Oh I'm glad it wasn't me that read it catty. I did wonder if she wrote it while miffed. I asked the question very nicely I thought. I wrote ........ "I hope you don't mind me email a reply to this a second time but I have a problem.
I was told at the NEC by the editor that I had been given 2nd place in my category, I am absolutly sure that is what I was told as the words you have come Second and you have joint Third place sound entirly different, I have been turning this over in my mind to make sure of what I heard. Now this email is saying something different, and please could you clarify your position and explain the anomoly. I have been telling everyone I know that I came second and now feel rather odd telling them otherwise."
Claire in Montréal. FRANCE