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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MThibault" data-source="post: 731610" data-attributes="member: 7971">"As for silver and bronze medals, my heart, my gut feeling tells me that I'm still not convinced -- especially if throughout the year publishers make a bigger deal out of receiving nominations, such as on their web sites and in their advertising (FDP included, by the way)."If the value of a nomination is eroded then publishers will have to really promote their nominations *before* the awards to try to build/coalesce support to actually win one of the top three.  After the awards are handed out, then really only the three winners will benefit from their association with the awards from that point forward.I believe Hellhound when he says that he's just as proud of his nomination as his award.  But the fact of the matter is that the award lets him put "ENnie Award winner" in his title or signature, on his website and even on the products.  If being nominated is really as good as winning, then why announce a winner?  Graciousness is a virtue and all, but you *want* the award itself to be more meaningful than the nomination.Just two more cents I found next to the cold medicine (this bug really travels, apparently).Cheers</blockquote>