Worldcon
Aug. 29 to
Sept. 2, 2002
San José
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Fan, Pro or Semi-Pro?

This is an attempt to define what we mean by Semi-Professional for advertising purposes. Basically it works out to this: any person is a Fan if less than 25% of their income is derived by selling their creative work. They are Semi-Professional if they make between 25% and 75% of their income by selling their creative endeavors. And they are Professional if, in any one year, they have made more than 75% of their income from what they have created.

Yes, this means that professionals have a glass floor. Once you achieve professional status, you can't go back to semi-pro or fan status again. Sorry folks.

Fan clubs, or fan organizations that do not have sales as their primary means of income, also qualify for fan rates.

Publications qualify for semi-professional ad rates if they fit the qualifications for the Semi-Pro Hugo category.

Companies that sell things, by definition, are professional organizations and, as such, pay the professional rate.
 

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