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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>FAMILY MATTERS</b> <a href="http://mail.glimmertrainpress.com/sendstudionx/link.php?M=8177651&N=400&L=251&F=H" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration:none"><img border="0" id="_x0000_i1026" src="http://twitter-badges.s3.amazonaws.com/t_small-a.png" alt="Follow
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<p class="MsoNormal">3rd-place: $300 and possible publication. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Results post on December 31. Winning story will be published in Issue 86.
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