Brad Torgerson has created an excellent list over at his blog, the Sad Puppies slate. As I said last year, this is a great guideline, but nominate the works you think best. Not most likely to win, BEST. Once, the Hugo was an award that meant something, and now, it's handed out as a party favor to the author that says the right things. Sad Puppies is about bringing some of the good stuff back into the public eye. I can't tell you how many people have told me in the last couple of years that they had stopped reading SFF because nothing seemed to be enjoyable any longer.