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<b>FAMILY MATTERS</b> <a href="http://mail.glimmertrainpress.com/sendstudionx/link.php?M=5885390&N=317&L=251&F=H" target="_blank"><img src="http://twitter-badges.s3.amazonaws.com/t_small-a.png" alt="Follow
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<b>Prizes:</b>
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1st place wins $1,200, publication in <i>Glimmer Train Stories</i>, and 20
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2nd-place: $500 and possible publication.
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3rd-place: $300 and possible publication.
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Open to all writers.
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Pieces should be original, unpublished stories about family.
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Please, no longer than 12,000 words. Any shorter lengths are welcome.
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Reading fee is $15 per story.
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Results post on December 31. Winning story will be published in Issue 82.
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<a href="http://mail.glimmertrainpress.com/sendstudionx/link.php?M=5885390&N=317&L=266&F=H" target="_blank">Note</a> from the editors on Family Matters.
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<i>Glimmer Train Stories</i>, represented in recent editions of the
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