[Nfbnet-members-list] NOW OPEN - 2015 NFB Writers' Division Writing Contest for Youth and Adults
Robert Leslie Newman
newmanrl at cox.net
Sat Jan 3 04:55:09 UTC 2015
Dear Fellow Author, Friend, Teacher, or Parent
RE: announcement of the Opening of the 2015 NFB
WRITERS DIVISION WRITING CONTEST
It is time for all of you to either
now send in,
and/or set down to seriously work on your entries
for the annual NFB Writers Divisions writing contest. Read the insert below.
The annual youth and adult writing contests
sponsored by the NFB Writers Division has
officially opened today, January 1st and will close April 1st.
NEW THIS YEAR: 2015, being the Federations 75th
birthday, the contest will for the first time
ever, have a required theme. All submissions will
need to somehow incorporate the theme of 75. It
does not have to be necessarily about the
anniversary of NFB. It could just be the number
75, or perhaps the diamond anniversary, or 75
steps to your destination, or even 75 balloons.
Thinking of past entries, 75 aliens would work.
Seriously, let your imagination take over. Write
the piece you want, just remember to include the
theme of 75; this is inspired by the 75 years of
the great work that has been happening within,
and because of the National Federation of the Blind.
Adult contests, poetry, fiction, non-fiction, and
stories for youth are open to all entrants eighteen and over.
The youth writing contest, poetry and fiction,
are to promote Braille literacy and excellence in
writing. The contest is divided into three
groups, determined by grade level elementary, middle, and high school.
Prizes for contest winners range up to $100 for
adult categories, and up to $30 for youth.
All contest winners will be announced the first
week in July, at the Writers Division business
meeting during the NFB national convention, held
in Orlando, Florida. In addition, a list of
winners will appear on our website,
<http://writers.nfb.org>http://writers.nfb.org
All winners from both, the adult and youth
contests will be considered for publication in
our Divisions magazine, Slate & Style. But for
sure, winners will appear within our yearly
contest anthology, and sent out to all participants.
For additional contest details and submission
guidelines, go to our website, <http://writers.nfb.org>http://writers.nfb.org
Respectfully yours,
Robert Leslie Newman
President, NFB Writers division
The National Federation of the Blind knows that
blindness is not the characteristic that defines you or your future.
Every day we raise the expectations of blind
people, because low expectations create obstacles
between blind people and our dreams.
You can live the life you want; blindness is not what holds you back.
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