[Mn-parents] Reminder about the NFB of Minnesota Essay Contest

[Steve Jacobson]

The following reminder comes from Sheila Koenig:

  
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 Tom Scanlan at tom.scanlan at earthlink.net by October 14, 2013. The entries will be judged by a 
three-person panel, and the winners awarded at the banquet of the Annual Convention on October 26, 2013. 

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.