[haydnfan]

I don't think the Hugo awards just go through a "PC checklist." If you look over the past few years you will see that overall male writers are well represented. No my problem with the Hugo awards is that they nominate the same handful of writers over and over and over again. There is no intellectual diversity. And it provides a very misleading picture of the state of sf/f.

These kind of awards have really lost their relevance anyway now that bloggers, booktubers and goodreads' reviewers have made it so easy to identify rising stars and must read books.

Edit: Also want to add that there are many excellent writers that are snubbed by awards, not promoted on NYT and as a result they can't even make a livable wage. When these major awards hyperfocus on a handful of writers it produces an effect where that minority makes money hand over fist while other great writers can't even make it their day job.