Comments on: Charging to Enter Awards

By: Headline LinkBlogging » Comics Worth Reading

Headline LinkBlogging » Comics Worth Reading — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 02:02:38 +0000

[...] the scam that is ForeWord Magazine’s Book of the Year Awards. I pointed out two years ago how much money they might be making from this “recognition”. Not to mention that they sell reviews for [...]

By: Johanna

Johanna — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 19:33:33 +0000

I can see where some awards would need a filter for entrants, which a fee would accomplish, but I’m not sure that’s necessary in this case.

By: Tomym Raiko

Tomym Raiko — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 13:34:44 +0000

Well, that does seem to be a big discrepancy between the award’s seeming entry fee revenue and the cash prizes awarded (admittedly, without knowing all the expenses ForeWord may have in administering these awards.)

Plenty of folks do think that charging entry fees compromise an award’s credibility, but there are plenty of awards that manage to charge fees and still maintain a level of prestige and credibility (the Pulitzer comes to mind, or things like the Society of Illustrator awards/exhibition/annual book that has features some comics artists.)

That said, it is worth realizing that an award that charges entry fees may have its focus split between the windfall revenue those fees generate and the higher mission of the award itself.