Won A Couple Of First Place Awards For My Column
In Sunday night's LA Press Club Awards, in both the large circulation (100,000 circ and up) and the small circ categories. B7 is the large-circ category. Here are the judges' words about my column:
B7. COLUMNIST
Amy Alkon, Creators Syndicate
Judges' Comments: The dangers are plenty for any advice columnist: It is easy to be trite, predictable, maudlin, stuffy, cute or - most ominously - just plain wrong. Amy Alkon transcends those hazards for two basic reasons: She writes with nerve and she offers knowledge based on that extraordinary attribute known as authentic research. It is rare to read an advice columnist and to think afterward, "I actually learned something." Yet Alkon's take on the chemical basis of infatuation, or her shattering statistical dismissal of popular myths about blind dates, or her clear-eyed take on the realities of the sexual dynamic in longtime couples (a dynamic most typically and erroneously filtered, as she notes, through a male perspective) .... Holy smokes. Readers walk away looking at their own lives a little differently, which is the goal of any fine columnist, period. That provides reason, ample reason, for honoring Alkon with this award.2nd: Marty Kaplan, Jewish Journal
3rd: Gendy Alimurung, LA WeeklyC6. COMMENTARY
Amy Alkon, Creators Syndicate, "Selected Columns"
Judges' Comments: Ms. Alkon combines off-center analysis, research and spirited writing in these advice columns. The columns are interesting and fun. They also appear to be sincere efforts to provide helpful advice.2nd: Charles Crumpley, Los Angeles Business Journal, "Wasting and Wanting"
3rd: Henry Dubroff, Pacific Coast Business Times, "Amgen is Big Pharma's Newest Player"
Comments
Congrats! You work hard and your advice is always solid. It is nice to get the recognition you deserve. Great work!
Posted by: Sheep mommy at June 25, 2012 6:05 AM
WoooHOOO, Amy!! Well done and well deserved!!
Posted by: Flynne at June 25, 2012 6:14 AM
Thank you! Makes me feel good about getting up at 5am today to write!
Posted by: Amy Alkon 
at June 25, 2012 6:29 AM
Thank you -- and now back to Freud-bashing for the column I'm sending out this week (he deserves it, let me tell you -- the guy just made shit up and everybody believed it because he had the groovy couch, the beard and serious eyeglasses).
Posted by: Amy Alkon
at June 25, 2012 7:57 AM
Congratulations Amy! Well deserved!
Posted by: Lynn at June 25, 2012 8:21 AM
Congratulations!
Posted by: Jenny Had A Chance at June 25, 2012 10:32 AM
Congratulations! You've earned it!
Posted by: Old RPM Daddy at June 25, 2012 10:38 AM
Very nice!
Posted by: jerry at June 25, 2012 11:46 AM
Many congrats!!
Posted by: nico@hou at June 25, 2012 12:21 PM
Wonderful news! I extend my sincere congratulations to you as well. Just getting home from a weeklong trip, looking forward to the copy of I See Rude People in my mail!
Posted by: Hooray_for_Kari at June 25, 2012 12:21 PM
Thank you so much, Hooray_for_Kari, for the kind words and for buying my book!
Posted by: Amy Alkon
at June 25, 2012 1:42 PM
What you have to say & write is gold. We are very fortunate to have you & that which you present & share in our lives. Congratulations on the awards. The acknowledgement is well deserved. I can't wait to read what you write & hear what you say in the years & years to come-you're just that good.
Listener/Reader Adam in Huntington Beach, CA.
Posted by: adambein at June 25, 2012 2:01 PM
Excellent, and well-earned. Started with the newspaper column way back when, but continues unabated to this day.
Posted by: DrCos at June 25, 2012 2:17 PM
Congratulations! I am very happy to see you get the recognition your so rightly deserve. Here's to many more fulfilling moments, both big and small, in the future, because nothing feels as good as knowing you are appreciated for doing something well that you love to do.
Posted by: Kat at June 25, 2012 2:26 PM
I would be thrilled to read your "clear-eyed take on the realities of the sexual dynamic in longtime couples (a dynamic most typically and erroneously filtered, as she notes, through a male perspective) .... ". Any advice on how to narrow in on this genre? Thank you, Jeff
Posted by: Jeff McCabe at June 25, 2012 2:30 PM
Jeff, here's the column they were talking about, Coma Sutra:
http://www.advicegoddess.com/ag-column-archives/2011/08/coma-sutra.html
Posted by: Amy Alkon
at June 25, 2012 3:08 PM
And thanks, everybody, for the very sweet words. Working on this week's all day -- and then doing my radio show tonight with Paul Zak. It's nice to have all this encouragement!
Posted by: Amy Alkon
at June 25, 2012 3:08 PM
Congratulations, you've certainly earned it! Great job.
Posted by: Gog_Magog_Carpet_Reclaimers at June 25, 2012 3:58 PM
Congrats, Amy! I have learned so much reading your columns over the years, and love the various viewpoints here on your blog.
Posted by: MsMarg at June 25, 2012 4:03 PM
Congratulations! Every single word was deserved! You stand above the rest and it is wonderful to see you recognized!
Posted by: Kristen at June 25, 2012 6:22 PM
TFE:
TOTALLY
F'ING
EXCELLENT!!
I've liked your columns since I ran into them in the 90's. I'm glad you are being recognized for them.
Posted by: Jim P. at June 25, 2012 7:12 PM
Congrats - well deserved.
Posted by: Lobster at June 26, 2012 10:01 AM
Congratulations! Nice to know you have gained some well deserved recognition.
Posted by: Debbie at June 29, 2012 10:46 AM
