Brian Duguid is the 2026 recipient of the Greg Stafford Memorial Award for Gloranthan Fandom

This month marks the eighth anniversary of Greg Stafford's passing, and we are pleased to announce Brian Duguid as the winner of the 2026 Greg Stafford Memorial Award for Gloranthan Fandom.

This award was established in November 2018 in memory of Chaosium's revered founder and original creative visionary Greg Stafford. With the blessing of Greg's family Chaosium will occasionally and irregularly present the award to recognise a significant and exceptional contribution to Glorantha fandom in a current year.

After releasing several well-received Jonstown Compendium titles in the last several years, in 2026 Brian has released Jonstown Voices, a 192-page book that collects sixty "What my Elders Told Me" texts. These illuminate the cultures of Glorantha through the voices of the world's inhabitants. All up, some 37 Jonstown Compendium writers and artists contributed to the book.

Brian says he created Jonstown Voices as a tribute "not just to the richness and depth of the fictional world of Glorantha (celebrating its sixtieth anniversary in 2026!), but also to the creativity and diversity of its fan community." 

On receiving the award, Brian said:

"I never met Greg Stafford but we corresponded briefly in 1988, when I sent him a copy of my fanzine, Dear Whoever. He very kindly wrote back, commenting on one of my articles, and answering some of my questions. He was surprised that I knew the secret of Gloranthan elf genitalia. I was surprised and delighted that he took the time and care to reply at all. Very soon afterwards, I was in touch with David Hall and Matthew Tudor, and beginning my first brief adventure in Gloranthan fandom by supporting the publication of Tales of the Reaching Moon in 1989. I loved the RPG fandom of this period: people involved were generous with their time and enthusiasm, and in Tales they had creative freedom in how they approached Glorantha as a setting.

When I came back to Glorantha after many years away, I was genuinely impressed to see what Chaosium was now doing with RuneQuest and its setting. 

I was intrigued to find that the company was now run by some of the very fans who had cut their teeth on Tales and similar projects. Best of all, it was and is run by people who understand the value of saying "yes" to the fan community, and giving those fans the space to be imaginative, and be valued for what they create.

The Jonstown Voices project was a chance to pay tribute not just to the richness and depth of Glorantha (just in time for the setting's 60th anniversary!), and the legacy of Greg Stafford and its other early creators, but to the creativity and diversity of the whole fan community.

I'm just the curator, grateful to all those who went before us, and proud to dedicate the book and this award to some of the fans who are no longer with us: Braeden Harpool, Bud Baird, Ian Straus, and Dario Corallo. It is a privilege to have the chance to be part of it all."

Jonstown Voices is available in PDF format in the Jonstown Compendium at DriveThruRPG.

Previous recipients of the Greg Stafford Memorial Award for Gloranthan Fandom are:

• Lev Lafayette (2018), the driving force behind successfully bringing back RQ Con Down Under after a hiatus of twenty years.
• Martin Helsdon (2019), author of the monumental fan work The Armies and Enemies of Dragon Pass, based on Greg's writings.
• Nick Brooke (2020), for his passionate advocacy of the Jonstown Compendium, Chaosium's community content platform for Glorantha on DriveThruRPG.
• Katrin Dirim (2021), for her vibrant Gloranthan art, inspired by art styles from antiquity and the middle ages and capturing the essence of mythology.
• Andrew Logan Montgomery (2022), creator of the critically acclaimed and bestselling Six Seasons in Sartar trilogy in the Jonstown Compendium.
• Mark Smylie (2023), artist whose beautifully-detailed artwork has brought Jonstown Compendium authors’ imagined Gloranthan scenes vividly to life.
• David Hall, Kevin Jacklin, Dan Barker, and David Cheng (2024) for reviving the epic 50 player freeform game Home of the Bold at Chaosium Con in Ann Arbor in April after a hiatus of 24 years, opening the experience to a brand new audience of gamers. 
• William "Bud" Baird (2025) who on his YouTube channel enjoyed taking on esoteric, complex, or little-known topics, presenting the lore clearly and approachably. Bud particularly enjoyed doing deep dives into Greg Stafford's world of Glorantha.