I also had some "Retooling The Hugos" thoughts while at Sasquan and attending the Business Meeting. Especially now that I realize that the process of proposing improvements to the Hugos is not as frightening or perilous as one might think it would be. (The Business Meeting was very interesting, and actually fun at times).
Those three categories were some I also felt could use some improvement.
I'd be totally behind "Best Professional Magazine" (I assume it encompasses both print and online).
I'd also be all for Best Anthology or Collection.
As other mention, Best Publisher feels "squishy" though finding out what a publisher output in a given year is arguably easier than finding out what a Long Form Editor did in a given year.
As for "semi-pro" venues, perhaps there's something to be made with "a publication that does not pay SFWA qualifying rates". That is a fiction-oriented definition, but could be a starting point. And there are a LOT of those venues, many of them quite good. (IGMS, LCRW, Abyss & Apex, Shimmer, Ideomancer, and Diabolical Plots come to mind).
I currently have it in my mental timeline to attend MidAmericaCon but have not finalized my plans.
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Date: 2015-09-03 07:59 pm (UTC)Those three categories were some I also felt could use some improvement.
I'd be totally behind "Best Professional Magazine" (I assume it encompasses both print and online).
I'd also be all for Best Anthology or Collection.
As other mention, Best Publisher feels "squishy" though finding out what a publisher output in a given year is arguably easier than finding out what a Long Form Editor did in a given year.
As for "semi-pro" venues, perhaps there's something to be made with "a publication that does not pay SFWA qualifying rates". That is a fiction-oriented definition, but could be a starting point. And there are a LOT of those venues, many of them quite good. (IGMS, LCRW, Abyss & Apex, Shimmer, Ideomancer, and Diabolical Plots come to mind).
I currently have it in my mental timeline to attend MidAmericaCon but have not finalized my plans.
- yeff