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Debbietiyan:
This looks intense , my heart just skipped

Calm down..

McLove:
This one is strong o

Lol .

meneski:
can i submit mine now ?

Yes.

Follow the competition here
https://www.nairaland.com/3915558/seun-osewa-flash-fiction-instructions

This is the way the competition will go.



Prizes: Prizes: Winner:#33000
First runner up:# 25000
Second runner up: #15000
Third runner up: A #11000 card recharge card..

All Stories sent would be on Our Review' In Short Words' Flash fictions.


Sponsors are needed.


Sponsors: 1. Proofreadmybook.com

"ProofreadMyBook is an online editing and proofreading website that offers high-quality editorial services for the publishing industry.

2. Anonymous.

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There are three judges
1. Larrysun
: blogs at https://larrysunwrites./ but will be moving to his permanent site soon. He's a prolific writer whose works have distinguished him from a lot of other writers and had made him a boss in Literature writing. He had embarked on many collaborative works on Nairaland as well as outside Nairaland.

Get his books here

2. AudreyTimms
: She writes at www.Facebook.com/audreytimmss. She's one of Okadabooks 2016 25 Bestsellers of the year. Her book, Unfulfilled Promises' is still one of the 25 bestsellers of August, 2017



Get her books here

3. Repogirl Peju Amadi
: She writes at http://www.pejuscorner./ and has joined Writertain where her works would be treated like the romance Queen she is... She's also one of Okadabooks 2016 Bestsellers and her book was one of July's bestsellers.

get her books here

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There are 27 contestants.
As stated earlier this competition would follow the format of The Voice competition.
As opposed to the initial plan, there are seven stages:

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Stage 1. Anecdote (250 words) — Blind Audition
Stage 2. Drabble (100 words)- Battle stage 3 Twitterture- (140 characters)- Steals battle
Stage 4. 55 fiction (55 words)- Knockout Stage
Stage 5. Dribble (50 words)-
Stage 6. 25 words- 3 Judges and 1 vote
Stage 7. 6 words- Votes only

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Stage 1. 250 words (Blind Audition Stage)- July13- August 1

This stage is simple.
— The contestants would send their work (A 250-word fiction) to my mail akintayoakinjide0@gmail.com before 1st of August.
— The contestants would be given any number immediately they send in their stories.
— I'll post the stories immediately I receive it without the writer's name. The judges would pick their favourites 6.
— Immediately the judges pick story, the contestant would be revealed.
— That does not mean all hopes are lost for the remaining contestants.
— There might be surely conflict of interest. Then, the contestant who has more than one judge would pick any judge of his/her choice.
— If there is a case as such, the judge(s) without the complete number would have to pick other contestant(s) to fill their slot(s).
Note: — Contestants are advised to send in their works earlier to know their fate on time.
— Please when sending it, include your nairaland username.
-- Only registered contestants can participate.

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Stage 2. Drabble (100 words)- Battle stage- August 2-4

This would be posted on the thread.
— The judges would have paired contestants before the battle starts and would pick one of each group. This mean, the judges would have 3 contestants left.
— The judges are allowed to steal any two contestants that lose from other judges.

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Stage 3 Twitterture- (140 characters)- Steals battle. August 5-7

Twitterture is a 140-character story. It follows the pattern of those that type on twitter. All characters, including space, mean something.

— This stage is meant for only those that were stolen.
— The judges would pick a contestant here.
— This means the judges now have 4 contestants.

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Stage 4: 55 fiction (55 words)- Knockout Stage. August 8-10

The stories would be in 55 words.
— Here, the judges would pick just 2 contestants, making us have 6 contestants left in the competition.
However, readers would be involved in this process. They would vote for the contestants. Two Contestants with the highest votes would be able to join the next stage, making us have 8 contestants.

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Stage 5. Dribble (50 words)- August 8–10

— The judges would pick three contestants.
— Reader's vote would pick three more contestants.

This leaves us with 6 contestants.

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Stage 6. 25 words- 3 Judges and 1 vote. August 11-13

— Judges would pick 3 contestants
— Readers' vote would one contestant.

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Stage 7. 6 words- Votes only. August 13-15
— This stage is witty but is more of a publicity stunt for the writer.
The person with the highest vote gets to win.

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Everyone is allowed to vote twice. Voting can only be done by Liking and Sharing.
Contestants are allowed to call for vote only on this thread or other threads but not on the thread meant for only posting works and judges comments.
Thanks.

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Contestants


1. GSteve001
2. Missnande
3. OluwabuqqyYOLO
4. Heryordele94
5. Debbietiyan
6. meneski
7. McLove
8. horlahmieh
9. Kusibe77
10. AyarmBoye
11.Jazmiynne
12. expensive2
13. KimberlyWest
14. Chipappii
15. Oyindawealth
16. comelyJummy
17. skarlett
18. Trip4Jozzy
19. devilmaycry
20. Lesky3
21. illicit
22. Frankenstein
23. perrypablo
24. boffinjay
25. piroux
26. Gmike2rule
27. ToluLolu0122



Thread for posting

https://www.nairaland.com/3919666/entries-seun-osewas-competition-moderator

ToluLolu0122:
Thanks...and I'm not a bro, please, I'm female

My bad..I just discovered it... Lol..

ToluLolu0122:
Thanks, bro.
I'm very much interesed

welcome bro.

Gmike2rule:
I'm very much interested! this should be fun.

Welcome

Shalomdee:
How does one apply Divepen1?

Are you in?

piroux:
I'm intrested!!

Welcome

boffinjay:
lemme try to at least write sumtin on NL.boffinjay want to register.tolulolu0122 cum nd try ur luck.

You're welcome

Last day of Registration

@ Lleigh, my whatsapp phone's battery is low. In case I've missed anything I'll surely find it there.

Meanwhile, all contestant should adhere to the word count ejorr

Let's do this next week again.

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(Pseudonym) Name: Akíntayo Akínjídé
Location (Just state): Ogun state
Blog: Pending
Genre: Thriller and all it's subgenre
Books: Her Beauty Calls, Another Fenced Heart, Lost But Satisfied
(if Published) where: Okadabooks
Books You're writing: Hmmm
Show Me Heaven
Purified Tomorrow
Behind Walls
Her Beauty Calls 2

It's so simple.
To gain credibility and also make it easy for your lovers to find you..


Just post it in the comment box.
No other comment is expected except from the writers..

(Pseudonym) Name:
Location (Just state)
Blog:
Genre:
Books:
(if Published) where:
Books You're writing:

marianneada:
Nice, the mods are doing a great job in keeping this section alive, May God bless your hustle.

Amen..

meneski:
if mountain no cum meet musa, musa go go meet mountain.




Me! I go force my self to become a writer oh.

Divepen1 i go need heelpppp for my writing oh.

Plans are in motion.

TDonald:
I don't know if this is supposed to be touching, but i am not touched....If you don't live in ikorodu then no need to come here and start writing rubbish

Even if you don't stay at Ikorodu. This is your mindset

kennypoju:
Kill them all

Hmm..

Shalomdee:
Interesting read, was hoping for more

More... Err.. No ..

Champion001:
Dz is a rily sad tale..

As innn

henrieternal2016:
i dont know d bases of this nomination, but i think that '' united in betrayal " a story by pamelb should rate/rank higher than "the auction" a story by leighl. my reason is because pamels piece is read by over a 170,000 persons while leighls piece has not hit d 100 mark yet....... so what is d criteria for d ranking

It's nomination. If you believe this is true, nominate her next week or like any post that nominates her.

drlaykay:
This is not fair sir. There are many rules Judges employ in their selection process.i think everyone must have broken one rule or the other. And the judges award negative marks where needed.
You not reading at all isn't fair and totally discouraging. I belive the motive of this is competition is to encourage young growing writers and not otherwise.

Well, there always room to overlook anything.


When I set out to pick my selections, I made sure I first pick those that followed the rule. I can only opt for those that didn't follow the rule and only if the ones that follow the rules are not enough.

In such competition as this, for next time's sake, ensure you follow the rules because the judges are there to check if these writers follow the stipulated rules or not. Commonwealth short story competition would be on us soon. Next month, we will be having Nairaland battle which is focused on how people can say a lot with little word count(e.g 140 characters). Etisalat Flash Fiction(300 words) will be here soon. What will you now do? Will just exceed the word count?

I saw really great works but some people wrote 2250 words, 1500 words. Should we now pick them over those that followed the rule? No matter how good a person is if he cannot conform to the rule of a competition such person should work on his writing skills.

chizidgreat:
I don't understand.
My work is exactly one thousand words on the dot. No more, no less. I was careful enough to stick to that rule

You were chosen naa

Wow.. Congrat to our boss at the top. Keep representing Nigeria, and women worldwide..

OluwabuqqyYOLO:
I haven't been experiencing the issue for a while now, Lleigh.

Divepen1, God bless your efforts. We are on our back to the top!

Amen. Surely, gradually but yes, we are on our way..

Congratulations guys.