<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Hi Robert,</div><div><br></div><div>First of all congratulations are in order for winning the Magnets and Ladders short story contest. Don’t forget you can also submit stories to slate and style the quarterly magazine of the Writers division. The nfb Writers Division that is. :-) It’s been a while since we’ve heard from you. I wondered if you were still around. :-) This is also an open invitation for anyone to submit to slate and style poetry memoir, essay, short story. And I’ll also make this a reminder that the guidelines for our 2024, Writers Division contest will be out soon. We have added a new category so please be on the lookout for those new guidelines. :-) if anyone wishes to join the Writers Division, please go to the PayPal link and pay your $10 and you will be on our new list. :-) It’s always nice to hear from old friends. Happy November and if for anyone doing nano Remo I have my 50,000 word deadline met. :-) Happy November :-) </div><div><br></div><div>By the way, if anyone wishes to submit to slate and style for the upcoming winter edition, the deadline is November 28. All riders are welcome. :-)<br><div dir="ltr">Shelley, Queen of Bells Out!<div>President, NFB Writers’ Division </div><div>Editor Slate and Style </div><div>See my self published books at Apple Books, Amazon and Barns and Noble </div><div><br></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Nov 10, 2023, at 12:03 PM, Ann Chiappetta via Stylist <stylist@nfbnet.org> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">
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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">Hi-<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">I agree with you and concur regarding submitting to the magazine. We are releasing a third anthology, I’ll post the announcement about the future book launch here when we schedule it.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">By the way, joining Behind Our Eyes is free. Magnets and Ladders is our flagship literary magazine. You don’t have to join to submit to the magazine, which is great.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.magnetsandladders.org">www.magnetsandladders.org</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.behindoureyes.org">www.behindoureyes.org</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Annie<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Ann Chiappetta M.S.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"><a href="http://www.annchiappetta.com/"><span style="color:#0563C1">http://www.annchiappetta.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Making Meaningful Connections Through Media<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"><a href="mailto:Ann.m.chiappetta@gmail.com"><span style="color:#0563C1">Ann.m.chiappetta@gmail.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Blog: <a href="http://www.thought-wheel.com/"><span style="color:#0563C1">www.thought-wheel.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">914.393.6605<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">"Trust dreams. Trust your heart, and trust your story."<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">- Neil Gaiman</span><span style="mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Stylist <stylist-bounces@nfbnet.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Shawn Jacobson via Stylist<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, November 10, 2023 9:49 AM<br><b>To:</b> Robert Gardner via Stylist <stylist@nfbnet.org><br><b>Cc:</b> Shawn Jacobson <sdj60259@aol.com><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Stylist] Writing Success<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Robert<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Congratulations.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Shawn<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif">Shawn Jacobson<br><a href="mailto:sdj60259@aol.com">sdj60259@aol.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div><div id="ydpc7cae38fyahoo_quoted_0026874384"><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:#26282A">On Tuesday, November 7, 2023 at 12:03:26 PM EST, Robert Gardner via Stylist <<a href="mailto:stylist@nfbnet.org">stylist@nfbnet.org</a>> wrote: <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:#26282A"><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:#26282A"><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><div id="ydpc7cae38fyiv6779112828"><div><div><p class="ydpc7cae38fyiv6779112828msonormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:#26282A">I’m posting this to the list knowing it’s self-congratulatory, but I’m going to do it anyway. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="ydpc7cae38fyiv6779112828msonormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:#26282A"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="ydpc7cae38fyiv6779112828msonormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:#26282A">I think some of you know I’ve been interested in writing for some time, mostly in the short story genre. I haven’t been very active with that in recent years, but now have had some success which I’d like to share with you. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="ydpc7cae38fyiv6779112828msonormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:#26282A"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="ydpc7cae38fyiv6779112828msonormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:#26282A">I was just notified by the magazine, Magnets and Ladders, that my short story, “Seasons”, has won 1<sup>st</sup> place in the Fall-Winter Short Fiction contest for 2023-2024. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="ydpc7cae38fyiv6779112828msonormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:#26282A"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="ydpc7cae38fyiv6779112828msonormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:#26282A">That was in addition to the past news from Magnets and Ladders that my story, “Decisions”, won 1<sup>st</sup> place in the Spring-Summer Short Fiction contest for 2021. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="ydpc7cae38fyiv6779112828msonormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:#26282A"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="ydpc7cae38fyiv6779112828msonormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:#26282A">Obviously, I’d highly recommend you consider submitting material to Magnets and Ladders. It is a venue for disabled writers, and they have many other categories besides short fiction. And besides their contests, you can submit material for normal publication in their issues. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="ydpc7cae38fyiv6779112828msonormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:#26282A"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="ydpc7cae38fyiv6779112828msonormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:#26282A">Robert Gardner<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="ydpc7cae38fyiv6779112828msonormal"><span style="color:#26282A"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:#26282A"><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:#26282A">_______________________________________________<br>Writers Division web site<br><a href="http://writers.nfb.org/" target="_blank">http://writers.nfb.org/</a><br>Stylist mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Stylist@nfbnet.org" target="_blank">Stylist@nfbnet.org</a><br><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/stylist_nfbnet.org" target="_blank">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/stylist_nfbnet.org</a><br>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for Stylist:<br><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/stylist_nfbnet.org/sdj60259%40aol.com" target="_blank">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/stylist_nfbnet.org/sdj60259%40aol.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>Writers Division web site</span><br><span>http://writers.nfb.org/</span><br><span>Stylist mailing list</span><br><span>Stylist@nfbnet.org</span><br><span>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/stylist_nfbnet.org</span><br><span>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for Stylist:</span><br><span>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/stylist_nfbnet.org/christcrush%40outlook.com</span><br></div></blockquote></div></body></html>