Most innovative telecommunications services provider in
Nigeria, Etisalat Nigeria has unveiled the top 20 finalists shortlisted for the
social media driven Flash Fiction Prize built into the Etisalat Prize for
Literature, and slated for presentation in January 2014.
Director of Brands
& Communication at Etisalat Nigeria, Enitan Denloye, while announcing this
in Lagos, explained that Flash Fiction is important in the Etisalat Prize for
Literature and in literary circles because “it represents the short form of
storytelling, a common stepping stone for accomplished writers. Short stories
are where a lot of writers discover and perfect their talent especially in the
social media driven world today of digital communication where content is
absorbed in 140 characters or less.”
In pursuit of its
vision of encouraging and inspiring creativity, Etisalat called for entries for
the Flash Fiction Category in the Etisalat Prize for Literature. According to
Denloye, “Entries opened on September 2 and closed September 30, 2013. We
received over a thousand entries after close of entries, the public started
voting online in keeping with the guidelines of the competition. Voting lasted
from the October 1 through 31 and the result of the voting are the top 20 now
unveiled.”
The Flash Fiction
category is designed to celebrate the short form of storytelling for the
upcoming writer. Three prizes will be awarded to the top three writers in this
category selected by a high profile judging panel for the Flash Fiction Prize.
The winning author will get a cash sum of £1,000,a digital tablet, and will be
promoted online and via digital media platforms. The category will also produce
two runners up, with each receiving a cash sum of £500 and Samsung Galaxy Note
for their literary efforts. The top stories will be compiled into an e-book
anthology of flash stories which will be promoted online.
Details of the top 20 contenders whose entries are now being
assessed by a panel of writers, publishers and respected individuals in the
Literary community to select the winning flash fiction writer are available
at
http://etisalatprize.com/etisalat-prize-flash-fiction-top-20/.
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