The whole world is built around telling stories. Every time a politician is elected, he first stood behind a podium and told a story. Every time a momentous building is constructed, an architect stood before a board and told a story. I wish more writers would grasp the importance of their words and use them to address important issues like you have clearly done. It is great you got recognition but it is even more important that you have been able to use it to prod us to be more aware of what we can do.