YOUNG & CEREBRAL 3RD ANNUAL ESSAY COMPETITION

The Young & Cerebral annual Essay Competitions is here again! 

ESSAY TOPIC

"THE ROLE OF INNOVATION IN CREATING THE NIGERIA OF OUR DREAMS” 

ELIGIBILITY

It's open to age bracket 18-35 year olds. 

PRIZES

3 winners will emerge and walk away with fabulous prizes which include

Laptops, 

Printers, 

Trendy mobile phones, 

A writing workshop and more. 

JUDGEMENT

Essentially, the Young & Cerebral Essay Competitions are usually judged on grammar, creativity, adherence to topic, wow-factor along with other regular skills of standard writing.

THE RULES

1. The competition is open to citizens of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. 

2. All candidates must be legal residents of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. 

3. The candidate must be aged between 18-35 years 

4. The essay must be typed in Microsoft Word 

5. The essay submitted must not be more than five hundred and Fifty words (550 Words). Failure to comply with this shall lead to automatic disqualification. 

6. All entries must be written in English language. 

7. The candidate must only apply based on the topic that should be submitted electronically. 

8. Multiple applications will be disqualified. 

9. The candidate’s bio-data shall be used by Young & Cerebral for publicity purposes. 

10. Plagiarism will not be permitted. 

All entries must be properly referenced. Please note that information from Wikipedia or any wiki links websites are not allowed as forms of reference for this competition:. The research must reflect appropriate and relevant reviewed journals as well as legitimate websites. 

HOW TO APPLY

All applications should be sent to ec2015@youngandcerebral.com in MSWord using “Book Antiqua” fonts/size 12 with the applicant’s full details (Full Names, Age, Gender, Email Addresses, Phone Contact, School/Institution, State of Residence). Only Successful candidates will be contacted. 

Winners will be announced in December, on our radio programme, social media platforms and the winning articles will be published in a major print publication and across several websites, blogs and more. 

Entry Opens on 12th October, 2015. Deadline is 12th November, 2015.