Society of Authors May 19th

Helena

So --- who has won an award from the DSJTCT and will be at the ceremony next month?

Carol

No one I know.

Helena

Hmm.. nobody on here received an invitation -- yet?

I have.

The DSjTCT phoned and asked if I could collect my award.

Would not tell me which award.

Nothing on the Net to explain which ones are being carried on by DSjTCt and which by Writers' News.

Hmmm....

Jay Mandal

Well done!

Helena

Thanks. I hope I am not going to be the only Talkbacker there! It was so fantastic meeting Butterfly and many others at Harrogate in 2007. But now they have split the awards in two there will be far fewer people there.

bochok

Congrats, Helena!

Dwight

Er, Helena... you didn't receive your invitation on April 1st, did you?

Not wanting to doubt your obvious eligibility ;)

ceka

Dwight, you cynic!
Well done, Helena - which award is most likely to be yours?

Viv

I thought DSJT were mainly just doing the self publishing awards these days, as all the short story and poem ones are with WM/WN. Did you enter that Helena?

Helena

Dwight you are a beastie!

Ceka - to my knowledge there's only two awards that the book would be eligible for, either (a) best non fiction or (b) best overall self published book. You can win (a) without winning (b) but as (b) is chosen from the winners of (a) plus their counterparts in fiction, poetry, etc, you cannot win (b) without winning (a).

So, now I have confused everyone! I'll try again.

The minimum I have won is the "best non fiction self published book". And I might have won the best overall as well, as I did in 2007, but I don't dare to dream of it, because I am not likely to have won it twice.

Viv yes I entered the book for judgement as a non fiction SP book.

Mutley

Well done Helena.

Dwight

Fantastic achievement, Helena. Well done.

Helena

Tanx everyone!