DVX DVD wins Accolade award

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Barry_Green

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I told you guys I'd enter a bunch of contests and keep you posted as to how it went (can't find the old thread, so I'll start a new one).

I entered five contests, and I've heard back from two so far. We didn't win a Telly award, which is fine and helps reassure the notion that the Telly competition is not a trophy mill (plus, I already have one anyway!) :P

The Accolade awards, however, sent us notice that we won an "Award of Excellence". By certified mail, even. http://www.accoladecompetition.org

Now if I want the statue, I just have to fork over - get this - $175. Not *sure* it's a trophy mill (after all, places like Mandalay Sports, Hallmark, TLC, Target, the US Army and Washington State University entered this competition) but... $175?

Well, the way I see it, if I strike out in all the competitions except this one, then I'd say this one was a trophy mill. If I win all but the Telly, then... well, I don't know what that says. Either it says that they're all trophy mills except the Telly, or it says it's a pretty good DVD (but still not a Telly winner).

I'll keep you posted.
 
You get the Kickassmuthaf*ckindvxuser award for best DVD Barry. What else do you need?


BTW, any of you photoshop geniuses wanna design that award?
 
Maybe you've got enemies on the Telly committee, because it's a kick ass book.
 
Okay, just picked up another one:

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This one is from http://www.VideoAwards.com, called "The Videographer Awards". Whether it's a trophy mill or not -- well... here's what they say:
There were 2,293 entrants. About 14% qualified for the top award, the Award of Excellence (which is what the DVX DVD got). 17% qualified for the next level down, the Award of Distinction. Another 7% got Honorable Mention.

So not everybody won. However, 14+17+4 = 35, so 35% of entrants won something. That seems pretty high.

And they don't just tell everyone that they're top winners, because the names of the Award of Excellence winners are posted on their website, and there sure aren't 2,293 names listed...

Winners and Honorable Mentions get a free certificate (which is better than the Accolades, which didn't give out a free certificate). If you want a trophy you can order one (winners, but not honorable mentions) for $110.

So it seems reasonably legit, as compared to other contests (even the Telly awards make you pay for the statue, and they're definitely fully legit). However, we didn't qualify for the Tellys, yet won the top award at the VideoAwards, so that leads me to think that this particular contest is easier to win at.

For those keeping track, I entered five contests, and have heard back from three. Two wins, one loss, and still waiting to hear from the Aurora and Omni awards. If anyone's interested in any other contests, let me know about 'em and I'll consider entering! :D
 
Okay, more info: the Omni Awards wrote back, and said that the DVD was judged and received a 7.3. The minimum score to qualify for an award is 7.5. Speaks well of the Omnis, I guess -- they didn't just say "here, you win, go buy a statue".

Also, it appears that VideoAwards.com is either an offshoot of, or successor to, The Communicator Awards -- my certificate came with a return address of "The Communicator Awards" on it. The Communicator website hasn't been updated in a while, so maybe they've just replaced it with the Videographer Awards.

Still no word from the Aurora awards yet...
 
Okay, heard back from the Aurora awards...

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The DVX DVD was awarded the "Platinum Best Of Show" award. It includes a free certificate, and of course you can buy the statue if you want to ($150 for this one).

So, that's five contests, five results. Three wins, two "losses." What conclusions can we draw? I'm not sure. You'd think if they were all "trophy mills" then the DVD would have won awards from every contest, but it didn't. Obviously the Omni and Telly awards didn't just hand out trophies to everyone. And neither did the others, because they post lists of winners on their site, and you know when you win and when you don't.

Telly, Aurora, and VideoAwards at least give you a free certificate (you don't have to buy anything to claim your "award"). All of them charge for statues (except the Emmy). The Emmy gives you a free certificate for nominations, and a free statue for wins. I don't remember about the Summit or the CINDY, I got those years ago and don't recall whether there were free certificates or not.

I keep getting entry forms in the mail for something called the Davey awards. Looks like an offshoot of the Tellys, but aimed at small companies (with annual billings below certain threshholds). "Davey" is a play off of David vs. Goliath, implying small-billing companies are the "Daveys" of the world. Don't know if that'll catch on or not...
 
Barry_Green said:
Telly, Aurora, and VideoAwards at least give you a free certificate (you don't have to buy anything to claim your "award"). All of them charge for statues (except the Emmy). The Emmy gives you a free certificate for nominations, and a free statue for wins.
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The Emmys may not charge for the statues, but entrants pay a pretty hefty fee. It's $130 to enter a show in the Suncoast region, and probably similar fees in other regions. This is a regional Emmy, but run by the same people as the national award. They told me that about 20% of the entrants get nominated, and about half of the nominees win.
 
Okay, one more that I forgot about: the Aegis Awards.
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This contest awards "finalist" status to projects that score 80 to 84, and "winner" to those that score over 85; they said we scored a 92, qualifying as a "winner".

Story is pretty much the same as most of the others: a free certificate, and a $145 trophy if you want to order one.
 
I was already thinking DVXFEST Winners should be allowed to have special Laurel Leaves under their Sigs for winning a DVXFEST.

Of course the fact that I have won one is the only reason I care.
 
Congratulations on another one, Barry.

We all know your DVD is worthy of every award under the Sun (maybe even a Noble Prize) but I'm starting to get a little suspicious of these names; The Accolade, The Omni, The Aurora, The Aegis, etc. They all sound like the same operation and the price of the actual award rubs me the wrong way. Sorry, but my Spidey Senses are tingling. Did you pay to apply?

I'm sure you've done your research, but how can you know for sure that these places are legit? Your video deserves REAL respect and REAL recognition. Just looking out for ya.

John - I second that! :) Or maybe just a special title under their screen names "DVXfest Winner". That would be SWEET!!!! It might help get more participation too. A title goes along way.
 
Congrats on the wins Barry, you gonna fork over the cash for those awards or what? I still havent seen your DVD yet, I guess its since I just rent the DVX but once I get my HVX I'm hoping you'll have an HVX DVD, which Im sure will win just as much as the DVX DVD :)

-Edalgo
 
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