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A review of literature and the arts, established in 1732 and published bi-monthly.

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Our October / November 2024 issue is OUT NOW! Cover image by John Kelleher Cartoon by Dan Sperrin Buy here:
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We are thrilled to announce that our Short Story Prize 2024 is now live! We are delighted to announce that the stories will be judged by Benjamin Markovits, Brandon Taylor ( @blgtylr ), and Naomi Wood ( @NaomiWoodBooks ). More information here:
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Our submissions are NOW OPEN until November 30th! Send us your work here:
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NOW OPEN: submissions for short fiction and non-fiction + ONE MONTH LEFT to enter our Poetry Prize 2024 ✨ Send us your work here:
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PSA: we open for free submissions TOMORROW! More info available here:
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PSA: we're still open for submission until the 30th of September!
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New poetry by @lauravarnam . Read online here:
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"Writers are accidental, sloppy, but fantastic magicians. They have a sense of the trick in their heads when they sit down to write, but the trick reveals itself long after they have finished performing it." @VarunGrover on writing his book Paper Chor.
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We are delighted to now be able to share the writers shortlisted for The London Magazine Short Story Prize 2023 🎉 Thanks again to our judges @tomconagh , @GiantRatSumatra , @RZBaschir , and @aholgate . Our 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners will be announced later in the week...
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Bitter, by @minorroarr .
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"Kindness is in our power even when fondness is not" - Samuel Johnson
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Happy International Children's Book Day. It doesn't matter if you're picking up an old favourite or discovering something new, reading for yourself or reading to others, today is the day to celebrate children's literature. #internationalchildrensbookday
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After selecting a shortlist of eight stories from hundreds of entries, we are delighted to announce the winner of The London Magazine Short Story Prize 2023. The prize will go to @NiamhMacCabe for her story, 'FOUR NIGHT SEAS'.
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Sharing a Cigarette on West 47th Street by @lucy_holme , from our sold out February/March 2024 issue.
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Sharing a Cigarette on West 47th Street by @lucy_holme , from our February/March 2024 issue, out TOMORROW. Pre-order here:
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In case you missed it, our Short Story Prize is now open for submissions 🔓 Over the course of history we've published short stories by writers from Jean Rhys to Raymond Carver. Our annual Short Story Prize seeks out new voices to join them.
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Three pieces from our new Colombian Issue are up on The London Magazine website for your perusal! 1) Fiction | The Beheaded by @sarimillo
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'Desire doubled is love and love doubled is madness' - Anne Carson, born #OnThisDay !
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📯 Shortlist Announcement 📯 We are delighted to now be able to share the shortlisted poets for The London Magazine Poetry Prize 2023 🎉 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners to be announced later in the week... Thanks again to our judges @JTaylorTrash @JCPattz @MayaCPopa
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You've still got three days left to send us your fiction, poetry, essays and reviews! Submit here:
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To Die For, a poem by @Audrey_Molloy , from our sold out October/November 2023 issue.
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📢The London Magazine's annual POETRY PRIZE is now OPEN for submissions! Deadline: 31st March 2024. For full details and more information on how to enter, head to our website:
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🚨 SHORT STORY PRIZE 2022🚨 The London Magazine awards 1st place to @SMooreFitz after her story 'Matamoros, July 1846' wows our judges 2nd Place: ‘The Stench’ by @chikaunigwe Third Place: ‘Inventing the Aqua-Lung’ by @thekerryhood Full announcement:
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❗️SHORT STORY PRIZE ANNOUNCEMENT❗️ The London Magazine awards 1st place to @f_sd , after his short story ‘Pier’ impressed judges 2nd Place: ‘A Beakful of Spiders’ by Nora Thurkle 3rd Place: ‘A Memento, or Something’ by @LucyThynne Full announcement:
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New issue coming soon... October/November 2023
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We are delighted to share the writers shortlisted for The London Magazine Poetry Prize 2024 🎉 Our 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners will be announced later in the week...
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Now the dust has settled on our poetry prize-giving, the time is upon us to announce the opening of its more characterful sibling - the annual London Magazine Short Story Prize. We are officially open for submissions 🔓🎉
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The London Magazine Short Story Prize is open for submissions until September 25th! Entries for this year's prize will be judged by Benjamin Markovits, Brandon Taylor ( @blgtylr ), and Naomi Wood ( @NaomiWoodBooks ). Enter here:
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📢 The London Magazine’s annual POETRY PRIZE is now OPEN for submissions! We’re delighted to be running the competition as usual this year and cannot wait to read your poems over the coming months. Please tag, share and spread the word. ENTER HERE:
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"Poetry exists in everyday life, in the way that we speak. There is poetry in there, we just don’t stop to recognise it." Interview | @CalebFemi_ on Poor, ‘Bartering’ Poetry and the Mythos of the South London Estate Read the interview in full online:
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The Ariadne, a poem by @bookninja , from our sold out April/May 2024 issue.
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Two poems by @rachelnalong , from our June/July 2024 issue OUT NOW. Order here:
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Last Meal by Ali Lewis, from our sold out February/March 2024 issue.
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This short story by Hilary Mantel originally appeared in the April / May 1986 edition of The London Magazine. We publish it today, two years on from Mantel's passing in 2022. Read here:
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After selecting a shortlist of eight poems from hundreds of entries, we are delighted to announce the winner of The London Magazine Poetry Prize 2024. The prize will go to @le0nardpoetry for his poem, 'The End'.
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"No longer are we relegated to late-night slams attended by three people and a boiled sweet. We have our own stages. It's the difference between a major art exhibition and a doodle on the back of a bus ticket" Read the Rise of Spoken Word by @JTaylorTrash
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Happy Birthday to Saint Lucia poet and Nobel Laureate, Sir Derek Alton Walcott!
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New poetry by @_janezwart_ . Read online here:
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The End by @le0nardpoetry , winner of The London Magazine Poetry Prize 2024, from our June/July 2024 issue. Order here:
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Our 2024 Poetry Prize is NOW OPEN ✨ First Prize: £500 Second Prize: £300 Third Prize: £200 The winning poems will be published in future issues of The London Magazine. There will also be an award ceremony held in London for the winners. Enter here:
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We're incredibly saddened to hear of the passing of Kathryn Bevis. Thinking of all those who knew and loved her.
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'When I closed my eyes, all I could see were zig-zagging shapes like static from the TV. Faces floating up from a subliminal pool, howling or smiling. Characters from television, people I knew, people I didn’t.' New fiction by @dean_fee_ . Read here:
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JUNE/JULY 2023 COVER REVEAL 🌊 Cover: Alys Kuu, Now With poetry by Jean Sprackland, @BetaRish , @lucy_holme , @JoeCarrickVarty , @ciaranpbuckley , @RosamundTaylor , @jaywhittapoet , @grahammort , @suzifeay , @CravenTim , @poetalicewhite , and Bibhu Padhi
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With her debut novel heralded as a Lynchian reimagining of The Virgin Suicides with swamps, The London Magazine speaks to Dizz Tate about Florida, Southern Gothic literature, and girlhood. Read here ➡️
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✨ There's just ONE MONTH left to enter our Short Story Prize 2024 ✨ First Prize: £500 Second Prize: £300 Third Prize: £200 All three prize winners will appear in The London Magazine Enter here:
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Happy birthday, George Orwell: 'Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed.'
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Last week, The London Magazine kicked off the launch of our October/November issue with a celebration at The Builder’s Arms. We were thrilled to have such a great turnout from the patrons, readers, and writers who helped make yet another sell-out issue.
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As we near the end of 2023, let's take a look back at our most read pieces of the year ✨
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Coming soon... June/July 2024
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💧OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2021 COVER REVEAL Cover: @harriet_gillett , ‘it’ll be all right/in the morning’ With poetry by @RaymondAntrobus , @Anthony1983 , @holliepoetry , @ianduhig , @Emily_S_Cooper , @leoboix , @SunaAfshan , Kaleem Hawa, Alexandra Strnad, @elinor_s_clark & Angela Kirby
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🎉 Congratulations Nicole Flattery on winning The London Magazine Prize for Debut Fiction 2020 with her short story collection Show Them a Good Time ( @stingingfly / @BloomsburyBooks ). For more information and for the judges comments, visit our website:
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We asked @MayaCPopa , one of our esteemed judges on our Poetry Prize 2023, what she is looking for in a winning poem. For more information on how to enter, click here➡️
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Our October/November 2023 issue is OUT NOW 🧣 Cover image by Carla Pérez Vas Order here: …
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New issue coming soon... 🌊 June/July 2023
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View from My Desk by Geoffrey Brock, from our sold out February/March 2024 issue.
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The London Magazine is delighted to announce the winners of the annual #TLMPoetryPrize ! First place: 'Sky Soldier' by @Jay_Gao_ Second place: 'Turkish Delight' by @IsabelleBaafi Third place: 'Care for me like you would a leg injury' by @SafiyaKamaria
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'You become much more than the subject. You are part of the conversation of the work.' From our new Dec/Jan 23 issue, read @Emily_S_Cooper 's essay on portrait sitting ➡️
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"We don’t want to touch someone we don’t feel connected to, do we?" Frank, intimate and achingly prescient, @HalehAgar 's short story 'Not Contagious' was Highly Commended by @CostaBookAwards . Now available to read online here:
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'You tell me I am built internally like the huge / installation that stands in front of us. Held on a / plinth above men' We're thrilled to be publishing two new poems from @_WendyCaitlin Read them here ➡️
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The October / November 2024 issue is now available for pre-order – with our new look! Cover image by John Kelleher 🖌️ Pre-order here:
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We are delighted to announce our shortlist for the #CollyerBristowPrize 2019 for exceptional debut fiction. The prize-giving will be held under the auspices of The London Magazine on 3rd October at the Collyer Bristow Contemporary Art Gallery, London.
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New poetry by @timrelf . Read online here:
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You want a taster of the next issue? Your wish is our command! Featuring poetry by @EllaFrears , @MayaCPopa , @charliebaylis6 , @chamiltonemery , @HodgsonWrites , @Gevicarver , Penny Boxall, Ronan Hyacinthe @HCopley , Brit Parks and @Stevens_Gen .
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New issue coming soon... April/May 2024
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Need inspiration for our 2024 Poetry Prize? Here's @Jay_Gao_ 's Sky Solider, which took first place in 2022.
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[Movement is the replacement of one], a poem by @metapheric , from our sold out October/November 2024 issue.
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New poetry by @lucy_holme from our June/July issue, available online now. Read here ➡️
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🟢 COVER REVEAL 🟢 April - May 2023 is now AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER ➡️ 🎉 Cover Image: @ChristianaSpens , Harvest Moon, 2023, oil on linen, 40 x 50cm
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It's About Time, a new poem by @MikhailBazharov , from our February/March 2024 issue. Available to buy here:
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'May there come a day when poetry is again a vital part of our culture, both for young people and adults.' From @Poochigian 's essay 'The Novel Novel: On The Recent Resurgence of Verse Narrative', from our August/September 2023 issue. Read here:
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Sloaking Hord, a new poem by @nessalampert , from our sold out April/May 2024 issue.
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Just three days left until this year's Short Story Prize closes on the 25th of August! We've previously published the likes of T. S. Eliot, Virginia Woolf, Sylvia Plath, Jean Rhys, and Raymond Carver... could you be next? Submit your work here:
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A massive congratulations to the winners of our 2017 Short Story Competition! 1st Place - Solitaire by Theo Greenblatt 2nd Place - Asma by @durewrites 3rd Place - Sylvia Plath watches us sleep, but we don’t mind, by @nakedvix Shortlist here:
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🚨 ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨 Due to an overwhelming number of entires, we've decided to extend the deadline for this year's Short Story Prize! Submission now close on the 25th of August, so what are you waiting for? Send us your short story here ➡️
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Need any more inspiration to enter The London Magazine #poetry #prize ? Here is @JTaylorTrash discussing their first ever poetry performance on an episode of the TLM podcast last year. Enter here ➡️ Full episode here ➡️
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🚨COVER REVEAL! Bold, angular and fibrous: artwork by @DesperateLit 's Terry Craven fronts our latest issue. Preorder Oct/Nov 2020 now at the link below:
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"No need to hurry, no need to sparkle, no need to be anyone but ones self" -Virginia Woolf
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Very saddened to hear about this. The White Review is a tremendous addition to the UK's literary landscape - it will be sorely missed.
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It is with great regret that we announce that The White Review is going on a hiatus and ceasing its day-to-day publishing for an indefinite period. Full statement here:
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Here is the shortlist: Island Song, Madeleine Bunting @GrantaBooks The Rapture, @ClaireMcGlasson @FaberBooks salt slow, @JuliaArmfield @picadorbooks Show Them A Good Time, Nicole Flattery @stingingfly / @BloomsburyBooks You Will Be Safe Here, @Damian_Barr @BloomsburyBooks
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🧵DECEMBER 2021/JANUARY 2022 COVER REVEAL Cover: @jakewoodevans , ‘The Blue Boy, after Gainsborough I’, oil on linen, 200 x 128 cm, 2019
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✨ Time for another spotlight on one of this year's Short Story Prize judges ✨ Brandon Taylor ( @blgtylr ) is the author of the novels The Late Americans and Real Life.
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#OnThisDay in 1952 'The Old Man and the Sea' by Ernest Hemingway was first published!
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Parachuting into the Volcano, a new poem by Dean Browne, from our sold out December/January 2024 issue.
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Klein Blue, come through 😎
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If the launch of our Short Story Prize yesterday wasn't exciting enough, our August/September 2024 issue is now available for pre-order! Cover image by Nicole Salnikov ☀️ Order here:
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Parachuting into the Volcano, a new poem by @Dean_Browne11 , from our December/January 2024 issue.
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'We push the surface into moulds — mine will be a shallow bowl, curves seem good for holding loss.' New poetry from @laurenmywrites Read here ➡️
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The London Magazine Poetry Prize 2016 is NOW OPEN. Show us your poems!
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OUT NOW: Dec 20 /Jan 21 We are so very excited to present this new issue feat. Poetry by @InuaEllams , @joedunthorne , @HelenMort . Fiction by Alba Arikha and @Leon_C_C . Plus @judecook_ on Paris—and a few wise words from @stephenfry . Order your copy today:
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Our April/May 2024 issue is now available for pre-order 🍊 Cover image by Holly Pollard Order here:
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"If the club was intended to be like East Belfast in microcosm... attempts to generalise would be doomed to failure." A fascinating essay from @tara_mcevoy about what it meant to play Gaelic Football for a new team founded in East Belfast. Read here ➡️
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New issue coming soon... 🌿 August/September 2023 ✨
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New issue coming soon... February/March 2024
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Two of our prize winners, @HalehAgar and Peter Slater with editor @StevenOBrien1 (right) and judge @LaurelForster (left) at the celebration for our Essay Competition winners last night 🥂🎉
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Our February/March 2024 issue is OUT NOW 🌿 Cover image by Martin Lau, winner of our Cover Competition 2023 Order here:
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⚡Extended deadline!⚡ Great news for any latecomers, we have extended the deadline for our Short Story Prize by a month! Submit here:
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NEWS | SHORT STORY PRIZE: We're thrilled to finally announce this year's judging panel: the brilliant @KitCaless ( @Influxpress ), Ian Sansom ( @guardian , @GrantaBooks &c) and @alicemjslater ( @Mslexia ) Submissions are open! Submit your original fiction here:
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