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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Sligo<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">These are the guidelines for the NFB Wrtier’s division writing contest.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please let me know if you have any questions.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Shawn<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Writers-board <writers-board-bounces@nfbnet.org>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Shelly Alongi via Writers-board<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, January 27, 2020 12:34 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> writers-board@nfbnet.org<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Shelly Alongi <qobells@icloud.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Writers-board] Fwd: Updated 2020 Writing Contest Guidelines<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b>From:</b> Shelley Alongi <<a href="mailto:Christcrush@outlook.com">Christcrush@outlook.com</a>><br>
<b>Date:</b> January 6, 2020 at 8:56:32 PM CST<br>
<b>To:</b> Shelley Alongi <<a href="mailto:qobells@icloud.com">qobells@icloud.com</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> <b>Updated 2020 Writing Contest Guidelines</b><br>
<b>Reply-To:</b> Shelley Alongi <<a href="mailto:Christcrush@outlook.com">Christcrush@outlook.com</a>><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">The National Federation of the Blind Writers' Division announces its annual youth and adult writing contests! Below you will find our guidelines. Please distribute them to your state conventions
and beyond. After eading through the guidelines, should you have any questions please feel free to reach out to me, Shelley Alongi at
<a href="mailto:Queenofbells@outlook.com">Queenofbells@outlook.com</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">2020 WRITING CONTEST GUIDELINES<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">The annual youth and adult writing contests sponsored by the NFB Writers’ Division will open January 1st and close April 30th for all aspiring writers whether blind, sighted or visually impaired.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Adult contest categories are: short Fiction, nonfiction including personal essay and memoir, and poetry.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Youth contest categories are: Short fiction and poetry. The youth contest is divided into three groups, determined by grade level – elementary, 1st through 4th grade, middle, 5th through 8th grade,
and high school 9th through 12th grade. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">As always, in both adult and youth contests, there may be up to three prize winners (1st, 2nd, 3rd), and one or more receiving honorable mention. Additionally, a prize winning entry may be published
within the Writers’ Division’s magazine, Slate & Style. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">All contest winners will be announced during the national convention held from July 14 to July 19 in Houston, Texas.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">PRIZES <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">*Youth contest winners will receive cash and prizes up to $30 for 1st place, $20 for 2nd place, and $10 for 3rd place.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">*Adult contest winners will receive cash and prizes up to $75 for 1st place, $50 for 2nd place, and $25 for 3rd place.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">YOUTH CONTESTS<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">*This is a contest for students who use Braille.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">*If you are 18 years old, or older, you must enter the adult contest.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">*Entries must be submitted in hand embossed Braille, either with a slate and stylus or Perkins Braille writer, and there are no exceptions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">*Submissions must be Brailled by the entrant.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">*All submissions, no matter your grade level, must be in contracted Braille. Let us know if you “know” or are “learning” contracted Braille. Additionally, let us know if you have chosen to use
UEB, or not.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">*Each entrant must provide an identical electronic copy of the cover letter and contest entry as a Microsoft Word file [doc] or as a Rich Text Format [rtf] file).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">*Attach the electronic copies to an email and send them to Shelley Alongi,
<a href="mailto:Queenofbells@outlook.com">Queenofbells@outlook.com</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">*Send your hardcopy Braille and cover letter to:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Chelsea Cook<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">901 Englewood Parkway, Apt. J304, Englewood, CO 80110
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Entries must be accompanied by a cover letter containing the following information for each entrant:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">*Your name, mailing address, phone number, and e-mail address.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">*List the titles of all submissions, including the category in which they are being entered.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">*List your school and grade level.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">ENTRY REQUIREMENTS<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">*We will consider only unpublished original entries. Please do not submit entries that have been previously submitted on a web site or blog.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">*Youth short fiction stories submissions cannot be more than 1,000 words, and poetry of no more than 50 lines.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">*Authors of either poetry or fiction are encouraged to submit multiple pieces.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Are you the best Brailler in the contest? Be sure to double check your work for spelling and grammatical errors. Remember to use Braille paper so the Braille is easy to read. Good luck!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">*This contest is for everyone 18 years old, or older. One need not be blind to enter.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">*We will consider only unpublished original entries. Please do not submit entries that have been published on a website or blog.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">*Fiction and nonfiction categories can be of any main stream genre, and cannot exceed 3,000 words.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">*Poetry: We will accept poetry of any length
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">*Authors of either poetry and/or prose are encouraged to submit multiple pieces.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">*Adults are required to submit all poetry, fiction and nonfiction as attachments to an E-mail message.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">*The attachments must be in either Microsoft Word (doc) or Rich Text Format (rtf).
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">*Fiction and nonfiction should be written in a normal prose style, with paragraphs being left justified, lines being single spaced, and having a 14 point font of Aerial, regular.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">* Be sure to double check your work for spelling and grammatical errors<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">*The fee for each short story is $15.00 for members and $20.00 for non-members.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">*The fee for each nonfiction entry is $15.00 for members and $20.00 for non-members.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">*The base fee for poetry will cover up to three poems, if the combined line-count of all three pieces does not exceed 108 lines - additional poems require a second fee, following the same fee payment
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">*You may use PayPal from the Writers’ Division website,
<a href="http://writers.nfb.org">http://writers.nfb.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">*Alternatively, you may mail a check made out to NFB Writers’ Division, with a note in the memo line relating to the contest. Send to:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Shawn Jacobson<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">19541 Olney Mill Rd.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">*E-mail submissions should be sent to Shelley Alongi
<a href="mailto:Queenofbells@outlook.com">Queenofbells@outlook.com</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">****We look forward to seeing your words. ****<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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