[stylist] Awards

[The Crowd]

That is wonderful!

Congrats,
Atty

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Kuell" <ckuell at comcast.net>
To: "Writer's Division Mailing List" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2012 1:08 PM
Subject: Re: [stylist] Awards


> Congratulations, Jackie--that's wonderful news.
>
> chris
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jacqueline Williams" <jackieleepoet at cox.net>
> To: "'Writer's Division Mailing List'" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2012 12:25 PM
> Subject: [stylist] Awards
>
>
>>I am truly a happy camper today, and forgive me if I blow my own horn a 
>>bit.
>>
>> I just received five awards through the mail yesterday from the NFSPS 
>> 2012
>> Annual Contest. It stands for the National Federation of State Poetry
>> Societies.
>>
>> None of them were a first, second, or third place, which means no money, 
>> but
>> there was a 1st, 2nd, one 5th, and two 7th place Honorable Mentions.
>>
>> I have recently attached two of these to my e-mails to you. Medicine 
>> Wheel,
>> which was "Our American Indian Heritage Award,  and "Rocky", which was on
>> the topic of When bad things happen.
>>
>> I will only burden you with one attachment. Mainly because I thought it 
>> was
>> hilarious that it got an award. It was from the League of Minnesota Poets
>> Award, and the category of long free verse.
>>
>> In it, I have taken the name of an angle worm. Who asked me about
>> anthropomorphic poems? Not sure this is one, but I was trying also to
>> portray the voice of one dead, a Spoon River.
>>
>> The bright spot is that with an honorable mention, I can submit the poem
>> again with the confidence that it is a good one that might be in need of 
>> a
>> tweak or two.
>>
>> In only one of the five were the judge's comments included. In her 
>> remarks
>> she stressed the importance of not having even one error in spelling,
>> punctuation, or usage. In her category there were 257 poems, and every 
>> one
>> with even one error was automatically discarded because it was so 
>> difficult
>> to winnow out even the ones with  perfect form, so that she could
>> concentrate on content, form, etc.
>>
>> It is doubly difficult when you use a screen reader to accomplish this, 
>> as I
>> am sure you all know. But I would encourage you to try.
>>
>> If anyone wants the information on next year's contest, I will be 
>> scanning
>> it for myself, and could make an attachment. The problems, the scanner 
>> often
>> makes mistakes in spelling or skipping some things.
>>
>> Sorry I missed the phone conference on Sunday. As Lynda has said, 
>> personal
>> contact means a great deal.
>>
>> Jackie
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
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