[stylist] Nonfiction Category in Contest

[James Canaday M.A. N6YR]

makes lots of sense to me.
jc

Jim Canaday M.A.
Lawrence, KS

At 12:37 AM 6/4/2009, you wrote:

>Hello everyone,
>
>     I've been discussing a further expansion of our writing contest; the
>indlusion of a Nonfiction Category for blind youth and adults. One way we
>change public misperceptions of blindness and our abilities is by
>encouraging blind individuals to write stories of how they cope with
>blindness and what they have achieved in their lives and how they overcame
>predjudice, discrimination, and misunderstandings about blindness held by
>the public to succeed in their career of calling and the impact they made on
>society as a whole.
>
>     One way to create a reservoir of writing by budding blind writers about
>their experiences with blindness and its challenges would be to include a
>nonfiction category in our writing contest for blind youth and adults. We
>all have wonderful stories to tell concerning dealing with our blindness and
>the state of the World in general. Including the nonfiction category would
>be a wonderful way to increase the number of contest participants and to
>build a large body of accounts of the experiences attitudes, beliefs, and
>stories of blind individuals in their own words.
>
>     Mr. President I'd like to suggest that we discuss this at this year's
>NFBWD Business Meeting. Perhaps this new category could be added to the
>2010/2011 contest. See you all in Detroit.
>
>Peter Donahue
>
>
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