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Give Me a Word 2017 Drawing Winners!

Thank you to everyone who participated in our 2017 Give Me a Word invitation! We had almost 1000 participants take the online retreat to help a word choose you. Above is a word cloud made from all the words submitted by January 6th. Please note some appear larger when they were submitted more frequently. Some are quite tiny but are there in the spaces between.

We have done our random drawing and are delighted to announce the winners:

If your name is listed above please contact us to claim your prize. If it involves a physical product like a book, please make your choice from the list and provide your snail mail address as well.

You are welcome to still share your word at this post>>

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