National Federation of the Blind Writers' Division

The 2011 National convention finds the Writers’ Division hosting the following events:

…(This is our second year of putting on a writing workshop for youth)
4:00 - 5:00 pm-WRITING YOUR SCRIPT: NFB YOUTH TRACK (ages 11-18)
Wekiwa 8, Level 2
Whether you are an aspiring writer or just want to brush up on the basics, join members of the Writers Division for a fun and informative workshop.

Suwannee 18, Level 2

…(this is our second year for this type of fund raiser.) Tell and/or listen to tall and scary stories (suitable for all ages). Cost is $5.00 at the door and $1.00 to tell a story. Idol winners share in the take!

1:30 - 4:30 pm-WRITERS Wekiwa 9, Level 2
…(This is the Division’s 39th year of being a division):

You can download the following documents in Microsoft Word Format by selecting the appropriate link below:

2011 NFB Convention Activities, (DOC)

2011 NFB Writers' Division Meeting Agenda, (DOC)

Welcome to the blog of the National Federation of the Blind Writers' Division. New to Version 2.0 of our Web site is our interactive blog. Members will be able to post information concerning their writing careers, techniques, division news, and news of NFB happenings in general. In the coming months look for content to be posted in various media. Besides articles and information blog posts can contain URLS to allow visitors to access related content. By activating links to blog posts visitors will be able to add comments.

The blog search feature allows one to search for particular blog entries. Entries can also be categorized for faster lookup. Keywords and a cloud tag feature are also available. We will post additional tips and tricks to help our bloggers get the most out of this dynamic enhancement to our World-Wide Web Site.

Since blogs can be a source of spam visitors will be excited to learn that we employ a technique to stop spam bots that requires no interaction by visitors. Accessibility is not compromized as is often the case when CAPTCHAS are used. All checking is done in the background. We are pleased to introduce this technology to our bloggers and will implament it wherever needed on other parts of our Web site. Additional enhancements to strengthen spam and bot protection will be added in the coming months.

We hope that this exciting addition to version 2.0 of our Web site will help us reach out to new blind writers not familliar with our organization and help spread the message that "It is respectable to be blind." Again welcome to our community of bloggers.