After another month of collating entries from across Nigeria, the editors of YNaija.com have announced the winner for the month-long writing competition ‘Nigerian Voices’: Chinaza Attamah. He wins with his piece ‘Where the Spirit goes’.
Launched in August, the essay competition seeks to share its readers’ unique experiences in their own words – stories told in a down to earth, unencumbered manner, reflecting the Nigerian narrative, reality and experiences.
Dee Sylvester’s ‘Football, Girls and Everything in between’ and Ama Udofa’s ‘Enugu, Sour grapes and Lessons Learnt’ were selected first and second runners up entry by the editorial board of YNaija. The essays were judged on poignancy, narrative honesty, and originality of voice.
Nigerian Voices aligns with YNaija’s proposition as the official media partner for the everyday Nigerian – amplifying voices that are authentically Nigerian and help us share our common humanity in a way that validates and affirms who we are.
The best Nigerian Voices will be published on YNaija.com every day, from tomorrow, all through the month of November and December on the vertical YNaija.com/NigerianVoices.
The winner of the Nigerian Voices essay competition gets N50,000 courtesy of YNaija.com.
The monthly competition continues in 2016, and the vertical is poised continue without the competition from 2017 – as the authentic portal for from-the-heart narratives from everyday Nigerians.
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