And then, of course, there are non-white SFF authors who don't want to submit because they can see how steampunk is perceived (quite rightly) as a "Western" project and, quite frankly, just like the Hugos, don't want to get caught between two factions. Many issues, limited time.

No offence, Steven, but we're really exhausted with this shit: "Wow, fancy that. Another white male writer takes offence? Who would have thunk it?"