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Best First Sentence Contest Number 2: Winner Announced
May 17th, 2012 | Best First Sentence Contest | journalpulp | 6 Comments
There were over 300 entries, the majority of which were very well written, and I’m a one-man outfit. I apologize for taking ten days to decide. But I gave each entry multiple and thorough readings — and the winner is: Kayla Here is Kayla’s sentence: When I recognized the face staring back at me with [...]
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