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.

Comments

[jamiam.livejournal.com]

This all assumes one doesn't have a subscription to the magazines, since that would involve merely digging out the relevant issue and reading. Which is a pretty compelling argument in favor of subscribing to Asimov's.

[galbinus-caeli.livejournal.com]

I am not generally a fan of short fiction. I read the occasional anthology, but not enough for it to be worth subscribing.

I would like to be able to read the award winners though. Cultural literacy and all.