The observant among you may have noticed a new award in my sidebar.
The 2006 Genny Awards for Best Blog have been announced, and I'm a winner!
My attitude toward awards is well known--I'm honored to be nominated, and happy to get them, but I don't think they do much.
However, some people think they are a big deal, even if they've never heard of the award before.
That's why, twenty minutes ago using Photoshop, I created the Genny Awards. (Genny stands for disingenuous.)
Naturally, I gave myself the first award.
The judging was tough, and there was probably some stiff competition, but the outcome was never in question.
I'd like to thank myself, for winning, and for creating the Genny's. I'd also like to thank you, my faithful blog readers, for not voting for me, because there is no voting for the Genny's. Anyone who wants one, gets one.
In fact, you all deserve a Genny Award for Best Blog of 2006.
If you want a Genny, feel free to steal the Genny image, and you too can be a Genny winner. I'm easy that way.
Let me know you're a winner by posting a response to this blog and placing the image on your website.
If enough people win, I'll make a fake website that you can also link to.
Congratulations all 2006 Genny winners!
I win! I win! I win!
ReplyDeleteAdam
You're nobody until you win an Annual Kilgore Trout Award for Hack Achievement.
ReplyDeleteIf you don't know what that is, see http://www.swordquill.com/phartspage.htm
Our standards at PHARTS are much stricter than yours. For ours, you have to bribe the judges.
Okay, I win as soon as I can figure out how to upload the graphic!
ReplyDeleteThis is pretty funny - especially since the idea of creating your own awards is so unoriginal. Isn't the internet (I refuse to capitalize that word) great.
ReplyDeleteI don't know about Gennnys or PHARTS, but Mr. Warren deserves an award for that truly outstanding moustache.
LOL! Didn't I read this advice somewhere? Except it was about a writer trying to invent credits. "My story won the 1st Annual Honolulu Fiction Award!" Then you print a certificate and give it to yourself.
ReplyDeleteNah, maybe not. But I like the idea of a blog award!
Everybody wins!
ReplyDeleteThe link is:
a href="http://www.jakonrath.com/genny.jpg"
You need to bracket that entire string with < > and drop it into your template at the sidebar.
ReplyDeleteSweet! I won a Genny award! :-)
ReplyDeleteNow if I can only figure out where to drop that pretty little code.
Hey, the technologically ungifted one figured out how to get the graphic up AND link it to JA's post!
ReplyDeleteI'm so proud, I feel like I actually do deserve a reward. I'm going for a drink.
Thanks for the Major Award, I'll display it proudly!
ReplyDeleteJill
Sweet! I'm stoked to post it on Monday!
ReplyDeleteraspberry-latte.blogspot.com
I won. But I always knew I would.
ReplyDeletehttp://mgtarquini.blogspot.com
This is humbling. Who won in 2005?
ReplyDeleteYou did! Congrats!
I was just honored to be nominated, Joe. Thanks. I think just the nomination alone will bring a number of people to my blog --
ReplyDelete-- and most importantly, I won't be stuck with the winner's curse.
Obviously, this is just a joke, but this is exactly the kind of thing that some writers try to do to stuff their credits in order to impress agents and editors.
ReplyDeleteWonder how many will now try that very thing?
ReplyDeleteLol, my award is officially displayed. :D
ReplyDeleteWhile it's an honor just to be nominated, I'm sure glad I won!
ReplyDeleteCome visit my Genny Award-winning blog at http://writingtrenches.blogspot.com/
You like me, you really like me!
ReplyDeleteI don't know what to say. I didn't prepare anything. I thought Secret Dead Blog would win. I'm at a loss.
ReplyDeleteI'm a winner!
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