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After reviewing the Constitution and the rules <br> we must follow, the administration team determined <br> those works/persons were not eligible. | After reviewing the Constitution and the rules <br> we must follow, the administration team determined <br> those works/persons were not eligible. | ||
| − | Some commenters speculated that “'''the rules we must follow'''” refers to Chinese governmental oversight. On [[Facebook]], McCarty denied that either he or anyone on his team acted under government orders but refused to explain the precise reasons the particular candidates were deemed ineligible. The phrase became an instant [[catchphrase]]. | + | Some commenters speculated that “'''the rules we must follow'''” refers to Chinese governmental oversight. On [[Facebook]], McCarty denied that either he or anyone on his team acted under government orders, but refused to explain the precise reasons the particular candidates were deemed ineligible. The phrase became an instant [[catchphrase]]. |
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| + | On January 30, 2024, [[Worldcon Intellectual Property]] [https://www.wsfs.org/2024/01/31/announcements-from-worldcon-intellectual-property/ announced] the resignation of McCarty as a director and [[Kevin Standlee]] as its [[board]] chairman, and that it had “censured” McCarty, Standlee, [[Chen Shi]] and [[Ben Yalow]] for various actions relating to the scandal. | ||
* [https://youtu.be/Fy8qMizbbJM?si=uGRHGrKeclV4UyD- Nominations announcement video. ] | * [https://youtu.be/Fy8qMizbbJM?si=uGRHGrKeclV4UyD- Nominations announcement video. ] | ||
Revision as of 10:27, 31 January 2024
The 2023 Hugo Awards, for works disseminated in 2022, were selected by members of the World Science Fiction Society during 2023 and presented at Chengdu Worldcon, the 81st Worldcon, on Sunday October 21. The concom's Hugo administrators were Dave McCarty (Co-Head), Ben Yalow, Ann Marie Rudolph, Diane Lacey, Shi Chen, Zhenyu Jiang, Joe Yao, Tina Wang, Dongsheng Guo, Bo Pang.
1,847 valid nominating ballots (1843 electronic and 4 paper) were received and counted from members of Chengdu and Chicon 8, the 2022 Worldcon.
Controversy[edit]
The detailed statistics of the nominations were released only on January 20, 2024, the last possible date per WSFS Constitution deadline, and immediately All Fandom Was Plunged Into War due to irregularities in the data, which also declared several potential nominees ineligible with no explanation.
File 770 asked Dave McCarty, a Chengdu Worldcon vice-chair and co-head of the Hugo Awards Selection Executive Division, the reason for these “not eligible” rulings. He replied:
After reviewing the Constitution and the rules
we must follow, the administration team determined
those works/persons were not eligible.
Some commenters speculated that “the rules we must follow” refers to Chinese governmental oversight. On Facebook, McCarty denied that either he or anyone on his team acted under government orders, but refused to explain the precise reasons the particular candidates were deemed ineligible. The phrase became an instant catchphrase.
On January 30, 2024, Worldcon Intellectual Property announced the resignation of McCarty as a director and Kevin Standlee as its board chairman, and that it had “censured” McCarty, Standlee, Chen Shi and Ben Yalow for various actions relating to the scandal.
- Nominations announcement video.
- 2023 Hugo Award winners at the WSFS Hugo website.
- “Panic! At The Hugos” by Aidan Moher, Astrolabe 36, January 20, 2024.
- “2023 Hugo Nomination Report Has Unexplained Ineligibility Rulings; Also Reveals Who Declined” by Mike Glyer, File 770, January 20, 2024.
- “The 2023 Hugo Nomination Statistics Have Finally Been Released – And We Have Questions” by Cora Buhlert, January 21, 2024, with overview of responses.
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