13 August 2012

ItsNaija.com's Story/ Poetry Writing Contest (Nigeria)

Deadline: 28 August 2012

ItsNaija.com has announced a friendly writing challenge for prose and poetry writers. The organizers hope to make this a monthly competition.

THEMES:
  • Write a story/poem of how to end Boko-Haram from the Perspective of a 10 year old girl living in Borno.
  • Write a story/poem about the last 30 seconds of a man's life after he is shot by an unknown gunman.

RULES:
  • You can submit a story and poem for one theme only.
  • Light or inferred loveware is allowed
  • No racial slurs/slangs please
  • Use of foreign/indigenous languages with write-up is permitted but subsequent translation should be made in English.

PRIZE: A $20 gift card for book shopping for top three entries and many more.

DEADLINE: 29th of August 2012. Winning entries will be announced by First week of September.

Selected entries will be put up in a poll for votes to select the top three.

UPDATE: Due to suggestions and amount of interested writers, The contests deadline is now 28th of August 2012...Poll and to entries will come in a few days later and the winners by end of first week of September 2012. Prizes will be distributed by second week.

CONTACT INFORMATION:

For queries/ submissions: nairalandwriterschallenge@yahoo.com

Website: http://itsnaija.com
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