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OGINNI AND ALBERT ADEREMI ADEDOYIN FOUNDATION is an Ibadan based initiative founded to commemorate and carry on the good legacies and works of the Late Pa Oginni Adedoyin and the Late Prince Albert Aderemi Adedoyin.
The need to create this foundation came after the demise of Prince Albert Aderemi Adedoyin, (1938 – 2014) Author, Educationist, Politician, Literary Enthusiast, Arts Lover, Photographer, Philosopher, Thinker, Religion Scholar and Business Consultant.
The Foundation hopes to impact the community and the lives of people through Christian philosophy, arts and computer education.
Our thematic areas are: Drug Use and Abuse, Child Trafficking, Girl Child Education, Reading Culture, Rural Education and Empowerment, Women Empowerment, Health Advocacy, Arts Education, Christian Philosophy and Metaphysics, Computer Education, Democracy and Good Governance etc.
 
MISSION

Committed to enhancing the communities and lives of the masses through the combination of arts and ICT Strategies.

 
VISION

Improving all aspects of the quality of education and creating a conducive environment for the mental, artistic, social, scientific and psychological development of the masses.
 
OUR AREAS OF INTEREST

• Arts Education
• Computer Education
• Good Governance and Democracy
• Christian Education
• Philosophy and Metaphysics
• HIV/AIDS, RENAL and HEART Problems and other STDS
• Poverty and Hunger
• Women Empowerment
• Gender Equality
• Environmental Sustainability
• Child Mortality
• Health Education/Management

NIGERIAN WOMEN WRITERS’ FORUM (NIWOWF)
CALL FOR ENTRIES
WAZOBIA WOMEN WRITERS JOURNAL (MONTHLY)
Nigerian Women Writers Forum hereby calls for entries from Nigerian female writers between the ages of 10 and 40 residents in Nigeria.
Entries can be in poems, short stories, plays, essays, articles and diairies. Entry close every last Sundays of every month. To participate, send your entries to: E-mail:grouponlinenigeria@gmail.com

For more information contact
Shola Phebian Oguntoyinbo – 07038167920, 08023963080 (National Coordinator and Supervisor for western Region)
Amarachi Udechukwu – 08034600058 (National Secretary and Supervisor for the Eastern Region)
Rita Okonoboh - (National P.R.O and Supervisor for the midwest)
Hajara Hussaini Ashara – 08107159837 (National Financial Secretary and Supervisor for the Northern Region)
Ajayi Zenami Temilade - 08108022641(National Treasurer)
NWWF NATIONAL TEEN WRITERS COUNCIL
Adeniyi Adeyinka Florence - 08067845824 (National Coordinator)
Oyebade Monsurat Adenike (National Secretary)
Naomi – 08145500224 (National PRO)
Rahidat – 08180394220 (National Treasurer)

NIGERIAN WOMEN WRITERS’ FORUM (NIWOWF)
CALL FOR MEMBERSHIP
Are you a female writer resident in Nigeria?
Here is an opportunity for you to join
Nigerian Women Writers Forum
The aim of the Forum is to create a network of mentoring and support for female writers in Nigeria.
To join send your name, age, state, location, phone number, short profile about yourself to www.grouponlinenigeria@gmail.com
www.nigerianwomenwritersforum.
E-mail: www.grouponlinenigeria@gmail.com
For more information contact
Shola Phebian Oguntoyinbo – 07038167920, 08023963080 (National Coordinator and Supervisor for western Region)
Amarachi Udechukwu – 08034600058 (National Secretary and Supervisor for the Eastern Region)
Rita Okonoboh - (National P.R.O and Supervisor for the midwest)
Hajara Hussaini Ashara – 08107159837 (National Financial Secretary and Supervisor for the Northern Region)
Ajayi Zenami Temilade - 08108022641(National Treasurer)
NWWF NATIONAL TEEN WRITERS COUNCIL
Adeniyi Adeyinka Florence - 08067845824 (National Coordinator)
Oyebade Monsurat Adenike (National Secretary)
Naomi – 08145500224 (National PRO)
Rahidat – 08180394220 (National Treasurer)

NIGERIAN WOMEN WRITERS’ FORUM (NIWOWF)
www.nigerianwomenwritersforum.
E-mail: www.grouponlinenigeria@gmail.com
Nigerian Women Writers’ Forum (NIWOWF) is a literary organization that engages and involves female writers in Nigeria to create a network of mentoring and support. It is also an avenue for young and aspiring female writers conversant in the country’s major indigenous languages – Hausa, Yoruba and Igbo. Another major objective of this platform is to publish, enhance, hone and market works of aspiring and promising women writers in Nigeria.

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES OF NIGERIAN WOMEN WRITERS’ FORUM (NIWOWF)
1. To create an avenue where female writers between the ages of 10 and 40 can share ideas, brainstorm and enhance their creative writing skills and techniques.
2. To publish, market and promote their works
3. To organize workshops, fora , symposia and conferences for both the upcoming and aspiring female writers in the country.
4. To institute Nigerian Women Writers Merit Award and Annual Nigerian Women Writers Convention.
5. To network and connect writers and their works with their foreign counterparts.
OUR 7 POINTS AGENDA
Each agenda is to honour the under listed figures for their individual contributions to women writing and creative writing in Nigeria:
1. Ify Omalicha Library of Poetry Books
2. Buchi Emecheta Wallchart and Posters of World famous women writers
3. Flora Nwapa Library of Prose Books
4. Prof. Biola Odejide Multimedia Clips of World Famous Women Writers
5. Mabel Segun Children Literature Library
6. Zulu Shofola Library of Drama Books
7. Balaraba Ramat Database of Nigerian Women Writers
For more information contact
Shola Phebian Oguntoyinbo – 07038167920, 08023963080 (National Coordinator and Supervisor for western Region)
Amarachi Udechukwu – 08034600058 (National Secretary and Supervisor for the Eastern Region)
Rita Okonoboh - (National P.R.O and Supervisor for the midwest)
Hajara Hussaini Ashara – 08107159837 (National Financial Secretary and Supervisor for the Northern Region)
Ajayi Zenami Temilade - 08108022641(National Treasurer)
NWWF NATIONAL TEEN WRITERS COUNCIL
Adeniyi Adeyinka Florence - 08067845824 (National Coordinator)
Oyebade Monsurat Adenike (National Secretary)
Naomi – 08145500224 (National PRO)
Rahidat – 08180394220 (National Treasurer)

NIGERIAN WOMEN WRITERS’ FORUM (NIWOWF)
CALL FOR ENTRIES
GIVE US OUR CHIBOK GIRLS
(A Collection of Literary works on the missing girls of Chibok and the views of Nigerian female writers against the demoniac activities of Boko Haram in the country)
Preamble
On the night of 14-15 April 2014, 276 female students were kidnapped from the Government Secondary School in the town of Chibok in Borno State, Nigeria. The kidnappings are claimed by Boko Haram, an Islamic Jihadist and terrorist organization based in Northeast Nigeria.
As of 29 June, more than 200 students were still missing. Boko Haram has said that it wants to sell the girls.
The Nigerian Government has then been heavily criticized for failing to protect the population and end Boko Haram terrorist actions. Aftermath, the student are being forced into Islam and into marriage with members of Boko Haram, with a reputed ‘bride price’ of N2,000 each. Many of the students were taken to the neigbouring countries of Chad and Cameroon with sightings reported of the students crossing borders with the militants and sightings of the students by villagers living in the Sambisa Forest. The forest is considered a refuge for Boko Haram.
Criteria for submissions
1. The Call is open only for Nigerian female writers between the ages of 10 and 40.
2. Genre – Poetry, Prose, Drama (Playlet), Articles, Essays
3. Minimum of two and maximum of 3 poems
4. Entrants should send the following information alongside their entries i. Name ii. Age Gender iii. Location iv. Phone Number v. Where you heard about the Call for entries vi. Short Profile about yourself.
5. Call closes on Oct 15, 2014.
6. Entries should be sent to grouponlinenigeria@gmail.com

For more information contact
Shola Phebian Oguntoyinbo – 07038167920, 08023963080 (National Coordinator and Supervisor for western Region)
Amarachi Udechukwu – 08034600058 (National Secretary and Supervisor for the Eastern Region)
Rita Okonoboh - (National P.R.O and Supervisor for the midwest)
Hajara Hussaini Ashara – 08107159837 (National Financial Secretary and Supervisor for the Northern Region)
Ajayi Zenami Temilade - 08108022641(National Treasurer)
NWWF NATIONAL TEEN WRITERS COUNCIL
Adeniyi Adeyinka Florence - 08067845824 (National Coordinator)
Oyebade Monsurat Adenike (National Secretary)
Naomi – 08145500224 (National PRO)
Rahidat – 08180394220 (National Treasurer)

This is to notify the entire public that Fagunwa Day (formerly known as Fagunwa Night) has been transformed into Fagunwa Literary Society. Please take note.
FAGUNWA LITERARY SOCIETY
Fagunwa Literary Society is an initiative of the Society of Young Nigerian Writers and Egbe Odo Onkowe Ede Yoruba (Young Yoruba Writers Association) aim at promoting and researching Yoruba Langugae and Literature through the literary works of the Late D.O. Fagunwa.
Seven Points Agenda of the Society
1. Fagunwa Day (An annual event in honour and memory of the Late Writer.
2. Fagunwa News – An online and printed journal on the earthly life and works of the Late D.O. Fagunwa.
3. Fagunwa Database of Yoruba Writers
4. Fagunwa Wall Chart Posters on Yoruba Culture and Traditions
5. Fagunwa Literature Prize for Yoruba Writers
6. Fagunwa Academy – The Workshop arm of the Fagunwa Literary Society
7. Fagunwa Annual Lecture on Yoruba Language and Literature

For more enquiries contact Wole Adedoyin – 08072673852, 0814293764

OGINNI/ALBERT ADEREMI ADEDOYIN INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR AFRICAN METAPHYSICS, PARAPYCHOLOGY AND CHRISTIAN PHILOSOPHY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
This is an initiative of the Oginni/Albert Aderemi Adedoyin Foundation aim at developing and promoting African Christian Philosophy, Metaphysics and Parapsychology.
We also support, conduct research and publish thought-provoking works of our interest.
5 points agenda
1. Albert Aderemi Adedoyin Library of African Metaphysics and Christian Philosophical Books.
2. Albert Aderemi Adedoyin Online Journal of African Metaphysics and Parapsychology.
3. Albert Aderemi Adedoyin Annual Lecture on African Metaphysics, Parapsychology and Christian Philosophy.
4. Albert Aderemi Adedoyin Wall Chart Posters of World Famous Metaphysicians, Parapsychologists and Christian Philosophers.
5. Albert Aderemi Adedoyin Computerized and Multimedia Database of World Famous Metaphysicians, Parapsychologists and Christian Philosophers.

For more enquiries contact Wole Adedoyin – 08072673852, 0814293764

NIGERIAN WOMEN WRITERS’ FORUM (NIWOWF)
Nigerian Women Writers’ Forum (NIWOWF) is a literary organization that engages and involves female writers in Nigeria to create a network of mentoring and support. It is also an avenue for young and aspiring female writers conversant in the country’s major indigenous languages – Hausa, Yoruba and Igbo. Another major objective of this platform is to publish, enhance, hone and market works of aspiring and promising women writers in Nigeria.
For more enquiries contact Shola Oguntoyinbo Phebian – 07038167920, Amarachi 08034600058

OGINNI AND ALBERT ADEREMI ADEDOYIN FOUNDATION is an Ibadan based initiative founded to commemorate and carry on the good legacies and works of the Late Pa Oginni Adedoyin and the Late Prince Albert Aderemi Adedoyin.
The need to create this foundation came after the demise of Prince Albert Aderemi Adedoyin, (1938 – 2014) Author, Educationist, Politician, Literary Enthusiast, Arts Lover, Photographer, Philosopher, Thinker, Religion Scholar and Business Consultant.
The Foundation hopes to impact the community and the lives of people through Christian philosophy, arts and computer education.
Our thematic areas are: Drug Use and Abuse, Child Trafficking, Girl Child Education, Reading Culture, Rural Education and Empowerment, Women Empowerment, Health Advocacy, Arts Education, Christian Philosophy and Metaphysics, Computer Education, Democracy and Good Governance etc.

SOCIETY OF YOUNG NIGERIAN WRITERS
CALL FOR ENTRIES
SONGS OF BITTERNESS
(A collection of Poems in memory and honour of the Late PRINCE ALBERT (PROF.) ADEREMI ADEDOYIN – father of the National President and founder of the Society of Young Nigerian Writers (SYNW) and the Association of Nigerian Christian Authors and Publishers (ANCAP)- Mr. Wole Adedoyin).
PRINCE (PROF.) ALBERT ADEREMI ADEDOYIN (1938 – 2014) Author, Educationist, Politician, Literary Enthusiast, Arts Lover, Photographer, Philosopher, Thinker, Religion Scholar and Business Consultant.
PRINCE (PROF.) ALBERT ADEREMI ADEDOYIN was born on September 13, 1938 into the family of the Late Pa Ogini and Olajutore Adedoyin in Ilesa West Local Government of Osun State, Nigeria. He did his primary and secondary education in Nigeria and partly completed his tertiary education in London. Prof. as fondly called by friends and colleagues was an erudite scholar, philosopher and great thinker. During his life time he helped to finance all the activities of the Society of Young Nigerian Writers (SYNW) which is now the largest young writers’ body in Nigeria, West Africa and Africa and the Association of Nigerian Christian Authors and Publishers ANCAPS (the first Christian writers’ body in Nigeria). Some of the literary activities he helped financed are: Fagunwa Day Event –From first to third edition (an annual literary event nailed on the Late D.O. Fagunwa which is aim at promoting indigenous literature (in Yoruba) in the Southwestern part of the country. Also the Society’s Ibadan Writers Training Centre (the southwest workshop arm of the Society) which has trained over 1000 writers across the country. Prince Aderemi Adedoyin was also a member of some notable professional bodies within and outside Nigeria. He left this world on the 18th of August, 2014 after a brief illness at the Jubilee Hospital, Samonda, Ibadan. May his gentle soul rest in Perfect Peace. Amen.
CRITERIA FOR SUBMISSIONS
1. The Call is opened for young writers between the ages of 15 and 35.
2. Genre – Poetry – Dirge/Elegy written for any anybody (family, friends, relatives etc.)
3. Minimum of two and maximum of 3 poems
4. Entrants should send the following information alongside their entries i. Name ii. Age Gender iii. Location iv. Phone Number v. Where you heard about the Call for entries vi. Short Profile about yourself.
5. Call closes on Oct. 1, 2014.
6. Entries should be sent to societyofyoungnigerianwriters@gmail.com
For more information call: 08072673852
BENEFITS
• Individual Participant will be given a Certificate of Participation
• Shortlisted Work(s) will be published in both e-book and printed formats.
• Free E-Books on CD
• Automatic membership into the Society of Young Nigerian Writers

SOCIETY OF YOUNG NIGERIAN WRITERS
CALL FOR ENTRIES
SONGS OF BITTERNESS
(A collection of Poems in memory and honour of the Late PRINCE ALBERT (PROF.) ADEREMI ADEDOYIN – father of the National President and founder of the Society of Young Nigerian Writers (SYNW) and the Association of Nigerian Christian Authors and Publishers (ANCAP)- Mr. Wole Adedoyin).
PRINCE (PROF.) ALBERT ADEREMI ADEDOYIN (1938 – 2014) Author, Educationist, Politician, Literary Enthusiast, Arts Lover, Photographer, Philosopher, Thinker, Religion Scholar and Business Consultant.
PRINCE (PROF.) ALBERT ADEREMI ADEDOYIN was born on September 13, 1938 into the family of the Late Pa Ogini and Olajutore Adedoyin in Ilesa West Local Government of Osun State, Nigeria. He did his primary and secondary education in Nigeria and partly completed his tertiary education in London. Prof. as fondly called by friends and colleagues was an erudite scholar, philosopher and great thinker. During his life time he helped to finance all the activities of the Society of Young Nigerian Writers (SYNW) which is now the largest young writers’ body in Nigeria, West Africa and Africa and the Association of Nigerian Christian Authors and Publishers ANCAPS (the first Christian writers’ body in Nigeria). Some of the literary activities he helped financed are: Fagunwa Day Event –From first to third edition (an annual literary event nailed on the Late D.O. Fagunwa which is aim at promoting indigenous literature (in Yoruba) in the Southwestern part of the country. Also the Society’s Ibadan Writers Training Centre (the southwest workshop arm of the Society) which has trained over 1000 writers across the country. Prince Aderemi Adedoyin was also a member of some notable professional bodies within and outside Nigeria. He left this world on the 18th of August, 2014 after a brief illness at the Jubilee Hospital, Samonda, Ibadan. May his gentle soul rest in Perfect Peace. Amen.
CRITERIA FOR SUBMISSIONS
1. The Call is opened for young writers between the ages of 15 and 35.
2. Genre – Poetry – Dirge/Elegy written for any anybody (family, friends, relatives etc.)
3. Minimum of two and maximum of 3 poems
4. Entrants should send the following information alongside their entries i. Name ii. Age Gender iii. Location iv. Phone Number v. Where you heard about the Call for entries vi. Short Profile about yourself.
5. Call closes on Oct. 1, 2014.
6. Entries should be sent to societyofyoungnigerianwriters@gmail.com
For more information call: 08072673852
BENEFITS
• Individual Participant will be given a Certificate of Participation
• Shortlisted Work(s) will be published in both e-book and printed formats.
• Free E-Books on CD
• Automatic membership into the Society of Young Nigerian Writers


With great gratitude to a life well spent.
We announce the passing away of Prince (Prof.) Albert Aderemi Adedoyin, father of the National President of the Society of Young Nigerian Writers and the Association of Nigerian Christian Authors and Publishers, Mr. Wole Adedoyin who left this world on the 18th of August, 2014 after a brief illness at the Jubilee Hospital, Samonda, Ibadan. May his gentle soul rest in Perfect Peace. Amen.
 
AZA ARTISTS AND WRITERS MOVEMENT
Call for Participation
ARE YOU A YOUNG PAINTER (ARTIST) BETWEEN THE AGES OF 6 AND 18?
OR A LOVER OF ARTWORKS
HERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO
PARTICIPATE IN
ALBERT ADEREMI ADEDOYIN PAINTING CONTEST
1st Edition
(For Painters between the Ages of 6 and 18)
In Memory and Honour of the Late PRINCE (PROF.) ALBERT ADEREMI ADEDOYIN (1938 – 2014) Author, Educationist, Politician, Literary Enthusiast, Arts Lover, Photographer, Philosopher, Thinker, Religion Scholar and Business Consultant.
CONDITIONS FOR ENTRIES
1. Participants are to submit 2 copies (photographs) of their works not later than 1st of October, 2014.
2. Only Painting works are allowed.
3. The theme of the competition is “Sadness”.
4. Entries should be sent to: societyofyoungnigerianwriters@gmail.com or submit in person to: Mr. Gboye Abidoye or Mr. Busari Agbolade - c/o Arts and Craft Shop, Oyo State Council for Arts and Culture, Mokola Hill, Ibadan, Oyo State.
5. Call for entry closes 1st of October, 2014.
6. Entrants should send the following information alongside their entries i. Name ii. Age iii. Gender iii. Location iv. Phone Number v. Where you heard about the Call for entries vi. Short Profile about yourself.
BENEFITS
1. Award of Certificate of Participation to individual participant
2. Award of Certificate of Excellence to shortlisted entries
3. Award of Certificates of Achievement to the three Winners
4. And many other prizes for the first, second and third winners.
For more information call: Chairman - Mr. Busari Abolade, 08021213435, Secretary- Mr. Gboye Abidoye 08036437133
IBADAN BOOK CLUB
ALBERT ADEREMI ADEDOYIN TEEN AUTHORS CONTEST
(For Writers between the Ages of 6 and 18)
In Memory and Honour of the Late PRINCE (PROF.) ALBERT ADEREMI ADEDOYIN (1938 – 2014) Author, Educationist, Politician, Literary Enthusiast, Arts Lover, Photographer, Philosopher, Thinker, Religion Scholar Business Consultant and our first Patron.

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
ARE YOU A TEEN AUTHORS BETWEEN THE AGES OF 6 AND 15?
1. Poetry and short stories are allowed
2. Author can write on anything
3. Entrants must be between the ages of 6 and 15
4. Any sign of plagiarism may disqualify an entrant
5. Call for entry closes 1st of October, 2014
6. Entrants should send the following information alongside their entries i. Name ii. Age iii. Gender iv. Location iv. Phone Number vi. Where you heard about the call for entries vii. Short profile about yourself.
7. Send your entries to societyofyoungnigerianwriters.

BENEFITS
1. Award of Certificate of Participation to individual participant
2. Award of Certificate of Excellence to shortlisted entries
3. Award of Certificates of Achievement to the three Winners
4. And many other prizes for the first, second and third winners.
For more information call: Chairman - 08072673852

AZA ARTISTS AND WRITERS MOVEMENT
In conjunction with
IBADAN ARTS SUMMER SCHOOL
Presents
ABAYOMI BARBER MONTHLY MEETING
Are you an artist or a writer based in Oyo state?
Here is an opportunity to participate in
AZA Artists and Writers Movement
Forthcoming Monthly Meeting (August Edition) at the Oyo State Council for Arts and Culture, on the 24 of August, 2014 by 4PM.
This August meeting promises to be an exciting display of arts works, lectures and readings of literary text.
This meeting is meant for: Painters, Metal Fabricators, Poets, Bead Makers, Photographers, Sculptors, Playwrights, Scriptwriters, Textile Makers and designers, Potters etc.

For more information call: Chairman - Mr. Busari Abolade, 08021213435, Secretary- Mr. Gboye Abidoye 08036437133 , PRO – Wole Adedoyin 08072673852

West Africa Young Writers and Publishers Association
In Conjunction with
Society of Young Nigerian Writers
CALL FOR ENTRIES
WHY EBOLA?
(A collection of literary works on the current epidemic plaguing Africa and the rest of the world – Dedicated to all Ebola Victims)
Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) or Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever (EHF) is the human disease caused by the Ebola virus. Symptoms start two days to three weeks after contracting the virus, with a fever , sore throat, muscle pain and headaches. Typically nausea, vomiting and diarrhea follow, along with decreased functioning of the liver and kidneys, around this time, some people begin to have bleeding problems. This bleeding may occur within the body or externally. The risk of death among those infected is high.
The major purpose of this anthology is to educate, inform and sensitize people about this deadly disease and its harmful effects. Entries are welcome from Young Nigerian writers between the ages of 10 and 35.
Criteria for submissions
1. The Call is opened for young writers between the ages of 15 and 35.
2. Genre – Poetry, Prose, Drama (Playlet), Articles, Essays
3. Minimum of two and maximum of 3 poems
4. Entrants should send the following information alongside their entries i. Name ii. Age Gender iii. Location iv. Phone Number v. Where you heard about the Call for entries vi. Short Profile about yourself.
5. Call closes on Sept 20, 2014.
6. Entries should be sent to societyofyoungnigerianwriters@gmail.com
For more information call : Wole Adedoyin on 08072673852, 08142693764

SOCIETY OF YOUNG NIGERIAN WRITERS (LAGOS STATE BRANCH)
In conjunction with
EKO BOOK CLUB
CALL FOR ENTRIES
PAINFUL SONGS
(A collection of Poems in memory and honour of the Late Austyn Njoku – a friend of the Society)
Austyn Njoku was a former national treasurer of the association of Nigerian Authors and a member of the Advisory Council of ANA Lagos. His publishing firm, Jemmie Books is one of the five publishing firms contracted by ANA to handle its newest project the Nigerian Writers Series, Austyn would have clocked 49 years on August 28 this year. Njoku had also worked with the defunct Nigeria Airways for many years before he was retrenched, alongside hundreds of other members of staff, before he started his own book publishing business. During his life time Autyn Njoku authored I have been a crew and Night in Lagos. Austyn Njoku Alongside Tanko Okoduwa paid a courtesy visit to the Society during our 6th edition of our workshop held at the University of Ibadan last year. This is the little the Society can do to immortalize our senior colleague (Austyn Njoku). May his gentle soul rest in perfect peace. Amen
Criteria for submissions
1. The Call is opened for young writers between the ages of 15 and 35.
2. Genre – Poetry
3. Minimum of two and maximum of 3 poems
4. Entrants should send the following information alongside their entries i. Name ii. Age Gender iii. Location iv. Phone Number v. Where you heard about the Call for entries vi. Short Profile about yourself.
5. Call closes on Sept 20, 2014.
6. Entries should be sent to societyofyoungnigerianwriters@gmail.com
For more information call : Shola Phybian Oguntoyinbo 07038167920, 08023963080 or Wole Adedoyin on 08072673852

As part of effort to recognize his stellar contribution to the development of African Literature, the society of young Nigerian writers in collaboration with the Port Harcourt writers’ Hangout have declared 2015 a memorial year in honour of the late environmental and human rights activist and author, Mr. Ken Saro-Wiwa, with a beehive of year long literary activities aimed at celebrating the rare writer for his impact on human society.

This declaration came when 20 years after the gruesome execution of Ken Saro-Wiwa, the Gem was nominated the penman of the year 2015 by the Rivers State Chapter of the society, a literary honour bestowed on writers in recognition of their impact in the world of literature. This programme which is expected to kick-off in Ken Saro-Wiwa’s memorial month of November 2014 shall bear the slogan
Remember Saro-Wiwa the Story-teller (20 years later) and would feature among other events the following:

1. A twelve month know Saro-Wiwa book discussion project.

2. The launching of an essay competition for pupils in Rivers State.

3. Stage performance of selected episodes from Saro-Wiwa’s Basi & company comedy series.

4. Four memorial lectures to hold in his honour at the four main tertiary institutions of Rivers State.

5. The Production of a book titled “Saro-Wiwa: The Singing Monument”, a collection of encomiums by young Nigerian writers, both at home and in the diaspora and who are below the age of 35. This national statue shall stand as a living memorial and to be exhibited within the period of this programme.

In a joint statement issued at the end of a meeting of both organizations held on the 5th of July 2014 in Port Harcourt, the essence of this campaign is to arouse the need for Nigerian writers to recognize the effort of those whose pen have added much value to our society. It therefore called on all Nigerian writers, literary societies, institutions as well as lovers of literature to join hands in a bid to honour great Nigerian writers whose name and achievement have both inspired and challenged the younger generation.

Signed

Wole Adedoyin

National President, SYNW

Anuazor Mene Nni

(Saro-Ogumba)

SYNW, Rivers State/Programme Coordinator



Bereni Dinma Fiberesima

Port Harcourt Writers’ Hangout



For more information, call: 08140346367 or visit our website on www.societyofyoungnigerianwriters.webs.com

Our blog on societyofyoungnigerianwriters..com or e-mail to remembersarowiwathestoryteller@gmail.com

IBADAN WRITERS TRAINING CENTRE
(The Workshop arm of the Society of Young Nigerian Writers)
Presents
2014 Second Quarter Creative Writing Workshop for upcoming writers (poets, novelists, short story writers, playwrights, essayists) Journalists, Education Writers and Literary Activists
(Second Quarter)
SPEAKERS
Dr. Kehinde Adigun – A Medical Doctor at U.C.H, also a Bi-lingual Poet

Topic:
• Indigenizing your poetry/Adding Local Contents to Your Work
• Mastering and Improving your writing potential

Mr. Adebesin Ibrahim - A Prolific Writer. Author of “University of Life”

Topic:
• Essentials of Classical and World Acclaimed Literary Works
• Writing a Best Seller

Mr. Folarin Olaniyi – Editor of Book Republic(an online platform for book marketing and promotion) and the Director of Emotion Press

Topic:
• Electronic/Online Publishing and Marketing Strategies
• Importance of Social Media Tools in Writing

Mr. Bartholomew Akpan – An Award Winning Poet and a Literature Teacher

Topic:
• Contemporary Poetry and the Poetics of Socio-economic woes
Date : 02/08/2014
Venue : Amphi theatre, beside U.I Exit Gate, University of Ibadan
Time : 11:00am
Registration is free but make sure you bring a sample of your work(s) for immediate publishing on the Society’s blog. Deadline for Registration – July 31, 2014.
BENEFITS:
• Issuance of Certificate of Participation
• Sales of Membership Form at lower rate
• One on one conversation with the invited speakers
• Postal exhibition of World Famous Authors
• Light Refreshment
To participate send your name, age, state, gender and phone Number(s) to 08072673852, 08142693764
Wole Adedoyin
Convener

EGBE ONKAWE EDE YORUBA
Egbe Onkawe Ede Yoruba je egbe fun awon onkawe ede Yoruba. Lososu awon onkawe ti won ni ife lati maa ka awon iwe ti won fi ede Yoruba ko maa n pade lati se itupale awon iwe ti won bam un fun iru osu bee. Eyi ko seyin bi Egbe Onkawe Ede Yoruba se pinu lati polongo ati lati je ki ti awon ara ilu feran lati maa kaa awon iwe eyi ti won fi ede afinibi eyi ti o se Yoruba ko.
Igbagbo awon eniyan ni wipe ede, ise ati asa Yoruba ti n parun. Egbe Onkawe Ede Yoruba wa pinu lati se gbogbo ohun ti o wa ni ikapa re lati ri wipe kika iwe ede Yoruba je koko ati didan fun ojulowo gbogbo omo karo o jire (nile Yoruba).
Die ninu iwe ti Egbe Onkawe Ede Yoruba ti gbe yewo ni wonyii:
• Ireke Onibudo
• Ogoju Ode Ninu Igbo Irunmale
• Irinkerindo Ninu Igbo Elegbeje
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WRITERS AGAINST AIDS AND TOBACCO SMOKING
CALL FOR ENTRIES –
ABISTINENCE (A COLLECTION OF POEMS, ESSAYS, PLAYLETS, INTERVIEWS, SHORT STORIES, ESSAYS ON HIV/AIDS)
IN CELEBRATION AND COMMEMORATION OF WORLD AIDS DAY
GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSION
Poetry
• Minimum of 40 and Maximum of 50 Lines.
• It must be double-line spaced
• On any form – Epic, Ode, Epistolary, Dirge/Elegy, Ballad, Sonnet etc.
• Only on HIV/AIDS issues
• Any sign of plagiarism will disqualify participant’s entry.
• The closing date for submission is every 5th of December 2013.
• One poem per entrant.
• When submitting your entry always remember to include:
- Name
- Age
- Location
- Tel No
- Website/Blog of your work
- Short profile about yourself.
Entry should be sent to the following e-mail: societyofyoungnigerianwriters@gmail.com

 
Short Story
• Minimum of 1000 and Maximum of 1500 words.
• It must be double-line spaced
• On any form – Scientific, Detective, Crime, Fantasy, Love/Romance etc.
• Only on HIV/AIDS issues
• Any sign of plagiarism will disqualify participant’s entry.
• The closing date for submission is every 5th of December 2013.
• One Story per entrant.
• When submitting your entry always remember to include:
- Name
- Age
- Location
- Tel No
- Website/Blog of your work
- Short profile about yourself.
Entry should be sent to the following e-mail: societyofyoungnigerianwriters@gmail.com
Drama
• One Act play is alright.
• It must be double-line spaced
• On any form – Comedy, Tragedy, Tragic-comedy, Farce etc.
• Only on HIV/AIDS issues
• Any sign of plagiarism will disqualify participant’s entry.
• The closing date for submission is every 5th of December 2013.
• A play per entrant.
• When submitting your entry always remember to include:
- Name
- Age
- Location
- Tel No
- Website/Blog of your work
- Short profile about yourself.
Entry should be sent to the following e-mail: societyofyoungnigerianwriters@gmail.com
Essay
• On any topic
• It must be double-line spaced
• On any form – Expository, Descriptive, Existentialism, Argumentative etc.
• Only on HIV/AIDS issues
• Any sign of plagiarism will disqualify participant’s entry.
• The closing date for submission is every 5th of December 2013.
• An essay per entrant.
• When submitting your entry always remember to include:
- Name
- Age
- Location
- Tel No
- Website/Blog of your work
- Short profile about yourself.
- Where you heard about the call for entry.
Entry should be sent to the following e-mail: societyofyoungnigerianwriters@gmail.com
Interview
• Accomplished Young and Adult Writers are to be taken into consideration for the interview.
• Pictures of those interviewed are not necessary but if you have, you can send it.
• It must be double-line spaced
• Interviewer can also send – voice interview.
• It must reflect various experience(s) of any HIV/AIDS Victim(s) interviewed.
• Only on HIV/AIDS issues
• Any sign of plagiarism will disqualify participant’s entry.
• The closing date for submission is every 5th of December 2013.
• One interview per entrant.
• When submitting your entry always remember to include:
- Name
- Age
- Location
- Tel No
- Website/Blog of your work
- Short profile about yourself.
Entry should be sent to the following e-mail: societyofyoungnigerianwriters@gmail.com

PRIZES TO BE WON INCLUDE
Free Membership into the Society (Plus Membership Certificate and Membership Card), and Publication of Abstinence (Only in E-book Format), Award of Certificate of Participation, Outstanding and Achievement to participating members and outstanding entrants.
WHO CAN PARTICIPATE?
Primary School pupils between the ages of 6-9
Secondary school students between the ages of 10-16
Tertiary Students between the ages of 17-35

ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION
Writers Against AIDS and Tobacco Smoking is an association of authors from both literary and educational sectors who merged to educate and inform people on the prevalent causes, effects and havocs of HIV/AIDS and Tobacco Smoking in Nigeria and Africa. A literary and educational organization affiliated with Education Writers Association, (U.S.A) and Society of Young Nigerian Writers, (Nigeria). It was established to sensitize, inform, entertain, encourage and educate the public on what AIDS and Tobacco Smoking means, their havocs, effects, Causes, Spreads, Quitting, Misperceptions, symptoms, detection and monitoring, treatments, support mechanisms, preventions, Testing, Social perspectives, Social Stigma and Discrimination and information resources.

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE MOVEMENT INCLUDE:
• To educate and inform the public on the need to abstain from unprotected sex and illicit smoking.
• To encourage and support the victims of the two scourges in making their plights known to the government and donor agencies across the globe.
• To re-orientate upcoming writers to write to give hope to the hopeless and not to write for winning prizes and accumulating money.
• Organizing workshops, symposia, conferences, seminars and fora for members of the Forum.
• Sourcing funds for financial supports for the affected victims.
• Publication of Weekly, Monthly and Annual Journals, Newsletters and magazines on the latest development and innovations on HIV/AIDS and Tobacco Smoking which will be in printed and online formats.
• Establishment of YOUNG WRITERS AGAINST AIDS AND TOBACCO SMOKING CLUBS in Schools, Churches, Mosques and different Business Units.
• To equip, nourish and nurture the minds of the younger ones on the necessity of abstaining totally from the two deadly scourges.
• To create a tink-tank platform where students and Anti-AIDS and Tobacco Smoking Writers can brainstorm and discuss the latest development on the two deadly stigmas.
• Support members in getting their works – articles and essays on AIDS and Tobacco Smoking published either in printed or online format for the benefits of the public.
• To create a computerized membership database of Writers Against AIDS and Tobacco Smoking.
• To broaden the vision of combating against the deadly AIDS and the dangerous Tobacco Smoking.
• To create a link where writers against AIDS and Tobacco Smoking can link and communicate with each other.
• To give award and reward health and social activists who had contributed greatly towards the reduction of the two deadly scourge in Nigeria.
• To work together with local and foreign agencies, associations, boards and organizations sharing the same vision with the Forum.

AIDS

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), human viral disease that ravages the immune system, undermining the body’s ability to defend itself from infection and disease. Caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), AIDS leaves an infected person vulnerable to opportunistic infections—infection by microbes that take advantage of a weakened immune system. Such infections are usually harmless in healthy people but can prove life-threatening to people with AIDS. Although there is no cure for AIDS, new drugs are available that can prolong the life spans and improve the quality of life of infected people.
Transmission of HIV—the AIDS-causing virus—occurs most commonly as a result of sexual intercourse. HIV also can be transmitted through transfusions of HIV-contaminated blood or by using a contaminated needle or syringe to inject drugs into the bloodstream. Infection with HIV does not necessarily mean that a person has AIDS. Some people who have HIV infection may not develop any of the clinical illnesses that define the full-blown disease of AIDS for ten years or more. Physicians prefer to use the term AIDS for cases where a person has reached the final, life-threatening stage of HIV infection.
PREVALENCE OF AIDS
AIDS is one of the deadliest epidemics in human history. It was first identified in 1981 among homosexual men and intravenous drug users in New York and California. Shortly after its detection in the United States, evidence of AIDS epidemics grew among heterosexual men, women, and children in sub-Saharan Africa. AIDS quickly developed into a worldwide epidemic, affecting virtually every nation. The United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) estimates that the worldwide number of new cases of HIV infection peaked in the late 1990s with more than 3 million people newly infected each year. However, some regions of the world, especially Vietnam, Indonesia, and other countries in southeast Asia, continued to see an increase in the early 2000s. In addition, the number of people living with HIV or AIDS has continued to rise as the result of new drug treatments that lengthen life.
While cases of AIDS have been reported in every nation of the world, the disease affects some countries more than others. About 90 percent of all HIV-infected people live in the developing world. AIDS has struck sub-Saharan Africa particularly hard. Two-thirds of all people living with HIV infection reside in African countries south of the Sahara, where AIDS is the leading cause of death.
In countries hardest hit, AIDS has sapped the population of young men and women who form the foundation of the labor force. Most die while in the peak of their reproductive years. Moreover, the epidemic has overwhelmed health-care systems, increased the number of orphans, and caused life expectancy rates to plummet. These problems have reached crisis proportions in parts of the world already burdened by war, political upheaval, or unrelenting poverty.
For comments and enquiries, please contact

Wole Adedoyin on
08072673852, 08142693764
Coordinator

CALL FOR ENTRIES FOR PORT HARCOURT CENTENARY CELEBRATION – PORT HARCOURT @ 100 - POETRY ANTHOLOGY

The Society of Young Nigerian Writers (Rivers State Chapter) under the Coordination of Mr. Tony Willie Pepple is calling for submissions from young Nigerian poets residing in and outside Rivers State for PORT HARCOURT @ 100 - POETRY ANTHOLOGY - an Anthology of Poems to Mark Port Harcourt @ 100. Port Harcourt known as the fifth largest urban area in Nigeria with an estimated population of 1,947,000. Port Harcourt is the capital of Rivers State, Nigeria. It lies along the Bonny River and is located in the Niger Delta.
Port Harcourt was founded in 1913 by the British Colonial Administration of Nigeria and the purpose of Port Harcourt was to export the coal which geologist Albert Ernest Kittson had discovered in Enugu in 1909.
Port Harcourt’s growth is further due to its position as the commercial centre and foremost industrial city of the former Eastern Region; its position in the Niger Delta; and its importance as the Centre of social and economic life in Rivers State.
It features a tropical monsoon climate with lengthy and heavy rainy seasons and very short dry seasons.
The city has;
• International airport, Port Harcourt International Airport
• Two seaports (FOT Onne, Port Harcourt Wharf)
• Two stadiums
• Sharks Stadium
• Liberation Stadium
• Two refineries.
The city also plays host to the Rivers State University of Science and Technology; there is also a University of Port Harcourt, which is located in Obio/Akpor which was carved out of Port Harcourt Local Government Area for ease of administration.
There are plans to decongest the Port Harcourt metropolis by expanding development to other local government areas in the “Greater Port Harcourt City” plan.
ELIGIBILITY:
• Language Medium – English, Hausa and Igbo
• Poetry Type – Any
• Participants should be between the ages of 10 and 35
• Poems should be between the minimum of 10 lines and maximum of 50 lines
• Entrants should include the followings alongside their works: state, age, location, short profile, where you heard about the call for entries, telephone number and a sentence of not more than 50 words describing the poem
• Permission to publish your work among the shortlisted entries
• Any signs of plagiarism may disqualify the contestant
• Deadline for Submission: December 3rd, 2013.
• Only shortlisted entries will be published.
BENEFITS:
• Award of Certificate of Participation to all entrants
• Award of Certificate of Excellence to all shortlisted entrants
• All shortlisted poems will be published (printed and E-book format)
• Automatic Membership into the Society of Young Nigerian Writers
CONTACT INFORMATION:

For enquiries: call Tony Willie Pepple – SYNW Rivers Coordinator– 07051808963, 08060850640

For submissions: Tonyewilliepepple@gmail.com , societyofyoungnigerianwriters@gmail.com

Website: http://societyofyoungnigerianwriters.

RIVERS INTERIM EXECUTIVES
Rivers Coordinator – Tonye Willie Pepple
Secretary – Lillian Nnenne
Public Relations Officer – Ekpobari Martins
Finance and Accounts – Saro Mene

Call for Submissions for Eid-el-Kabir Melodies: Anthology of Poems in collaboration and commemoration of 2013 Eid-el-Kabir.

The Society of Young Nigerian Writers is calling for submissions from young Nigerian poets residing in Nigeria and outside for Eid-el-Kabir Melodies: Anthology of Poems in collaboration and commemoration of 2013 Eid-el-Kabir. It is also a platform for Muslim Poets to showcase their poetic description of 2013 Eid-el-Kabir Festival which seeks to Unite and bring cooperation among the Muslim folks in Nigeria. This edition is dedicated to the Late Dr. Lateef Adegbite – (1933-2012) Secretary General of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs.



ELIGIBILITY:
• Language Medium – English, Hausa and Igbo
• Poetry Type – Any
• Participants should be between the ages of 10 and 35
• Poems should be between the minimum of 10 lines and maximum of 50 lines
• Entrants should include the followings alongside their works: state, age, location, short profile, where you heard about the call for entries, telephone number and a sentence of not more than 50 words describing the poem
• Permission to publish your work among the shortlisted entries
• Any signs of plagiarism may disqualify the contestant
• Deadline for Submission: November 16, 2013.
• Only shortlisted entries will be published.
BENEFITS:
• Award of Certificate of Participation to all entrants
• All shortlisted poems will be published (printed and E-book format)
• Automatic Membership into the Society of Young Nigerian Writers
CONTACT INFORMATION:

For queries: call Wole Adedoyin (National President) at +23472673852

For submissions: societyofyoungnigerianwriters@gmail.com

Website: http://societyofyoungnigerianwriters.

Society of Young Nigerian Writers
In Collaboration with
Egbe Onkowe Ede Yoruba
Present
Fagunwa @ 50 Public Reading
Are you a fan of D.O. Fagunwa
Or interested to be one?
Do you like the writing techniques and styles
Of the Late D.O. Fagunwa
Or you want to learn the same technique?
This is an opportunity for you to participate in the Societty of Young Nigerian Writers’ Fagunwa @ 50 Public Readings where the general public will have access to read and learn from all the complete works of the late Yoruba literary figure.
The programme will also feature Workshop, Lecture and Exhibition.

To Participate in the above stated programme text your name, age, state, location, phone number, where you heard about this programme and your favourite Fagunwa Novel(s) to 08142693764 or 08072673852

For more information contact
Date: Nov. 23, 2013
Venue: Amphi Theatre, University of Ibadan, main gate (the former house of the Nobel Laureate – Prof. Wole Soyinka) Ebrohime Road, U.I., Ibadan
Time: 10:00PM Prompt
Note: Writers of Yoruba expression are only expected to participate in the programme

1. Appointment of the National Executive Members of the Society
2. Partnered with LITCAF Nigeria on Speak the Word Contest - Pending
3. Inauguration of Young Writers Clubs in 30 secondary schools in Oyo State
4. Distribution of E-books (CD) which contains 250 books, mainly Novels, biographies, autobiographies, essays, plays and collection of poems
5. Organized Fagunwa Night and an On-Spot Creative Writing Competition in Yoruba Language
6. Distribution of Fagunwa Inquirer CD, Compilations of E-Books, articles and essays in honour of the Late D.O. Fagunwa
7. Nomination of Rukayat Olaleye as one of the women participants in the 2013 Ebedi International Writers Residency Programme (The first writer who writes only in indigenous language – Yoruba)
8. Uploaded Songs of Sorrow and Songs of Freedom Anthologies
9. Invited and exhibited at the inaugural Readings of the Poly Ibadan Creative Writers Forum organized by GNS Department to mark World Poetry Day.
10. Creative Writing and Books Build Brain Campaign Project to public primary schools in conjunction with the Society of Young Nigerian Writers
11. Released the following electronic books
- Silent Voices – Nigeria/ Zimbabwe Poetry Exchange in honour of the Late Professor Chinua Achebe
- Voices from Oja’Ba Market – Collection of Poems in celebration of Oja ‘ba market in Ibadan
- Asedanu Ati Awon Aroko Onitan Miran
- Ororo Aje Naijiria ati Awon Ewi Miran
- Afowofa Eda ati awon Ere Onise Miran
12. Fagunwa Correspondence Course by E-mail and Postal mail
- Adiitu Olodumare
- Ireke Onibudo
- Irinkerindo Ninu Igbo Elegbeje
- Ogboju Ode Ninu Igbo Irunmale
13. Distribution of E-Books to 10 educational and professional organizations in Oyo State
14. Distribution of 4 Cds containing E-Books to Mufutau Olanihun College of Education.
15. Publication of SYNW Monthly Electronic Newsletter tagged “Atupa Online Newsletter” – January- June Series
16. Publication of Ibadan Book Club Online Newsletter tagged “Takada” – January – June 2013 Series.

Book productions, writing, arts journalism and publishing techniques workshop

Society of Young Nigerian Writers

In collaboration with

Zamani Akaraka Writers and Artists Movement

Presents

“Book productions, writing, arts journalism and publishing techniques workshop”

Avail yourself to know about:
- Book Publishing
- Book Marketing
- Book Promotion/Distribution
- Copyright & Piracy
- Arts/Literary Journalism
- Facts about Book Royalty
- Writing Techniques

Side Attractions: Free Registration, free workshop kit, Certificate of Participation, Automatic Membership into Zamani Akaraka Writers and Artists Movement, Light Refreshment, Postal exhibition of World famous Authors.

Date: Sept. 28/09/13

Venue: Amphi Theatre, University of Ibadan, main gate (the former house of the Nobel Laureate – Prof. Wole Soyinka) Ebrohime Road, U.Y., Ibadan

Time: 12:00PM Prompt

To Participate: text your name, age, phone number, gender, location, state and where you heard about this workshop to 08072673852 or 08142693764
Wole Adedoyin
Organizer

Book productions, writing, arts journalism and publishing techniques workshop

Society of Young Nigerian Writers

In collaboration with

Zamani Akaraka Writers and Artists Movement

Presents

“Book productions, writing, arts journalism and publishing techniques workshop”

Avail yourself to know about:
- Book Publishing
- Book Marketing
- Book Promotion/Distribution
- Copyright & Piracy
- Arts/Literary Journalism
- Facts about Book Royalty
- Writing Techniques

Side Attractions: Free Registration, free workshop kit, Certificate of Participation, Automatic Membership into Zamani Akaraka Writers and Artists Movement, Light Refreshment, Postal exhibition of World famous Authors.

Date: Sept. 28/09/13


Venue: Amphi Theatre, University of Ibadan, main gate (the former house of the Nobel Laureate – Prof. Wole Soyinka) Ebrohime Road, U.Y., Ibadan

Time: 12:00PM Prompt

To Participate: text your name, age, phone number, gender, location, state and where you heard about this workshop to 08072673852 or 08142693764
Wole Adedoyin
Organizer

D.O FAGUNWA CORRESPONDENCE COURSE IS OUT

D.O. Fagunwa Correspondence Course was envisiond by the Society of Young Nigerian Writers in collaboration with Egbe Odo Onkowe Ede Yoruba. D.O. Fagunwa Correspondence Course was written by recognized and dedicated Yoruba writers. We have nearly four to eight Yoruba writers working on our works. They are Yoruba writers who have written notable literary works in Yoruba Language. The Society not only prepares questions to the Late D.O. Fagunwa’s write-ups, they also keep them constantly updated. Every year there are changes, because we need to upgrade contents of the questions. It is vitally important that our courses are kept up to date. That is why our D.O. Fagunwa Correspondence Course insists on using works of the late literary legend.

Also, these expertly prepared questions are available for you to study at your own pace, in your own time, in your own home. At the end of the day, you can relax by your own fire side and read through some selected works of the Late D.O. Fagunwa.

No turning out at night and traveling to evening classes. No taking notes from lectures, everything is written down for you to study at will and revise as often as you like. No being held back because of slower students in the class. No being rushed too quickly ahead because a lecturer has to keep up with a timetable. You don’t have to take a chance on how good you are. You can rest assured that your interests are in our interests and we make the best talent available to you to achieve your aim.



Aims and Objectives of the Course



1. To Promote the literary legacy of D.O. Fagunwa

2. To Promote the five works of the Late D.O. Fagunwa

3. To Promote Yoruba Language and literature

4. To contribute to the growth and development of Yoruba culture, traditions and religion.

5. To encourage Yoruba Language Writers, Yoruba Scholars and Yoruba Enthusiasts.

6. To give recognition, reward and award (RRA) to deserving Yoruba Readers/Writers to serve as role models.

7. To highlight the Role of Yoruba Language, Culture and Traditions in the World.



To download the E-Book version of the correspondence course log on to www.societyofyoungnigerianwriters. or http://www.fagunwacorrespondencecourse.



How to enroll



The Letter of Introduction is normally accompanied by an enrolment form. If you require further copies of these documents, please contact

Wole Adedoyin

National President

No 13, Queen Elizabeth Road, Opposite Group Medical,

Mokola, Ibadan, Oyo State

Tel: +2348072673852

Website: http://www.societyforyoungwriters.webs.com,

Blog: http://www.societyofyoungnigerianwriters.

E-mail: societyofyoungnigerianwriters@yahoo.com,

societyofyoungnigerianwriters@gmail.com

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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS FOR MOONLIGHT SONGS FOR PA NELSON MANDELA: WEST AFRICAN YOUNG WRITERS AND PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION/NETWORK (GHANA) IN COLLABORATION WITH THE SOCIETY OF YOUNG NIGERIAN WRITERS (NIGERIA)

Call for Submissions for Moonlight Songs for Pa Nelson Mandela: Anthology of Poems to commemorate and celebrate Pa Nelson Mandela day (18th of July, 2013).

The West African Young Writers and Publishers Association/Network (Ghana) in collaboration with the Society of Young Nigerian Writers (Nigeria) are calling for submissions from young poets residing in West and South Africa countries to submit entries (only poems) for MOONLIGHT SONGS FOR PA NELSON MANDELA to mark Nelson Mandela Day – 18th July, 2013.

Entrants are to compose poems of 40 lines to 60 lines on Pa Nelson Mandela’s legendary life and activism (Political struggle - anti apartheid and racial discrimination).
The idea behind this project is to celebrate and honour Pa Nelson Mandela (our own Madiba) who fought against the racial discrimination practiced in South Africa. Mandelian Poets (between the ages of 10 and 35) are invited to submit entries on the above named anthology.

Young Poets between the ages of 10 and 35 from the following countries are eligible to participate: Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Cote d’Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo, Botswana, Lesotho, Madagascar, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

AIMS OF THE PROJECT:
• To celebrate and honour Nelson Mandela Day.
• To highlight the legendary role of Pa Nelson Mandela.
• To discover new Mandelian Poetry Movement.
• To produce an anthology (Only in E-Book Format).
ELIGIBILITY:
• Language Medium – English and French
• Poetry Type – Any
• Participants should be between the ages of 10 and 35
• Poems should be between the minimum of 40 lines and maximum of 60 lines
• Entrants should include the followings alongside their works: state, age, location, short profile, where you heard about the call for entries, telephone number and a sentence of not more than 50 words describing the poem
• Permission to publish your work among the shortlisted entries
• Any signs of plagiarism may disqualify the contestant
• Entry closes on September 30, 2013.
BENEFITS:
• Award of Certificate of Participation to all entrants
• Award of Certificate of Excellence to all shortlisted entrants
• All shortlisted poems will be published in E-book format
• Automatic Membership into the Society of Young Nigerian Writers
CONTACT INFORMATION:

For queries: call SYNW - Wole Adedoyin (Nigeria)/ WAYWAPA - Kofi Lawrence (Ghana) at +23472673852

For submissions: societyofyoungnigerianwriters@gmail.com,synw2011@yahoo.com

Website: http://societyforyoungwriters.webs.com/
www.societyofyoungnigerianwriters.

ABOUT NELSON MANDELA
Nelson Mandela, born in 1918, South African activist, winner of the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize, and the first black president of South Africa (1994-1999). Born in Umtata, South Africa, in what is now Eastern Cape province, Mandela was the son of a Xhosa-speaking Thembu chief. He attended the University of Fort Hare in Alice where he became involved in the political struggle against the racial discrimination practiced in South Africa. He was expelled in 1940 for participating in a student demonstration. After moving to Johannesburg, he completed his course work by correspondence through the University of South Africa and received a bachelor’s degree in 1942. Mandela then studied law at the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg. He became increasingly involved with the African National Congress (ANC), a multiracial nationalist movement which sought to bring about democratic political change in South Africa. Mandela helped establish the ANC Youth League in 1944 and became its president in 1951.
The National Party (NP) came to power in South Africa in 1948 on a political platform of white supremacy. The official policy of apartheid, or forced segregation of the races, began to be implemented under NP rule. In 1952 the ANC staged a campaign known as the Defiance Campaign, when protesters across the country refused to obey apartheid laws. That same year Mandela became one of the ANC’s four deputy presidents. In 1952 he and his friend Oliver Tambo were the first blacks to open a law practice in South Africa. In the face of government harassment and with the prospect of the ANC being officially banned, Mandela and others devised a plan. Called the “M” plan after Mandela, it organized the ANC into small units of people who could then encourage grassroots participation in antiapartheid struggles.
By the late 1950s Mandela, with Oliver Tambo and others, moved the ANC in a more militant direction against the increasingly discriminatory policies of the government. He was charged with treason in 1956 because of the ANC’s increased activity, particularly in the Defiance Campaign, but he was acquitted after a five-year trial. In 1957 Mandela divorced his first wife, Evelyn Mase; in 1958 he married Nomzamo Madikizela, a social worker, who became known as Winnie Mandela.
In March 1960 the ANC and its rival, the Pan-Africanist Congress (PAC), called for a nationwide demonstration against South Africa’s pass laws, which controlled the movement and employment of blacks and forced them to carry identity papers. After police massacred 69 blacks demonstrating in Sharpeville (see Sharpeville Massacre), both the ANC and the PAC were banned. After Sharpeville the ANC abandoned the strategy of nonviolence, which until that time had been an important part of its philosophy. Mandela helped to establish the ANC’s military wing, Umkhonto we Sizwe (Spear of the Nation), in December 1961. He was named its commander-in-chief and went to Algeria for military training. Back in South Africa, he was arrested in August 1962 and sentenced to five years in prison for incitement and for leaving the country illegally.
While Mandela was in prison, ANC colleagues who had been operating in hiding were arrested at Rivonia, outside of Johannesburg. Mandela was put on trial with them for sabotage, treason, and violent conspiracy. He was found guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment in June 1964. For the next 18 years he was imprisoned on Robben Island and held under harsh conditions with other political prisoners. Despite the maximum security of the Robben Island prison, Mandela and other leaders were able to keep in contact with the antiapartheid movement covertly. Mandela wrote much of his autobiography secretly in prison. The manuscript was smuggled out and was eventually completed and published in 1994 as Long Walk to Freedom. Later, Mandela was moved to the maximum-security Pollsmoor Prison near Cape Town. Mandela became an international symbol of resistance to apartheid during his long years of imprisonment, and world leaders continued to demand his release.
In response to both international and domestic pressure, the South African government, under the leadership of President F. W. de Klerk, lifted the ban against the ANC and released Mandela in February 1990. Soon after his release from prison he became estranged from Winnie Mandela, who had played a key leadership role in the antiapartheid movement during his incarceration. Although Winnie had won international recognition for her defiance of the government, immediately before Mandela’s release she had come into conflict with the ANC over a controversial kidnapping and murder trial that involved her young bodyguards. The Mandelas were divorced in 1996.
Mandela, who enjoyed enormous popularity, assumed the leadership of the ANC and led negotiations with the government for an end to apartheid. While white South Africans considered sharing power a big step, black South Africans wanted nothing less than a complete transfer of power. Mandela played a crucial role in resolving differences. For their efforts, he and de Klerk were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993. The following year South Africa held its first multiracial elections, and Mandela became president.
Mandela sought to calm the fears of white South Africans and of potential international investors by trying to balance plans for reconstruction and development with financial caution. His Reconstruction and Development Plan allotted large amounts of money to the creation of jobs and housing and to the development of basic health care. In December 1996 Mandela signed into law a new South African constitution. The constitution established a federal system with a strong central government based on majority rule, and it contained guarantees of the rights of minorities and of freedom of expression. Mandela, who had announced that he would not run for reelection in 1999, stepped down as party leader of the ANC in late 1997 and was succeeded by South African deputy president Thabo Mbeki. Mandela's presidency came to an end in June 1999, when the ANC won legislative elections and selected Mbeki as South Africa's next president.
(Culled from ©Microsoft Encarta)