Making Light:  Open thread 18 ::: February 25, 2004, 04:20 PM

Kate:

  ...I'd say that Making Light isn't a fanzine, primarily because of:

  3.3.12:  Best Fan Writer.  Any person whose writing has appeared in
  semiprozines or fanzines or in generally available electronic media
  during the previous calendar year.

I see that the Fan Writer definition admits the possible existence of
electronic media that aren't fanzines.  I'd have to reach pretty far
to take it as ruling out the existence of fanzines in electronic media.

It's much harder to figure out whether Making Light has published at
least four issues in its history.  I know issues are discussed, but
are the discussions published in issues?

As for Best Fan Writer, I'm certainly not going to lobby against
Teresa, but I might note there is a bit of a tradition there.  Perhaps
it's time for the tradition to end, but it could make winning more
difficult.  And something of an admission of failure for WSFS to give
up before filling up all his mantelpieces.

But I suspect we digress.  As I read it, Tom is more amused by
stretching the fanzine category than interested in who wins Hugos.
Forgive me if that's reading too much into the "constitutional crisis"
presentation.