With all the hoopla about the Sobol awards and questions that have come up, I read the fine print of the contest rules and they clear up a few of my own questions and raise some more...
To answer the question of how S&S/Touchstone can promise to publish the winners?
Well it's not exactly a promise.
At the Sobol site in the contest rules it says:
In the event less than 2000 entries meeting the minimum standard criteria of the Contest are timely received by Sponsor, Simon & Schuster reserves the right to not award any publication prize.
With all the press the contest has had so far it's gotten less than 1000 entries. I wonder if there's any chance all the additional negative press will bring in another 1000. That would mean that the contest might never really happen.
And as for Touchstone publishing the book?
The fine print on the same page also says:
Simon & Schuster shall in its sole discretion determine under which of its imprints it will publish the Manuscripts referred to herein.
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