Deadline: 15 November 2010
As parts of the efforts to further put Nigeria on a permanent focus, Jare Ajayi and Greg Mbajiorgu will soon come out with some couple of books showcasing different aspects of the country's life and that of its people.
Towards this end, interested writers have been called upon to send their write-ups to any or both of the following addresses jareajayi@yahoo.com and gregnadix@yahoo.com. The expected work is expected to be in form of prose, drama or poetry.
The entry is open to any writer in any part of the world as long as the work being sent conforms with the theme and the sub-themes specified above. Those who want to submit poems are advised to limit their respective submissions to a maximum of three short poems or a maximum of two per person if the submissions are long as the organizers tend to accommodate as many poets as possible. Those who want to submit short stories are also told to submit maximum of two each of which should not be more than 2,000 words or three and half pages.
Those who want to submit manuscripts on drama should also limit their entries to a maximum of two drama. Such a work should be a one-act play of not more than 10 minutes on stage when produced. It was also stated that a person is free to submit work in any genre of his/her choice. An artist is also at liberty to submit entries in more than one genre. Decision on what to publish would be determined purely on merit. It should be noted that entries are accepted in any of the drama sub-categories such as tragedy, comedy, tragi-comedy, solo-drama etc.
The work being sent must be original to the author(s) and must not have been published before. All entries must be sent online and should be submitted on or before November 15, 2010.
Inquiries should be sent to jareajayi@yahoo.com or gregnadix@yahoo.com.