tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5582424681394107518.post4668322429025894930..comments2023-05-03T11:19:35.172-04:00Comments on TymberDalton.com - Tales from the Snark Side: Writer Beware - ContestsLesli Richardson (aka Tymber Dalton)http://www.blogger.com/profile/06688795543967238299noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5582424681394107518.post-40575434921711998462010-07-05T02:18:08.144-04:002010-07-05T02:18:08.144-04:00I always get edgy when there's a writing compe...I always get edgy when there's a writing competition with an entry fee.nerinedormanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12885964421325041778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5582424681394107518.post-59834234721925939782010-07-02T09:22:44.452-04:002010-07-02T09:22:44.452-04:00Thanks for the extra info Brenna! And just the fac...Thanks for the extra info Brenna! And just the fact that they're affiliated with a marketing company and not something like a trade organization or other reputable group makes me extremely wary.Lesli Richardson (aka Tymber Dalton)https://www.blogger.com/profile/06688795543967238299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5582424681394107518.post-83097851282615024292010-07-02T09:06:01.202-04:002010-07-02T09:06:01.202-04:00Absolutely true.
EPIC eBook Awards (formerly cal...Absolutely true. <br /><br />EPIC eBook Awards (formerly called the EPPIE) are in their 12th year (created in 1998, took first entries in 1999, and first awards ceremony in 2000), and Dream Realm Awards is only a little over a year younger. <br /><br />EPPIE/EPIC eBook Awards are the longest-standing eBook awards in existence, as far as I know. There were a few older ones, like Frankfurt, but they folded. EPIC has been in continuous operation for 12 years. <br /><br />If anyone beats that for JUST eBooks, I would be interested to have the information. So far, the only older awards I can find are for print books but will now (in the last few years) allow eBooks to compete as well. EPIC, by comparison, has always been eBook, whether or not there is a print counterpart to the release. The eBook available for sale in the English language is the qualifying marker for the contest.<br /><br />And about the price? No kidding! The other award is between 2 (for anthologies) and nearly 3 times as expensive than EPIC's contest is and is more than 3 times more expensive than DRA is. <br /><br />Not to mention, the new contest is NOT an established name in the industry, while the other two are. It won't BECOME an established name with this blatant proof that they don't know squat about the industry, IMO.<br /><br />BrennaBrennaLyonshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17399508130752035374noreply@blogger.com