Awards are great, as you get to meet up with friends and colleagues from your industry - a sort of reunion.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Awards are lovely and always welcome.
My awards are lovely. I love to show them off.
Awards are always a pleasant surprise. They are the candy-floss parts of our job - a lovely added extra to attract people's attention. The bottom line is that you want to sell tickets.
Do awards change careers? Well, I haven't heard of many stories where that's the case. It's a fun excuse to meet colleagues and celebrate people who've done well that year in certain people's eyes, and it's nothing more than that.
Except that awards are competitive, which is a negative thing, they are wonderful for singling out deserving individuals and bringing their work to the attention of many potential readers who might otherwise have been totally unaware of them.
Awards can give you a tremendous amount of encouragement to keep getting better, no matter how young or old you are.
I love awards, especially if I get them.
Most awards, you know, they don't give you unless you go and get them - did you know that? Terribly discouraging.
It's very validating when you are new in the industry to get awards. It boosts your self-esteem.
Awards can't be what's important in your life. Because that only affects you in a sense. Life is so much more than that: It's your family and your friends and that sort of thing.