<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><p class="s3" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.28; font-size: 18px;"><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-family: Calibri;">2024 WRITING CONTEST GUIDELINES</span></p><p class="s3" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.28; font-size: 18px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span></p><p class="s3" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.28; font-size: 18px;"><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-family: Calibri;">The National Federation of the Blind invites you to participate in the 2024 Writers’ Division writing contest. The contest is open. Below, you will find our requirements and deadlines</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-family: Calibri;">. </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-family: Calibri;">This year we have added a short novel category along with our other traditional categories. We look forward to seeing your work in the contest this year. </span></p><p class="s3" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.28; font-size: 18px;"><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-family: Calibri;">The annual youth and adult writing contests sponsored by the NFB Writers’ Division will open January 1, 2024 and close April 30 2024. This contest is open to all blind aspiring writers. The term blind refers to all forms of vision loss. </span></p><div class="s5" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 36px; text-indent: -18px; line-height: 1.28; font-size: 18px;"><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;">• </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-family: Calibri;">Adult contest categories are:</span></div><div class="s5" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 36px; text-indent: -18px; line-height: 1.28; font-size: 18px;"><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;">• </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-family: Calibri;">short Fiction</span></div><div class="s5" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 36px; text-indent: -18px; line-height: 1.28; font-size: 18px;"><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;">• </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-family: Calibri;">nonfiction, including personal essay and memoir</span></div><div class="s5" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 36px; text-indent: -18px; line-height: 1.28; font-size: 18px;"><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;">• </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-family: Calibri;">novel excerpts</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-family: Calibri;"> and</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-family: Calibri;"></span></div><div class="s5" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 36px; text-indent: -18px; line-height: 1.28; font-size: 18px;"><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;">• </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-family: Calibri;">poetry.</span></div><p class="s3" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.28; font-size: 18px;"><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-family: Calibri;">Youth contest categories are short fiction and poetry. </span></p><p class="s3" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.28; font-size: 18px;"><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-family: Calibri;">The youth contest is divided into three groups, determined by grade level;</span></p><div class="s5" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 36px; text-indent: -18px; line-height: 1.28; font-size: 18px;"><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;">• </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-family: Calibri;">elementary, 1st through 4th grade,</span></div><div class="s5" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 36px; text-indent: -18px; line-height: 1.28; font-size: 18px;"><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;">• </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-family: Calibri;">middle, 5th through 8th grade, and</span></div><div class="s5" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 36px; text-indent: -18px; line-height: 1.28; font-size: 18px;"><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;">• </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-family: Calibri;">high school 9th through 12th grade. </span></div><p class="s3" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.28; font-size: 18px;"><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-family: Calibri;">In both adult and youth contests, there may be up to three prize winners (1st, 2nd, 3rd), In addition, one or more entries may receive honorable mention. Prize winning entries may be published</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-family: Calibri;">in the Writers’ Division’s magazine, Slate & Style. </span></p><p class="s3" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.28; font-size: 18px;"><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-family: Calibri;">All contest winners will be announced during the 202</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-family: Calibri;">4</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-family: Calibri;"> national convention in </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-family: Calibri;">Orlando</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-family: Calibri;">, </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-family: Calibri;">Florida</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-family: Calibri;"> at the annual Writers' Division business meeting. </span></p><p class="s3" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.28; font-size: 18px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span></p><p class="s3" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.28; font-size: 18px;"><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-family: Calibri;">PRIZES </span></p><p class="s3" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.28; font-size: 18px;"><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-family: Calibri;">Youth contest winners will receive cash prizes equal to</span></p><div class="s5" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 36px; text-indent: -18px; line-height: 1.28; font-size: 18px;"><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;">• </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-family: Calibri;">$30 for 1st place,</span></div><div class="s5" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 36px; text-indent: -18px; line-height: 1.28; font-size: 18px;"><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;">• </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-family: Calibri;">$20 for 2nd place, and</span></div><div class="s5" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 36px; text-indent: -18px; line-height: 1.28; font-size: 18px;"><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;">• </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-family: Calibri;">$10 for 3rd place. </span></div><p class="s3" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.28; font-size: 18px;"><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-family: Calibri;">Adult contest winners will receive cash prizes equal to</span></p><div class="s5" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 36px; text-indent: -18px; line-height: 1.28; font-size: 18px;"><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;">• </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-family: Calibri;">$75 for 1st place,</span></div><div class="s5" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 36px; text-indent: -18px; line-height: 1.28; font-size: 18px;"><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;">• </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-family: Calibri;">$50 for 2nd place, and</span></div><div class="s5" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 36px; text-indent: -18px; line-height: 1.28; font-size: 18px;"><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;">• </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-family: Calibri;">$25 for 3rd place. </span></div><p class="s3" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.28; font-size: 18px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span></p><p class="s3" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.28; font-size: 18px;"><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-family: Calibri;">SUBMISSION GUIDELINES</span></p><p class="s3" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.28; font-size: 18px;"><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-family: Calibri;">YOUTH CONTESTS</span></p><p class="s3" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.28; font-size: 18px;"><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-family: Calibri;">If you are 18 years old, or older, you must enter the adult contest.</span></p><p class="s3" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.28; font-size: 18px;"><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-family: Calibri;">The youth contest</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-family: Calibri;"> is a contest for students who use Braille. Entries must be submitted in hand embossed Braille, either with a slate and stylus or Perkins Braille writer; there are no exceptions. Submissions must be Brailled by the entrant. All submissions, no matter the grade level, must be in contracted Braille. Let us know if you “know” or are “learning” contracted Braille. Additionally, let us know if you have chosen to use UEB, or not. Send your hardcopy Braille and cover letter to:</span></p><div class="s5" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 36px; text-indent: -18px; line-height: 1.28; font-size: 18px;"><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;">• </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-family: Calibri;">Barbara Hammel</span></div><div class="s7" style="margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; line-height: 1.2; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 18px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;">• </span><span class="s6" style="line-height: 14.4px; font-size: 12px; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-size: 1.5em;">74</span></span><span class="s6" style="line-height: 14.4px; font-size: 12px; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-size: 1.5em;">0</span></span><span class="s6" style="line-height: 14.4px; font-size: 12px; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-size: 1.5em;">8 Bryn Ma</span></span><span class="s6" style="line-height: 14.4px; font-size: 12px; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-size: 1.5em;">w</span></span><span class="s6" style="line-height: 14.4px; font-size: 12px; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-size: 1.5em;">r Drive</span></span></div><p class="s3" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.28; font-size: 18px;"><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-family: Calibri;">Urbandale </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-family: Calibri;">IA</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-family: Calibri;">50322</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-family: Calibri;"></span></p><p class="s3" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.28; font-size: 18px;"><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-family: Calibri;">Each entrant must provide an identical electronic copy of the cover letter and contest entry as a Microsoft Word file [doc or docx] or as a Rich Text Format [rtf] file). Construct each contest entry as a separate electronic file. Construct your cover letter as a separate electronic file. Attach each separate electronic file to one (1) email and send it to Shelley Alongi, Queenofbells@outlook.com. </span></p><p class="s3" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.28; font-size: 18px;"><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-family: Calibri;">Include your name and title entries in the cover letter only. Each contest entry must contain the title and text only. </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-family: Calibri;">So</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-family: Calibri;"> if you are entering three poems and one story into the contest, attach five files to your email. No entries will be considered unless submitted in the formats listed above. Electronic files submitted in any other format will be immediately disqualified, no questions asked. </span></p><p class="s3" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.28; font-size: 18px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span></p><p class="s3" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.28; font-size: 18px;"><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-family: Calibri;">COVER LETTER—Your cover letter must contain the following information:</span></p><div class="s5" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 36px; text-indent: -18px; line-height: 1.28; font-size: 18px;"><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;">• </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-family: Calibri;">Your name</span></div><div class="s5" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 36px; text-indent: -18px; line-height: 1.28; font-size: 18px;"><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;">• </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-family: Calibri;">mailing address</span></div><div class="s5" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 36px; text-indent: -18px; line-height: 1.28; font-size: 18px;"><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;">• </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-family: Calibri;">phone number,</span></div><div class="s5" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 36px; text-indent: -18px; line-height: 1.28; font-size: 18px;"><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;">• </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-family: Calibri;">e-mail address. </span></div><div class="s5" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 36px; text-indent: -18px; line-height: 1.28; font-size: 18px;"><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;">• </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-family: Calibri;">List the titles of all submissions, including the category in which they are being entered, school and grade level.</span></div><p class="s3" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.28; font-size: 18px;"><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-family: Calibri;">ENTRY REQUIREMENTS</span></p><div class="s5" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 36px; text-indent: -18px; line-height: 1.28; font-size: 18px;"><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;">• </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-family: Calibri;">We will consider only unpublished original entries. Please do not submit entries that have been previously submitted on a web site or blog. </span></div><div class="s5" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 36px; text-indent: -18px; line-height: 1.28; font-size: 18px;"><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;">• </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-family: Calibri;">Youth short fiction stories submissions cannot be more than 1,000 words </span></div><div class="s5" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 36px; text-indent: -18px; line-height: 1.28; font-size: 18px;"><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;">• </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-family: Calibri;">poetry of no more than 50 lines. </span></div><p class="s3" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.28; font-size: 18px;"><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-family: Calibri;">Authors of either poetry or fiction are encouraged to submit multiple pieces.</span></p><p class="s3" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.28; font-size: 18px;"><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-family: Calibri;">Youth ENTRY FEES – None</span></p><p class="s3" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.28; font-size: 18px;"><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-family: Calibri;">Are you the best Brailler in the contest? Be sure to double check your work for spelling and grammatical errors. Remember to use Braille paper so the Braille is easy to read. Good luck!</span></p><p class="s3" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.28; font-size: 18px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span></p><p class="s3" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.28; font-size: 18px;"><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-family: Calibri;">ADULT CONTEST</span></p><p class="s3" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.28; font-size: 18px;"><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-family: Calibri;">This contest is for </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-family: Calibri;">blind writers </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-family: Calibri;">18 years old, or older.</span></p><div class="s5" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 36px; text-indent: -18px; line-height: 1.28; font-size: 18px;"><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;">• </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-family: Calibri;">We will consider only unpublished original entries. Please do not submit entries that have been published on a website or blog. </span></div><div class="s5" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 36px; text-indent: -18px; line-height: 1.28; font-size: 18px;"><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;">• </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-family: Calibri;">Fiction and nonfiction categories can be of any main stream genre, and cannot exceed 3,000 words. </span></div><p class="s3" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.28; font-size: 18px;"><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-family: Calibri;">Novel excerpts must be no longer than five thousand word</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-family: Calibri;">s</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-family: Calibri;"> and can be partial or complete chapters as long as they fall within the word limi</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-family: Calibri;">t.</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-family: Calibri;"></span></p><p class="s3" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.28; font-size: 18px;"><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-family: Calibri;">Poetry: We will accept poetry of any length </span></p><p class="s3" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.28; font-size: 18px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span></p><p class="s3" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.28; font-size: 18px;"><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-family: Calibri;">Adults are required to submit all poetry, fiction and nonfiction as attachments to an E-mail message. Each entrant must provide an identical electronic copy of the cover letter and contest entry as a Microsoft Word file [doc or docx] or as a Rich Text Format [rtf] file). Construct each contest entry as a separate electronic file. Construct your cover letter as a separate electronic file. Attach each separate electronic file to one (1) email and send it to Shelley Alongi, Queenofbells@outlook.com. Note: Only include the title and text of each entry in each contest entry. </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-family: Calibri;">So,</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-family: Calibri;">if you are entering three poems and one story into the contest you must attach five electronic files to your email. No entries will be considered unless submitted in the formats listed above. Electronic copies submitted in any other format will be immediately disqualified, no questions asked. </span></p><p class="s3" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.28; font-size: 18px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span></p><div class="s5" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 36px; text-indent: -18px; line-height: 1.28; font-size: 18px;"><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;">• </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-family: Calibri;">Each separate attachment must be in either Microsoft Word (doc or docx) or a Rich Text Format (rtf). </span></div><p class="s3" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.28; font-size: 18px;"><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-family: Calibri;">Authors are encouraged to submit multiple pieces.</span></p><p class="s3" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.28; font-size: 18px;"><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-family: Calibri;">Fiction and nonfiction should be written in a normal prose style, with paragraphs being left justified, lines being single spaced, and having a 14 point font of Aerial, regular. Be sure to double check your work for spelling and grammatical errors No hard copy submissions will be accepted.</span></p><p class="s3" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.28; font-size: 18px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span></p><p class="s3" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.28; font-size: 18px;"><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-family: Calibri;">COVER LETTER </span></p><p class="s3" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.28; font-size: 18px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span></p><p class="s3" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.28; font-size: 18px;"><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-family: Calibri;">Along with your entry or entries, include a cover letter providing the following information: </span></p><div class="s5" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 36px; text-indent: -18px; line-height: 1.28; font-size: 18px;"><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;">• </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-family: Calibri;">Your name,</span></div><div class="s5" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 36px; text-indent: -18px; line-height: 1.28; font-size: 18px;"><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;">• </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-family: Calibri;">mailing address,</span></div><div class="s5" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 36px; text-indent: -18px; line-height: 1.28; font-size: 18px;"><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;">• </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-family: Calibri;">phone number, </span></div><div class="s5" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 36px; text-indent: -18px; line-height: 1.28; font-size: 18px;"><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;">• </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-family: Calibri;">e-mail address. </span></div><div class="s5" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 36px; text-indent: -18px; line-height: 1.28; font-size: 18px;"><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;">• </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-family: Calibri;">List the titles of all submissions, including the category in which they are being entered.</span></div><div class="s5" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 36px; text-indent: -18px; line-height: 1.28; font-size: 18px;"><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;">• </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-family: Calibri;">method of payment for the entry fee (check or PayPal). </span></div><p class="s3" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.28; font-size: 18px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span></p><p class="s3" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.28; font-size: 18px;"><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-family: Calibri;">CONTEST ENTRY FEES PAYMENT AND METHODS</span></p><p class="s3" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.28; font-size: 18px;"><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-family: Calibri;">Adult Fees: </span></p><div class="s5" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 36px; text-indent: -18px; line-height: 1.28; font-size: 18px;"><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;">• </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-family: Calibri;">The fee for each short </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-family: Calibri;">fiction</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-family: Calibri;"> piece</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-family: Calibri;">,</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-family: Calibri;">memoi</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-family: Calibri;">r,</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-family: Calibri;"> essay </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-family: Calibri;">and </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-family: Calibri;">novel excerpt </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-family: Calibri;">is $15.00 for members and $20.00 for non-members.</span></div><div class="s5" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 36px; text-indent: -18px; line-height: 1.28; font-size: 18px;"><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;">• </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-family: Calibri;">The fee for each nonfiction entry is $15.00 for members and $20.00 for non-members. </span></div><div class="s5" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 36px; text-indent: -18px; line-height: 1.28; font-size: 18px;"><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;">• </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-family: Calibri;">A member is considered to be one whose dues to the NFB Writers' Division are current for the contest year. A nonmember is one who is not a paid member of the NFB Writers' Division at the time of entry into the contest. </span></div><div class="s5" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 36px; text-indent: -18px; line-height: 1.28; font-size: 18px;"><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;">• </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-family: Calibri;">The base fee for poetry will cover up to three poems, if the combined line-count of all three poems does not exceed 108 line</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-family: Calibri;">s.</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-family: Calibri;">A</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-family: Calibri;">dditional poems require a second fee, following the same fee payment scheme. Base fees are $15.00 for members and $20.00 for non-members.</span></div><p class="s3" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.28; font-size: 18px;"><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-family: Calibri;">PAYMENT</span></p><p class="s3" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.28; font-size: 18px;"><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-family: Calibri;">You may use PayPal from the Writers’ Division website, </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-family: Calibri;">writers.nfb.org. </span></p><p class="s3" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.28; font-size: 18px;"><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-family: Calibri;">Alternatively, you may mail a check made out to NFB Writers’ Division, with a note in the memo line relating to the contest. Send to:</span></p><div class="s5" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 36px; text-indent: -18px; line-height: 1.28; font-size: 18px;"><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;">• </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-family: Calibri;">Shawn Jacobson</span></div><div class="s5" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 36px; text-indent: -18px; line-height: 1.28; font-size: 18px;"><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;">• </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-family: Calibri;">19541 Olney Mill Rd.</span></div><div class="s5" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 36px; text-indent: -18px; line-height: 1.28; font-size: 18px;"><span class="s4" style="line-height: 21.6px;">• </span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-family: Calibri;">Olney, MD 20832.</span></div><p class="s3" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.28; font-size: 18px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span></p><div dir="ltr">******</div><div dir="ltr"><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></body></html>