It's self-indulgent to produce tears after each of the main awards (3,4)
I believe the answer is:
ego trip
'each of the main awards' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.
'it's self-indulgent to produce tears' is the wordplay.
'it' becomes 'e' ('e' can mean 'electronic' which is similar to 'IT').
'self-indulgent' becomes 'grip' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'produce' indicates anagramming the letters.
'tears' is an insertion indicator (some letters tear into others).
'to' with letters rearranged gives 'ot'.
'grip' placed around 'ot' is 'gotrip'.
'e'+'gotrip'='EGO-TRIP'
'after' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for ego trip that I've seen before include "something to boost self-esteem" , "Something done to make one feel important" , "Act of self-aggrandisement" , "Self-boosting activity" , "a vain experience" .)