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Autumn 2004 • Vol. XXVI No. 4 • Patricia Grodd Poetry Prize |

Spilled Rice

By Laura Bennett

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Laura Bennett is currently a junior at the Baldwin School in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. She recently won a national gold award in the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards for her short story entitled "Constellations," and is the recipient of two first prizes in poetry from the Delaware Valley College high school writing competition. Her other greatest passions include reading and theater.

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