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 ### Everyone's a winner!
 
-All particpants will receive a limited edition [Coderwall](http://www.coderwall.com) badge as shown above. Winners and runners up will also get their own special version of it.
+All participants will receive a limited edition [Coderwall](http://www.coderwall.com) badge as shown above. Winners and runners up will also get their own special version of it.
 
 ## Judging