I think this year people have made a concerted effort not to block nominate or block vote.
In my case, I told people not to nominate or vote for Midnight Echo Issue 1 unless they read it.
I also think the quality of the nominees is quite high this year.
I think it's also worth pointing out that there's has been a genuinbe transitions away from fannish things like fanzines and fan art and the like and toward more pro endeavours. This is because the fans who wrote the fanzines and drew the art have become pros in their own right. So the disappearance of more fannish categories, might be more to do with the growing professionalism of the Aussie spec fic scene, rather a dismall of fannish creativity. I mean, it's not like there's hundreds of fanzines or fan productions out there being ignored by the elite.
Re: The Ditmars are not the fan drawcard they should be
In my case, I told people not to nominate or vote for Midnight Echo Issue 1 unless they read it.
I also think the quality of the nominees is quite high this year.
I think it's also worth pointing out that there's has been a genuinbe transitions away from fannish things like fanzines and fan art and the like and toward more pro endeavours. This is because the fans who wrote the fanzines and drew the art have become pros in their own right. So the disappearance of more fannish categories, might be more to do with the growing professionalism of the Aussie spec fic scene, rather a dismall of fannish creativity. I mean, it's not like there's hundreds of fanzines or fan productions out there being ignored by the elite.
Just my penneth worth.