I'm in Los Angeles for LA WebFest so this is a re-broadcast of Episode 347. I'm posting this now so I don't say any of this out loud this week!Well – I paid $175 to be considered for an Ambie award for The Dragoning (in the DIY category for low budget productions). The Ambies are the podcast awards that the entertainment business seem to take seriously. They’re discussed in publications like Variety and the Hollywood Reporter. Was it a smart investment to spend $175 to try and get nominated? If we’d gotten selected for the finals, it definitely would have been. But for a return of absolutely bupkiss, it feels like it’s not. It feels like a lot of money to lose just to lose.But then ⁠there’s the Oscars⁠. This is why I decided to apply and spend the $175, because of how the Oscars work. The average person imagines that the Oscars are chosen by groups of people getting together, evaluating all the movies and then nominating the best ones. I used to imagine that they watched all the movies that came out that year and awarded the ones the group liked best.It doesn’t work like that, come to find out. To read more of ⁠Awards Cost Money⁠ visit the Songs for the Struggling Artist blog. This is Episode 347Song: Participation AwardImage: ⁠AxxLC ⁠via PixabayTo support this podcast:Give it 5 stars in Apple Podcasts. Write a nice review!Rate it wherever you listen or via: ⁠https://ratethispodcast.com/strugglingartist⁠Join my mailing list: ⁠www.emilyrainbowdavis.com/⁠Like the blog/show on Facebook: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/SongsfortheStrugglingArtist/⁠Support me on Patreon: ⁠www.patreon.com/emilyrdavis⁠Or help me get to Crete on Kofi: ⁠http://ko-fi.com/emilyrainbowdavis⁠or PayPal me: ⁠https://www.paypal.me/strugglingartist⁠Follow me on Twitter ⁠@erainbowd⁠Me on Mastodon - @erainbowd@podvibes.coMe on Hive - @erainbowd⁠Instagram⁠ and ⁠Pinterest⁠Tell a friend!Listen to The Dragoning ⁠here⁠ (it's my audio drama) and support via Ko-fi here: ⁠https://ko-fi.com/messengertheatrecompany⁠As ever, I am yours,Emily Rainbow Davis