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TL;DR SUMMARY: The differences between the redacted and the final 2023 Hugo ballots involved three items and were due to rules applications as explained in the 2023 Hugo Award Stats Final report. The “ineligibles” were not on the redacted ballot, either. If you don’t know what the redacted ballot was, keep reading. SUDDENLY LAST SUMMER.
The 2023 Hugo Award Stats Final report posted today on the official Hugo Awards website revealed that the Chengdu Worldcon’s Hugo award subcommittee made many startling and sometimes unexplained rulings. R. F. Kuang’s novel Babel, winner of the 2023 Nebula and Locus Awards, was ruled “not eligible” without explanation, even though it had the third most
From nominees being mysteriously deemed ineligible to odd data curves, the 2023 Hugo Award voting data just released from Chengdu Worldcon has many in the fantasy and sci-fi community in an uproar.
The 2023 awards, held in Chengdu, China, saw several nominees mysteriously declared ineligible, including R.F. Kuang’s Babel and Xiran Jay Zhao’s Iron Widow.
The 2023 Hugo Award Stats Final report posted today on the official Hugo Awards website revealed that the Chengdu Worldcon’s Hugo award subcommittee made many startling and sometimes unexplained rulings. R. F. Kuang’s novel Babel, winner of the 2023 Nebula and Locus Awards, was ruled “not eligible” without explanation, even though it had the third most