If a story from a CD or in a story collection is selected for an honor, does that mean the judges thought the remainder of the stories “stunk”?
No. There are actually MANY reasons why ONE story is selected, with the MAJOR one being that our readers have ASKED us to please identify SPECIFIC stories (in the varying age categories) whenever possible. (It keeps them from having to read an entire anthology when they are desperately looking for a story to tell “tomorrow.”) If the remainder of the stories “stunk,” then the final evaluation committee would likely eliminate the entire resource.
