My Rainbow Books to hold public ceremony
My Rainbow Books will be holding an award ceremony for the winners and finalists of its 2017 creative writing contest for children. This will take place on June 21, 2018 at The Merit House, Maitama, Abuja. Aside gifts and certificates that will be given to deserving students and schools, there will be a public presentation […]
My Rainbow Books will be holding an award ceremony for the winners and finalists of its 2017 creative writing contest for children.
This will take place on June 21, 2018 at The Merit House, Maitama, Abuja.
Aside gifts and certificates that will be given to deserving students and schools, there will be a public presentation of the My Rainbow Books’ Children’s Collection (Volume 4) which features the best stories and poems from the 2017 contest.
The event will also feature a quiz session where students will win prizes. Awards will also be given to the schools that excelled in the contest.
The 2017 contest had many entries from children in public and private schools across the country. The patron of the competition was award-winning author of ‘The Fishermen’, Chigozie Obioma. Judges included Abubakar Adam Ibrahim (Winner, NLNG Nigeria Prize for Literature, 2016), E C Osondu (Award-winning Author of ‘Waiting’ and ‘This House Is Not For Sale’), Kola Tubosun (Award-winning Linguist and Writer/ Founder, YorubaName.com).
Mrs. Isang Awah, the founder of My Rainbow Books Limited, stated that the contest is organized to help develop children’s creative thinking and writing skills, and to inspire them to read more, write more, and dare to attempt great things. “It is our way of giving back to the society,” she said, adding that the company regularly published the best entries in each contest in order to encourage the children, expose budding writers, and challenge them.
The My Rainbow Books National Creative Writing Contest for Children is annual, free-to-enter, and open to children aged five to sixteen years who are either of Nigerian origin or resident in Nigeria. Individuals may enter either a poem or short story while Primary and Secondary Schools can each make a group entry of no more than 20 different writings comprising either poems or short stories or a combination of both.