Fantasy Amateur Press Association

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Founded in 1937 by the science fiction fan, author and editor Donald Wollheim, the Fantasy Amateur Press Association (FAPA) is science fiction fandom's longest-established amateur press association ("apa").

Mailings are collated quarterly in February, May, August and November. Members are expected to produce at least eight pages of material per year (in the case of new members, this minimum activity or "minac" must be completed nine months into their first year). A sufficient number of copies (covering the membership and a few extra to account for mailings lost in delivery) of each members' publication is sent to a central Official Editor, who collates identical mailings and publishes the quarterly official organ, The Fantasy Amateur. As with most such organizations, much of the material is generated from "mailing comments," feedback on previous editions.

FAPA's maximum membership has been set at 65 since the early 1940s, although this figure has not been reached since the late 1990s (as of early 2008, membership had dropped to around 35).

Officers are elected each August. In 2007, the sf and fantasy author Robert Silverberg was elected as FAPA's president for 2008.