Diversity in Judging

Mar 03, 2008 21:09

I just found this on the Feminist SF blog.

World Fantasy Awards Judges Announced - oh look, all men

"[...]the World Fantasy Award judges are:
Peter Coleborn
Robert Hoge
Dennis L. McKiernan
Mark Morris
Steve Pasechnic

[...]

Look, I'm not saying that a group of white guys can't judge the World Fantasy Awards properly. Again, I am sure they are great. But it is 2008, people. 2008 and the arbiters of what is best are still a bunch of white men."

I thought Fantasy was more fifty-fifty, or even skewed more towards female writers and editors. So.. where are they?

Three judges might be a statistical anomaly, but, seriously, five?

diversity, awards, world fantasy awards

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