READ ACROSS NIGERIA
(NATIONAL READING DAY)
Please read the guidelines to prevent misunderstandings. Thanks for your support.
Read Across Nigeria is an annual worldwide chain of events administered by the Society of Young Nigerian Writers and the Nigerian Society of Authors. It is a day devoted for readers and lovers of books across Nigeria to read any selected book. It is also an avenue of promoting reading culture in the country Read Across Nigeria is celebrated in schools, offices, markets etc. Organizers can organize reading seminars, workshops, for a, symposia and conferences to fulfil the day. We have also designed a reading correspondence course aim at testing the abilities of readers.
The difference between what we do and other annual events of this type is that Read Across Nigeria is a team working to achieve better result. We created some simple guidelines to make sure we have a bigger and stronger chain of events nationwide.
We welcome events of any size and extend Invitation to many external, societies and associations involve in book reading and as long as they agree to follow our guidelines with serious sense of purpose.
Our Mission
Our mission is to promote book reading through different events like book bee, quiz contests and other medium across the country irrespective of country, tribe, color, sect, age, religion and gender.
Who can coordinate the Day?
Any individual, association, society or institution interested in reading, who wishes to join the cause and agree to follow Read Across Nigeria simple guidelines. This is an engagement’s cause, we hope for people who treat it with same way we do.
Who can participate?
1. Organizations from across the country interested in reading (children, artistic groups, schools, institutes, editorials, universities, polytechnics and colleges of education etc.).
2. Other individual readers as long as their presentations meet our guidelines and do not go against our public image. Our goal is to promote book reading culture through reading activities and exercises. Coordination of this national programme is open to both men and women to coordinate but you are free to design your event the way you want, as long as it reflects the common goal.
3. Administrator/Coordinators decide who participates, we do not select participants. Each coordinator is responsible for the quality of the event and content presented. (Eventually, we might suggest themes and thought).
What we Offer
1. We’ll give you full credit for the coordination and post the summary you send to us on our blogs and social networks once it’s over.
2. We promote all general information to newspapers, websites, social networks and all means we have, you can help doing it too. We promote the chain as a whole.
3. We take your credits seriously. We expect the same respect from you. If for any reason you cannot make the event, please let us know in advance, so we can remove the information from our site.
4. You’ll have freedom of creation to do your event the way you want, as long as it doesn’t attempt to our image and you respect these simple guidelines.
5. We also add your name to our list of coordinators and friends who support us once your event is over. Feel free to let us know if you have any idea or doubt.
6. We do not offer monetary compensation, as you know this is a nonprofit cause, this is something we do from our hearts and is supported with our pockets. We will give retribution to your efforts the best way we know, and that is promoting you worldwide, and publishing the summary you send us along with key photos, once your event is over. Many people, important associations and groups read our pages and Social Networks actively.
7. We also send Certificate of Participation and Achievement of your collaboration sent to your email once the event is over. We lent our precious idea for you to make the most of it.

Important Notice
• Use of Logo and/or RAN’s poster
The Day’s image has to be in visible places and key photos during the event, no matter the size. If you need to add additional logos, you can do so. We’ll send you the updated images once we get close to promoting the day or as soon as you join.
• Send us a short summary of what happened on your event we publish what happened and who participated in all events on our pages, blogs and social networks. (Please email us this, as soon as your event is over).
• Send key photos of the event. Please send them along with summary; make sure our logo or poster is visible in any of the photos to be included in our international collage and videos.
• Collected paintings will be collated and publishing in our proposed compendium of world modern paintings.
• Send scans of press publications, videos, or links if publicized or any online publication that refers to your event (if any).
• Don’t forget credits. Remember to mention media that the event is called worldwide.
• Event size is not important. We just want a simple event that represents our cause. We don’t ask you to make major expenses; we do not take responsibility of any major expenses made by the free will of coordinators
• You can get sponsors if you want go bigger.
• Cancellation of any event must be informed in advance for agenda purposes. If you’re not making the event, please let us know.
• For security reasons no additional webpages, groups, mails, Facebook users, Facebook fan pages, blogs, etc. on behalf, or using our brand will be allowed. Do not run contests; create books-anthologies, or any other lucrative activities using our name without our permission. However you can use the events application on facebook to invite your friends over and keep them updated.
• If you have any additional ideas, questions, images requirement etc., send us an email:
• Each coordinator accepts the terms of this calling automatically. If these guidelines are not met, we might take this into consideration for future approval of coordination requests. We reserved the admission right, or the right to cancel an event at any time under further notice to the Administrator.

Once you have made arrangements, send us your information. You can follow the below listed format –
Country, City, Coordinator’s Name, E-mail, Yours or your group webpage/blog (If any), Supports (Institutions or groups that collaborate with you if any, Date, Time, Venue, Address.
For more info call – Wole Adedoyin - 08072673852