08 Aug, 2009
Posted by: Neil Clarke In: Hugo Rules| discussion elsewhere
I would like to thank everyone who has supported our cause and especially everyone who showed up at today’s business meeting. Our supporters spoke eloquently and with conviction. When the vote was finally held, we won by an overwhelming majority. The Best Semiprozine Hugo will continue.
A new committee to help redefine the semiprozine and related [...]
03 Aug, 2009
Posted by: Neil Clarke In: discussion elsewhere
Kevin J. Maroney is one of the managing editors of The New York Review of Science Fiction, one of this year’s Best Semiprozine Hugo nominees. Over on his blog, he makes a strong case for the continuation of the award. Definitely recommended reading for those interested in this issue.
You can find his post at http://womzilla.livejournal.com/259350.html.
31 Jul, 2009
Posted by: Neil Clarke In: discussion elsewhere| editorials
When I launched this site, I told fellow editors that we needed to focus on our strengths and accomplishments to make our case. In a page right out of Horton Hears a Who, we’ve stood up and screamed “We’re here! We’re here! We’re here!” and I think people have heard us. Now we count on [...]
30 Jul, 2009
Posted by: Neil Clarke In: discussion elsewhere| editorials
If you are just coming into this discussion at this post, I suggest that you check out part 1 and part 2. Same rules apply.
“And remember the point I made about how few of the fiction semiprozines ever get nominated in the existing category anyway. There’s no reason the editors should be discouraged any more [...]
30 Jul, 2009
Posted by: Neil Clarke In: discussion elsewhere| editorials
If you are just coming into this discussion at this post, I suggest that you check out part 1. Same rules apply.
The next few quotes will from a recent post and comments at File 770.
“When I looked at the wordage rates offered to beginning writers by semiprozines and prozines, I was surprised to see they [...]
29 Jul, 2009
Posted by: Neil Clarke In: discussion elsewhere| editorials
The fate of the Best Semiprozine Hugo will be determined next week at Worldcon. In preparation for the vote, I’m been spending some extra time reading what the opponents of the award have to say. Over the next few days, I’ll be posting some quotes, their sources, and my responses. By all means, consider this [...]
It’s good to see discussion about the Semiprozine Hugo occurring elsewhere. Here are a couple of posts that should be of interest to our readers:
Shame, and Eternal Shame! Mike Glyer at File 770 reacts to John Klima’s recent savesemiprozine.org post, Why Should We Save the Semiprozine?
John replies on his blog with Semiprozine Thoughts.
