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Coming this fall--Teen InsideMS, a special supplement.


Are you old enough,--and bold enough? We're we're  

Contraction of we are.


we're we are
 planning a special mini-magazine for teens in families where someone has MS. So, if you're you're  

Contraction of you are.


you're you are
you're be
 older than 10 but not yet 20, we need you. Here's what we want to publish:

* Rap on MS

Write a rhyme rhyme or rime, the most prominent of the literary artifices used in versification. Although it was used in ancient East Asian poetry, rhyme was practically unknown to the ancient Greeks and Romans.  about MS. Decide what you want to tell the world about it, and set it to a beat. (Written submissions only.)

* Break the Mold!

Are you different from your peers and classmates Classmates can refer to either:
  • Classmates.com, a social networking website.
  • Classmates (film), a 2006 Malayalam blockbuster directed by Lal Jose, starring Prithviraj, Jayasurya, Indragith, Sunil, Jagathy, Kavya Madhavan, Balachandra Menon, ...
? Send us a list of what makes you stand--out good ways and bad ways.

* What's Your Story?

What's the worst thing you ever went through because MS is in your life? (All these stories will be anonymous.)

* A Dream Job

If you could have the job of your dreams this summer, what would it be?

Bat boy/girl for a major-league team?

Backup singer for Britney Spears?

Research assistant to a top MS expert?

Or?--

Write us a couple paragraphs about what you'd do and how you'd do it.

* Who We Are!

Send in photographs, drawings, collages, or computer art of yourself. Make your self-portrait represent anything that's really important to you or about you.

* Solid Solutions

Have you gotten over something MS did to you? Tell us about the problem and what you did.

Send your stories, art, and answers to Editor, InsideMS, National MS Society, 733 Third Avenue, New York New York, state, United States
New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of
, NY 10017-3288, or e-mail <editor@nmss.org>. Include your name, address, and age, and tell us if we may use your real name. Sorry, we can't return any entries.

Enter the Society's "Design for Living 2001" contest! We want prototypes or models of inventions that would make living with MS easier. Nationally known designers will judge entries for exhibition in a national tour. Contact Editor for guidelines guidelines,
n.pl a set of standards, criteria, or specifications to be used or followed in the performance of certain tasks.
 and special entry forms.
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