[Mi-abs] Fwd: [Nfbnet-members-list] 2015 Writing Contest for Blind Youth & Adults - Reminder! - Sponsored by NFB Writers' Division

[Michigan Association of Blind Students]

Passing along the information in case any of you are interested.


Michigan Association of Blind Students
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> Date: December 18, 2014 at 11:54:04 PM EST
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> Subject: [Nfbnet-members-list] 2015 Writing Contest for Blind Youth & Adults - Reminder! - Sponsored by NFB Writers' Division
> From: Robert Leslie Newman via Nfbnet-members-list <nfbnet-members-list at nfbnet.org <mailto:nfbnet-members-list at nfbnet.org>>
> Reply-To: Robert Leslie Newman <newmanrl at cox.net <mailto:newmanrl at cox.net>>
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> Dear Fellow Author, Friend, Teacher, or Parent 
> RE: Reminder Notice of, the 2015 NFB WRITERS’ DIVISION WRITING CONTEST
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> It is time for all of you to be gathering up, and/or sitting down to begin creating your entries for the annual NFB Writers’ Division’s annual writing contest; opening in thirteen days. Read the insert below, and Ready set go!
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> The annual youth and adult writing contests sponsored by the NFB Writers’ Division will open January 1st and close April 1st. 
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> 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. 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. Thinking of past entries, 75 aliens would work. Seriously, let your imagination take over. Write the piece you want, just remember to include the theme of 75; this is inspired by the 75 years of the great work that has been happening within, and because of the National Federation of the Blind. 
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> Adult contests, poetry, fiction, non-fiction, and stories for youth are open to all entrants eighteen and over. 
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> The youth writing contest, poetry and fiction, are to promote Braille literacy and excellence in writing. The contest is divided into three groups, determined by grade level – elementary, middle, and high school.
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> Prizes for contest winners range up to $100 for adult categories, and up to $30 for youth. 
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> All contest winners will be announced the first week in July, at the Writers’ Division business meeting during the NFB national convention, held in Orlando, Florida. In addition, a list of winners will appear on our website, http://writers.nfb.org <http://writers.nfb.org/> 
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> All winners from both, the adult and youth contests will be considered for publication in our Division’s magazine, Slate & Style.
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> For additional contest details and submission guidelines, go to our website, http://writers.nfb.org <http://writers.nfb.org/>
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> Respectfully yours,
> Robert Leslie Newman
> President, NFB Writers’ division 
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> The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the characteristic that defines you or your future.
> Every day we raise the expectations of blind people, because low expectations create obstacles between blind people and our dreams.
> You can live the life you want; blindness is not what holds you back.
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