Re: book awards

**S* W* <g*@gmail.com>**

Amy,

The Council on Botanical and Horticultural Libraries has a literature
award. Check it out http://www.cbhl.net/litaward/litaward.htm
Sally
On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 4:46 PM, Geri Laufer <gerilaufer@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Amy,
> The Garden Writers Association awards program is legit, writers are called
> in to judge judge articles, books, photography, etc. from their own field
> of expertise, with 2 or more independent  judges in each category.  There
> is a scale of points and initially each submission is judged on its own
> merits. There is a submission fee. There is a call for entries here:
> http://www.gardenwriters.org/gwa.php?p=awards/index.html
>
> hope that helps, Geri Laufer
>
>
> On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 1:22 PM, Amy Ziffer <amyziffer@earthlink.net>
> wrote:
>
> > Hi All:
> >
> > Does anyone here have any experience with book awards programs, such
> > as the American Horticultural Society's or anyone else's?  Has anyone
> > ever nominated a book or had their book nominated?  I'd like to know
> > if there's usually a charge for a publisher to submit a book for
> > consideration, or anything else anyone can tell me about the process.
> > Do you think that book awards are legit?  I've always been suspicious
> > that they're like advertorial--tit for tat, in exchange for $$.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Amy
> >
> > Amy Ziffer
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> >
> >
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