Typing the first line of that quote + "NY Times" into Google reveals, yes, a real NY Times article - one that was published in 1992, in reference to the National Book Award & Pulitzer Prize. IT'S A TWENTY-FUCKING-FIVE YEAR OLD ARTICLE YOU GUYS.http://www.nytimes.com/1992/03/16/business/the-media-business-even-in-book-awards-to-victors-go-the-spoils.html …
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The fact that this "award" is for something called the "New York Literary Magazine" is, of course, I'm sure, a mere coincidence, and NOT AT ALL a brazen ambush marketing tactic to make people think this site and the NY Times are related by including a 25-year-old quote.
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And then there's the pull quotes displayed next to the "distinguished award seal" and a pic of the trophy you might win, thereby directly implying that the quotes are about THIS award IN PARTICULAR. Except that, uh. They're not.
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This quote, from the Author Pub website, is easily findable: it comes from a blog post that literally doesn't mention this award at all, but is rather talking about award nominations in general. http://www.author.pub/Improving-book-sales.html …pic.twitter.com/xaONEBsnSM
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This quote, from Writers Digest, is likewise about the generic value of awards; however, it also mentions a few specific examples, none of which relate to THIS award. https://www.writersdigestshop.com/writing-contests …pic.twitter.com/xs7FbvUIec
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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
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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
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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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Replying to @fozmeadows
This is perplexing. Thanks for bringing it to my attention!
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No problem! The whole thing is bizarre.
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