"As a matter of fact, forget the video and the blackjack."

[james_davis_nicoll]

Dragon Con Launches Its Own SF Awards

Comments

[the_rck]

Some of those categories are badly in need of editing because the category descriptions don't match the category names and because the wording isn't always very clear. The fantasy novel category goes on and on about needing the same elements that were used in the category above to define a science fiction novel. The episodic dramatic category mentions episodes in the name, as if one should nominate specific episodes, and then, in the category, goes on about how specific episodes can't be nominated, only the show or season as a whole. Which is it?

[seth ellis (from livejournal.com)]

It seems to be one of those cases where they really needed a copyeditor, but a copyeditor would just have pointed out how ill-conceived the whole thing is, so they just skipped that part and went straight to the public.

[nelc.livejournal.com]

Yeah, why pay a copy editor to tell you what the public will for free? Over and over.

[kgbooklog.livejournal.com]

A copyeditor might also point out how the eligibility dates kept changing.

[beamjockey.livejournal.com]

I'm gonna persuade my local con to establish an award for Best Copyeditor.

[elusis.livejournal.com]

"Best Copyediter," surely.

[beamjockey.livejournal.com]

It occurred to me that the awards could be equipped with misspelled nameplates, but that seems a bit cruel.

[neowolf2.livejournal.com]

I suggest these be named the Tyop Awards, after the Greek god of bad spelling.

[scott-sanford.livejournal.com]

Like the famous "Is Editors Necessary?" panel...