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These awards are among the most prestigious given every year in the speculative fiction genre. WF award winners are chosen by a panel of judges, which differs every year. For the 2005 awards, the judges were Alis Rasmussen ( Kate Elliott ), Jeffrey Ford , Tim Lebbon , Patrick Nielsen Hayden , and Jessica Amanda Salmonson . Winners are chosen from groups of nominees (generally five or six per category), also selected largely by the judges, with two picked by members of the annual WFC. The WF awards thus differ significantly in administration from other notable genre awards, such as Hugos or Nebulas . For the Hugos, the nominees and winners are chosen solely by members of the World Science Fiction Convention , while the Nebulas are awards for authors chosen by authors, specifically members of the Science Fiction And Fantasy Writers Of America . Thus neither the Hugos nor Nebulas have overseeing judges. Because of the small number of judges for the WF awards, and because they usually try to read very comprehensively in the field, selections for the awards are often eclectic. For example, low-selling but high-quality works from Small Press publications, which may be overlooked by other awards, often receive a critical spotlight in the WF awards. The WF are also unique in having categories for single-author collections and multi-author anthologies, which categories the Nebulas and Hugos lack. CURRENT AND PAST CATEGORIES FOR THE AWARDS
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