I'd like to thank Thick With Conviction editor Danielle Masters for nominating my work, "The Young of Stray Dogs," for the 'Best of the Net' award. Poems selected by the 'Best of the Net' committee appear in their annual anthology (produced by Sundress Publications). I've received a couple of nominations in the past, but not since my attention has shifted more toward fiction in the last couple of years, so this is much appreciated.