[stylist] Ideas for promoting writing contests

Wed Mar 4 23:30:05 UTC 2015

Good ideas. Also, I know the Writers' Division has a FB account, but what
about creating a specific contest event page that can continue to be shared
on FB until deadline?

Bridgit

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Hi All,
As the April 1st deadline for entries in our annual contests approaches, it
would be helpful if members stepped up and did a little posting about it on
social media. In January and February, I sent out over 700 emails to
individuals in and out of the NFB. It was a monumental task, just finding
the email addresses and finding people on Linked In involved in blindness
issues. I also put ads in places like the Blind Post and on sites like
Teaching the Visually Impaired. Currently, I am running a tweet on each of
the two contests once a day on Twitter and occasionally on Linked In,
Google+ and Facebook.

I just placed the following status updates to Facebook. If you have a
Facebook, LinkedIn, Google+ or Twitter account, please take a few minutes to
help spread the word. Those on FB can simply "Share" my update on their own
timeline, if that helps make it easier for you. Also, feel free to borrow
from the following, if that hellps. If you have technical questions about
helping, feel free to ask. If you have other suggestions for spreading the
word, please share them.
1. a notice about the adult contest
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Deadline for entries in <1 mo. NFB Writers' Division 35th Annual Writing
Contest for Adults

(Open to - people with visual impairments age 18+)

.           Deadline for entries - April 1, 2015

.           Categories - poetry, fiction, non-fiction (memoir or personal
essay) & stories for youth

.           Prizes for adult first through third place in each category -
$100, $50 and $25. 

.           Length - fiction, non-fiction & stories for youth - 3,000 words
max; poetry any length.

.           Special requirement - for the 75th anniversary of the NFB,
entrants are asked to include a reference to "75" in any way you choose.

.           Fees - There is a $6 fee for each entry. 3 poems of a total of
108 lines may be entered for one entry fee. 

.           Winners will be announced at the NFB Convention in July and will
be eligible for inclusion in Slate and Style, the literary journal of the
NFB Writers' Division.

Additional contest details:

http://writers.nfb.org/2015AdultGuidelines.html

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2. Youth Braille Writing Contest promo
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Youth Braille Writing Contest deadline fast approaching! Prizes for elem,
middle & upper school; no fee, deadline 4/1/15. Guidelines:
http://writers.nfb.org/2015YouthGuidelines.html
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Thanks in advance for helping us reach out to blind writers, Donna

-- The Heart of Applebutter Hill - a novel on a mission:

http://DonnaWHill.com <http://donnawhill.com/> 

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