Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Hugo Awards Controversy
Right now, the world’s literary nerds are gathered in Spokane, Washington for the World Science Fiction Convention, or WorldCon. Tomorrow the Hugo Awards are announced—one of the highest accolades given every year for the best science fiction and fantasy writing. But the tensions are running high in the SciFi/fantasy realm.
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readRight now, the world’s literary nerds are gathered in Spokane, Washington for the World Science Fiction Convention, or WorldCon. Tomorrow the Hugo Awards are announced—one of the highest accolades given every year for the best science fiction and fantasy writing. But the tensions are running high in the SciFi/fantasy realm. That’s because a group calling themselves Sad Puppies has been accused of stuffing the Hugo Awards ballot box.
