Black & White Spider Awards

This year, three of my black & white images were nominated in the 11th International Black & White Spider Awards.
Here is the announcement sent to me:

NOMINEE ANNOUNCEMENT

Dear Bob,

CONGRATULATIONS on being a Nominee at the 11th Annual Black & White
Spider Awards with:

Nominee in Abstract | Ogden Walk
Nominee in Children of the World | Study Time
Nominee in People | Reflective Conversation

7,556 entries were received from 71 countries and your work received a high
percentage of votes overall. Certainly an achievement, well done!

The Jury represented the industry's biggest names and tastemakers including
National Geographic, Washington DC; The Armory Show, New York; TBWA,
Paris; Victoria Film Festival, Canada; Aeroplastics Contemporary, Brussels;
Studio Hansa, London; Fratelli Alinari, Florence; Australian Centre for
Photography; Young & Rubicam, Lima; and Anthem Worldwide/Marque
Branding, Sydney who reviewed the entries online before making their
nominations and honoring 627 title awards and 951 nominees in 31 categories.
The Awards could not have wished for a better group of professionals to
work with.

Congratulations once again, we wish you a most successful photography year.