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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dextra" data-source="post: 1725471" data-attributes="member: 5705">Assuming the submitted copies for consideration were mailed directly to the judges, I only had in mind a nominal $5/publisher, plus perhaps another $1 per additional product submitted.  So if a publisher submitted two books, it would cost them a whallopping $6, which would go towards defraying long distance charges, postage, paper, and a little towards the cost of the trophies.  I hope that such an investment wouldn't become a barrier.  I know, times are tight, and money's thin, but I spent that much buying two bottles of water at the con!I guess I don't find the concept of an entry fee to be so distateful because I'm used to being gouged for other competitions.  When my daughters dance at a Feis, they pay $5-$15 per dance, usually dancing 6-9 dances.  PLUS Hound and I pay and additional $5-$12 each for the privilege of watching them do so.  It boggles my mind that the minimal expenditure I had suggested is causing such a boondoggle.It's a privilege to be considered for the award.  And I'm willing to bet that the ENnies are going to be doing a huge publicity push in the media, GenCon, trade papers, FLGSs and distributors for their fifth year, so being nominated or even winning will carry a larger impact.  Considering that many of the judges are also reviewers, shipping the product shouldn't be that much of an additional expense- hopefully, the publishers are already shipping them to the reviewers already anyhow, right?ANYHOO, this is me just speculating and throwing some ideas around.  If the concept of an entry fee is that distateful, I'm sure it'll be tossed out the window.  The ENnies/ENWorld's got a few months yet before any decisions have to be made.  Thanks to everyone taking part thus far, I've been getting some great ideas, including an AWESOME, never-before-seen product that could be used to help raise funds.</blockquote>

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