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womzillaTwo main bits of news:
The main WSFS Business Meeting on Saturday voted to not ratify the amendment to eliminate the Semiprozine. This means that the Semiprozine continues indefinitely. A committee is being formed, tasked with reforming the Semiprozine category "and related categories"; I intend to be on the committee, and Chris Barkley, the SMOF who with Ben Yalow was responsible for the amendment, seems to want me on it. I am now officially SMOFfing with both hands.
As to the award itself, this year's winner is Weird Tales, now in its 86th year and the 21st year of its modern revival. This is the fifth time (out of 25) that the award was not won by Locus. NYRSF came in second, which it has done before, but it beat Locus, which I'm sure hasn't!
(On a semi-related note, the Best Graphic Story Hugo will be continued for at least the next three years; there is a built-in sunset clause such that the Business Meeting in 2013 must affirmatively move to renew the category or it will not continue. The award was won this year, its inaugural, by Girl Genius: Cathedral of Bones, which I definitely found to be the most deserving nominee, and a deserving nominee; now the work begins to make the nominee list stronger. I'll try to publish a year-end roundup of the best eligible works.)
Three of the winners of "body of work" award--Frank Wu for Fan Artist, Cheryl Morgan for Fan Writer, and David Hartwell for Professional Editor Long Form--withdrew themselves from consideration for next year's award, at least; Hartwell definitely withdrew himself permanently from the category, saying that three times in a single category was enough. (My inner pedant points out that he actually won once as Professional Editor and twice as Professional Editor Long Form, but my inner sane person is busy bludgeoning my inner pedant.)
Interesting set of winners. Lots of good stuff. Makes me wish I read books.
The main WSFS Business Meeting on Saturday voted to not ratify the amendment to eliminate the Semiprozine. This means that the Semiprozine continues indefinitely. A committee is being formed, tasked with reforming the Semiprozine category "and related categories"; I intend to be on the committee, and Chris Barkley, the SMOF who with Ben Yalow was responsible for the amendment, seems to want me on it. I am now officially SMOFfing with both hands.
As to the award itself, this year's winner is Weird Tales, now in its 86th year and the 21st year of its modern revival. This is the fifth time (out of 25) that the award was not won by Locus. NYRSF came in second, which it has done before, but it beat Locus, which I'm sure hasn't!
(On a semi-related note, the Best Graphic Story Hugo will be continued for at least the next three years; there is a built-in sunset clause such that the Business Meeting in 2013 must affirmatively move to renew the category or it will not continue. The award was won this year, its inaugural, by Girl Genius: Cathedral of Bones, which I definitely found to be the most deserving nominee, and a deserving nominee; now the work begins to make the nominee list stronger. I'll try to publish a year-end roundup of the best eligible works.)
Three of the winners of "body of work" award--Frank Wu for Fan Artist, Cheryl Morgan for Fan Writer, and David Hartwell for Professional Editor Long Form--withdrew themselves from consideration for next year's award, at least; Hartwell definitely withdrew himself permanently from the category, saying that three times in a single category was enough. (My inner pedant points out that he actually won once as Professional Editor and twice as Professional Editor Long Form, but my inner sane person is busy bludgeoning my inner pedant.)
Interesting set of winners. Lots of good stuff. Makes me wish I read books.
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