Stupid question about the Nebulas

[james_davis_nicoll]

I am not even sure I can phrase this coherently.

Obviously granting a Nebula is intended to show that the writers in SFWA regard the work in question is noteworthy but who is the audience that is supposed to take note that the award went to the works went to? That is, is it something to alert other writers of the work in question or the entire audience of F&SF readers?

I am open to more elegant ways of phrasing that paragraph.

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[ross-teneyck.livejournal.com]

"Who is the audience which is supposed to respect the judgment of the SFWA writers sufficiently that a Nebula award constitutes an inducement to seek out work in question?"