What a wonderful surprise...

I thought this was a done deal. I'd heard all the winners in the 2008 Prismacolor Art Contest had been contacted. Since I had not heard from them I figured that was that so I went about my business. Then I received this email today from the Sanford Corp. Wow was I ever surprised!

Hi Linda,

Thank you for entering the 2008 Prismacolor Art Contest. I would like to congratulate you for being in the top entries in this year’s competition! Our judges ranked your artwork one of the best of over 1200 entries.

We would like to recognize your artwork in our Prismacolor gallery at our company headquarters and also include it in a Prismacolor calendar for 2009. In order to do this, we will need hi res images of your artwork. We would like to have your artwork shipped to our headquarters in Oak Brook to have photography done and then we will promptly return your artwork. We will send you empty Fed-ex package to use for shipping your artwork and we will pay for all shipping fees. This will be no expense to you and the shipping of the art will be insured by us.

Please confirm that you would like to include your artwork in our Prismacolor gallery and calendar. Then please confirm that the mailing address below is correct. As soon as I receive confirmation, I will ship out the empty Fed-ex tube for shipping your art. If you have any questions please feel free to contact me at the number below. Thanks and once again, congratulations.

Danielle Bujan
Leader, Brand Marketing, Prismacolor
Newell Rubbermaid Office Products Group