By Chris Barkley: I am pleased to announce that the misunderstanding regarding the YA Hugo and Loncon 3 has been resolved.

The strongly worded statement issued by the YA Hugo Discussion Page [on Facebook] on Thursday was made because our group was not informed of the decision by the Loncon 3 Committee was not going to use a provision in the WSFS  Constitution to try a YA Hugo Award category next year’s Worldcon.

I have been in contact with Steve Cooper, the Co-Chair of Loncon 3 over this past weekend. He stated that he regretted that the group was not informed and that  previous emails sent to the Committee about his this issue did not reach them directly.

In light of this revelation, the YA Page has  issued an apology to the Loncon 3 Committee about the statement and has  pledged to work with YA Hugo Study Group formed at LoneStarCon 3 to  present an informed report at next year’s Business Meeting.