Table S9: Statistics: 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: Tue Nov 22 2011

This is the distribution for Hugo Awards:

36 56 51 67 50 70 59 49 47 57 66 55
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:

35 50 50 67 61 59 66 52 51 49 58 47
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

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

130 144 140 157 147 192 169 145 143 143 196 162
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
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