October 2012
Scond Prize Winner: The New Word by Cuba Ukoh
Cuba Ukoh was born and raised in Jos, Nigeria. She is a final year student of English and Literature at the University of Abuja, Nigeria. A female aspiring writer who savours the melody and passion of words. Here is her winning story: The New Word Udi was at first thrilled to learn a new word, divorce. The next day at school […]
FIRST PRIZE WINNER- CREATIVE WINGS SHORT STORY PRIZE 2012
To mark the closing of 2012’s Edition of CreativeWings Short Story Prize, the top two winning stories shall be published HERE. Waiting and Hoping by Efembe Eke will be published today. And the second story will be published on Wednesday. i hope you enjoy reading the stories. You can leave your comments as well. Congratulations […]
My Spur Essay Competition – October Edition (Nigeria)
The October Edition of the My Spur competitionhas opened for submission. Essays should be themed around (and answer the question): Should Dressing Code be enforced on Nigerian Campuses?? The essay competition is open to all Nigerians Deadline for the submission is November 2, 2012. Entries must contain Full Name, Phone Number, Email Address, Occupation. Also […]
Inspirational TED Talk for Creative Artists
I have been wondering how writers (and other creative artists) manage to deal with depression and fear. How do you overcome all those negative emotions and focus on output and productivity (of course, without having to turn to drug or alcohol abuse)? Elizabeth Gilbert award winning author of Eat, Love, Pray seems to have a […]
(Inter)National Novel Writing Month
Permit me to confess that I have a phobia for embarking on longer projects as novel writing. The idea alone is daunting. My writer friends find this fear strange and funny because my short stories are usually 3000 – 4000 words long. I can’t explain it myself. I attribute this phobia to my pessimistic temperament. […]
AndWeWereHungry’s Flying Elephants Short Story Prize (International)
AndWeWereHungry has launched the inaugural edition of its short story competition. First Prize $2,000 Second Prize; $1,000; Third Prize $750; Fourth Prize $500 Fifth Prize $500; Sixth Prize $250] Online submissions deadline is Sunday Nov. 25, 2012 11:59 p.m. ET. Winners will be announced in Winter 2013 and the winning short stories will be published […]