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I wonder why he says not all caps in your title? I wouldn't be able to submit or a poem — or at least be accepted — because I always write my titles in all caps. <br>
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<div dir="ltr">Barbara Hammel</div>
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<blockquote type="cite">On Oct 5, 2020, at 08:12, Jacobson, Shawn D via Stylist <stylist@nfbnet.org> wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Barbara<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Congratulations on your poetry success. This always feels good.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I hadn’t realized that the Magnets and Ladders results were out having not received the customary Email (yes, I put some of my poetry in as well). Anyway, excellent job! I’m looking forward to seeing your work.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Shawn<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Stylist <stylist-bounces@nfbnet.org> <b>On Behalf Of
</b>Linda Lambert via Stylist<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Saturday, September 26, 2020 8:58 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'Writers' Division Mailing List' <stylist@nfbnet.org><br>
<b>Cc:</b> llambert@zoominternet.net<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Stylist] Congratulations to Barbara Hammel. Plus information on publication possibility.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZW"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZW">Greetings on this Autumnal Weekend,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZW"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZW">I love to hear about friends in NFB Writer’s Division getting their writings published and sharing their poetry with others.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZW">A BIG CONGRATULATIONS to Barbara Hammel – who received 2<sup>nd</sup> Place in Poetry in the Magnets & Ladders magazine’s fall /winter issue.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZW">Barbara’s poem is stunning – and well-deserved of this honor.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZW"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZW">I’d like to see Barbara’s winning poem posted here for us to enjoy. How about it, Barbara?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZW"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZW">Here is another opportunity for those of you who write Nature Poetry.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZW">Editor, Charles Portolano, welcomes nature poetry submissions for
<i><span style="color:red">The Weekly Avocet.</span></i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZW">One BONUS is that he will publish previously published poems. That is rare – so if you have a great nature-themed poem that was already in Magnets & Ladders, Slate & Style, or another periodical, you can send it to
Charles. You just might get it published again. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZW"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZW">Even if you don’t have a nature poem, it would benefit us all to read the guidelines here, because Charles gives some very good information on what an editor appreciates when we send in our work as a submission.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZW"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZW">Below: The Guidelines for entering your Nature Poetry to
<i><span style="color:red">The Weekly Avocet.<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-ZW" style="color:red"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-ZW" style="font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Please read the guidelines before submitting</span></b><span lang="EN-ZW" style="font-size:24.0pt;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"> </span><span lang="EN-ZW" style="font-size:24.0pt;color:black"> </span><span lang="EN-ZW" style="color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="mso-line-height-alt:11.75pt;background:white"><span lang="EN-ZW" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"> </span><b><span lang="EN-ZW" style="font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Only
one poem, per poet, per season.</span></b><span lang="EN-ZW" style="color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"> </span><span lang="EN-ZW" style="color:black"> </span><span lang="EN-ZW" style="color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-ZW" style="color:black"> </span><span lang="EN-ZW" style="color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="mso-line-height-alt:11.75pt;background:white"><span lang="EN-ZW" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Please send your submission to <b><a href="mailto:angeldec24@hotmail.com">angeldec24@hotmail.com</a></b></span><span lang="EN-ZW" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#323130;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"> </span><span lang="EN-ZW" style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:11.75pt;background:white"><span lang="EN-ZW" style="color:#201F1E"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="mso-line-height-alt:11.75pt;background:white"><span lang="EN-ZW" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Please put (early or late) Fall/your last name in the subject line.</span><span lang="EN-ZW" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#323130;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"> </span><span lang="EN-ZW" style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:11.75pt;background:white"><span lang="EN-ZW" style="color:#201F1E"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="mso-line-height-alt:11.75pt;background:white"><span lang="EN-ZW" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Please be kind and address your submission to me, Charles.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:11.75pt;background:white"><span lang="EN-ZW" style="color:#201F1E"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="mso-line-height-alt:11.75pt;background:white"><i><u><span lang="EN-ZW" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">(Just so you know: I do not read work from a poet who doesn't
take the time </span></u></i><i><u><span lang="EN-ZW" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#323130;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"> </span></u></i><span lang="EN-ZW" style="color:black"> </span><span lang="EN-ZW" style="color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="mso-line-height-alt:11.75pt;background:white"><i><u><span lang="EN-ZW" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">to address their submission to the editor, who they want to read
their work.)</span></u></i><i><u><span lang="EN-ZW" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#323130;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"> </span></u></i><span lang="EN-ZW" style="color:black"> </span><span lang="EN-ZW" style="color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:14.0pt;mso-line-height-alt:11.75pt;background:white"><span lang="EN-ZW" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white">Please do not just send a poem, <u>please
write a few lines of hello.</u> </span><span lang="EN-ZW" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="mso-line-height-alt:11.75pt;background:white"><span lang="EN-ZW" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Please do not have all caps in the title of your poem.</span><span lang="EN-ZW" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#323130;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"> </span><span lang="EN-ZW" style="color:black"> </span><span lang="EN-ZW" style="color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="mso-line-height-alt:11.75pt;background:white"><span lang="EN-ZW" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Please no more than 45+ lines per poem.</span><span lang="EN-ZW" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#323130;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"> </span><span lang="EN-ZW" style="color:black"> </span><span lang="EN-ZW" style="color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="mso-line-height-alt:11.75pt;background:white"><span lang="EN-ZW" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Please no religious references.</span><span lang="EN-ZW" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#323130;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"> </span><span lang="EN-ZW" style="color:black"> </span><span lang="EN-ZW" style="color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="mso-line-height-alt:11.75pt;background:white"><span lang="EN-ZW" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Please use single spaced lines. </span><span lang="EN-ZW" style="color:black"> </span><span lang="EN-ZW" style="color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="mso-line-height-alt:11.75pt;background:white"><b><span lang="EN-ZW" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Please remember, we welcome previously published poems.</span></b><span lang="EN-ZW" style="color:#323130;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"> </span><span lang="EN-ZW" style="color:black"> </span><span lang="EN-ZW" style="color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="mso-line-height-alt:11.75pt;background:white"><b><span lang="EN-ZW" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Please put your name, City/State, and email address <u>under your
poem.</u> No Zip codes.</span></b><b><span lang="EN-ZW" style="color:#323130;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"> </span></b><b><span lang="EN-ZW" style="color:black"> </span></b><span lang="EN-ZW" style="color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="mso-line-height-alt:11.75pt;background:white"><b><span lang="EN-ZW" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Please send your poem in both the body of an email and an attachment. </span></b><b><span lang="EN-ZW" style="color:#323130;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"> </span></b><b><span lang="EN-ZW" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#00B0F0;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"> </span></b><span lang="EN-ZW" style="color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZW">Good Luck to you and I hope to see your work published. Lynda<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><i><span lang="EN-ZW" style="font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:red;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW">*<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<i><span lang="EN-ZW" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#1C1E21;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW">Lynda McKinney Lambert – Author/Artist<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<i><span lang="EN-ZW" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#C00000;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW">My MISSION STATEMENT<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<i><span lang="EN-ZW" style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#1C1E21;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW">I am the keeper of memories. I distil and share them through art and writing.</span></i><b><i><span lang="EN-ZW" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:4.5pt;margin-bottom:4.5pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3;background:white">
<i><span lang="EN-ZW" style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#1C1E21;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW">I reveal what is forgotten, lost, or unseen.</span></i><b><i><span lang="EN-ZW" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#1C1E21;margin-top:4.5pt;margin-bottom:4.5pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3;background:white">
<i><span lang="EN-ZW" style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW">I write spare poems and thoughtful personal essays.<o:p></o:p></span></i></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#1C1E21;margin-top:4.5pt;margin-bottom:4.5pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3;background:white">
<i><span lang="EN-ZW" style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW">I create art with brilliant colors & precious materials, one stitch at a time.<o:p></o:p></span></i></li></ul>
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