[stylist] 2011 NFB Writers' Division Writing contest Winners!

[Robert Leslie Newman]

Here is a listing of the adult and youth writing contest winners! (A letter
of congratulations and the dollar prizes will be going out) 

 

2011 Writing Contest Combined List of Winners

(First the adult, followed by the youth)

 

2011 Adult Writing contest Winners

 

--Adult Creative Non-fiction:

 

First Place:  Wild Velvet by Burns Taylor

 

Second Place:  My Talking Crotch Watch Janet by Di Nola-Parmerter

 

Third Place:  Retirement Gardening by Jacqueline Williams

 

Honorable Mention:  Literacy of the Hands. By Christine Ha

--Fiction Short Stories:

 

First Place:  The Telling Stone by Doris Hampton 

 

Second Place:  You Have Been Warned by Shawn Jacobson 

 

Third Place:  Short Sighted by Chris Kuel 

 

Honorable Mention:  Train by Marisa Church 

 

--Poetry:

 

First Place:  When You were Mine by Kerry Elizabeth Thompson

 

Second Place:  It Doesn't Matter Anymore by Kerry Elizabeth Thompson

 

Third place:  Can I be a Kitty Cat by Marilyn Brandt Smith

 

Honorable mention: From a Military Hospital by Natalie Watkins

 

2011 Youth Braille Writing Contest Winners

--Elementary Short Stories

 

First: The Poor Teacher

by Lindsay Adair 

 

Second: Middy Goes to the Zoo

by Megan Copeland 

 

Third: New Friends

by Nicky Lentz 

 

Honorable Mention: Little Lady

by Jisselle Yanez 

 

--Elementary Poetry

First:  A Poem by Lauren About Lauren

by Lauryn Boyle 

 

Second:  Glad Dad

by Ethan Hin Fung 

 

Third: Cats

by Christy Grant 

 

Honorable Mention: Am I Lonely?

by Katheryn Katie Grace Morgan 

 

--Middle School Poetry

First: Directions to Music Land

by Isabel Nieves 

 

--High School Short Stories 

 

First: Vampires Verses Aliens

by Rachelle Broomfield 

 

--High School Poetry

 

First: Chocolate, a Necessity

by Brittney Lende 

 

Second: Guatachitalian is my family name

by Estefani Giglietti 

 

Third Place Tie:

Third A: My New World 

by Katie Mitchell 

 

Third B: Sonnet

by Krysta Aymond 

 

Honorable Mention: Stand Up Guy

by Keisha Smith

 

 

Robert Leslie Newman

President, Omaha Chapter NFB

President, NFB Writers' Division

Division Website

 <http://www.nfb-writers-division.org/> http://www.nfb-writers-division.org

Chair, Newsletter Publication committee

Personal Website-

 <http://www.thoughtprovoker.info/> http://www.thoughtprovoker.info