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I created it so that nairalanders can login and rate my book. Thanks!

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2008 Creative Writing Competition: http://www.bathspa.ac.uk/services/international/competition.asp

Bath Spa University (BSU), a British university that has led the teaching of creative writing since the 1980s, producing many published authors and one of the highest ranked teaching-led modern universities in the UK, is once again running a competition to find the best creative writers in Nigeria and Ghana. We ran this competition last year in Nigeria in conjunction with Bridgeway Overseas Admission Centre (BOAC). The competition will once again be judged by BSU and Nigerian-born Segun Afolabi, author of A Life Elsewhere, Goodbye Lucille and winner of the 2005 Caine prize for African writing.

You could be in with a chance to win a SCHOLARSHIP.

We are looking for talented writers of prose fiction, poetry, scriptwriting, literary non-fiction or writing for young people, whose work shows, in our judgement, the potential for publication. We want to help you develop your talent by offering this fantastic opportunity of a lifetime.
The writer of the winning entry will receive the prize of £200 and be considered for a place on a graduate or undergraduate creative writing course at BSU. If the place is awarded, it will be supported by an annual scholarship of £2,000. See terms and conditions below. A runner up prize of £75 is also offered.
Terms and conditions (for full terms and conditions please see www.boac-uk.net)

* Entries should be prose fiction (novel excerpt or short story), poetry or short drama. 300 to 5,000 words. Any subject permissible.
* Judging criterion is literary merit as our judges perceive it. The decision of Bath Spa University is final.
* There will be one winner, who will be offered a scholarship of £2,000 per year towards the tuition fees at Bath Spa University, dependant upon a successful
application to the course (BA (three-year) or MA (one-year) Creative Writing or MA (one-year) Writing for Young People) or MA (one-year) Scriptwriting and a
confirmed visa offer. Applications to courses are subject to the normal conditions for application to all Bath Spa University courses. In addition and regardless
of whether the winner applies for a place at BSU, the winner will be awarded a cash prize of £200 and a runner-up will be awarded a cash prize of £75.
* Full-time attendance is required for all courses. The scholarship is offered for each year of the course, subject to satisfactory academic progress each year.
* The deadline for receiving applications is 31st March 2008. The winners will be contacted by 30th April 2008 by email.
* All entries should be submitted in a word document online to office@boac-uk.net.
* More information can also be obtained via Tel +2341 8144733, Mobile +23418028560071 or www.boac-uk.net.


For more information on applying to BSU please visit www.bathspa.ac.uk or email office@boac-uk.net.

Thanks!!! Really, if i could see you now, i'd hug you so hard,
_{don't emotional, kay} Thanks SMC, you'll love the book - its my word.

@ SMC: You can purchase the book in Pounds, but you will have to open an account with lulu first (its free) and set your currency to pounds sterling. Then you can login, browse for the book and order for it. I hope it's not too much stress.
But if you want, I can purchase and send the book to you. When you receive the book, you can then reimburse me. If you prefer it that way, send your address to me: kc_infiniti@yahoo.com. (Look, I'm straight, ok? I'm not a "Yahoozee" guy, I won't play any monkey tricks with your addie.) I only hope the long process won't put you off.

@Nairalanders: please, please, help me promote my novel. Just go to www.lulu.com/content/1073134 and preview the book (It's titled "OBODODIKE: Land of the Brave"). Or just mail the address to all your friends. Thanks a zillion!!

@SMC: I'll check with Lulu for a site that sells their books in Pound Sterlings, or a branch of theirs in UK. Thanks for checking out the site though. I hope you tell your friends about it. What do think of the preview?

@Nairalanders: Please, please, please,  Ok, i know i'm begining to sound like a jerk, but, really i can't help it. If you are readiing this, just help me promote my book by checking out the preview at lulu.com/content/1073134.  In case you want to know, the book is an epic set in precolonial Nigeria. _{You don't have to buy if you don't want, please BUY, BUY,BUY!}

@ SMC: You can buy the book from lulu.com; its a geniune site. They published it for me, and I have ordered and received 2 copies from them already (hard copies, not e-books). Just follow the link www.lulu.com/content/1073134

@ True Brit: There's a preview of the book there (at the book's webpage). Just follow the link above.

Thanks for showing interest guys. You won't regret buying it