Deadline: 12th November,
2015
The
Young & Cerebral annual Essay Competitions is here again!
Commemorative of Nigeria’s Independence Celebrations, the Y&C Essay
Competition holds in the month of October to showcase and reward the
creative writing skills of young people across the country, providing a
platform for them to compete with their peers in the different parts of
Nigeria.
The Essay Competition is in line with Young & Cerebral’s mission,
which essentially is to inspire, empower and to provide opportunities
for the youth segment.
Over 400 entries across Nigeria have been received in the previous 2
competitions with 18 winners emerging in 3 categories.
Guest judges have been some of the country's finest including the likes
of Seun Salami, Ayo Sogunro, Sally Kenneth Dadzie, Oyin Braithwaite,
Rayo Adebayo, Rufai Keyede and Tomi Adesina.
Competition only gets exciting! Prizes are even more rewarding!
And now, for this year’s competition, the topic is “THE ROLE OF
INNOVATION IN CREATING THE NIGERIA OF OUR DREAMS” and is open to 18-35
year olds. 3 winners will emerge and walk away with fabulous prizes like
laptops, printers, trendy mobile phones, a writing workshop and more.
Essentially, the Young & Cerebral Essay Competitions are usually
judged on grammar, creativity, adherence to topic, wow-factor along with
other regular skills of standard writing.
The Rules:
1. The competition is open to citizens of the Federal Republic of
Nigeria.
2. All candidates must be legal residents of the Federal
Republic of Nigeria.
3. The candidate must be aged between 18-35 years
4. The essay must be typed in Microsoft Word
5. The essay submitted must
not be more than five hundred and Fifty words (550 Words). Failure to
comply with this shall lead to automatic disqualification.
6. All
entries must be written in English language.
7. The candidate must only
apply based on the topic that should be submitted electronically.
8. Multiple applications will be disqualified.
9. The candidate’s bio-data
shall be used by Young & Cerebral for publicity purposes.
10.
Plagiarism will not be permitted. All entries must be properly
referenced.
Please note that information from Wikipedia or any wiki
links websites are not allowed as forms of reference for this
competition: The research must reflect appropriate and relevant
reviewed journals as well as legitimate websites.
How to Apply:
All
applications should be sent to ec2015@youngandcerebral.com in MSWord
using “Book Antiqua” fonts/size 12 with the applicant’s full details
(Full Names, Age, Gender, Email Addresses, Phone Contact,
School/Institution, State of Residence).
Only Successful candidates will
be contacted.
Winners will be announced in December, on our radio
programme, social media platforms and the winning articles will be
published in a major print publication and across several websites,
blogs and more.
Entry Opens: 12th October, 2015 Deadline: 12th November,
2015
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