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The Hugo Awards Scandal Is a Mess
Leaked emails show an orchestrated effort to deem nominees “ineligible” over their political leanings.
The emails allege members of the Hugo administration team succeeded in keeping certain books off-ballot because they wanted to operate under Chinese laws related to content and censorship, Hugo-nominated sci-fi author Jason Sanford and Hugo-winning fan writer Chris M. Barkley wrote in a special report on February 14. “In addition to the regular technical review, as we are happening in China and the *laws* we operate under are different … we need to highlight anything of a sensitive political nature in the work,” Dave McCarty, division head of the Hugo Awards Selection Executive Department, wrote in an email dated June 5, 2023. Weimer, who was ultimately deemed ineligible, was under scrutiny for what the committee thought to be a trip to Tibet — “Brief Twitter mention of Hong Kong and reference to Tianenmen [ sic] Square” — and worries over what it means to host a Worldcon in Chengdu.
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