Note the positioning of MOAR WINNERS ALL THE TIME UNLIKE THOSE YEARLY AWARDS THAT MAKE YOU *WAIT* OMG as a prestige point. This from a site that uses the word "distinguished" (according to who?) FOUR TIMES on the main page alone.
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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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