....for your 2008 Outstanding Poetry Award from the International Society of Poets;for being invited to participate and read your winning poem at the 22nd Annual International Society of Poets Convention and Symposium in Las Vagas Nevada, in July 2008 and for your Nomination by Poetry.com to contest the Amateur Poet of the Year Award for 2007.
To have been considered, selected and recognised internationally as one of the Best Poets of 2007 is a truly remarkable achievement for a Papua New Guinean.
Congratulations Wantok and keep writing !
