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Winners in Our "Thirteen Writing Prompts" Contest. - - - - Recently, we had a contest where we asked people to submit their best story based on one of Mr. Dan Wiencek's Thirteen Writing Prompts. We're proud to now be publishing the runners-up and prizewinners in this space, one at a time over the coming days and weeks, culminating in the grand-prize-winning story. - - - - Runner-up No. 2. - - - - Prompt No. 7 Write a story that begins with a man throwing handfuls of $100 bills from a speeding car, and ends with a young girl urinating into a tin bucket. - - - - A Day in the Life of R. Kelly. By Jenny R. Thomas - - - - "See, girl? Those bills ain't nothin' to me, plenty more where that came from— No, no, not in the bucket; I got people to dry-clean the upholstery! Shit."   OTHER WINNERS

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