Hugo Award Rules Changes
Published on 8 Aug 2009 at 1:35 pm.
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At today’s Business Meeting at Worldcon the members of the World Science Fiction Society voted on three motions concerning the Hugo Awards that were passed in Denver last year and required ratification.
A motion to remove the Best Semiprozine category was not ratified, so the category will remain in effect.
A motion clarifying how and where material published on the Internet is eligible for Hugo Awards was ratified and comes into effect next year.
The motion creating the best Graphic Story category was ratified. That category is therefore in effect until at least 2012, when it is due to be revisited to check it is working well.
A more detailed post about the effects of these changes will be made after Worldcon is over.
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