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Re: [GWL]: New Garden Globe Awards

Thanks for all the comments, and to Lon for letting the subject of the GWAA 
awards get on here. Like Jeff, I find this list more interesting than work, 
but I don't get to read daily, so am just catching up on the thread here.
I was the chairman of the awards committee in the 90's, which is a three 
year committment at least, including two trips to Washington for the 
judging. The fees charged pay for the airfares, hotel, and accomodations for 
the judges. They are not paid for their work, nor is the committee, and the 
gwaa staff is all there all weekend to facilitate the process.
The judging process is, in my observation, both subjective and objective. 
There are scales to use in reviewing the entries, to rank them within a 
category, and Jeff is right in saying that each category has standouts, but 
the judges are human, so, yes, their reactions to each piece are as 
individual as they. Because of the number of entries and the necessity to 
have all the judging done at once in one place (except for the trade and 
video categories) to be fair to everyone, the judges are overworked in some 
categories. I saw them work their tails off to get the job done, but I did 
feel that the critiques left alot to be desired. I think this is simply 
because of time constraints, not because the judges are anything less than 
one would hope for. The process of selecting them is not simple, but does 
come down to willingness and availability. I was personally amazed at the 
people who said yes - and those who said no!
If an entrant doesn't ask for a critique, the person never knows that a 
judge 'liked' their entry or didn't. Personally, I would prefer a 
non-judged, critique system from mentors and peers, separate from the award 
process (which I would conduct without critique) but have been told just how 
impractical that idea is on several occasions.
I am a defender of the process today because I see in the new approach 
several of the issues we discussed during my term with the committee being 
addressed by Suzi and I know we're in good hands.
Thanks for the interest shown here,
Nellie Neal


>From: "Lon J. Rombough" <lonrom@hevanet.com>
>Reply-To: Gardenwriters@topica.com
>To: Gardenwriters@topica.com
>Subject: Re: [GWL]: New Garden Globe Awards
>Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2001 08:42:47 -0800
>
>The awards have done one thing - created a lively topic for the list, which
>I always appreciate.  Seems I can't enter what I was going to, though, from
>this.  I had a piece in Chicken Soup for the Gardeners Soul, and since last
>year's winner was from that, apparently my piece must have been copyrighted
>too long ago to qualify, even though the book didn't come out until Feb.
>-Lon
>Grapes, writing, consulting, more, plus word on my grape book at
>http://www.bunchgrapes.com
>
>----------
> >From: Suzi McCoy <buzz@impact-pr.com>
> >To: Gardenwriters@topica.com
> >Subject: [GWL]: New Garden Globe Awards
> >Date: Tue, Dec 11, 2001, 5:23 AM
> >
>
> >Hey everyone - Here is a copy of the story that will run in the next
> >Quill & Trowel to let you all know what is happening with the GWAA
> >awards.  I hope to see lots of entries from this list!!!
>
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