Authors everywhere claim that their book is \u201caward-winning.\u201d What exactly does this mean? Some say they are an \u201caward-winning author.\u201d Heck, I guess I could say that. I have won many awards in my lifetime and I am an author. <\/p>\n
I think that most people are somewhat impressed by the term \u201caward-winning.\u201d I used to be, too. But now, not so much.<\/p>\n
Sure, there are legitimate contests and definitely some prestigious awards. But there are also many rather inconsequential contests with numerous meaningless awards. I\u2019ve judged some of them. <\/p>\n
I\u2019ve judged contests where there were only three books in a category and two of them were junk. Is first place in this case really worth anything? Well, it\u2019s enough for the author to legitimately slap an \u201caward-winning\u201d sticker on the front of her book and present herself as an award-winning author. <\/p>\n
The other two books, even if they are awful, may automatically win second and third place. So now you have authors touting their crumby books as award-winners. <\/p>\n
Some authors enter their books in several categories\u2014including some that don\u2019t even apply to their genre\/topic. If entries are sparse and the book is beautifully done, they might get an award in some obscure, non-relating category. And they can legitimately claim that their book took first place in the humor or ethnic category even though their topic is a somber one and there is no mention of ethnicity whatsoever.<\/p>\n
My point is, you can\u2019t always judge a book by its award status. <\/p>\n
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