Short Story Contest: Tuneh Won

seun, i'm particularly impressed about how creative u are. i'm so impressed. keep the good work going. there are so many ills going on in our society and this is a good way of speaking out. i should try my hand on a story. i should be able to win the prize. N25,000 is not bad for a few lines! hahahahahaha.

you are all suckers he is 419 that is my opinion, so if i win 25,000 you will now ask me to give you my bank details, because i dont see why you want to give two-fifty hundred naira away now, are you working for a story board or something in my high school if you win story writing competition you win something so what board is your, and dont delete this, let others see

What am I supposed to say in response to these irrational accusations?

seun you are the poster oops sorry i honestly didn't know it was you anon please dont ban me 

Ok.  All's well that ends well.  Let's concentrate on the writing.

Goodluck ,  try this out -  A Corper is serving in a high school in Nigeria ,  he is a graduate of theatre arts majoring in film ,  he starts mentoring the drama club in the school ,  he starts a competition in the school and offers N50 to the person who writes a very riveting and captivating short story that he could make into a film ,  hundreds of students write in, he selects the winning entry and proceeds to make the movie after his completion of his NYSC service year ,  the film is successful and makes tonnes of money ,  meanwhile the successful writer of the short story has to withdraw from school because his folks can no longer pay his tuition and boarding fees ,  knowing the the story he wrote has grown to become a successful nollywood movie ,  he approaches the ex Youth Corper who is now a successful film producer/director and asks that he be given more money for the story that beget the film ,  the film producer brushes him off saying that "a deal is a deal" ,  frustrated and feeling cheated ,  the desperate student does the ex Corper a favour by sending him to an early grave!!!

P.S

If the corper had offered N50,000 instead of N50 ,  the student will have had enough to see himself through school ,  and the Corper will still be alive.

Moral of the story is ,  do not pay peanuts for talent ,  especially when the talent is the creation of a genuis of a story or idea that you deem fit is so good that you are ready to risk sinking loads of money into it, to transform it to a full fledged feature film

 

Prove your talent first, and then you can start complaining.  No talent, no whining.

wld ali and simbi stories be okay? coz i have one nice one i've been habourin like nothing u've eva seen

this one no be small thing again. My people do scam on net, that one no reach them na to crack my people brain commot all their format come use am make your own money,  admin you too much, so tail you want fast money like these wey u self go sell them the lyrise to all these producer. just tell me say na 50/50 work me go send you confirm lyrise,  but till them still remeber me ohh, BR@M3

Wow! What a sudden change of attitude.

[b]Can we pls know the number of members going home with this #25000? or is it for only one member out of thousands of participants.

Hi Seun
I was expecting to see short stories posted, not short plays. Or am I missing something? Anyways they're good.

I'm going to be the primary judge but I have a wide network of acquaintances I consult for such matters.  Your story should be very interesting, educative, believable, unforgettable, et cetera.  Very good in every respect.  Enjoyable.

Thanks.

You will be paid by cheque or bank deposit.  (let's assume you can write)

What happens to the writer if this goes to the cinemas? You want to make money from this and see how little you're offering for it. You know what? You're just like every other Nigerian out there looking for an easy way out - "A short-cut to success." This is not what I expect from a forum admin. How old are you anyway? Sorry!

Making a movie is by no means a "shortcut" to anything.  It's an expensive, complicated, failure-prone process.