[IL-Talk] News of Writing Success

[Mary lou Grunwald]

Hello Bob,
When any of us is successful in an endeavor like that that we pursue, it is a win for all of us!
Congratulations!

Sent from my iPad

> On Nov 3, 2023, at 2:31 PM, Deborah Kent Stein via IL-Talk <il-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> Dear Robert,
> 
> Congratulations on your publications! Thank you for sharing the news with
> your Federation family. I hope others will be inspired to submit their work
> to Magnets and Ladders and the many other publications that are out there.
> 
> Debbie
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: IL-Talk [mailto:il-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Robert
> Gardner via IL-Talk
> Sent: Friday, November 3, 2023 2:19 PM
> To: 'NFB of Illinois Mailing List' <il-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Robert Gardner <rgardner4 at gmail.com>
> Subject: [IL-Talk] News of Writing Success
> 
> I'm posting this to the list knowing it's self-congratulatory, but I'm going
> to do it anyway. 
> 
> 
> 
> I think some of you know I've been interested in writing for some time,
> mostly in the short story genre. I haven't been very active with that in
> recent years, but now have had some success which I'd like to share with
> other Federationists. 
> 
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> 
> I was just notified by the magazine, Magnets and Ladders, that my short
> story, "Seasons", has won 1st place in the Fall-Winter Short Fiction contest
> for 2023-2024. 
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> 
> That was in addition to the news from Magnets and Ladders that my story,
> "Decisions", won 1st place in the Spring-Summer Short Fiction contest for
> 2021.  
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> 
> Obviously, I'd highly recommend you writers out there consider submitting
> material to Magnets and Ladders. It is a venue for disabled writers, and
> they have many other categories besides short fiction. And besides their
> contests, you can submit material for normal publication in their issues. 
> 
> 
> 
> Robert Gardner
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