<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <A HREF="quads_are_us__57___ashton_co.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Quads Are Us 57 Ashton Cooney">Previous</A><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="11" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" WIDTH="11">   <A HREF="banners_awards_main_menu.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="banners/awards"><IMG SRC="08d0b0b0.png" border=0 width="11" height="11" ALT="next" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></A><A HREF="banners_awards_main_menu.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="banners/awards"> </A><A HREF="banners_awards_main_menu.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="banners/awards"> Next </A></div> <div> <I><B>Member,  American Academy</B></I></div> <div> <I><B> Of  Poets  </B></I></div> <div> <I><B> 2004,2005,2006</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>2007, 2008</B></I></div> <div> <IMG SRC="12713130.gif" border=0 width="19" height="19" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <I><B>Poet Laureate </B></I></div> <div> <B>April 2006</B></div> <div> <IMG SRC="12713130.gif" border=0 width="19" height="19" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>***</B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" ><B>Steven M Michaels</B></FONT></div> <div> <B>Chairman, Board of Trustees</B></div> <div> <B>**</B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Lucida Sans Unicode" ><B>Dr. Len Roberts, Ph.D.</B></FONT></div> <div> <B>Chairman, Editorial Advisory </B></div> <div> <B><U>Permanent</U></B><B>  </B><B><U>Membersh</U></B><B><U>ip</U></B></div> <div> International Library of Poetry 2005</div> <div> <IMG SRC="12713130.gif" border=0 width="19" height="19" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>PUBLICATIONS:</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>Featured</B></div> <div>  " Best Poems And Poets Of 2005"</div> <div> Page 1</div> <bR> <div> "Who Is Who In Poetry 2005"</div> <div> <IMG 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Award<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> 2002 Bronze Medallion "Poet of Merit" Award<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> "Editors Choice" Award, 2001, 2002, 2003<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <div> Famous Poets Awards:<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> 2002 Named Poet of The Year By Famous Poets</div> <div> Awarded:</div> <div> <I><B>The Betty S Burdette </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>2002 Poet of The Year Medallion</B></I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" ><I><B> </B></I></FONT></div> <div> Shakespeare Trophy of Excellence Award 2002<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> "Secret Gift" Executive Committee Board of Directors eligible for presentation 2002, and 2003 presentation<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>2003 Shakespeare Trophy of Excellence Award</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFCC" 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