The EBU Judging Panel was impressed by the overall quality of essays contributed and, in addition to the seven winning essays, highly commended the following eleven essays for their remarkable testimony to the vital role which braille plays in the lives of blind people.
They are available in .doc format by clicking on the links in the list below.
- The reality of a dream, by Savo Blagojevic (Montenegro)
- The cry of the crane, by Dzintra Zuravska (Latvia)
- Granny, why do you read with your fingertips?, by Eva Reinwaldova (Czech republic)
- Reading curtails my sleepless nights, by Rucica Bakic (Bosnia)
- A fable about the butterfly, by Alicia Nyziak (Poland)
- The adventures of daddy´s awl, by Emerita Maljugina (Latvia)
- The dot, by Fadil Mucic (Montenegro)
- Letter to Louis Braille, by Julie Napier (UK)
- The great magician, by Alvydas Valenta (Lithuania)
- Connecting the dots, by Monica Ahlkvist (Sweden)
- Destiny deals the cards, people choose how to play them,
by Talvi Viinapuu (Estonia)