I opened up my e-mail last night to find this:

Dear Karen,
Congratulations! Your painting, "Reflections of Red", was selected as part of the FAV15% (jury's favorite 15% of the entries) in the December 2011 BoldBrush Painting competition.

"Reflections of Red"     

The Bold Brush Painting competition is a monthly competition that attracts today's big name painters so this was a very exciting e-mail to receive.  I have entered every month for awhile.....this is the first time I have achieved this level.  Great incentive to keep painting and keep entering!