We the Storried.com team are very excited to announce Roy Ofili as the winner of the inaugural edition of the Storried Monthly Competition (SMC) for the month of October which had the theme –‘Corporal Punishment: My experience’.

This theme was chosen because we recognise that corporal punishment is a prevalent issue in our society; at home, school, with the police, paramilitary, military and even religious institutions. We wanted to read different experiences so as to learn more about how it affects our psyche as individuals and a society.

As a new, focused and ambitious website dedicated to storytelling, we are excited by the response to the SMC and sifted through the entries we got using the following parameters.


Relevance

We considered if entries properly addressed our theme. The more an entry addressed the theme properly, the more marks it got from us.

Grammar

This is very important in any literary competition. We noticed that some writers did not take time to edit their entries, others had many grammatical and typographical errors. This led to some entries losing valuable marks from the judges.


Style and Creativity
Whilst it is true that we asked for true life stories for the October edition of the SMC, we also looked at the writing style, delivery and creativity of the writers in their entries. We appreciate creative non-fiction where you write true life stories in a captivating manner.

Adherence to Rules
The major conditions for the October edition of the SMC were: to address the theme, your story had to be based on a real life experience and not exceeding 600 words with your entry. A few writers exceeded the 600-word limit and lost valuable marks because of this.

Congratulations to Roy who has received his prize which is the equivalent of $100 dollars in naira. Please read his winning entry here http://storried.com/corporal-punishment-my-memories-of-mr-koboko/

What are the criteria pls?.. I will like to feature in the next episode..

dejt4u:
What are the criteria pls?.. I will like to feature in the next episode..

You can connect with the Storried team via http://www.facebook.com/storried or follow on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/storried247. This way you will receive the latest updates. The details for the November edition are coming up soon.

maclatunji:


You can connect with the Storried team via http://www.facebook.com/storried or follow on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/storried247. This way you will receive the latest updates. The details for the November edition are coming up soon.

tnx

Statement By Roy Ofili on His Winning October Edition of SMC

I was going through my text messages yesterday when I received an unexpected surprise. You know how it is when you open a text message and the first word you see is "Congratulations! You have just won..." I almost discarded the text as one of those 419 or spammers text message. What drew my attention however was that my name was mentioned in in full and instead of the person giving me a number to call he was asking how I would like to receive my prize money!" I decided to read further and was pleasantly surprised to see I had won the Short Story competition being organized by Storried.com! I called to confirm and in no time at all my account was being credited with the prize money, haha, see groove!

I wish to thank the organizers of this short story competition, I enjoy writing and hope to write more for you guys in the future. As for those people wondering if it is real or not, guys and ladies, na dollars dem pay me o!

Keep watching this page folks, I'm sure they have greater things in store for us readers. Once again thanks to storried.com for the opportunity to write and the exhilaration of winning.
Cheers!

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We are glad to announce the opening of Storried Monthly Competition #SMC for November with the theme: My Most Memorable Childhood Experience. Visit http://storried.com/smc for details on how to submit your entry.

You stand a chance to win $100 (or its equivalent).

maclatunji:
We are glad to announce the opening of Storried Monthly Competition #SMC for November with the theme: My Most Memorable Childhood Experience. Visit http://storried.com/smc for details on how to submit your entry.

You stand a chance to win $100 (or its equivalent).

thanks for sharing this..
Pls what are the terms and conditions?
And what is the minimum and maximum word count?

dejt4u:

thanks for sharing this..
Pls what are the terms and conditions?
And what is the minimum and maximum word count?

Maximum word count is 600 words but you really need to visit http://www.storried.com/smc, all the terms and conditions are there.

maclatunji:


Maximum word count is 600 words but you really need to visit http://www.storried.com/smc, all the terms and conditions are there.

tnx

You can connect with us on Google+. http://google.com/+storried

Congrats!

We are glad to announce Olayemi Musei as the winner of the Storried Monthly Competition #SMC for November. She has received her prize, the naira equivalent of $100 for this captivating piece titled: An Unforgettable 'South African' Experience http://storried.com/an-unforgettable-south-african-experience/.

Kindly share this story with your friends.

Congratulations Olayemi!

Pls what is the topic for this month.. I cldnt make that of last month 'cos i ws very busy

dejt4u:
Pls what is the topic for this month.. I cldnt make that of last month 'cos i ws very busy

This month's topic is: Lessons Learnt Growing Up As a Nigerian.

maclatunji:


This month's topic is: Lessons Learnt Growing Up As a Nigerian.

tnx

Pls how do one go about registering?

Ghostlady:
Pls how do one go about registering?

Sorry for the delay in responding, please visit http://storried.com/smc at any time to learn about the competition and how to enter.

We are honoured to announce Joy Ijeoma Nwankwo as the winner of the Storried Monthly Competition ‪#‎SMC‬ for the month of December 2014, with the theme: Lessons Learnt Growing Up As a Nigerian. She has received her prize which is the equivalent of $100 in Naira. Please read her winning entry here http://storried.com/lessons-learnt-growing-up-as-a-nigerian/.

Congratulations Joy!

Enter the Storried Monthly Competition #SMC for January 2015 with the theme: "My Survival Story" and stand a chance of winning $100 or its equivalent.

Please visit http://www.storried.com/smc to enter and learn more.

when will last month winner be announced