Hi everyone,

If u've got some passion for writing, I think this would interest you:

Culled from ThisDay Newspaper, June 22nd 2008

Topaz publishing house is currently working on the Best Nigerian Short Story Project. This will be a platform to annually showcase qualitative short stories from emerging and established Nigerian writers. There will be periodic calls for entries from which the editorial team will make its choice of those good enough to be included in the antholgy.

The BNSS anthology will be edited each year by different set of editors who will be looking for a broad range of voices, viewpoints, experiences and craftsmanship. Stories published in journals and magazines two years before this call are eligible but should be stated in the submission.

The editors for the maiden edition which will appear under the title, Best Nigerian Short Story 2008, are Bello Sule, Ozioma Izuora, Dul Johnson, Mustapha Mohammed and Tony Oha.

Submission Guidelines:

-2,000 words minimum and maximum of 4,500 double spaced.

-Please submit by e-mail attachment in Microsoft Word, Arial, 12 point font

-Deadline for submissions: July 31, 2008

-Bio: No longer than six sentences

-Full name as you would like it to appear of your entry is chosen

-Contact Information: Mailing address, phone number, and e-mail.

Please send submissions as an attachment to:

bnssanthology@fastermail.com

Please c.c ur submission to:

topazbooks @fastermail.com

Good luck n have a gr8 weekend.

'Nonso Ikeh