2009 Writers' Division Workshop, (Audio) 100 MB
2009 Writers' Division Annual Meeting (Audio) 153 MB
Additional information about division activities during the national convention including recordings of the 2008 NFB Writer's Division Business Meeting and Workshop can be found in our Conventions Archive.
If you wish to learn who our members are, their writing careers, and their involvement in the National Federation of the Blind Writers' Division and the NFB visit our Member Bios Page. Further details concerning our division, its activities and membership infirmation can be found in our Members Area
Site Navigation
Below are links to the various areas of our new and improved Web Site. They lead to pages containing additional information about our various projects, our history, national and state conventions, and how you can become a member of our division to help us achieve our mission on behalf of blind writers. Links to various site content along with a brief description of these content areas appears below. This was done to reduce the number of links on the site's home page and to simplify navigation, and to reduce the amount of clutter on many Web site home pages. Pages containing major documents also include links that permit you to download these documents in ASCII Text, Rich Text, and Microsoft Word Formats for offline reading.
The home page of the National Federation of the Blind Writers' Division.
The World-Wide Web Site of the National Federation of the Blind.
The National Federation of the Blind Jernigan Institute. Named in honor of the late Dr. Kenneth Jernigan the NFB Jernigan Institute is the only research and training center operated by the blind for the blind. In its three years of operation the NFB Jernigan Institute has conducted innovative research projects and activities to inspire blind children and youth to explore careers thought to be undoable by the blind, operates the Braille Transcription and Proofreading Program in partnership with the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, (NLS), and has sponsored activities for blind children, blind seniors, blindness professionals and others. The Jernigan institute and various affiliate projects are funded by grants from the NFB'S Imagination Fund.
Technology
The National Federation of the Blind is a leader in the development of innovative technology for the blind such as the Kurzweil-National Federation of the Blind Reader., and NFB Newsline for the Blind.
Information concerning the history of the National Federation of the Blind, the National Federation of the Blind Writers' Division and its leaders.
Information about the NFB National Convention and the NFB Writers' Division activities held during this annual event. This area includes text, audio and video presentations highlighting convention and division activities.
You can join our e-mail discussion group to network and share information with other blind writers.
Information for division members and prospective members.
A list of newsletters and periodicals published by the National Federation of the Blind, and the National Federation of the Blind Writers' Division. Some of these include:
A quarterly publication of the National Federation of the Blind Writers' Division containing information of interest to blind writers and other blind individuals.
Podcasts produced by the National Federation of the Blind Writers' Division covering a variety of content types.
For Further Information
For further information about the National Federation of the Blind Writers' Division and its activities please contact the division's President, Robert Lesley Newman, using the information given below:
Robert L. Newman President:
National Federation of the Blind Writers' Division
504 South 57th Street
Omaha, Nebraska 68106-1202
Home: 402-556-3216/p>
E-mail: president@nfb-writers-division.org
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