From an e-mail  from John Howard Reid :

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Dear Phyllis,

It gives me the greatest pleasure to inform you that your superlative entry, "Mirrors not for Them", has won a Highly Commended Award of $100 in the 2008 Tom Howard Poetry Contest.

.. . . . . .please accept my heartiest congratulations!. . . . . .

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Highly Commended poems are awarded $100 and publication by Winning Writers.

I have found Winning Writers' newsletters and market guides to be most helpful.   

I wish to thank the judges and contest administrators,  John Reid and Adam Cohen.

I also wish to extend thanks to the many writers who have given
time, energy, and warm shoulders on which to lean, whether
'virtual' or 'up close and personal.'

Phyllis Jean Green
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
January 5, 2009