SYNW National Secretary Wins Best
Campus Writer/Journalist of The Year 2018.
Izunna
Okafor
The
National General Secretary of the Society of Young Nigerian Writer, Izunna
Okafor has bagged another prestigious award, now as the Campus Best
Writer/Journalist of The Year 2018, following his colossal achievements so far
in the fields of creative writing and journalism.
This
was made known in the ONYXX TV award giving ceremony which held yesterday
together with the M.B.G.U. Competition 2018 in the Suncity Hotel Awka, Anambra
State. Commenting on the award, the organizer of the nation-wide event Mr. John
described the award as auspicious, owing the fact that, among others, Izunna
has a 'taller shoulder' in the two fields thereby making him most qualified for
the award.
Also
congratulating him on the award, the National President of the Society of Young
Nigerian Writers, Mr. Wole Adedoyin ratified the merit of the award, rained
encomium on the winner, even as he described him as a connoisseur in the field
of pen. He presented Izunna as a prolific writer who has not only proved his
worth in the field of writing, but also a visionary and humble young man who
aspires to go farther in life, considering the diversity of his ability and
efforts.
Izunna
Okafor is a final year student Public Administration Student of the Nnamdi Azikiwe
University Awka, as well as a Young Nigerian Novelist, Poet, Journalist,
Essayist, Columnist, Publicist and Igbo Language Activist.
He has won and been nominated for a
plethora of awards which include:
The Nigerian Writers
Award/Indigenous Writer of The Year 2015/2016
Society of Young Nigerian
Writers/Pita Nwana Prize For Igbo Literature 2015
Nigeria Heritage Icon Award/Young
Writer of the Year Federal Republic of Nigeria 2016;
Merit Award from The Society of
Young Nigerian Writers (2016);
Award of Recognition From The
Students' Union President, Unizik (2017)
The Nigerian Writers Award/Young
Writer of The Year 2015/2016.
N.Y.S.C. Essay Competition 2012;
SLAM Hero Youth International Award/ Innovative Youth of the Year 2016;
SLAM Hero Youth International Award/ Innovative Youth of the Year 2016;
AEYCA/Young Writer of The Year 2016;
Award of Academic Excellence from The National Association of Public Administration Students (2016);
Award of Academic Excellence from The National Association of Public Administration Students (2016);
Inspire Award /Outstanding Youth in
Academics 2017;
NAPAS Academic Icon of The Year
2017;
Campus Writer/Journalist of The Year 2017 (Nominated);
Campus Writer/Journalist of The Year 2017 (Nominated);
Award of Excellence from The Society
of Young Nigerian Writers 2016;
Anambra Campus Award 2017
Starlett Entertainment Award/Creative Writer of the Year 2016
Starlett Entertainment Award/Creative Writer of the Year 2016
Anambra Exclusive Youth Choice
Award/Outstanding Youth of the Year 2017;
NAPAS
Essay Competition 2017;
He also has numerous Certificates of Merit, Award, Recognition, the most recent of which are the Certificate of Recognition From The ImpactField Global Initiative (2018); the Certificate of Merit from the Applex Art and Creative Crew Africa (2018) among others.
He
was nominated for The Future Award Africa 2016/African Prize For Education,
which is the biggest and most prestigious African Youth Award.
He
has been published in so many magazines, websites, literary blogs, anthologies
and journals, both nationally and internationally, including the reputable
Pengician, the (Africa's No. 1 online portal). He is also a columnist and
renowned journalist, currently working with the Anambra Newspaper Printing
Corporation, the publishers of "National Light Newspaper" and
"Ka Ọ Dị Taa" (Igbo Language Newspaper); as well as Igbo Radio
(www.igboradio.com).
His
published books include 'Ikem's Adventure'; 'The Curse of A Widow'; "The
Faithful Children” “Ajo Enyi” and “African Blood”. To his credit, are also numerous
poems, short stories and over two hundred articles published online, both in
English and the Igbo languages.
Izunna
is the coordinator of the Society of Young Nigerian Writers Anambra, State
Chapter as well as the brain behind “Remembering Chinua Achebe: A Literary
Icon” which is an annual literary event held in memory of Chinua Achebe. He is
an ambassador of TFA Africa in Nigeria; the ambassador of Read Across Nigeria
in Anambra State. As a four-hundred level student of Unizik, he is also the
current Secretary General NAPAS as well as the National Secretary General of
the SYNW.
