Official Statement by the Sad Puppies Central Committee Concerning Certain Spurious Accusations

The Central Committee of the Sad Puppies Vanguard Party releases the following the statement regarding certain spurious accusations that have been leveled against the Campaign for the Liberation of the Hugo Awards and Redress of Grievances:

In the days since the Hugo nominations were announced, enemies of the party have made numerous insinuations that our movement is in fact a cover for one particular member to market his own publishing house. Let us be clear: this is not true.

While we certainly concede that many of this years nominations come from Vox Day's Castalia House, this is far less noteworthy than past years when Tor Books dominated the ballots. In that case it was indeed a symptom of the ruling clique's self-aggrandizement. Liberal-oriented literary SF novels come from a variety of sources, but most of them were ignored or only allowed a token presence on the ballot, while the Nielsen Hayden coterie placed their own authors in spots of prominence.

In the case of the Sad Puppies slate, on the contrary, few publishers are willing to put out books of the quality and content which we approve, and of these Castalia House is the most consistent in that regard. It is only natural that the company should then garner a disproportionate amount of support from the movement.

Any suggestions that our campaign is simply a marketing scheme for Vox Day, or that he has manipulated us into giving him free publicity are untrue and counterproductive to the success of the revolution. Anyone who continues to spread these rumors shall be deemed a tool of the Nielsen Hayden coterie and punished to the fullest extent allowable under the laws of the Sad Puppies Vanguard Party. Furthermore, we warn our enemies that any attempt to have the Sad Puppies Vanguard Party investigated by the Internal Revenue Service for providing free services to Vox Day and Castalia House will be met with swift and determined retaliation.

THIS STATEMENT HAS BEEN APPROVED FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE BY THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF THE SAD PUPPIES VANGUARD PARTY