After due consideration, i have decided to throw open the contest and make it free for all entries. Provided each intended participant meets the required criteria stated below, you can send in your stories and stand a chance to grab the prize money of N30,000.
This is my little way of preserving the legacy of my late father.

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This is to announce the launch of the maiden edition of the Isaac Egbuniro Prize. This prize will be a major literary award aim at celebrating the creativity in our contemporary youth.

The Isaac Egbuniro Prize will seek to:

Recognise and celebrate the creativity in our today’s young writers who contributes to literature.
Revive the dying act of creative writing thus increasing the awareness of the importance of literature in this current generation.
Encourage young readers to challenge anomalies in the society, and help them find their voice.
Reward one writer with a N30, 000 prizes – money that buys the writer some measure of financial independence.

Eligibility Guidelines – 2018 Isaac Egbuniro Prize

The Isaac Egbuniro Prize is open to books by young writers who are either Nigerian citizens or permanent residents of Nigerian at the time of entry.
To be eligible for entry in the 2018 prize, books must be original work of the author
Only fiction books are eligible for the prize.
Published eBook form and unpublished works are only eligible for entry.
Entries must be in English only.
All entries should be:

a) At least 10,000 words
b) In Ms. Word
c) Typed in Arial (12 font size) with 1.5 spacing.
· All entries must be forwarded to

isaacegbuniroprize@gmail.com
All entries must be submitted on or before 31st March 2018
The Isaac Egbuniro Prize winner will be announced in June 2018.
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