Thanks for explaining the rules to me. I'm sure you did not hear about the boycott of voting for Rowling based upon her failure to show up to the Hugo Awards.

You don't have your ear to the ground of fandom or anything.

I have an idea... you could nominate the authors who have been nominated before, write pastiches that remind us of our childhood in SF, or who write interesting blogs. And then see how much attention anyone pays them.