Scott H. Andrews
04-13-2009, 09:48 AM
For the purposes of Hugo Award category eligibility, Beneath Ceaseless Skies is declaring itself a "semiprozine."
We have always met one of the criteria, that we pay our authors in more than just contributors' copies. With this declaration, we now meet a second, and therefore by Hugo rules (http://www.thehugoawards.org/?page_id=3) we are a "semiprozine."
We are making this declaration now to show support for the campaign to Save the Semipro Zine Hugo Award (http://semiprozine.org/). There is a resolution up for vote at this year's WorldCon to abolish that Hugo category. We feel that abolishing this award would eliminate a key way to recognize the many vibrant magazines operating at this vital level of short fiction publishing.
(http://.There%20is%20a%20resolution%20up%20for%20vote%20a t%20this%20year%27s%20WorldCon%20to%20abolishthat% 20Hugo%20category.We%20feel%20that%20abolishing%20 this%20award%20would%20eliminatea%20key%20way%20to %20recognize%20the%20many%20vibrant%20magazines%20 operating%20at%20thisvital%20level%20of%20short%20 fiction%20publishing.%20%3Cbr%20/%3E%0A%3Cbr%20/%3E%0AFor%20more%20on%20why%20we%20think%20this%20 resolution%20would%20be%20a%20grave%20mistake,%20s ee%3Ca%20href=%22http://%5BURL%22%20target=%22_blank%22%3E%22http://beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/forums/showthread.php?p=672#post672%22%3C/a%3E%5Dthisthread%20on%20the%20_BCS_%20Forums) For more on why we think passing this resolution would be a grave mistake, see this discussion on the BCS Forums (http://beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/forums/showthread.php?p=672#post672). If you agree, please visit Save the Semipro Zine Hugo (http://semiprozine.org/) and learn how you can show your support.
We have always met one of the criteria, that we pay our authors in more than just contributors' copies. With this declaration, we now meet a second, and therefore by Hugo rules (http://www.thehugoawards.org/?page_id=3) we are a "semiprozine."
We are making this declaration now to show support for the campaign to Save the Semipro Zine Hugo Award (http://semiprozine.org/). There is a resolution up for vote at this year's WorldCon to abolish that Hugo category. We feel that abolishing this award would eliminate a key way to recognize the many vibrant magazines operating at this vital level of short fiction publishing.
(http://.There%20is%20a%20resolution%20up%20for%20vote%20a t%20this%20year%27s%20WorldCon%20to%20abolishthat% 20Hugo%20category.We%20feel%20that%20abolishing%20 this%20award%20would%20eliminatea%20key%20way%20to %20recognize%20the%20many%20vibrant%20magazines%20 operating%20at%20thisvital%20level%20of%20short%20 fiction%20publishing.%20%3Cbr%20/%3E%0A%3Cbr%20/%3E%0AFor%20more%20on%20why%20we%20think%20this%20 resolution%20would%20be%20a%20grave%20mistake,%20s ee%3Ca%20href=%22http://%5BURL%22%20target=%22_blank%22%3E%22http://beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/forums/showthread.php?p=672#post672%22%3C/a%3E%5Dthisthread%20on%20the%20_BCS_%20Forums) For more on why we think passing this resolution would be a grave mistake, see this discussion on the BCS Forums (http://beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/forums/showthread.php?p=672#post672). If you agree, please visit Save the Semipro Zine Hugo (http://semiprozine.org/) and learn how you can show your support.