[Mn-at-large] Essay Contest Reminder, Submit by sept. 15

[Jennifer Dunnam via NFBMN-News]

A CONTEST YOU CAN WIN

YOUR WORK PUBLISHED, AND MONEY TOO!

What? Every year the Metro Chapter sponsors a writing contest open to
everyone. The writer of the winning essay will receive a cash prize of $75
and publication of the article in the Minnesota Bulletin. Another $50 will
go to the winner of a random drawing from the rest of the essays submitted.

Why? The members of the NFB of Minnesota are the main source of articles for
the Minnesota Bulletin, and have many interesting personal experiences,
opinions, and stories to share. This contest provides a way to share them
and maybe win some cash too. All entries will be considered for publication
in the Minnesota Bulletin.

How? Write an essay about your personal experience as a blind person, a
hard-learned lesson of your life, someone else's adventure dealing with
blindness, an idyllic world with blindness as normal as Federationists know
it to be, a message you wish to share with others -- any topic related to
blindness you long to teach your fellow Federationists!!! It should be long
enough to cover the subject, but short enough to be interesting; usually
about 2 or 3 pages.

When? E-mail your writing to Minnesota Bulletin editor Kathy McGillivray at
gilgal63 at gmail.com by September 15 2016. The entries will be judged by a
three-person panel, and the winners awarded at the banquet of the Annual
Convention on October 1, 2016.

Who? This statewide essay-writing contest is open to everyone, not just the
Metro Chapter. Set your imagination to work and your fingers to tapping the
computer keyboard, and let's see the editor's e-mail overpowered with
essays.