NOT ONLY is there a whole section on “Why Should You Join Our Contest?” - which, given the claim that you’re ALREADY nominated, is a flat-out contradiction - but they also want to charge you for the privilege.pic.twitter.com/2TlEXQJqTn
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This quote from John Macrae, however, is a real doozy - not only is his quote, in context, talking about the National Book Critics Circle award, but the NY Times piece from which it comes was published in - wait for it - NINETEEN EIGHTY THREE. http://www.nytimes.com/1983/04/15/books/publishing-do-prizes-sell-books.html …pic.twitter.com/QHzow048M1
This Independent Publisher quote is happily more recent, being from 2014, but still: it has jack shit to do with this SPECIFIC award. http://www.independentpublisher.com/ipland/SellMoreBooks_2014.pdf …pic.twitter.com/xweabUGQEK
Have they managed to repurpose the same 1992 NY Times quote from the body of their email on their main page, too? Why, yes. Yes they have. http://www.nytimes.com/1992/03/16/business/the-media-business-even-in-book-awards-to-victors-go-the-spoils.html …pic.twitter.com/dsJx5nLcEu
And then there's this quote, supposedly from agent @julietpickering at @BFLAgency - though you'll note both her name and the agency's are misspelled. Her quote was specifically about awards helping publishers take on short story collections. http://www.thereviewreview.net/publishing-tips/always-winner-benefits-entering-writing-cont …pic.twitter.com/j2lB545bXw
So, to recap: of the six pull quotes featured prominently at the top of the site, NOT A SINGLE ONE refers to the actual NY Literary Magazine Best Story Award.
It's also worth glancing at their "Author Success" page, which lists - again - a number of quotes from the same articles used earlier, implying them to be the successes of THIS award, mixed in with others which seem, quite demonstrably, to be about other awards entirely.pic.twitter.com/Qq0UkVC7p9
In conclusion, if you've received an email from these people, STEER CLEAR. This is a fucking scam operation if ever I've seen one, founded solely on the idea that ANY award nomination, no matter how obscure or dubious, might net someone an agent or a publisher.
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