1. Afreada & Africa Writes Competition 3.0
Chigozie Obioma, author of ‘The Fishermen’, will be discussing his latest novel, ‘An Orchestra Of Minorities.’
Chinonso and Ndali fall in love but she’s from an educated and wealthy family and he is not. The theme of social class is to be creatively explored.
A dialogue from the book has been culled out for writers to read, understand and create a 500 word story (dialogue below included) from it:
Have you considered that my daughter here is a soon-to-be pharmacist?’
‘Yes, sir.’
‘Have you considered that she is now completing her bachelor’s in pharmacy and will proceed to do her MPhil in the UK?’
‘Yes, sir.’
‘Have you considered, young man, what kind of future you, an unschooled farmer, will have with her?’
Deadline: Friday, May 31,2019. 23:59 BST.
1st Prize: £100.
2nd & 3rd Prizes: £50 each.
Submit your story here:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdgXyvB0ZZYpq_cpYJZKx0sO1xTF5FFE0MIYvVwpXQ90dgaKQ/viewform
2. On The Premises 30 Word Contest #42.
For this mini contest, show, tell or evoke a complete story in at least 30 but no more than 50 words.
Note: Hyphens and hyphenated words are counted as one word.
1st Prize: $25.
2nd Prize: $15.
3rd Prize: $10.
Honourable mentions get published but no money.
Deadline is Friday, May 31, 2019 at 11:59 pm Eastern Time.
Submit here https://onthepremises.submittable.com/Submit
