Wednesday, September 21, 2016

Random Thought - Separating the Sad Puppies from the Rabid Puppies in the 2016 "What Could Have Been" Hugo Finalists

Following my 2016 "What Could Have Been" Hugo Finalists post yesterday, I received a message noting that it would be interesting to separate out the Sad Puppy and Rabid Puppy votes to see what impact each faction had on the ballot. That is actually an interesting question, but possibly not for the reason the person asking it might have thought. To that end, in each category I am listing four possible arrays of potential finalists. The first is the finalists as they appeared on the actual Hugo ballot. The second is what the finalists look like if one edits the votes I estimated for the Sad Puppies out of the nomination totals, while the third is what the finalists look like if one edits the votes I estimated for the Rabid Puppies out of the nomination totals. The fourth is what the finalists look like after one edits out my estimated totals for both the Sad and Rabid Puppies. The first and the fourth list are not new data: The original list of finalists can be found in my post about the 2016 Hugo Award Finalists, while the fourth can be found in my 2016 "What Could Have Been" Hugo Finalists post.

What is quite interesting is that splitting the data in this manner reveals just how little impact the Sad Puppies actually had on the Hugo ballot in 2016. This confirms my initial reaction to the question that was posed concerning the isolated effect of the two Puppy campaigns, which was "eliminating just the Sad Puppy votes would have essentially no effect, while eliminating just the Rabid Puppy votes would have the same effect as eliminating both the Sad and Rabid Puppy votes". With a very tiny number of exceptions, the list of original finalists is the same as the list of revised finalists with just the estimated number of Sad Puppy votes removed from those candidates who appeared on the Sad Puppy recommended list. In a similar manner, the list of revised finalists with the estimated number of Rabid Puppy votes removed from those candidates from the Rabid Puppy slate is almost identical to the list of revised finalists with estimated number of both Sad and Rabid Puppies removed from the appropriate nominees. In short, removing the Sad Puppy nominations from the pool has a negligible effect on the resulting ballot, whether one does such removal in conjunction with removing the Rabid Puppy nominations, or one removes the Sad Puppy nominations independently. The Sad Puppies were, to be blunt, of almost no importance to the outcome of the Hugo nominating process. As Anne Bellet told Brad Torgersen concerning Beale's Rabid Puppies in 2015, "Dude, you’re in the same car, and Vox Day is driving". Without the Rabid Puppies, the Sad Puppies are virtually irrelevant.

After each of the four sets of alternative finalists in the categories, I'll be writing a few notes about the changes. I'm not really going to go into the quality of the changes, just the magnitude. I've already given my assessment of the effect of the Sad and Rabid Puppy slates in the previous post. The short version is simply this: To the extent that the Sad or Rabid Puppies had an impact on the quality of the Hugo finalists, it was almost universally negative. There are exceptions here and there where the Puppy impact was more or less neutral, but overall, they have degraded the quality of the Hugo finalists in every year that they have been active. That said, on to the categories.

Best Novel

Original Finalists:
Ancillary Mercy by Ann Leckie
The Cinder Spires: The Aeronaut’s Windlass by Jim Butcher
The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin
Seveneves: A Novel by Neal Stephenson
Uprooted by Naomi Novik

Revised Finalists (Sad Puppies Removed):
Ancillary Mercy by Ann Leckie
The Cinder Spires: The Aeronaut’s Windlass by Jim Butcher
The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin
Seveneves: A Novel by Neal Stephenson
Uprooted by Naomi Novik

Revised Finalists (Rabid Puppies Removed):
Ancillary Mercy by Ann Leckie
Aurora by Kim Stanley Robinson
The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin
Seveneves: A Novel by Neal Stephenson
Uprooted by Naomi Novik

Revised Finalists (Both Sad and Rabid Puppies Removed):
Ancillary Mercy by Ann Leckie
Aurora by Kim Stanley Robinson
The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin
Seveneves: A Novel by Neal Stephenson
Uprooted by Naomi Novik

Notes: The overall Puppy influence on the Best Novel category was modest, amounting to one change when either the Rabid Puppies or the Sad and Rabid Puppies are edited out of the totals. This is largely because the Best Novel category generally has the most participants, limiting the ability of a slate to dominate, and because the Rabid Puppies tried to piggyback their slate onto one work that was generally popular with non-Puppy voters. The Sad Puppies by themselves had zero impact.

Best Novella

Original Finalists:
Binti by Nnedi Okorafor
The Builders by Daniel Polansky
Penric’s Demon by Lois McMaster Bujold
Perfect State by Brandon Sanderson
Slow Bullets by Alastair Reynolds

Revised Finalists (Sad Puppies Removed):
Binti by Nnedi Okorafor
Fear of the Unknown and Self-Loathing in Hollywood by Nick Cole
Penric’s Demon by Lois McMaster Bujold
Perfect State by Brandon Sanderson
Slow Bullets by Alastair Reynolds

Revised Finalists (Rabid Puppies Removed):
Binti by Nnedi Okorafor
The Pauper Prince and the Eucalyptus Jinn by Usman T. Malik
Penric's Demon by Lois McMaster Bujold
Slow Bullets by Alastair Reynolds
Waters of Versailles by Kelly Robson

Revised Finalists (Both Sad and Rabid Puppies Removed):
Binti by Nnedi Okorafor
The Pauper Prince and the Eucalyptus Jinn by Usman T. Malik
Penric's Demon by Lois McMaster Bujold
Slow Bullets by Alastair Reynolds
Waters of Versailles by Kelly Robson

Notes: The Sad Puppies had a slight impact on the finalists in the Best Novella category. If one edits out only the Sad Puppy support, Daniel Polansky's story The Builders loses enough support to put Nick Cole's Rabid Puppy slated work Fear of the Unknown and Self-Loathing in Hollywood onto the list of finalists. Editing out just the Rabid Puppies or both the Sad and Rabid Puppies gives identical results, dropping Polansky's The Builders and Sanderson's Perfect State in favor of Malik's The Pauper Prince and the Eucalyptus Jinn and Robson's Waters of Versailles.

Best Novelette

Original Finalists:
And You Shall Know Her by the Trail of Dead by Brooke Bolander
Flashpoint: Titan by Cheah Kai Wai
Folding Beijing by Hao Jingfang, translated by Ken Liu
Obits by Stephen King
What Price Humanity? by David VanDyke

Revised Finalists (Sad Puppies Removed):
And You Shall Know Her by the Trail of Dead by Brooke Bolander
Flashpoint: Titan by Cheah Kai Wai
Folding Beijing by Hao Jingfang, translated by Ken Liu
Obits by Stephen King
What Price Humanity? by David VanDyke

Revised Finalists (Rabid Puppies Removed):
And You Shall Know Her by the Trail of Dead by Brooke Bolander
Another Word for World by Ann Leckie
The Long Goodnight of Violet Wild by Catherynne M. Valente (reviewed in Clarkesworld: Issue 100 (January 2015))
Our Lady of the Open Road by Sarah Pinsker
So Much Cooking by Naomi Kritzer

And possibly:
Folding Beijing by Hao Jingfang, translated by Ken Liu

Revised Finalists (Both Sad and Rabid Puppies Removed):
And You Shall Know Her by the Trail of Dead by Brooke Bolander
Another Word for World by Ann Leckie
The Long Goodnight of Violet Wild by Catherynne M. Valente (reviewed in Clarkesworld: Issue 100 (January 2015))
Our Lady of the Open Road by Sarah Pinsker
So Much Cooking by Naomi Kritzer

And possibly:
Folding Beijing by Hao Jingfang, translated by Ken Liu

Notes: Editing out just the Sad Puppy votes yields the same result as the original ballot. Editing out the Rabid Puppy votes results yields the same result as editing out both the Sad and Rabid Puppy votes. The Sad Puppies simply didn't have any real impact on the results in this category.

Best Short Story

Original Finalists:
Asymmetrical Warfare by S.R. Algernon (reviewed in 2016 Hugo Voting - Best Short Story)
The Commuter by Thomas A. Mays [withdrawn]
If You Were an Award, My Love by Juan Tabo and S. Harris (reviewed in 2016 Hugo Voting - Best Short Story)
Seven Kill Tiger by Charles Shao (reviewed in 2016 Hugo Voting - Best Short Story)
Space Raptor Butt Invasion by Chuck Tingle (reviewed in 2016 Hugo Voting - Best Short Story)

Revised Finalists (Sad Puppies Removed):
Asymmetrical Warfare by S.R. Algernon (reviewed in 2016 Hugo Voting - Best Short Story)
The Commuter by Thomas A. Mays [withdrawn]
If You Were an Award, My Love by Juan Tabo and S. Harris (reviewed in 2016 Hugo Voting - Best Short Story)
Seven Kill Tiger by Charles Shao (reviewed in 2016 Hugo Voting - Best Short Story)
Space Raptor Butt Invasion by Chuck Tingle (reviewed in 2016 Hugo Voting - Best Short Story)

Revised Finalists (Rabid Puppies Removed):
Hungry Daughters of Starving Mothers by Alyssa Wong
Today I Am Paul by Martin L. Shoemaker (reviewed in 2016 WSFA Small Press Award Voting); and
Tuesdays with Molokesh the Destroyer by Megan Gray
Wooden Feathers by Ursula Vernon

Revised Finalists (Both Sad and Rabid Puppies Removed):
Hungry Daughters of Starving Mothers by Alyssa Wong
Wooden Feathers by Ursula Vernon

Plus two (or possibly three) of:
Madeleine by Amal El-Mohtar;
Pocosin by Ursula Vernon;
Today I Am Paul by Martin L. Shoemaker (reviewed in 2016 WSFA Small Press Award Voting); and
Tuesdays with Molokesh the Destroyer by Megan Gray

Notes: Editing out just the Sad Puppy votes has no impact on this category. Editing out just the Rabid Puppy votes yields a clearer result than editing out both the Sad and Rabid Puppy votes, mostly because one doesn't have to figure out how much Sad Puppy support to attribute to (and deduct from the totals for) Today I Am Paul and Tuesdays with Molokesh the Destroyer.

Best Related Work

Original Finalists:
Between Light and Shadow: An Exploration of the Fiction of Gene Wolfe, 1951 to 1986 by Marc Aramini
The First Draft of My Appendix N Book by Jeffro Johnson
Safe Space as Rape Room by Daniel Eness
SJWs Always Lie: Taking Down the Thought Police by Theodore Beale
The Story of Moira Greyland by Moira Greyland

Revised Finalists (Sad Puppies Removed):
Between Light and Shadow: An Exploration of the Fiction of Gene Wolfe, 1951 to 1986 by Marc Aramini
The First Draft of My Appendix N Book by Jeffro Johnson
Safe Space as Rape Room by Daniel Eness
SJWs Always Lie: Taking Down the Thought Police by Theodore Beale
The Story of Moira Greyland by Moira Greyland

Revised Finalists (Rabid Puppies Removed):
Invisible 2 edited by Jim Hines
John Scalzi Is Not a Very Popular Author and I Myself Am Quite Popular: How SJWs Always Lie About Our Comparative Popularity Levels by Theophilus Pratt (aka Alexandra Erin)
Letters to Tiptree edited by Alisa Krasnostein and Alexandra Pierce
Lois McMaster Bujold by Edward James
You're Never Weird on the Internet (Almost) by Felicia Day

Revised Finalists (Both Sad and Rabid Puppies Removed):
Invisible 2 edited by Jim Hines
John Scalzi Is Not a Very Popular Author and I Myself Am Quite Popular: How SJWs Always Lie About Our Comparative Popularity Levels by Theophilus Pratt (aka Alexandra Erin)
Letters to Tiptree edited by Alisa Krasnostein and Alexandra Pierce
Lois McMaster Bujold by Edward James
You're Never Weird on the Internet (Almost) by Felicia Day

Notes: This is another category in which editing just the Sad Puppy votes out of the totals has no impact, and there is no difference between the results one gets from editing out just the Rabid Puppy votes and both the Sad and Rabid Puppy votes. The Sad Puppy voting contingent simply had no effect on this category.

Best Graphic Story

Original Finalists:
The Divine written by Boaz Lavie, art by Asaf Hanuka and Tomer Hanuka
Erin Dies Alone written by Grey Carter, art by Cory Rydell
Full Frontal Nerdity by Aaron Williams
The Sandman: Overture written by Neil Gaiman, art by J.H. Williams, III

Revised Finalists (Sad Puppies Removed):
The Divine written by Boaz Lavie, art by Asaf Hanuka and Tomer Hanuka
Erin Dies Alone written by Grey Carter, art by Cory Rydell
Full Frontal Nerdity by Aaron Williams
The Sandman: Overture written by Neil Gaiman, art by J.H. Williams, III

Plus either:

Revised Finalists (Rabid Puppies Removed):
Nimona by Noelle Stevenson
Saga, Volume 5 by Brian K. Vaughn and Fiona Staples
The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, Volume 1: Squirrel Power by Ryan North and Erica Henderson

Revised Finalists (Both Sad and Rabid Puppies Removed):
Nimona by Noelle Stevenson
The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, Volume 1: Squirrel Power by Ryan North and Erica Henderson

Plus either:
The Sandman: Overture by Neil Gaiman and J.H. Williams, III; or
Saga, Volume 5 by Brian K. Vaughn and Fiona Staples

Notes: Editing out just the Sad Puppies potentially drops Invisible Republic, Volume 01 from the ballot in favor of Bitch Planet, Book One: Extraordinary Machine. Editing out just the Rabid Puppies yields a clearer result then editing out both the Sad and Rabid Puppies, once again because one does not have to try to determine how much support a Sad Puppy selection had, in this case, Saga 5. Dividing up the factions this way does make clear that The Sandman: Overture probably only reached the list of Hugo finalists because of Rabid Puppy support, and would have had insufficient votes absent the actions of the slate voters.

Best Dramatic Presentation: Long Form

Original Finalists:
Avengers: Age of Ultron written and directed by Joss Whedon
Ex Machina written and directed by Alex Garland
Mad Max: Fury Road written by George Miller, Brendan McCarthy, and Nico Lathouris
The Martian screenplay by Drew Goddard
Star Wars: The Force Awakens written by Lawrence Kasdan, J.J. Abrams, and Michael Arndt

Revised Finalists (Sad Puppies Removed):
Avengers: Age of Ultron written and directed by Joss Whedon
Ex Machina written and directed by Alex Garland
Mad Max: Fury Road written by George Miller, Brendan McCarthy, and Nico Lathouris
The Martian screenplay by Drew Goddard
Star Wars: The Force Awakens written by Lawrence Kasdan, J.J. Abrams, and Michael Arndt

Revised Finalists (Rabid Puppies Removed):
Ex Machina
Inside Out
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Revised Finalists (Both Sad and Rabid Puppies Removed):
Ex Machina
Inside Out
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Notes: This category was minimally affected by the combined strength of the Sad and Rabid Puppies, and without their allies, the Sad Puppies had no impact at all. The results yielded by editing out the Rabid Puppies are identical to the results yielded by editing out both the Sad and Rabid Puppies. The actions of the Sad Puppies had no independent effect.

Best Dramatic Presentation: Short Form

Original Finalists:
Doctor Who: Heaven Sent written by Steven Moffat
Grimm: Headache written by Jim Kouf and David Greenwalt
Jessica Jones: AKA Smile written by Scott Reynolds, Melissa Rosenberg, and Jamie King
My Little Pony, Friendship Is Magic: The Cutie Map, Parts 1 and 2, written by Scott Sonneborn, M.A. Larson, and Meghan McCarthy
Supernatural: Just My Imagination written by Jenny Klein

Revised Finalists (Sad Puppies Removed):
Doctor Who: Heaven Sent written by Steven Moffat
Grimm: Headache written by Jim Kouf and David Greenwalt
Jessica Jones: AKA Smile written by Scott Reynolds, Melissa Rosenberg, and Jamie King
My Little Pony, Friendship Is Magic: The Cutie Map, Parts 1 and 2, written by Scott Sonneborn, M.A. Larson, and Meghan McCarthy
Supernatural: Just My Imagination written by Jenny Klein

Revised Finalists (Rabid Puppies Removed):
Doctor Who: Heaven Sent
The Expanse: CQB
The Expanse: Dulcinea
Game of Thrones: Hardhome
Jessica Jones: AKA Smile
Person of Interest: If-Then-Else

Revised Finalists (Both Sad and Rabid Puppies Removed):
Doctor Who: Heaven Sent
The Expanse: CQB
The Expanse: Dulcinea
Game of Thrones: Hardhome
Jessica Jones: AKA Smile

Notes: Once again, editing out just the Sad Puppy votes has no impact on the ballot in this category. Editing out just the Rabid Puppies has the odd effect of adding one finalist, as Person of Interest: If-Then-Else would have tied for fifth place with The Expanse: Dulcinea. Other than that one minor wrinkle, the results are the same when one edits out just the Rabid Puppy votes and when one edits out the Sad and Rabid Puppy votes.

Best Professional Editor: Short Form

Original Finalists:
John Joseph Adams
Neil Clarke
Ellen Datlow
Jerry Pournelle
Sheila Williams

Revised Finalists (Sad Puppies Removed):
John Joseph Adams
Neil Clarke
Ellen Datlow
Jerry Pournelle
Sheila Williams

Revised Finalists (Rabid Puppies Removed):
John Joseph Adams
Neil Clarke
Ellen Datlow
C.C. Finlay
Sheila Williams

Revised Finalists (Both Sad and Rabid Puppies Removed):
John Joseph Adams
Neil Clarke
Ellen Datlow
C.C. Finlay
Sheila Williams

Notes: Editing out the Sad Puppy votes doesn't change the original ballot at all. Editing out the Rabid Puppy votes has the same effect as editing out both the Sad and Rabid Puppy votes.

Best Professional Editor: Long Form

Original Finalists:
Theodore Beale
Liz Gorinsky
Sheila E. Gilbert
Jim Minz
Toni Weisskopf

Revised Finalists (Sad Puppies Removed):
Theodore Beale
Liz Gorinsky
Sheila E. Gilbert
Jim Minz
Toni Weisskopf

Revised Finalists (Rabid Puppies Removed):
Sheila Gilbert
Liz Gorinsky
Anne Lesley Groell
Devi Pillai
Toni Weisskopf

Revised Finalists (Both Sad and Rabid Puppies Removed):
Sheila Gilbert
Liz Gorinsky
Anne Lesley Groell
Devi Pillai
Toni Weisskopf

Notes: Editing out the Sad Puppy votes doesn't change the original ballot at all. Editing out the Rabid Puppy votes has the same effect as editing out both the Sad and Rabid Puppy votes. Again.

Best Professional Artist

Original Finalists:
Lars Braad Andersen
Larry Elmore
Abigail Larson
Michal Karcz
Larry Rostant

Revised Finalists (Sad Puppies Removed):
Lars Braad Andersen
Larry Elmore
Abigail Larson
Michal Karcz
Larry Rostant

Revised Finalists (Rabid Puppies Removed):
Galen Dara
Julie Dillon
Michal Karcz
John Picacio
Cynthia Sheppard

Revised Finalists (Both Sad and Rabid Puppies Removed):
Galen Dara
Julie Dillon
John Picacio
Cynthia Sheppard

Plus one of:
Larry Elmore; or
Michal Karcz

Notes: Removing just the Sad Puppy votes has no impact on the ballot. Removing just the Rabid Puppy votes definitively bumps Larry Elmore off of the ballot. Removing both the Sad and Rabid Puppy votes brings Elmore back into play as a possible finalist. This category is the one in which the Sad Puppies seem to have had the most overall impact, but only when their votes are assessed in conjunction with those of the Rabid Puppies. Even in a category where they arguably had the most impact, the Sad Puppies are dependent upon the Rabid Puppies.

Best Semi-Prozine

Original Finalists:
Beneath Ceaseless Skies edited by Scott H. Andrews, Nicole Lavigne, and Kate Marshall
Daily Science Fiction edited by Michele-Lee Barasso and Jonathan Laden
Sci Phi Journal edited by Jason Rennie
Strange Horizons edited by Catherine Krahe, Julia Rios, A.J. Odasso, Vanessa Rose Phin, Maureen Kincaid Speller, and the Strange Horizons staff
Uncanny Magazine edited by Lynne M. Thomas, Michael Damian Thomas, Michi Trota, Erika Ensign, and Steven Schapansky

Revised Finalists (Sad Puppies Removed):
Abyss & Apex edited by Wendy S. Delmater
Beneath Ceaseless Skies edited by Scott H. Andrews, Nicole Lavigne, and Kate Marshall
Daily Science Fiction edited by Michele-Lee Barasso and Jonathan Laden
Strange Horizons edited by Catherine Krahe, Julia Rios, A.J. Odasso, Vanessa Rose Phin, Maureen Kincaid Speller, and the Strange Horizons staff
Uncanny Magazine edited by Lynne M. Thomas, Michael Damian Thomas, Michi Trota, Erika Ensign, and Steven Schapansky

Revised Finalists (Rabid Puppies Removed):
Beneath Ceaseless Skies edited by Scott H. Andrews
The Book Smugglers edited by Thea James and Ana Grilo
Lightspeed Magazine edited by John Joseph Adams
Strange Horizons edited by Catherine Krahe, Julia Rios, A.J. Odasso, Vanessa Rose Phin, and Maureen Kincaid Speller
Uncanny Magazine edited by Lynne M. Thomas, Michael Damian Thomas, Michi Trota, Erika Ensign, and Steven Schapansky

Revised Finalists (Both Sad and Rabid Puppies Removed):
Beneath Ceaseless Skies edited by Scott H. Andrews
The Book Smugglers edited by Thea James and Ana Grilo
Lightspeed Magazine edited by John Joseph Adams
Strange Horizons edited by Catherine Krahe, Julia Rios, A.J. Odasso, Vanessa Rose Phin, and Maureen Kincaid Speller
Uncanny Magazine edited by Lynne M. Thomas, Michael Damian Thomas, Michi Trota, Erika Ensign, and Steven Schapansky

Notes: Removing just the Sad Puppy votes knocks off Daily Science Fiction in favor of the Rabid Puppy supported Abyss & Apex. This is one of a few instances in which eliminating the Sad Puppy votes would have worked to the benefit of the Rabid Puppy slate. On the other end of the scale, removing just the Rabid Puppy votes results in a ballot identical to what one would get if one were to remove both the Sad and Rabid Puppy votes.

Best Fanzine

Original Finalists:
Black Gate edited by John O’Neill [withdrawn]
Castalia House Blog edited by Jeffro Johnson
File 770 edited by Mike Glyer
Lady Business edited by Clare McBride, Ira, Jodie, KJ, Renay, and Susan
Superversive SF edited by Jason Rennie
Tangent Online edited by Dave Truesdale

Revised Finalists (Sad Puppies Removed):
Black Gate edited by John O’Neill [withdrawn]
Castalia House Blog edited by Jeffro Johnson
File 770 edited by Mike Glyer
Lady Business edited by Clare McBride, Ira, Jodie, KJ, Renay, and Susan
Superversive SF edited by Jason Rennie
Tangent Online edited by Dave Truesdale

Revised Finalists (Rabid Puppies Removed):
A Dribble of Ink edited by Aidan Moher
File 770 edited by Mike Glyer
Journey Planet edited by James Bacon and Christopher J. Garcia
Lady Business edited by Clare, Ira, Jodie, K.J., Renay, and Susan
Rocket Stack Rank edited by Greg Hullender and Eric Wong

Revised Finalists (Both Sad and Rabid Puppies Removed):
A Dribble of Ink edited by Aidan Moher
File 770 edited by Mike Glyer
Journey Planet edited by James Bacon and Christopher J. Garcia
Lady Business edited by Clare, Ira, Jodie, K.J., Renay, and Susan
Rocket Stack Rank edited by Greg Hullender and Eric Wong

Notes: Editing out the Sad Puppy votes doesn't change the original ballot at all. Editing out the Rabid Puppy votes has the same effect as editing out both the Sad and Rabid Puppy votes. Yet again.

Best Fan Writer

Original Finalists:
Douglas Ernst
Mike Glyer
Morgan Holmes
Jeffro Johnson
Shamus Young

Revised Finalists (Sad Puppies Removed):
Alexandra Erin
Douglas Ernst
Morgan Holmes
Jeffro Johnson
Shamus Young

Revised Finalists (Rabid Puppies Removed):
Alexandra Erin
Eric Flint
Mike Glyer
Natalie Luhrs
Mark Oshiro

Revised Finalists (Both Sad and Rabid Puppies Removed):
Alexandra Erin
Mike Glyer
Natalie Luhrs
Mark Oshiro
Abigail Nussbaum

Notes: Editing out the Sad Puppy votes removes (in a somewhat ironic twist) enough support for Mike Glyer that he is replaced on the ballot with Alexandra Erin. Editing out just the Rabid Puppy votes yields a ballot that is mostly the same as editing out both the Sad and Rabid Puppy votes, except that Abigail Nussbaum does not make the final ballot, with Eric Flint taking the slot instead.

Best Fan Artist

Original Finalists:
Matthew Callahan
disse86
Kukuruyo
Christian Quinot
Steve Stiles

Revised Finalists (Sad Puppies Removed):
Matthew Callahan
disse86
Kukuruyo
Christian Quinot
Steve Stiles

Revised Finalists (Rabid Puppies Removed):
Brad W. Foster
Megan Lara
Michal Karcz
Likhain (aka Mia S)
Steve Stiles

Revised Finalists (Both Sad and Rabid Puppies Removed):
Brad W. Foster
Megan Lara
Likhain (aka Mia S)
Richard Man
Steve Stiles

Notes: Removing just the Sad Puppy votes does not change the original ballot at all. Removing just the Rabid Puppy votes leaves Michal Karcz on the ballot instead of Richard Man, but otherwise gives the same results as removing both the Sad and Rabid Puppy votes.

Best Fancast

Original Finalists:
8-4 Play by Mark MacDonald, John Ricciardi, Hiroko Minamoto, and Justin Epperson
Cane and Rinse by Cane and Rinse
HelloGreedo by HelloGreedo
The Rageaholic by RazörFist
Tales to Terrify by Stephen Kilpatrick

Revised Finalists (Sad Puppies Removed):
8-4 Play by Mark MacDonald, John Ricciardi, Hiroko Minamoto, and Justin Epperson
Cane and Rinse by Cane and Rinse
HelloGreedo by HelloGreedo
The Rageaholic by RazörFist
Tales to Terrify by Stephen Kilpatrick

Revised Finalists (Rabid Puppies Removed):
Fangirl Happy Hour by Renay Williams and Ana Grilo
Galactic Suburbia by Alisa Krasnostein, Alexandra Pierce, and Tansy Rayner Roberts
The Skiffy and Fanty Show by Shaun Duke, Paul Weimer, Julia Rios, David Annandale, Mike Underwood, Rachael Acks, and Jennifer Zink
Tea and Jeopardy by Emma Newman and Peter Newman
Verity! by Deborah Stanish, Erika Ensign, Katrina Griffiths, L.M. Myles, Lynne M. Thomas, and Tansy Rayner Roberts

Revised Finalists (Both Sad and Rabid Puppies Removed):
Fangirl Happy Hour by Renay Williams and Ana Grilo
Galactic Suburbia by Alisa Krasnostein, Alexandra Pierce, and Tansy Rayner Roberts
The Skiffy and Fanty Show by Shaun Duke, Paul Weimer, Julia Rios, David Annandale, Mike Underwood, Rachael Acks, and Jennifer Zink
Tea and Jeopardy by Emma Newman and Peter Newman
Verity! by Deborah Stanish, Erika Ensign, Katrina Griffiths, L.M. Myles, Lynne M. Thomas, and Tansy Rayner Roberts

Notes: Editing out the Sad Puppy votes doesn't change the original ballot at all. Editing out the Rabid Puppy votes has the same effect as editing out both the Sad and Rabid Puppy votes. Yes, yet again. This is becoming something of a broken record.

John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer

Original Finalists:
Pierce Brown
Sebastien de Castell
Brian Niemeier
Andy Weir
Alyssa Wong

Revised Finalists (Sad Puppies Removed):
Pierce Brown
Cheah Kai Wei
Brian Niemeier
Andy Weir
Alyssa Wong

Revised Finalists (Rabid Puppies Removed):
Becky Chambers
Sunil Patel
Kelly Robson
Andy Weir
Alyssa Wong

Revised Finalists (Both Sad and Rabid Puppies Removed):
Becky Chambers
Sunil Patel
Kelly Robson
Andy Weir
Alyssa Wong

Notes: Editing out the Sad Puppy votes bumps Sebastien de Castell off of the list of Campbell award finalists, and replaced him with Rabid Puppy pick Cheah Kai Wei. Editing just the Rabid Puppy votes out of the results gives the same list of finalists that editing out both the Sad and Rabid Puppy votes does.

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