Why, it's a Major Award!

I'll do my post-convention wrap-up a little later on. Trust me when I say it was an interesting weekend. But right now I want to share the letter that was waiting for me upon my return to work this morning:

Congratulations! Your entry titled "Texas State Astronomers Unravel Marathon Mystery" has been selected to receive an award in Category 41: News Writing in the 2005 CASE District IV Awards compensation.

CASE is the Council for Advancement and Support of Education, and District IV encompasses Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico and Mexico. I don't know where my story placed (that's announced April 4), but I have to say it's pretty darn cool to be recognized when you consider all the major universities in competition.

For anyone interested, my winning entry can be read online here (the SpaceRef reprint has better formatting, and therefore is more readable than the Texas State posting).

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