[Mdpobc] Fwd: NFB Writers' contest

[Trudy Pickrel]

Come on Maryland. Let's have a ran slate of Maryland winners. 

Trudy Pickrel
2nd Vice Pres. Md Parent Blind Children. 
301-501-1818
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> From: Tom Bickford <tbick3 at msn.com>
> Date: December 2, 2014 at 5:56:21 PM EST
> To: <tlpickrel at hotmail.com>
> Subject: NFB Writers' contest
> 
> 
> Hello Trudy from Tom Bickford
> 
> The NFB Writers' division is hoping for lots of entries for the 75th year
> contest. Kids can enter, from their appropriate age group. Self-expression
> can be fun with slate and stylus or by braille writer. We are asking that
> you help by circulating the announcement through your members.
> 
> 2015 NFB Writers' Division Writing Contest for Youth
> 
> The NFB Writers' Division is again hosting a writing contest for youth, to
> promote Braille literacy and excellence in creative writing. Entries will be
> judged on creativity of the writing and of the quality of Braille. There is
> no charge for entering.
> 
> NEW THIS YEAR: 2015 being the Federation's 75th birthday, the contest will,
> for the first time ever have a required theme. All submissions will need to
> somehow incorporate the theme of 75 in the piece. It does not have to be
> necessarily about the anniversary of NFB. It could just be the number 75, or
> perhaps the diamond anniversary, or 75 steps to your destination, or even 75
> balloons. And thinking of past stories, 75 aliens would also work!
> Seriously, let your imagination take over. 
> 
> This is a contest for students who use Braille. Entries must be submitted in
> hand embossed Braille, from either a slate and stylus or on a Braille
> writer. No computer Braille entries will be considered. Submissions must be
> brailed by the entrant. All submissions, no matter the grade level, must be
> in contracted Braille, unless the student has yet to learn the full system.
> Let us know which you are, either --- I'm studying contracted Braille. --- I
> know contracted Braille.
> 
> There are six categories, as follows: Elementary School Fiction and Poetry;
> Middle School Fiction and Poetry; High School Fiction and Poetry. 
> 
> The contest begins January 1st, and ends, postmarked date April 1st. There
> will be three cash prizes for each of the six categories. Submissions
> receiving honorable mention will also be listed. 1st prize is $30, 2nd prize
> is $20 and 3rd prize is $10. 
> 
> Submissions for fiction may not exceed 1,000 words. Poetry may not exceed 50
> lines. Authors may submit multiple entries and all work must be original and
> unpublished.
> 
> Entries must be accompanied by a cover letter containing entrant's
> information: Name, address, phone, email, title of the entry, school, and
> grade. 
> 
> Winners will be announced at our Division meeting during the July 2015 NFB
> National Convention held in Orlando Florida.
> 
> Each entrant must provide an identical electronic copy of the cover letter
> and story or poetry, for possible publication in our Division's quarterly
> magazine, Slate & Style.
> 
> Send the hardcopy Braille and cover letter to:
> Robert Leslie Newman
> 504 S 57th St
> Omaha, NE 68106 
> 
> Email submissions (copy of story or poetry and cover letter) should be sent
> to Robert Leslie Newman at newmanrl at cox.net. 
> 
> More can be learned about the NFB Writers' Division and our contest by
> visiting our Division's website- http://writers.nfb.org
> 
> Are you the best brailler in the contest? Be sure to double check your work.
> Remember to use Braille paper so the Braille is easy to read. Good luck.
> 
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