The Dragon Awards Removes Conservative Artist's Work From Nomination Without Rules Being Violated

The Dragon Awards is threatening to go the way of The Hugo Awards if it can't hold all books to the same standards.

The Dragon Awards started as a Dragon*Con alternative to the publishing industry's controlled Hugo Awards after the latter was mired in controversy so much that it became irrelevant. Now, The Dragon Awards has removed a book from consideration under nebulous circumstances because of AI tools used on the cover, creating an uproar as these rules were neve…