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The Vote Chronicles - Tolu Ogunlesi returns comments

One of our judges, Tolu Ogunlesi, has returned his commentaries on the top 18 stories. The stories are listed below in no particular order, and with the comments following. We hope that both the writers of these posts and others reading will find this [...]

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Pascal Obinna Ozoigbo - A Contest for Readers

In line with the vision of Naija Stories to promote reading as well as writing Nigerian stories, we bring you this contest for readers. There will be no writing involved, only questions to answer. We want to find out how well you know your [...]

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Naija Stories featured in TELL Magazine!

The interview held between Arukaino Umukoro and Myne Whitman, the Managing Editor of NaijaStories at the NaijaStories Meetup in Lagos appeared in the April 11 edition of TELL - one of the foremost news magazines in Nigeria. A scanned copy of the paper edition [...]

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Results - African Writing Prize for Flash Fiction

The African Writing Prize for Flash Fiction has released results of the competition which we also announced here on Naija Stories. One of our members was shortlisted, and is happy to share his joy with us.

Jeff Unaegbu is an active member of Naija [...]

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Second Round Selected Stories

At the end of the second round, the following stories have been selected by the Naija Stories editors and volunteers. All the selected stories have been sent over to the judges for their review and comments. All the best everyone.

No Shortcut - Nnenna-Ihebom

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When celebrities read Africa

It was the 7th instalment of celebrityReads Africa, and another chance for us to see them do their thing. This time round we had a writer; Okechukwu Ofili, a comedian; Mandy, actor; Monalisa Chinda, the duo Skuki; Musicians, and singer/on air personality [...]

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Adunni Adelakun - Under the Brown Rusted Roofs

Abimbola Aduuni Adelakun is the author of the pastoral novel, Under the Brown Rusted Roofs, a book which perfectly uses Yoruba folklore to mirror the malaises of the country, the joy and sorrow that exist in the communal relationship of the Yoruba and [...]

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Member Spotlight April - Estrella

 

What’s the craziest writing idea you’ve had?

Errr…writing erotica? Lol!!…nah….I don’t think I’ve had any crazy writing idea so far…besides, crazy is a relative term really. Writing about a story about gay people may be crazy for some people but perfectly normal [...]

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Chiedu Ifeozo Judges the Vote Chronicles

One day to go to the end of submissions, NaijaStories.com announces it’s last judge of the Vote Chronicles writing contest. Chiedu Ifeozo is a published poet, and a writer. NaijaStories has chosen to partner with him as a judge of the Vote Chronicles due [...]

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Sola Kuti Judges the Vote Chronicles.

SOLA Kuti is the Creative Director of SwitchedOn Media Ltd, and also the chief editor of the major publication produced by the outfit, the SwitchedonNaija website. We are partnering with Sola on the Vote Chronicles due to his extensive experience of working with [...]

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The Vote Chronicles: First Round

After almost three weeks of submissions, we have come to the First Round of the Vote Chronicles. A total of 32 entries were submitted, 5 were disqualified for breaking the rules or not meeting the criteria of the contest. 27 entries in all have been posted on the front page of the site for popular post views and comments. [...]

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The Loudthoz Open Poetry Reading, SeasonII, Episode III- March, 2011

We couldn’t have enough today at Loudthotz Open Poetry Reading Season II, Episode III. The atmosphere was so charged and everyone was so animated as poets and critics dissected words, and questioned the creative process that crafted them.

Fatherleye’s “HERO” used to be a [...]

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Applications Wanted for Saraba Readers

Saraba is seeking the service of 5 persons who will serve as Readers for the Magazine.

The Readers shall be tasked with offering pre-publication advice, especially as regards the ‘readability’ of the works published in each issue. They shall respond to questions of [...]

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Tolu Ogunlesi judges The NS Vote Chronicles

We are proud to announce the confirmation of one of our judges of the NaijaStories Contest - The Vote Chronicles, in the person of Tolu Ogunlesi. Tolu is the author of two books and several short stories, a versatile writer, a journalist and blogger. Added [...]

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The Nigeria Prize for Literature - NLNG Awards

Deadline: 31 March 2011

Entries are hereby invited for The Nigeria Prize for Literature. The yearly literary prize is endowed by Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) to honour the author of the best book by a Nigerian within the last four years.

The prize will [...]

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