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    <description>Though not every participant can win the Fall 2012 writing contest, we'd like to share some excerpts that caught our eye.</description>        
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    <title>Fall 2012 Middle School Winner Rowan Treece</title>        
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    <description>Rowan Treece is a student at Catlin Gabel School in Portland, Oregon.  She read and responded to the YES! Magazine article, "Living Large in a Tiny House" by Carol Estes. Read Rowan's essay about the sustainable dance community home she would build so she could live with her ballet sisters every day and save the planet. </description>        
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    <description>Ritika Mazumder is a student at Houston High School in Germantown, Tennessee. She read and responded to the YES! Magazine article, "Living Large in a Tiny House," by Carol Estes. Read Ritika's essay about her desire to have a smaller home as long as she can spend time with the people she lives with.</description>        
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    <title>Fall 2012 College Winner Chris Harrell</title>        
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    <description>Chris Harrell is a student at Appalachian State University. He read and responded to the YES! Magazine article, "Living Large in a Tiny House" by Carol Estes. Read Chris's essay about how growing up in Kenya influenced his conscious choice to live intentionally here in the States.</description>        
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    <description>Dee Williams, who downsized from a three-bedroom to an 84-square-foot house, responds to essay winners of the Fall 2012 writing competition.</description>        
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    <title>Fall 2012 Powerful Voice Winner Paw Soe</title>        
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    <description>Paw Soe is a student at New Tech Academy at Wayne High School. She read and responded to the YES! Magazine article, "Living Large in a Tiny House," by Carol Estes. Read Paw's essay about how her Burmese roots taught her that no matter the size of your home, an abundant garden is essential.</description>        
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    <title>Fall 2012 Winning Essays on Living Large in a Tiny House</title>        
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    <description>The YES! National Student Writing Competition gives students the chance to write for a real audience and be published by an award-winning magazine. Each quarter, students have the opportunity to read and respond to a selected YES! Magazine article.

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    <title>Spring 2012 College Winner Willis Reed</title>        
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    <description>Willis Reed is a student at Edmonds Community College and a member of the King County Explorer Search and Rescue.  He read and responded to the YES! Magazine article, "You Are Who You Eat With" by Katherine Gustafson. Read Willis's essay about brotherhood forged around the dinner table.</description>        
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    <title>Spring 2012 Middle School Winner Kate LeBlanc</title>        
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    <description>Kate LeBlanc is a seventh grade student at Metro Montessori Middle School in Portland, Oregon.  She read and responded to the YES! Magazine article, "You Are Who You Eat With" by Katherine Gustafson. Read Kate's essay about lessons learned at the table. </description>        
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    <description>Hanna Walker is an eighth grade student at Cowles Montessori in Des Moines, Iowa. She read and responded to the YES! Magazine article, "You Are Who You Eat With" by Katherine Gustafson. Read Hanna's essay about how the dinner table brings together more than just people.  </description>        
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    <description>Clara Lincoln is a high school student at Capital City Charter School in Washington, DC. She read and responded to the YES! Magazine article, "You Are Who You Eat With" by Katherine Gustafson. Read Clara's essay about the benefits of family dinners - no matter what form they take. </description>        
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    <description>Katherine Gustafson, author of YES! Magazine article, "You Are Who You Eat With," responds to the winners of the Spring 2012 writing competition.  </description>        
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    <description>Johnny Bobo is a student at Federal Hocking High School in Guysville, OH. He read and responded to the YES! Magazine article, "What's the Harm in Hunting" by Alyssa Johnson. Read Johnny's essay about responsible hunting. </description>        
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    <title>Winter 2012 Powerful Voice Winner Lisa Schwartz</title>        
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    <description>Lisa Schwartz is a high school student at Presentation Academy in Louisville, KY.  She read and responded to the YES! Magazine article, "What's the Harm in Hunting" by Alyssa Johnson. Read Lisa's essay about changing her opinions on hunting.</description>        
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