Stephen, you know my feelings on this but I’ll reiterate them on the public boards:
We need to apply a level of common sense regarding the Awards Administrator’s connections with titles nominated for awards. Off the top of my head, here’s a few pointers:
If the Awards Administrator has written some reviews, a story, a poem, an article or illustrated an eligible title, the title should still be eligible.
If the Awards Administrator has reviewed a title – on a website, in print, etc – either favourably or unfavourably, the title should still be eligible.
The Awards Administrator will accept that all their individual work – stories, illustrations, poems, non-fiction, editorial work, etc – will be ineligible for a British Fantasy Award.
If the Awards Administrator has published a complete title with a small press publisher – e.g. a book as author, co-author or editor – that publisher should be ineligible for the “Best Small Press” award for that given year.
I hope these are helpful… and provoke some further discussion, which is always useful.