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GRAND PRIZE: One grand prize winner will be selected based on total vote tally submitted online by readers. In the event of a tie, the Home & Away staff will select the winner from the tied entries. Prize package includes:

• $500 credit at STLtoday.com's Today's Deal online store. (Winner must register at http://www.stltoday.com/todaysdeal to claim prize. There is no cost to register, or any obligation to make a purchase.)
• A photo shoot with St. Louis Post-Dispatch photographers on May 2, 2012, from 10 a.m. to noon. Winner (both "mother and "daughter") must be available (in person) for the photo shoot, or prize will be awarded to an alternate winner. Date subject to change.
• Photo published in the May 13, 2012, edition of the Post-Dispatch. Date subject to change.
• High-resolution of image published in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

RUNNERS-UP PRIZE: Four runners-up will be selected by the Home & Away staff. Prize package includes:

• $50 credit at STLtoday.com's Today's Deal online store. (Winners must register at http://www.stltoday.com/todaysdeal to claim prize. There is no cost to register, or any obligation to make a purchase.)
• A photo shoot with St. Louis Post-Dispatch photographers on May 2, 2012, from 10 a.m. to noon. Winners (both "mother and "daughter") must be available at time and date announced, or prize will be awarded to an alternate winner. Date subject to change.
• Photo published in the May 13, 2012, edition of the Post-Dispatch. Date subject to change.
• High-resolution of image published in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
  

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STLtoday.com reserves the right to substitute any prize with another prize of equal or greater value.

Submission deadline is April 23 at noon. Voting deadline is April 27 at noon.

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