“Bringing Literacy to Life” – Adult Learner Writing Contest
The Literacy Coalition of New Brunswick is holding their 7th annual writing contest in celebration of Adult Learner’s Week April 17-21, 2017. We invite adult learners from across the province to share with us stories about how their future will be different because of their adult learning program.
The theme for this year’s Essay Contest for Adult Learners is “Bringing Literacy to Life”
Contest Submissions
Written submissions should be 300-500 words in length using your favourite form of creative writing: a poem, an essay, a short story, etc.
Who Can Enter
Anyone currently enrolled in an adult learning or adult tutoring program.
Contest Winners
Each winner will receive $100 and from April 13-17, 2017 we will feature each winner on our website and promote their story through local media.
Send submissions to LCNB by email :
lcnb@nbliteracy.ca
Deadline: March 24, 2017 Winners will be notified April 7, 2017
Along with your contest submission, please forward us your name, address and phone number as well as the name and phone number of your adult learning or tutoring program. By entering this contest you are giving the Literacy Coalition of New Brunswick permission to use your name and submission to promote adult learning.
The Literacy Coalition of New Brunswick exists to raise awareness of the value of learning for the people of New Brunswick. For the past 27 years LCNB’s “magic” has been working with provincial partners to provide training and tutoring programs, learning resources, financial assistance, community outreach and recognition that will help nurture a learning culture that values critical thinking, collaborative problem solving, innovation and assistive technology which are essential to skills in the Information Age. The very economy of this province and future employment of our youth depends upon it.
Literacy Coalition projects underway include: Translation of Let’s Learn Booklet into Mi’kmaq and Maliseet, New Horizons for Seniors: Enhancing the Role of Grandparents in Family Literacy, and an Adult Learner Online Program.
Projects proposed to help implement the Provincial 10 Year Plan and Literacy Strategy include: Volunteers for In-School Literacy Support, Communicating with Parents and Families on the Value of Learning, a Symposium on Strategies to Support Child Literacy, Pan Atlantic Project on Literacy in Rural Coastal Communities, and the Maritime Literacy Partnership for Essential Skills.
The Literacy Coalition is sustained through the support of volunteer Board members, and its “life blood” is implementing literacy programs under the stewardship of executive director, Christy McLean, to make a difference in the lives of citizens of New Brunswick.
Frank Hayes
The 2015-2016 AGM was held this year at the STU campus, where many topics arose from LCNB’s actions throughout the year and ones yet to come.
To view this years Annual Report please click here
The provincial government has been presented with the report The Power of Literacy – Moving towards New Brunswick’s Comprehensive Literacy Strategy, which contains recommendations to improve literacy rates in the province and foster a culture of lifelong learning.
To read this report please click the attached PDF file! —–> ( Report_Literacy-e )
