Dadioflex, there's an explanation behind that. They were up and running for a long time before this, but someone got their panties in a knot (likely didn't like the fact that they got a bad book review and decided to retaliate) and had the site DMCA'ed and taken down by blogspot. And when I say taken down, I'm talking a full blog deletion 100% with no backup and no way to undo the "mistake".
Read here for the explaination:
http://creativeauthorsguild.blogspot...r-creator.html
And no, they didn't ask us to pay for anything. They gave me and my publisher both our awards for free. I've gotta go down and pick up the official certificate monday. And even if they are some tiny little establishment with like zero clout in the writing world, the fact that I even have an award will go over big with prospective buyers.
