Results of the Summer Writing Contest will be announced September 9, as will news of an October 25 reading in Evanston to benefit Humble Design Chicago.

Nell Minow

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Nell Minow

My parents were married on...

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Katy Okrent

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Katy Okrent

If Ebenezer Scrooge had any…

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Francie Arenson Dickman

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Francie Arenson Dickman

My grandmother was lazy.

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Chuck Frank

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Chuck Frank

Chips Across America is my favorite…

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Bill Durden

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Bill Durden

A story…can carry a name…

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Laurie Levy

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Laurie Levy

I was on a press trip…

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Mike Conklin

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Mike Conklin

Over the years I’ve started…

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Karen Fulks

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Karen Fulks

Here’s what I remember…

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Reed Ide

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Reed Ide

The early 18th century barn still stands…

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Phyllis Nutkis

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Phyllis Nutkis

My mother wasn’t really a collector…

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Loree Sandler

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Loree Sandler

Friendsgiving might smack of a modern (Hallmark?) holiday…

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Jim Dorr

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Jim Dorr

I was born in August 1944…

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Barbara Huffman

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Barbara Huffman

As kids we could see my dad’s…

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Judy Iacuzzi

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Judy Iacuzzi

An instrument in the history…

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Arnie Kanter

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Arnie Kanter

Many folks think that…

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Kathryn L Kaplan

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Kathryn L Kaplan

One part of our backyard in Mexico…

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Karen Newman Midgarden

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Karen Newman Midgarden

These four merry Halloween faces…

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Rob Weinstein

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Rob Weinstein

For as far back as I can remember…

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Valerie Kretchmer

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Valerie Kretchmer

It was the summer of 1974…

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Jerry Petraglia

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Jerry Petraglia

I have had many cars and SUVs…

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