End SARS National Poetry Competition, over $200 up for grab for Young Writers

 

END SARS NATIONAL POETRY COMPETITION, OVER $200 UP FOR GRAB FOR YOUNG WRITERS

Society of Young Nigerian Writers (SYNW) in collaboration with the International Human Rights Art Festival (IHRAF), USA hereby calls for entries in form of Poetry on the theme “Police Brutality, Assault and Battery”. The proposed anthology focuses exclusively on the theme of “Police Brutality, Assault and Battery in Nigeria” and only works relating to the theme will be accepted for the competition and for publication. Writers are free to write on their personal experience or those of others in the form poetry using any title of their choice.

Prizes to be won include:  First Prize: $100, Second Prize: $75, Third Prize: $50 and five honorable mentions. Submission is free and open to writers across the world. The deadline for submission is 15^th of November, 2020. Intending entrants should submit the following alongside their entries: Name, age, gender, location, phone number, school, permission to publish your work in one or two sentences, and a short bio of no more than 40 words should be included in the submission. Entries should be sent to endsarsnationalpoetrycontest@gmail.com and copy to societyofyoungnigerianwriters@gmail.com.

Entry must be type-written and sent in the body of the mail; not as an attachment. Entries sent as attachment will be automatically disqualified. Entry must be the original work of the entrant. Any indication of plagiarism leads to disqualification. The subject of the email should be ‘END SARS National Poetry Contest’.

For more information contact: Tom Block (International Human Rights Art Festival IHRAF) tom@ihraf.org or Wole Adedoyin (Society of Young Nigerian Writers - SYNW) – woleadedoyin@gmail.com.

 

 

Call for Submissions: END SARS National Poetry Competition

 

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: END SARS NATIONAL POETRY COMPETITION

(Elegies in honor and memory of those who lost their lives during END SARS Protests)

SOCIETY OF YOUNG NIGERIAN WRITERS (SYNW)

In conjunction with

INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS ART FESTIVAL (IHRAF)

Presents

END SARS NATIONAL POETRY COMPETITION

(Elegies in honor and memory of those who lost their lives during END SARS Protests)

THEME: POLICE BRUTALITY, ASSAULT AND BATTERY

PRIZES TO BE WON

 First Prize: $100

 Second Prize: $75

 Third Prize: $50

OTHER BENEFITS

• Award of Certificates of Participation to all Entrants.
• Award of Certificates of Excellence to only the shortlisted entrants.
• Only shortlisted work(s) will be published in e-book format
• Automatic membership into the Society of Young Nigerian Writers (SYNW).

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

• Language Medium – English
• Genre – Poetry/Articles
• Theme – Police Brutality, Assault and Battery.
• Poems should be between the minimum of 20 lines and maximum of 40 lines.

·         Entrants should send the following information alongside their entries

i. Name  

ii. Age

iii. Gender  

iv. Location  

 v. Phone Number  

vi. Where you heard about the Call for entries  

vii. Short Profile about yourself.

viii. Permission to publish your poem/essay (in one or two paragraphs)

ix. Name of school or university if any

• A Sentence of not more than 50 words describing the poem.
• Permission to publish your work among the shortlisted entries.
• Title of your mail should be addressed as “END SARS National Poetry Competition”
• All entries must be submitted to: endsarsnationalpoetrycontest@gmail.com and also copy societyofyoungnigerianwriters@gmail.com.
• Deadline for Submission is 15^th of November, 2020.
• Any signs of plagiarism will disqualify the entrant.
• Organizer’s decision is final

For more information contact: Tom Block (International Human Rights Art Festival - IHRAF) tom@ihraf.org or Wole Adedoyin (Society of Young Nigerian Writers - SYNW) – woleadedoyin@gmail.com.

 

Call for Submissions: Poems and Articles on Police Brutality, Assault and Battery

 

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: POEMS AND ARTICLES ON POLICE BRUTALITY, ASSAULT AND BATTERY

 

Society of Young Nigerian Writers (SYNW) in collaboration with the International Human Rights Festival (IHRF)  hereby call for entries in form of Poetry, Articles and Essays on “Police Brutality, Assault and Battery”. The proposed anthology focuses exclusively on the theme of “Police Brutality, Assault and Battery in Nigeria” and only works relating to the theme will be accepted for publication. Writers are free to write on their personal experience or those of others in the form of essays, articles or poems using any title of their choice. There is no monetary prize attached and submission is free and open to writers across the world. There is no deadline for submissions as entries received will be immediately uploaded on https://endsarswritersmovement.blogspot.com/.

Intending entrants should submit the following alongside their entries: Name, age, gender, location, phone number, school, permission to publish your work in one or two sentences, and a short bio of no more than 40 words should be included in the submission. Entries should be sent to endsarswritersmovement@gmail.com and copy to societyofyoungnigerianwriters@gmail.com. Only well edited entries will be published. Entry must be type-written and sent in the body of the mail; not as an attachment. Entries sent as attachment will be automatically disqualified. Entry must be the original work of the entrant. Any indication of plagiarism leads to disqualification. The subject of the email should be ‘ENDSARS’. Art Works (Painting) on the theme are also welcome.

Young Writers join End SARS Protest, calls for Poems and Essays on Police Brutality, Assaults and Battery

 

YOUNG WRITERS JOIN ENDSARS PROTEST, CALLS FOR POEMS AND ESSAYS ON POLICE BRUTALITY, ASSAULTS AND BATTERY

The Society of Young Nigerian Writers (SYNW), a member of the International Authors Forum (IAF) has lent her voice to the ongoing ENDSARS protest. End Special Anti-Robbery Squad (End SARS) or #EndSARS is a decentralized social movement against police brutality in Nigeria. The slogan calls for an end to the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), a controversial unit of the Nigerian Police Force with a long record of abuses

This was contained in a press statement issued and signed by the national President of the Society, Wole Adedoyin  in Ibadan yesterday.

According to the statement, “As writers, we must reflect and interpret happenings in our society; we must also provide inspiration and guidance. Address various important themes or the goings on in our society, with the purpose of edifying its virtues and condemning the vices so as to elevate the good deeds or correct the society where it goes wrong. For few weeks now, Nigerians have shared both stories and video evidence of how members of SARS engaged in kidnapping, murder, theft, rape, torture, unlawful arrests, humiliation, unlawful detention, extrajudicial killings, and extortion in Nigeria. SARS officers have been alleged to profile youths based on fashion choices, mount illegal road blocks and searches, conduct unwarranted temperature checks, arrest without warrant, rape women, and extort young Nigerians for driving exotic vehicles and using iPhones. According to Amnesty International's 2016 report, SARS is indicted and responsible for human abuse, cruelty, degrading treatment of Nigerians in their custody, and other widespread torture. Some of the human rights abuses by SARS include the shooting of their detainees in the leg, mock or threats of execution, hanging and severe beating. A 2020 publication by the organization indicated that between January 2017 and May 2020, they had documented 82 cases of abuses and extra judicial killings by SARS.”

“As writers, we cannot sit and be looking; we must contribute our literary and poetic voices to the ongoing protest. In order to achieve this, The Society of Young Nigerian Writers (SYNW) has opened a literary blog @ www. https://endsarswritersmovement.blogspot.com/ solely created to publish poetic and literary voices of young Nigerian writers on their opinions and views on the ongoing ENDSARS protest in the country.This development is in collaboration with the International Human Rights Festival (IHRF)”

The proposed anthology focuses exclusively on the theme of “POLICE BRUTALITY, ASSAULT AND BATTERY IN NIGERIA” and only works relating to the theme will be accepted for publication. Writers are free to write on their personal experience or those of others in the form of essays, articles or poems using any title of their choice. There is no monetary prize attached and submission is free and open to  writers across the world. There is no deadline for submissions as entries received will be immediately uploaded on https://endsarswritersmovement.blogspot.com/. Intending entrants should submit the following alongside their entries: Name, age, gender, location, phone number, school, permission to publish your work in one or two sentences, and a short bio of no more than 40 words should be included in the submission. Entries should be sent to endsarswritersmovement@gmail.com and copy to societyofyoungnigerianwriters@gmail.com. Only well edited entries will be published.