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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=newmanrl@cox.net
href="mailto:newmanrl@cox.net">Robert Leslie Newman</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, December 07, 2011 9:47 AM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=chapter-presidents@nfbnet.org
href="mailto:chapter-presidents@nfbnet.org">0Chapter Presidents List</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> [Chapter-presidents] 2012 NFB Writers' Division Writing
Contest forYouth & Adults</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Dear Chapter
President <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Season’s Greetings!
May all your Chapter members and business be well!<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Below and attached is
the notice of the Writers’ division’s 2012 writing contest for youth and adults.
Please pass this on to your membership and/or anyone else within your state
(school systems, rehab agencies, etc.). Please and Thank You
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<P style="TEXT-AUTOSPACE: " class=MsoNormal><A name=OLE_LINK8></A><A
name=OLE_LINK5></A>2012 NFB Writing Contest<o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="TEXT-AUTOSPACE: " class=MsoNormal><o:p></o:p> </P>
<P style="TEXT-AUTOSPACE: " class=MsoNormal>The annual youth and adult writing
contests sponsored by the Writers’ Division of the NFB will open January 1st and
will close April 1st. <o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="TEXT-AUTOSPACE: " class=MsoNormal><o:p></o:p> </P>
<P style="TEXT-AUTOSPACE: " class=MsoNormal>Adult contests, <A
name=OLE_LINK7></A><A name=OLE_LINK6></A>poetry, fiction, non-fiction, and
stories for youth are open to all entrants eighteen years and over.
<o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="TEXT-AUTOSPACE: " class=MsoNormal><o:p></o:p> </P>
<P style="TEXT-AUTOSPACE: " class=MsoNormal>The Youth Writing Contest, poetry
and fiction, are to promote Braille literacy and excellence in creative writing.
Entries will be judged on creativity and quality of Braille. The age groups for
these authors is divided into grade levels: Elementary, Middle and High School.
<o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="TEXT-AUTOSPACE: " class=MsoNormal><o:p></o:p> </P>
<P style="TEXT-AUTOSPACE: " class=MsoNormal>Prizes for contest winners range up
to $100 for adult categories and up to $30 for youth categories. <o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="TEXT-AUTOSPACE: " class=MsoNormal><o:p></o:p> </P>
<P style="TEXT-AUTOSPACE: " class=MsoNormal>All contest winners will be
announced at the Writers’ Division business meeting during the NFB national
convention to be held in Dallas, Texas, the first week of July, 2012. In
addition, shortly after convention, a list of winners will appear on the
Writers’ Division Website, <A
href="http://www.nfb-writers-division.">www.nfb-writers-division.</A>net First,
second, and third place winners in each category will be considered for
publication in the Writers’ Division magazine, “Slate &
Style.”<o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="TEXT-AUTOSPACE: " class=MsoNormal><o:p></o:p> </P>
<P style="TEXT-AUTOSPACE: " class=MsoNormal>For additional contest details and
submission guidelines, go to the Writers’ Division Website, <A
href="http://www.nfb-writers-division.net">www.nfb-writers-division.net</A>
<o:p></o:p></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN> </P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Robert Leslie
Newman</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">President,
Omaha Chapter NFB<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">President,
NFB Writers' Division</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Division
Website</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><A
href="http://www.nfb-writers-division.">http://www.nfb-writers-division.</A>net</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Chair,
Newsletter Publication committee<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Personal
Website-</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><A
href="http://www.thoughtprovoker.info/">http://www.thoughtprovoker.info</A></SPAN><o:p></o:p></P>
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