<html><head></head><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>Fyi<br><br>Sent from my iPad2, hence the typos</div><div><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><b>From:</b> Ploughshares Literary Magazine &lt;<a href="mailto:pshares@emerson.edu">pshares@emerson.edu</a>&gt;<br><b>Date:</b> March 23, 2012 11:00:46 AM EDT<br><b>To:</b> Robin &lt;<a href="mailto:robin.russin@ucr.edu">robin.russin@ucr.edu</a>&gt;<br><b>Subject:</b> <b>ten days left!</b><br><b>Reply-To:</b> Ploughshares Literary Magazine &lt;<a href="mailto:pshares@emerson.edu">pshares@emerson.edu</a>&gt;<br><br></div></blockquote><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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