LoneStarCon 3 announced this year’s Hugo Awards nominees on March 30 but has yet to open the voting. Is 30 days and counting a long delay or not? How does this performance compare with other recent Worldcons?
The answer: It does not compare very well.
Last year, Chicon 7 announced it was ready to take votes 2 days after the nominees came out – meaning paper ballots. Online voting opened 11 days after, according to publicity.
Renovation (2011) said paper and online voting was open in a press release issued 5 days after the nominee announcement.
Aussiecon 4 (2010) reported voting open 30 days after the nominee announcement.
Anticipation (2009) wasn’t taking votes until the 60th day after.
Denvention 3 (2008) is a little harder to pinpoint because the information came in a progress report the month after the nominees were announced. The interim could have been as short as 9 days and as long as 39, and the true figure presumably lies somewhere in between.
Conclusion: The past two Worldcons got voting opened pretty quickly, and at 30 days LoneStarCon 3 is falling behind the curve.
Worldcon (Year) |
Nominees Announced |
Voting Available |
|
Packet Available |
Chicon 7 (2012) |
4/7/2012 |
4/9/2012 |
5/18/2012 |
|
Renovation (2011) |
4/24/2011 |
4/29/2011 |
5/20/2011 |
|
Aussiecon 4 (2010) |
4/4/2010 |
5/4/2010? |
5/4/2010 |
|
Anticipation (2009) |
3/19/2009 |
5/19/2009 |
4/22/2009* |
|
Denvention 3 (2008) |
3/21/2008 |
4/2008 |
|
4/10/2008* |
(*) In these years the packet was created by John Scalzi.
Sources for the dates are listed after the jump.
Chicago HVP available (5/18/2012)
https://file770.com/?p=8993
Chicon 7 voting available – 4/18/2012
http://www.thehugoawards.org/2012/04/online-paper-hugo-ballots-issued/
or 4/9
http://www.thehugoawards.org/2012/04/2012-hugo-voting-process-underway/
Chicon 7 noms announced (4/7/2012)
http://www.thehugoawards.org/2012/04/2012-hugo-award-nominations-announced/
Renovation HVP released (5/20/2011)
http://www.thehugoawards.org/2011/05/hugo-voter-packet-released/
Renovation voting available (4/29/2011 – PR#4)
http://www.renovationsf.org/pressrel31.php
Renovation nominees announced (4/24/2011)
https://file770.com/?p=5783
A4 HVP available (5/4/2010)
http://www.thehugoawards.org/2010/05/2010-voter-packet-available/
A4 voting available
PR#3 June 2010
A4 nominees announced (4/4/2010)
http://www.thehugoawards.org/2010/04/2010-hugo-award-nominees-details/
Anticipation HVP available (4/22/2009)
http://www.thehugoawards.org/2009/04/free-e-books-for-hugo-voters/
Anticipation voting available (5/19/2009)
http://www.thehugoawards.org/2009/05/hugo-award-voting-opens/
Anticipation nominees announced (3/19/2009)
http://www.thehugoawards.org/2009/03/2009-hugo-award-nominations/
D3 HVP available (4/10/2008)
http://www.thehugoawards.org/2008/04/free-hugo-nominated-ebooks/
D3 Voting Opens
PR#3 distributed ballot April 2008
D3 Hugo noms announced (3/21/2008)
http://www.thehugoawards.org/2008/03/2008-hugo-award-nominees/
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