The last day of each April is the deadline for members of the pulp community to nominate their fellows for the Munsey Award. So on the 18th of May 2009, the following message was posted to the PulpFest website.

2009 Munsey Award Nominees

The PulpFest Organizing Committee is proud to announce that art designer and illustrator Chris Kalb, researcher and indexer Steve Miller, researcher and editor Garyn Roberts, Coming Attractions’ Bill Thom, Anthony Tollin, publisher of Doc Savage and The Shadow, Battered Silicon Dispath Box publisher George Vanderburgh, and Dan Zimmer, editor and publisher of Illustration Magazine are the candidates for the 2009 Munsey Award. Additional details concerning each nominee can be found in the Munsey Award section of the PulpFest website.

The seven nominees were selected by the general pulp community over a period of several months. PulpFest Organizing Committee members as well as winners of the Lamont Award--a service award that had been presented by Pulpcon–were not eligible for the 2009 Munsey Award. The nominees’ names have been forwarded to a committee made up of the 25 living Lamont Award winners who will decide upon this year’s award winner.

The recipient of the 2009 Munsey Award, a limited edition print designed by artist and pulp enthusiast David Saunders, will be revealed at a special breakfast open to all PulpFest 2009 registrants. It will be held on Sunday, August 2 from 8-10 AM at the Ramada Plaza Hotel and Convention Center in Columbus, Ohio. Additional details concerning this event are forthcoming.