Table S9: Chart: Distribution of Short Fiction Source Months

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This page shows distribution by month of Hugo and Nebula short fiction sources -- that is, how many were published in January of any year, February of any year, etc.

As of: Wed Feb 20 2008

This is the distribution for Hugo Awards:

32 52 48 66 48 66 55 48 41 55 62 50
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

This is the distribution for Nebula Awards before 1976 (vertical scale exaggerated by 3x):

8 11 18 18 10 11 14 9 13 12 7 7
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

This is the distribution for Nebula Awards since 1993, when SFWA implemented its revolving 12-month eligiblity period:

18 27 35 37 30 29 34 26 30 32 17 26
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

And here's cumulative Nebula distribution to date:

28 44 47 63 59 54 61 48 46 45 54 45
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

This is cumulative Locus Poll distribution to date (scale reduced by half):

119 136 129 147 136 180 152 131 133 132 184 152
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
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