Newsies Mailing List

The Newsies Mailing List was a mailing list in the Newsies fandom known for connecting fans across sites and preferences. It was created online in 1998 but existed in a less organized fashion as early as 1996.NML Page on Uhm and Relic's Newsie Keepsake There were over 770 members by 2003.Newsies Mailing List Yahoo! Group The member count was down to 502 in 2008.Newsies Mailing List 2008
Events held by the NML included contests and movie nights. Through MySpace, members befriended actors including Arvie Lowe, Jr. and Trey Parker.
==Criticism==
==Timeline==
===1998===
The NML Yahoo! group was created on 15 July 1998.
===1999===
NMLer Curls Morgan passes away.Curls on Newsies, Newsies Fanfiction Collection! Many future websites feature dedications to her memory. Some place her death in 1996, and the name Nelson is used as an alternate surname, presumably part of her pseudonym.
===2000===
Laces posted the first fic in the Sunny Days Saga on July 16.Sunny Days Saga
Luna created the Official Newsies List Fan Fiction Page.Official Newsies List Fan Fiction Page, original site
===2001===
Raindrop Allen, a Newsies fan active online since 1998, left the NML on 27 May 2001. She described quitting as "almost like like breaking up with a boyfriend I'd been dating for nearly 3 years."Leaving the Newsies Mailing List on Raindrop's site Brooklyn
The LiveJournal community for NML was created on 1 October 2001 by chesapeake.Profile
The Newsies Mailing List Web Site was online in 2001, including a list of member profiles.http://web.archive.org/web/20010516220259/http://newsieslist.cjb.net:80/
Members of the NML voted on fics they deemed "legendary" for Coneflower's page.Legendary Newsies Fics at Me Newsies Sanctuary
The Newsies Mailing List Awards were first hosted in 2001, when they were run by Shasta and Filly.Newsies Mailing List Awards 2001
A website hosted pictures of list members, now offline.Newsies Listees Pictures Page
===2002===
DeadJournal account nmlrants was created on 13 March 2002 by agentvoodoo, described as "a community for members of the Newsies Mailing List to post their rants."Profile for nmlrants Agentvoodoo described Blaze and Luna as "List Mommies" and complained that "people need to grow up" in the first rant posted.first rant/post on nmlrants
Blaze hosted the short-lived new version of the Official Newsies List Fan Fiction Page, only archived in 2002, which included at least 231 fics.Home, Official Newsies List Fan Fiction Page There also existed the Official NML Newsies Registry 2002.Registry A different NML registry, or possibly the first redone, was created in July 2002.
On November 25, 2002, the Yahoo! Group daily-prophet_newsies was created for NMLers who were also fans of Harry Potter.
===2003===
The NML Registry was redone in August 2003.
===2004===
A LiveJournal community called NML Rants was created on 18 January 2004.Profile for NML Rants
The Official NML Registry had 31 registered newsies on April 24.Registry 2004 Relic's version of the NML Welcome Page was online.https://web.archive.org/web/20050122034058/http://nmlwelcome.cjb.net/
List Mom elections were held in December and run by Fox.List Mom Elections post by Relic
===2005===
The Official NML Registry had 74 registered newsies on January 16.Official NML Registry
How I Spent My Summer Vacation won second best fanfic in the annual NML awards.Awards on Underage Smokers
===2006===
Everything You've Done Wrong won best romance, best slash, best modern, best complete, best Spot, and second best Race story. How I Spent My Summer Vacation won second best slash.2006 Awards on Underage Smokers
===2007===
The Fanfiction.net community NML Newsies Mailing List was created by Morning Glory Conlon on 10 January 2007.NML Newsies Mailing List
The LiveJournal account nml_list_mods was active from January 16–24.The Mod Blog
There existed a roleplay databaseA quick reminder from Firecracker, a roleplay tutorial site,Me again...yet another update. and an information center.Day One
How I Spent My Summer Vacation won best modern and EYDW won best slash.2007 Awards on Underage Smokers
===2008===
Relic's NML Welcome Page was last updated in November.NML Equipment The 2008 NML Awards had their own site.NML Awards GeoCities
===2009===
Plans were made for a rally/meetup.NML Rally LiveJournal2009 NML Rally GeoCities
===2010===
Laelyn24 organized the Fall Story Challenge for NML members.Headlines Fall Story Challenge on Fanfiction.net
The NML held a Secret Santa Fanfiction Exchange.Yes, Itey... by Rags (RedK_addict)
===2012===
An NML Chat Room was created by iamdover, a "list mom," on June 10.Tumblr post
==Reflections==
* It's A Hard Life by Maeby (Dec 2015)
*a message to the new generation by Maeby (Feb 2017)
*Y'all are in for it now by someoneinjersey (Mar 2020)
==References==
Category:Newsies Mailing Lists
Category:1990s Mailing Lists
Category:2000s Mailing Lists
Category:2010s Mailing Lists