2018 Hugo Awards

Dennis E. Taylor

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We won't know for sure until Hugo night, but in addition to Jemisin asking fans to not nominate Broken Earth for Best Series, it's possible that if enough of us DID nominate Broken Earth for Best Series, she declined the nomination.

Why is this? Do they release the numbers on Hugo night?
 

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Yeah, or shortly thereafter. They release the voting numbers first, and then eventually also all the nomination stats.
 

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This is my primary thing, because it means their organisation isn't doing so well. Which is good news for everyone they targeted. (I don't vote for awards anymore, as it was too expensive to buy the works, but I like knowing that people can be nominated and the like without harassment.)
 

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This is my primary thing, because it means their organisation isn't doing so well. Which is good news for everyone they targeted. (I don't vote for awards anymore, as it was too expensive to buy the works, but I like knowing that people can be nominated and the like without harassment.)

Unfortunately, I believe they only switched targets after the Hugos revised the rules to be harder to game. I forget who they switched targets to; was it the DragonCon awards?
 

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Unfortunately, I believe they only switched targets after the Hugos revised the rules to be harder to game. I forget who they switched targets to; was it the DragonCon awards?

Not that I’d heard. So far as I know they are done.

I am glad too. It’s no fun to give an award to a magnificent story when all its competition are mediocre stories that got gamed on to the ballot. I much prefer a strong field of candidates.
 

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The Hugo Voting Ballot is now open. If you were a member of Worldcon 76 during the nomination phase, your PIN that worked then should also work now.

If you joined Worldcon 76 after December 31, 2017 you should have an e-mail telling you how to log in to the Hugo Voting site with your PIN.

EVERYONE is getting that e-mail so those Worldcon 76 members who were eligible to nominate will get another e-mail with the same PIN information.

The Hugo Packet isn't out yet, but it should be coming Real Soon Now.

As a reminder, here is where To Find The 2018 Hugo Finalists For Free Online

Note that if you were eligible to nominate because you were a member of Worldcon 75 (Helsinki) or are a member of Dublin in 2019, you can NOT vote on the Hugos for this year. You must join Worldcon 76 ($50 for a supporting membership) in order to get the Hugo Voting Packet and vote this year.

Have fun!
 

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The Hugo Voters packet is up!

http://www.worldcon76.org/hugo/packet.php

You must be an attending or supporting member of Worldcon 76 to access the packet. Supporting membership is $50 and can be purchased here.

The voters packet contains excerpts or full volumes for:
- Best Novel
- Best Novella
- Best Novelette
- Best Short Story
- Best Series parts 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5
- Best Related Work
- Best Graphic Story parts 1 and 2
- Best Dramatic Presentation Short form (an .mp4 of Clipping's The Deep)
- Best Editor - Long Form
- Best Editor - Short Form
- Best Professional Artist parts 1, 2 and 3
- Best Semiprozine, parts 1 and 2
- Best Fanzine
- Best Fancast
- Best Fan Writer
- Best Fan Artist
- Award for Best Young Adult Book
- John W Campbell Award

It's thousands of MiBs of data. Go forth and download!
 
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Votes on the Hugo Awards are due July 31, 2018.

Get out there and rank your choices!!
 

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:e2cheer: ATTENTION! ATTENTION! :e2cheer:

I have completed my Hugo ballot! All done! FINISH YOURS!

that is all
 

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Me too!

Damn but there's some excellent stuff out there this year. There were some hard categories to call.
 

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Indeed. Super smashing brilliant. Well done zanzjan! :heart:

-Derek
 

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I was part of the #AbsoluteWrite live stream watch party. Very cool she mentioned AbsoluteWrite.

Well Done!
 

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As a total newb to this forum, super cool to hear the AbsoluteWrite shoutout. Grats to zanzjan!