I've never thought of it as "winning." To me, it smacks too much of competition. I'm not competing against anybody except, perhaps, myself. I don't really want any awards. Heck, while everyone else is busy going to Kinko's to print out their certificate in color and have some calligrapher write their name on it, I don't even bother. 50k is a goal. I'll be perfectly happy once I finish the story.
