After a month of collating entries from across Nigeria, the editors of YNaija.com have announced the winner for the month-long writing competition ‘Nigerian Voices’: Nnamdi Jude Atupulazi. He wins with his piece ‘Tea Mornings’.
Launched in August, the essay competition seeks to share its readers’ unique experiences in their own words – stories told in a down to earth, unencumbered manner, reflecting the Nigerian narrative, reality and experiences. YNaija.com received 209 entries.
Nnamdi’s story was one of the victory of hope, love, family and perseverance over adversity and challenges.
Frances Ogamba’s ‘The Tribute’ and Stanley Chidiebere Okonkwo’s story titled, ‘No One Told Us’ were selected first and second runners up entry by the editorial board of YNaija. The essays were judged on poignancy, narrative honesty, and originality of voice.
Nigerian Voices aligns with YNaija’s proposition as the official media partner for the everyday Nigerian – amplifying voices that are authentically Nigerian and help us share our common humanity in a way that validates and affirms who we are.
The best Nigerian Voices will be published on YNaija.com every day, from today, all through the month of October on the vertical YNaija.com/NigerianVoices.
The winner of the Nigerian Voices essay competition gets N50,000 courtesy of YNaija.com and telephone devices powered by ntel, Nigeria’s most advanced 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) Network.
The monthly competition continues in 2016, and the vertical is poised continue without the competition from 2017 – as the authentic portal for from-the-heart narratives from everyday Nigerians.
Editor’s note: Nnamdi Jude Atupulazi’s winning story will be published on YNaija by 12pm on Monday, October 31, 2016.
Thank you, Samuel
Wow…congratulations Nnamdi. Great achievement.