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Last month, we announced our Significant Objects story contest. We picked out three objects from a thrift store – a doll ($5),  a thermos with the Marlboro logo ($5), and a wooden trinket ($1) – and asked you to perform creative alchemy, turning junk into treasure by giving it a backstory. We received nearly 300 submissions […]

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