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NLNG THE NIGERIA PRIZE FOR LITERATURE 2025

Application Deadline: Midnight GMT Wednesday, 2nd April 2025

LOCATION: Nigeria

Entries are hereby invited to The Nigeria Prize for Literature. The yearly literature prize is sponsored by NLNG to honour the author of the best book by a Nigerian. The prize rotates among four literary genres – Prose Fiction, Poetry, Drama and Children’s Literature. This year, the competition is for Prose Fiction.

ELIGIBILITY:

All applicants must submit their entries accompanied by an application form obtainable online from The Nigeria Prizes website, http://www.thenigeriaprizes.org. Completed forms must be printed and submitted along with the entries. Go to http://www.thenigeriaprizes.org for more details on submission.

Twelve (12) copies of the entry and an e-copy of each entry, with evidence of Nigerian citizenship (photocopy of Nigerian passport or National Identity Card), may be submitted either by author or publisher. Books should be submitted to NLNG’s External Relations Division, promoters of the prize, by the stipulated deadline.

No book published before 2022 will be accepted.

An author will enter only one published work. Unpublished work will not be considered. No book previously submitted for this competition may be re-submitted at a later date, even if major revisions have been made or a new edition published. The prize will be awarded for no other reason than excellence.

No member of the Advisory Board, Panel of Judges, or members of their families can enter their work(s) for the award in the period in which they are serving and five (5) years thereafter. No entries will be accepted from staff of NLNG and their families.

No entry submitted after the stipulated deadline will be accepted.

Failure to meet all stated conditions above will lead to disqualification of the entry.

BENEFIT:

Prize Money: USD 100,000.00

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UBA NATIONAL ESSAY COMPETITION

Application Deadline: Friday, November 8th, 2024

LOCATION: Nigeria


The National Essay Competition, targeted at senior secondary students in Nigeria, is organised annually, as part of UBA Foundation’s education initiative which aims to promote the reading culture and encourage healthy and intellectual competition amongst secondary school students in Nigeria and across Africa

ELIGIBILITY:

Must be a Nigerian Senior Secondary School Student

Complete contact information

Upload a handwritten essay of 750 words max (not typed)

Upload a recent passport photograph

Upload a scanned copy of Birth Certificate, National ID, or International Passport

Essay Topic: The Impact of Carbon Emission on Climate Change in Nigeria: Discuss the Challenges and Profer Solutions

Click here to register

BENEFIT:

The prize for the UBA National Essay Competition is an educational grant to any African University of choice, for:

Winner: ₦7.5million

First runner-up: ₦5million

Second runner-up: ₦3.5million

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