[stylist] Youth writing contest PR update

Thu Aug 4 14:24:35 UTC 2011

Robert,

I added myself recently.  Love to join - always have some conflict
with divison meetings at convention.

Dan

On 8/4/11, Robert Leslie Newman <newmanrl at cox.net> wrote:
> Dan
>
> Thank you super bunches! (I didn't know you were on this list? (MMM, did I?
> I'm happy to see it! Want to join the Writers' division? $10.00; you get
> much in return!)
>
> Thanks for the assist, Dan
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Dan Burke
> Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2011 10:02 PM
> To: newmanrl at cox.net; Writer's Division Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [stylist] Youth writing contest PR update
>
> It came through after all Donna.  Here it is, I opened on the gmail web site
> with the "View as HTML" option.
>
> It's a funky PDF and it's likely in newspaper style columns, saved no doubt
> from a professional newspaper publishing application.  Lots of hyphenation.
> It obviously didn't retain any paragraphs, so the paragraph breaks are mine.
> And I spell-checked it to break up all the words that were run together.
>
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> TIMES-COURIER. ELLIJAY, GEORGIA
> THURSDAY, JULY28, 2011
> Local blind student wins national writing contest
>
> National Federation of the Blind
>
> Isabel Nieves, a 13-year-old from Ellijay, recently won first prize in the
> middle school poetry category of the Youth Writing Contest of  the nonprofit
> National Federation of the Blind(NFB) Writers' Division.
>
> Her success was first announced at the NFB's annual convention in Orlando,
> and her winning entry is entitled "Directions to Music Land."
>
> Nieves, who will be attending Clear Creek Middle School this fall, is the
> daughter of Ramon Nieves, who has been with Home Depot in Blue Ridge for 20
> years, and Elizabeth Nieves, who is a stay-at-home mom.
> She has two siblings: Emily, age14, and Raymond, age 7.This talented young
> lady is also a music lover and is especially fond of such classics as Doris
> Day.
>
> Nieves is herself a singer and self-taught pianist. She won first place for
> her solo performance of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" this past year at
> Gilmer Middle School.  She occasionally sings with the Good Samaritan
> Catholic Church choir.  She is also an excellent Braille reader and loves
> reading all kinds of books, especially mysteries and Nancy Drew, which she
> borrows from the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically
> Handicapped.
>
> Nieves was born premature at 24 weeks and weighed just one pound eight
> ounces.
>
> "She's definitely a miracle," stated her father.
>
> She suffered from a lack of oxygen and has Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP),
> the most common cause of blindness in children. Despite four surgeries, she
> is totally blind.
>
> The annual NFB writing contest promotes Braille literacy and excellence in
> creative writing. Despite strong evidence that Braille literacy
> significantly improves a blind person's ability to obtain employment and
> advanced degrees, only 10percent of America's blind children are taught to
> read it.
>
> Contestants were required to hand emboss their entries using either the
> slate and stylus or a Braille writer (no computer generated Braille was
> accepted). Entries were judged on creativity and quality of Braille.
>
> The NFB Writers' Division encourages all blind people to adopt a "can-do"
> attitude and learn the skills that will enable them to live full, productive
> and independent lives."
>
> We are all impressed and delighted with Isabel's creativity and Braille
> skills," said Robert Leslie Newman, president of the NFB Writers' Division,
> "and we are thankful for the support she is receiving at home and in
> school."
>
> Nieves will receive a cash prize of $25 and the chance to be published in
> "Slate and Style," the quarterly literary magazine of the NFB Writers'
> Division.
>
> With more than 50,000members, NFB is the largest and most influential
> membership organization of blind people in the United States. It strives to
> improve blind people's lives through advocacy, education, research,
> technology and programs encouraging independence and self-confidence. It is
> the leading force in the blindness field today and the voice of the nation's
> blind.
>
> In January 2004, the NFB opened the National Federation of the Blind
> Jernigan Institute, the first research and training center in the United
> States for the blind led by the blind. For more information about the NFB
> organization, visit www.nfb-writers-division.net.
>
>
> Dan
>
> On 8/2/11, Robert Leslie Newman <newmanrl at cox.net> wrote:
>> Donna and others:
>>
>> That is one weird PDF! I'm not knowledgeable about how the process of
>> creating a PDF and so, I sure can't fathom why it now acts like it does.
>> Anyone else out there who can?
>>
>> 	
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org]
>> On Behalf Of Donna Hill
>> Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2011 6:00 PM
>> To: Writer's Division Mailing List
>> Subject: [stylist] Youth writing contest PR update
>>
>> Hi Friends,
>>
>> The Times Courier of Ellijay, Georgia has published an article about
>> Isabel Nieves, who won first place in our middle school poetry
>> category with her poem "Directions to Music Land." It appears on the
>> site as a PDF, and even when I saved it as text, it was jibberish.
>> I'll attach the file in the hopes that one of you will have a better way
> of making this accessible.
>>
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>>
>> I've also heard from several reporters who want to do stories on Ethan
>> Fung, Nicky Lentz and Lindsay Adar. Lindsay, who is the daughter of
>> NOPBC President Laura Weber,  is having an interview this evening with
>> the Houston Chronicle. Hopefully, we'll be able to read that one.
>>
>> Donna
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