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posted by Fnord666 on Wednesday August 16 2017, @09:16AM   Printer-friendly

Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:

The 75th World Science Fiction Convention (commonly known as WorldCon) is being held this weekend in Helsinki, Finland. The convention is where the annual Hugo Awards are presented, and today, the convention announced the latest recipients.

This year, women almost completely swept the Hugo Awards, taking home the top prizes for literature in the science fiction community. That's particularly notable, given how the awards have been increasingly recognizing works from female and minority creators. The trend prompted a counter-movement from two group of fans, the self-described "Sad Puppies," and their alt-right equivalents, the "Rabid Puppies." These groups gamed the awards and forced a slate of nominees onto the Hugo ballot in 2015, prompting widespread backlash within the wider genre community. Another award, the Dragon, faced similar issues earlier this week when several authors asked to pull their nominations over concerns about Puppy interference and the award's integrity.

This year's sweep by female creators seems to be a strong repudiation of anti-diversity groups. 2017 also marked the year the ceremony earned its own award: a representative from the Guinness Book of World Records certified that the Hugos are the longest-running science fiction awards ever.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 16 2017, @01:13PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 16 2017, @01:13PM (#554694)

    As your first link says, the rule changes went into effect this year, which is why this year's ballot is so different from the past two years and more like years before that. The Hugo rules require a rule change to be approved two years in a row before it can take effect, which is why it took two years to respond to the Sad/Rapid Puppies with a rule change.