleman, a great writer, a born entertainer, and a friend to all fans, James White.
James Bacon
Award administrator
