[Nfbespanol-talk] En Español, 2015 Writing Contest for Blind Youth & Adults - Reminder! - Sponsored by NFB Writers' Division
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Subject: [Nfbnet-members-list] 2015 Writing Contest for Blind Youth &
Adults - Reminder! - Sponsored by NFB Writers' Division
Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2014 22:54:04 -0600
From: Robert Leslie Newman via Nfbnet-members-list
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Reply-To: Robert Leslie Newman <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
*
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!
The annual youth and adult writing contests sponsored by the NFB
Writers’ Division will open January 1st and close April 1st.
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.
Adult contests, poetry, fiction, non-fiction, and stories for youth are
open to all entrants eighteen and over.
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.
Prizes for contest winners range up to $100 for adult categories, and up
to $30 for youth.
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
All winners from both, the adult and youth contests will be considered
for publication in our Division’s magazine, /Slate & Style/.
For additional contest details and submission guidelines, go to our
website, http://writers.nfb.org
Respectfully yours,
Robert Leslie Newman
President, NFB Writers’ division
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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