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Going through your last post that got you banned, you violated many rules, I believe you are aware that there are many censored word on the nairaland platform, yet you still went ahead to violate them. you used incorrect spellings and employed the use of diacritics(dots on top of alphabets). do not violate these again. Any way I have already unhid your last post on the other page.

Botaflica:
Whosoever is behind these ban should know that you are only privilege to have the right to do all these for sometime, when it starts backfiring... Do not complain....

This could push people off NL if it becomes a regular thing

Nairaland employs the use of an anti spambot which bans any user once it detects any spam or abnormalities. The writer ought to have contacted me immediately, I am not a robot that follows all posts on nairaland back to back.

Miles Morland Foundation (MFF) is currently accepting applications from young African writers for the annual writing scholarship. The MMF Writing scholarships aims to give three fiction writers and one non-fiction writer the financial freedom to complete an English-language book.
Scholars writing fiction will receive a grant of £18,000, paid monthly over the course of twelve months. At the discretion of the Foundation, Scholars writing non-fiction may receive a grant of up to £27,000, paid over a period of up to eighteen months.
Each Scholar will be offered the opportunity to be mentored by an established author or publisher.
Eligibility
- The Scholarships is open to anyone who had been born in Africa or both of whose parents were born in Africa.
- To qualify for the Scholarship a candidate must submit an excerpt from a piece of work of between 2,000 – 5,000 words written in English that has been published and offered for sale.
- The Scholarships are meant for full length works of adult fiction or non-fiction. Poetry, plays, film scripts, children’s books, and short story collections do not qualify.
Note: It is not the purpose of the Scholarships to support academic or scientific research, or works of special interest such as religious or political writings. Submissions or proposals of this nature do not qualify.
How To Apply
Before applying, please read and understand the FAQs.
www.milesmorlandfoundation.com/#!faqs-/c11el
All enquiries and submissions relating to the Morland Scholarships should be directed to
Applications Should enclose all five things on the checklist below. If not, do not send a submission.
- A submission of between 2,000 to 5,000 words as a Word document of work that has been published and offered for sale.
- A description of up to 1,000 words about the new book you intend to write.
- A scan of an official document showing that you, or both of your parents, were born in Africa.
- A brief bio of between 200 - 300 words.
- Please tell us how you heard about the Morland Writing Scholarships
The short-list will be published in November and the winners announced in December 2016.
Deadline: October 31, 2016
www.milesmorlandfoundation.com/#!morland-writing-scholarships/cjg9

MaziOmenuko:
Hey seun, obinnau,

Been looking for a way to contact you privately on this matter, but I believe inputs from all members will be beneficial.

Is there a way we can monitize the Literature section so that readers can pay a token to writers that wishes to monitize their work and Nairaland will get a percentage from sold books?
This will encourage more writers to put up their works here and put a price tag on it. It could be as little as N50 and as much as N1,000 depending on writers evaluation of their works.

If this can be achieved, trust me, no other section of Nairaland can generate more funds for you than the Lit section. A percentage of all sales will go to Nairaland and the rest to the author. Readers can have a Nairaland e-wallet which they fund and then subsequently, make purchase from.

This will encourage more writers to post their works on Nairaland and get rewards for effort put in. I don't see any other section making more money for Nairaland than Lit section if this is implemented.

I am not a programmer, but I am sure this is not rocket science and can be achieved with little effort and collaboration from we all.

What do you all think?

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