Just an FYI. This award is a scam for writers. We were just discussing this award on one of our writers groups and it was determined that this was a major scam.

Here's a professional agent's take on the Sobel Award

http://misssnark.blogspot.com/2006/07/sobol-award-give-me-break.html

Here's a BEWARE from a writers' forum that identifies a lot of red flags for the contest.
http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums/showthread.php?t=35995
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