<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Good Morning,</div><div>If you are interested in the Writers' contest the information is below.</div><div>Cathy<br><br>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><b>From:</b> Robert Leslie Newman via State-affiliate-leadership-list <<a href="mailto:state-affiliate-leadership-list@nfbnet.org">state-affiliate-leadership-list@nfbnet.org</a>><br><b>Date:</b> November 18, 2014, 2:10:33 AM EST<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:state-affiliate-leadership-list@nfbnet.org">state-affiliate-leadership-list@nfbnet.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b> <b>[State-affiliate-leadership-list] 2015 NFB Writing Contests for Youth & Adults - notices for each affiliate</b><br><b>Reply-To:</b> Robert Leslie Newman <<a href="mailto:newmanrl@cox.net">newmanrl@cox.net</a>>, State Affiliate Leadership List <<a href="mailto:state-affiliate-leadership-list@nfbnet.org">state-affiliate-leadership-list@nfbnet.org</a>><br><br></div></blockquote><div><span></span></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
<br>
Dear Affiliate President<br>
RE: NFB Writers’ division asks for your assistance in advertising our
contests<br>
<br>
<a name="OLE_LINK5"></a>I bet your membership will know who and where
this notice needs to go within your state! Please help us get it to
teachers and schools, to parents of blind children, to adult rehab
services and/or other programs found within your state; including your
own membership. Help us to make this the best contest year out of our
75<sup>th</sup><a name="OLE_LINK5"></a>!years of being a force working
for the blind. (Additional notices of are adult and youth contests are
attached.) <br>
<br>
<div align="center"><b>2015 NFB WRITERS’ DIVISION WRITING CONTEST<br>
</b></div>
<br>
The annual youth and adult writing contests sponsored by the NFB Writers’
Division will open January 1st and close April 1st. <br>
<br>
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. <br>
<br>
<a name="OLE_LINK6"></a>Adult contests, <a name="OLE_LINK7"></a>poetry,
fiction, non-fiction, and stories for youth are open to all entrants
eighteen and over. <br>
<br>
The youth writing contest, poetry and fiction, are to promote Braille
literacy and excellence in writing; youth must submit both a braille
hard-copy version along with an electronic doc or RTF file. The contest
is divided into three groups, determined by grade level – elementary,
middle, and high school.<br>
<br>
Prizes for contest winners range up to $100 for adult categories, and up
to $30 for youth. <br>
<br>
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, <a href="http://writers.nfb.org">http://writers.nfb.org</a>
<br>
<br>
All winners from both, the adult and youth contests will be considered
for publication in our Division’s magazine, <i>Slate &
Style</i>.<br>
<br>
For additional contest details and submission guidelines, go to our
website,
<a href="http://writers.nfb.orgg">http://writers.nfb.org</a><br>
<br>
Respectfully yours,<br>
Robert Leslie Newman<br>
President, NFB Writers’ Division<br>
<br>
The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the
characteristic that defines you or your future.<br>
Every day we raise the expectations of blind people, because low
expectations create obstacles between blind people and our dreams.<br>
You can live the life you want; blindness is not what holds you back.
<br><br>
<br>
</div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div></div></blockquote></body></html>