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Old 02-13-2015, 02:02 PM   #297
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Originally Posted by fjtorres View Post
The Hugo Awards are a popularity contest among 3600 voters.

http://www.thehugoawards.org/2014/08...award-winners/

I'm pretty sure SF fandom, to say nothing of SF *readership*, is a wee bit bigger than convention goers.
Every award has rules for how it's given. This one's restricted to the Worldcon membership, but one need not attend to vote - just pay your dues and submit your ballot.

If you want to create a more open award, feel free. I'd be interested to see what you come up with, especially if it manages to include more people and avoid bot-voting and ballot-stuffing. Perhaps the Goodreads Choice Awards are more your style, but they don't have the SF focus of the Hugos or Nebulas. Which, y'know, they're a general site, so I expect that.
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