does it matter how anyone spends their cash?
The point is ...How sensible is a prize like this?
good luck to whoever wins the prize,but.. would it not be better to have 5 prizes of 2ooo, than one prize of ten?, or could ten thousand be used in some other way to promote tuition for young musicians, or promote less established   artists.
before the usual suspects jump down my throat,can I point out, that my purpose for mentioning this is not self interest, but more ... concern about money being distributed to the best advantage for the promotion of songwriting tradtional music and folk music.
imo having one prize is not the best way to do this