As we consider categories and what they comprise, we should be looking for categories that are broad enough to encompass a large chunk of the eligible stories. That way being nominated is a true honor. (For example, if we only have five AU stories for the year and we have five nominees, that means every eligible story is nominated by default, and the honor of being nominated is lost.)
Part of the job of the committee will be checking exactly that. Making sure that category has enough eligible stories to make it viable and no story is nominated by default. Every nomination should be an honor.
But at this stage of the conversation, we would love to hear thoughts from all of you about how to craft these categories (what categories can be combined? What category had be broadened? etc) to create a list of categories that makes sense AND are competitive.
