Recently I received some good news.

Here it is:

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Dear Lloyd Erlick,
Congratulations! Elliott Erwitt has chosen you as a General Winner in the M.I.L.K. International Photographic Competition.
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I placed in a contest. I'm a "general winner"! In the Category of Love, no less.

Here is how the contest is described:

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In 1999, M.I.L.K. created a landmark in the history of photography - a global photographic competition designed to find unique and geographically diverse images on the themes of Friendship, Family and Love. It was not only the richest in photographic history, but also one of the most significant, drawing participation from 17,000 professional and amateur photographers in 164 countries. In total over 40,000 images were received by M.I.L.K.
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I checked their website at www.milkphotos.com and found a list of the names and countries of all the winners.

• Bayin, Anne
• Bhavsar, Dharmesh
• Danson, Andrew
• Eckstein, Shannon
• Erlick, Lloyd
• Harvey, Gail
• Hryniuk, John
• Leung, David Tak-Wai
• Marcheterre, Dave
• Ordonez, Ricardo
• Prentice, Duane
• Rochette, Marc
• Shoji, Cheryl
• Sullivan, Joan

--le