Wow... I was surprised just to get into the top 25 let alone win 1st place. I was definitely not expecting it because my entry was far from being the most popular or even having that many views during the contest. I just wanted to say thank you so much to deviantART and everyone for the overwhelming support. Obviously I can't respond to everyone but I'll try to read them all.

Haha, my page got 4 times the views it ever had in just one day.

I think the best thing was is that I got to thank Shane Acker with my own words. It was almost serendipitous because a good friend of mine at Dreamworks told me about Shane speaking there the next day. My friend offered to hand Shane my letter to him personally. I feel very grateful for his choice and his kind words.

Thanks again to everyone!!!