Sacrosanct
Legend
I don't know about tribalism, but it definitely supports my theory of how an author's name recognition is more of a penalty than a benefit in these contests. Seems like the first authors to be voted off are usually the more popular, easily-recognized ones.
By tribalism, I mean by some of the things we've seen in entrenched fandom. "Anyone who votes against my favorite author isn't smart enough to appreciate them, so I'm going to downvote any author you upvote in retaliation."