Any idea if an Irish person has ever won this competition and also is there any opportunity to read previous contribvers who have won the competition. Eleanor -original message- Subject: [vip_students] EBU Braille essay contest From: "\(NCBI\) Paul Traynor" <paul.traynor@xxxxxxx> Date: 28/04/2011 1:53 pm Hi All, Just forwarding the below for your attention. Paul. EBU Onkyo Braille Essay Contest The European Blind Union (EBU) has launched the 2011 European Braille essay contest, run by the EBU on behalf of Onkyo Co. Ltd. and the Braille Mainichi. The competition aims to promote the use of Braille as a key to access to information and social inclusion for people who are blind or vision impaired. The contest theme is "Braille literacy changes my way of life". Through personal experience, candidates should explain how Braille improves their daily lives. All Braille users residing in a European country may take part in the contest, regardless of age. Candidates should submit an essay of not more than 1,000 words in paper or digital Braille, including your name, age, country and number of words. First prize wins US$2,000, with four other small prizes. Please submit entries by Monday 30th May 2011 to NCBI Library and Media Centre, Unit 29, Finglas Business Centre, Jamestown Road, Finglas, Dublin 11 or email library@xxxxxxxx NCBI: Celebrating 80 Years ******************************************************************** National Council for the Blind of Ireland (NCBI) is a company limited by guarantee (registered in Ireland No. 26293) . Our registered office is at Whitworth Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 9. NCBI is also a registered Charity (chy4626). NOTICE: The information contained in this email and any attachments is confidential and may be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient you should not use, disclose, distribute or copy any of the content of it or of any attachment; you are requested to notify the sender immediately of your receipt of the email and then to delete it and any attachments from your system. NCBI endeavours to ensure that emails and any attachments generated by its staff are free from viruses or other contaminants. However, it cannot accept any responsibility for any such which are transmitted. We therefore recommend you scan all attachments. Please note that the statements and views expressed in this email and any attachments are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of NCBI ******************************************************************** -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 7 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 2436 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len The Professional version does not have this message NCBI: Celebrating 80 Years ******************************************************************** National Council for the Blind of Ireland (NCBI) is a company limited by guarantee (registered in Ireland No. 26293) . Our registered office is at Whitworth Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 9. NCBI is also a registered Charity (chy4626). NOTICE: The information contained in this email and any attachments is confidential and may be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient you should not use, disclose, distribute or copy any of the content of it or of any attachment; you are requested to notify the sender immediately of your receipt of the email and then to delete it and any attachments from your system. NCBI endeavours to ensure that emails and any attachments generated by its staff are free from viruses or other contaminants. However, it cannot accept any responsibility for any such which are transmitted. We therefore recommend you scan all attachments. Please note that the statements and views expressed in this email and any attachments are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of NCBI ********************************************************************