Re: GWA Awards presentations

**J* L* <h*@yahoo.com>**

I didn't see the beginning of this discussion -- apologies for my late response as committee chair this year -- but ALL of the winners are listed in the program. It's true that if a Silver Award winner is not in attendance, his or her name is not announced. The reason is that the couple of years all the names were read, the banquet went on very long -- and attendees complained about the time and said that it was very dull. (After two years, we returned to the way it's done now.)

We have discussed this over and over. In no way do we mean to slight these important winners. They certainly aren't ignored: The Silver Award winners are all announced in the Q&T and listed on the GWA website, and their names are all in the awards banquet program for everyone to read. (This policy affected me a few years ago when I won but wasn't able to attend, and I understood completely. Just winning was enough for me.)

It certainly is NOT true that anyone is denied a Gold award because he or she doesn't attend the banquet. The awards are determined by judges in March. At that point, no one has any knowledge of who will be attending or not.

However, I am under the impression that if you won a Silver award and arrange to have someone who's at the banquet pick up the award for you,  your name will be announced. (Have you been told differeently, Graham?) 

I invite anyone at the Dallas meeting to for me and talk more about it. I'm happy to discuss it.

Best,
Judy Lowe

http://Twitter.com/JudyDigginit

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> Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2010 22:09:54 +0100
> From: Graham Rice <grahamjfr@gmail.com>
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> Subject: Re: [GWL] GWA Awards presentations
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> OK, it's true that there's quite a number of Silver Award
> winners and
> someone simply standing on stage and reading them out would
> not make for an
> exciting presentation.
> 
> The problem is that the GWA's alternative is - nothing,
> don't announce them
> at all. And that diminishes the award. Instead of saying
> "that's too many,
> let's not do it" why don't they think "how can we honor
> these award
> winners?" And the obvious answer is to create an audio
> visual presentation
> that both engages the audience and honors the winners. Not
> so very
> difficult, surely.
> 
> Graham
> 
> 
> On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 9:52 PM, Nancy Szerlag <szerlag@earthlink.net>
> wrote:
> 
> > I agree Dawn. Every award presentation I have attended
> or watched on the
> >> tube has announced
> >>
> > ALL the winners.  I do think it's good manners to
> let the committee know if
> > you will not be attending.
> > Nancy Szerlag.
> >
> > BTW,  If you don't attend, does that mean you
> will not be considered for
> > the Big Enchilada?
> >
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> ________________________________
> >> From: Graham Rice <grahamjfr@gmail.com>
> >> To: Garden Writers -- GWL -- The Garden Writers
> Forum
> >> <gardenwriters@lists.ibiblio.org>
> >> Sent: Sun, September 5, 2010 7:11:31 AM
> >> Subject: [GWL] GWA Awards presentations
> >>
> >> Anyone think it's unfair that if you've won a
> Silver Award it will only be
> >> announced at the awards ceremony if you're there
> in person to accept it?
> >> No
> >> one is allowed to accept on your behalf. So if
> you're not there your award
> >> doesn't get a mention, just a slot in the
> display.
> >>
> >> Graham Rice

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