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The New Man Movement has commenced the 2020 edition of its annual Creative and Literary Writing Contest in Nigeria with a call for entries.

Application Deadline: 1st April, 2020.

Theme: “Politics in Nigeria”

Eligible Countries: Nigeria

About Award
In its 5th year, the New Man Writing Contest is targeted at junior and senior secondary school students in Nigeria. It is organised annually, as part of The New Man’s education initiative which is aimed at combing through the forest of literary virginity in these students, promoting reading culture and encouraging healthy, intellectual competition amongst secondary school students in Nigeria and the world. We also believe that positive creative writing has its influence in the birth of new men. This is why our target writers are at the secondary school level.

Type: Contest
New Man Writing Contest 2020

Selection Criteria and Eligibility
Be a Secondary School student
Must submit Drama, Poetry, Prose or Essay Writing.

Value of Award: Cash Prize for Overall Category Winners (Senior and Junior Categories) and Specific Prizes for Poetry, Drama, Prose and Essay categories (Senior and Junior secondary writers)

Selection procedure:
Entries received for the competition will be reviewed by a distinguished panel of judges as revealed via our website here. They will then shortlist 12 best essays for further assessment.
Applicant must submit their complete contact information (Name and Address of school telephone number, residential and email addresses.

All entries should be sent to thenewmanmovement@gmail.com OR submitted to New Man Representatives in your locality.

On Monday, 10th February, members and representatives of the New Man Movement visited Oduduwa College, Ile-Ife to present cash prizes to Adeniran Adeleke, the overall winner of the 2019 writing contest.

According to an earlier release from the organisation, Adeleke emerged the overall best in the 2019 edition of the New Man Writing contest alongside Adewonuola Esther and Edechukwu Matthais.

The New Man Writing Contest is a yearly writing contest to comb out the forest of literary virginity in students of secondary schools across Nigeria. In it's fifth year, the contest has received well over 5,000 entries since inception.

Addressing the students, the representatives of the organisation, Adewumi Josephine and Adedoyin Fisayo encouraged the students' participation in self-discovery and development initiatives such as the New Man Writing Contest.

The Principal and Vice Principal of the school, Mr Sanusi Ademola and Mrs Salami Omolola, while congratulating Adeniran Adeleke, thanked and commended the efforts of the organisation.

New Man Movement awards cash prizes to Adeniran Adeleke, Oduduwa College, Ile-Ife

In absentia, Nelson Vincent, President of the New Man Movement, expressed his satisfaction at the success of the writing contest. He stated that the 2020 Call for entries would be released soon. He also enjoined interested individuals to share the details of the writing contest and as well encourage young ones to write.

Having properly selected of 1,012 interesting entries in total, the New Man Writing Contest Organising Body thus confirms that these entries have made the final shortlist for 2019.

This shortlist is the final from three others and sieved out from the mass collection of 214 prose works, 161 drama/short plays, 346 poems and 291 Essays that were submitted as entries from across 58 secondary schools in Nigeria.

It has been a great privilege to read through miles in the minds of these young writers and select our final shortlist.

At the same time, we are greatly indebted to our volunteers, individuals and members of the Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA), members of Poets In Nigeria (PIN), members of Creative Writers Association of Nigeria (CWAN) and other literary bodies that ensured the speedy selection of these works.

While we proceed to the final judgement stage where our diligent judges would make the top three selections, we congratulate and wish all shortlisted entrants the best in this last stage.

Here is the breakdown of received entries:

Poetry - 346
Prose - 214
Essays - 291
Drama - 161

Below are the final shortlisted works.

1. Aruwajoye Jumoke- All of Us (Poetry)

2. Heritage Toluwanimi- Heritage (Short Story)

3. Igube Samuel- Missing Dancers (Short Story)

4. Chinyere Ufuoma Richard- The Rise of a Giant (Essay)

5. Adewonuola Ifeoluwa Esther- My name is Africa (Poetry)

6. Eric Nnenna- Kindred (Poetry)

7. Iruoma Gabriel- Blood Banks (Poetry)

8. Adeniran Adeleke- African Heritage and Values (Essay)

9. Edechukwu Matthais- Africa: The future of Harms and Hopes (Essay)

10. Aderuwoye Omobola Faith - Of Lands and Cities (Poetry)

11. Egbedoyin Mayowa- The Sky is Blue (Poetry)

12. Odubanjo Felix- The Preacher (Play)



Congratulations Again! I wish you the best.

Nelson Vincent Ayomitunde,
President, New Man Movement.

https://www.thenewman.org.ng/2019/11/shortlisted-entries-for-new-man-writing.html

NMWC/PR/002

The New Man Movement hereby calls for Submissions into the third edition of her annual writing contest.

The New Man Writing Contest is a yearly contest organised by The New Man Movement, a body of young vibrant minds that desire a change in society, that begins with the youths; with the believe that writing has a power of changing men from the old to the new.


In its third year, The New Man Writing Contest is targeted at the promotion of literary works by combing through the forest of literary virginity in students of secondary schools, exploring the diversities of culture and personalities in Africa and keeping the bond of unity in creativity.. You can read about The New Man Writing Contest (NMWC) and previous editions here via www.thenewman.org.ng.


The 2018 edition would be hosted in honour of H.R.M, Oba Adedokun Abolarin Omoniyi, Aroyinkeke 1, the Orangun of Oke-Ila Orangun, Osun, Nigeria.


Submission Modalities.

Note: Entry fee is FREE

1. This contest is open to ALL STUDENTS of Secondary Schools IN AFRICA.

2. Entries should be sent via mail to newmanwritingcontest@gmail.com

3. The biography of the writer should be contained below the body of the mail (preferably after the submission) in no less than 100 words.

4. Length of submissions
a. PROSE: Maximum, 8000 words.
b. POETRY: Maximum, 200 lines.
c. DRAMA: Maximum, 5 Acts.

This Contest is open from November 18th, 2017- March 21st, 2018.

All winners would be announced on this platform and ALL Media Partner Platforms.


Prizes:

1. 1st, 2nd and 3rd prize winners would be published in The New Man Writing Series.

2. A Certificate of participation in the contest will be issued.

3. Other submissions shall be published on online literary blogs, international journals and websites.

4. Top prose and drama works would be adopted into movie scripts (courtesy KBLAQ TV)


For sponsorship and further enquiries, please call +2348106155905, +2348065991278, +2348146798514, or +2348107978515.

You could also send a mail to newmanwritingcontest@gmail.com or thenewmanmovement@gmail.com

www.thenewman.org.ng

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