Re: International Thriller Writers Association

**"* C* <d*@chilitech.net>**

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rich Pomerantz" <rich@richpomerantz.com>

> Also, I don't understand the comment about winners buying the awards. No 
> one paid me or my fellow judges anything to select the winners we chose 
> when I judged, and I am quite sure none of the other judges receive any 
> compensation for making the choices they did.  That's a slur that has no 
> basis. Can we agree to not repeat it anymore, unless of course you have 
> proof of the bribery you are alleging?

No, I certainly was not alleging bribery, nor do I think the judges are 
anything but scrupulous. I'm sorry if my use of hyperbole was misunderstood.

I was referring to a change made several years ago. When I first joined in 
the early 1980s, Quill and Trowel involved a nominal entrance fee -- 25 
bucks I think -- and the awards themselves were pretty exclusive. Then they 
tripled the fee (if I recall correctly) and greatly expanded the number of 
awards. It didn't affect me, because I had stopped submitting for Quill and 
Trowel before that (though I have my fair share of other awards), but it 
seemed to me that GWAA awards were being devalued like college grades and 
military medals.

D 

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