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Given the current revival of the never-ending discussion, can someone fill in the history of where we borrowed the rules from? There's some slight discrepancies that mean I can't be sure where we got them from, although it's usually only a word either way. I'm specifically comparing our rules with these Hugo and Nebula rules (feel free to check if they're actually the most up-to-date versions).

Shortstory: ISFDB   <= 7,500 words.
            Nebula: <  7,500 words   
            Hugo:   <  7,500 words               

Novelette:  ISFDB   >  7,500 words and <= 17,500 words. 
            Nebula: >= 7,500 words and <  17,500 words. 
            Hugo:   "Between" 7,500 words and 17,500 words. 

Novella:    ISFDB:  >  17,500 words and <= 40,000 words. 
            Nebula: >= 17,500 words and <  40,000 words. 
            Hugo:   "Between" 17,500 words and 40,000 words.   

The Hugo looks a slightly woollier definition as it doesn't indicate whether "between" includes the end-values or not, and either way you have either an overlap or a gap. But the real kicker is in the Nebula rules: At the author's request, a novella-length work published individually, rather than as part of a collection or an anthology, may appear in the novel category. BLongley 19:44, 11 November 2008 (UTC)