Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2005 01:01:07 -0500 (EST)
From: "Keith F. Lynch" <kfl at KeithLynch.net>
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Is the WSFA journal eligable for fanzine Hugo?
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>

I agree with Ted that just because The WSFA Journal is eligible to be
nominated as best fanzine doesn't mean it's a sensible choice.  I hope
that WSFAns nominate and vote for fanzines, books, fan writers, etc.,
based on who they think is best, not on who is a fellow WSFAn, or on
who their friends are.

In the unlikely event that I ever get a Hugo nomination in any
category, I hope it's because I am good at that category, not because
of who I know.

I do have one nitpick, however:  Ted says "To be competitive for a
Hugo, a fanzine needs a *minimum* of 300 circulation -- worldwide.
600 or more is better."  While I only print 42 copies of each issue,
the median number of hits of the issues that have been online for over
a year is about 1100.  Some issues have gotten over ten thousand hits.
That's a fair number of readers.

I believe the WSFA Journal does hold one world record, however
trivial.  I believe we have the longest continuous run of online
fanzines.  (In years, not in issues.  There are more issues of
The MT Void online, but fewer years, as it comes out weekly.)

I would like to improve the quality, not just the quantity, and am
always open to suggestions on how I can do that.