 PROGRAMME OVERVIEW
The Sprinng Literary Movement Fellowship is an intensive 4-6 weeks online mentorship programme. This programme focuses on 5 genres/aspects of writing and literature: Poetry, Fiction, Essays, Book Review, and Blogging. During the 4-6 weeks, mentees will be in contact with their mentors, sending them their works, getting reviews, tips, and commentaries. Mentors and mentees will aim to work on at least 2 works (poems/short stories/essays/book reviews/blog posts) per week. The medium of communication between the mentors and their mentees throughout this programme will be via email, phone calls, whatsApp and text messages. Programme Timeline for 2019 January 15 – April 15: Application opens and closes (2019 Mentors will be announced between February and April.) April 15 - May 15: Application submissions will be reviewed by the SLM Team May 15: Finalists will be notified Follow us on social media and sign up for our newsletters to stay informed about announcements for the fellowship.
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CALL FOR ENTRIES: NIGERIAN STUDENTS POETRY PRIZE 2019 - Up to N300,000 to win in cash prizes16/1/2019  INTRODUCTION
Nigerian Students Poetry Prize (NSPP) is an initiative of Poets in Nigeria (PIN) aimed at stimulating literary creativity, promoting literary excellence and encouraging critical thinking among Nigerian undergraduates. Since inception in 2016 at the University of Ibadan, the prize has received over 1500 entries from students representing over 100 tertiary institutions (including universities, polytechnics, colleges of education, schools of nursing and seminary schools).  How to win?
Read the current publications on the SLM website for January 3-31, 2019. Write a comment on 2 or more of the publications posted on the SLM website for January 3-31, 2019. Please add your name and email address when filling the comment box. Note: Email address will not be made public. See the guide to providing good feedback below TIPS FOR WRITING GOOD FEEDBACK The goal of providing feedback is; 1. to invite another reader into the world of beauty you have seen in a work 2. to provide a very brief summary of what you read. 3. to give your interpretation/perspective of what has been written. 4. to provide suggestions for improvement. We encourage that your comment meets at least 2 of these goals. The SLM team will evaluate the comments and select the winner of the book at the end of the month. Note: Comment on the poems, book reviews, articles, interviews and guest posts.  Note: We will be changing the name from SLM mentorship programme to SLM fellowship.
SLM Fellowship Applications January 15 – April 15: Application opens and closes (2019 Mentors will be announced during the application period.) April 15 - May 15: Application submissions will be reviewed by the SLM Team Pre-Fellowship Preparations May 15: Finalists will be notified May 21: Mentees and mentors will be paired The Fellowship June 1 – July 15: Fellowship Program The mentorship program is normally designed to take place over 3 - 4 week period (June 1 - 30). However, in our last cohort, we had a lot of positive feedback with requests to expand the mentorship program beyond the allotted weeks. Therefore, a grace period of two weeks (July 1 - July 15) has been added for any mentor who is interested in extending the program beyond 3 - 4 weeks. July 15 – 20: Program rounds up. August: Mentees profiles and program reports will be released. Follow us on social media to stay informed about announcements for the fellowship.
What do you love most about being a writer?
First the ability to create art. Then, being able to create a world; realistic or not, where people can journey with me and see art, from my own eyes. Is writing personal to you and what does it mean to say writing is personal? Yes. Very personal. All the literature that stood out for me is personal and authentic. I mean, they were often inspired by very real-life events, so I have always wanted my art to be very authentic and decided to allow myself be vulnerable with my writing.  TITLE: The Men That Couldn’t Love Me
AUTHOR: M. Chidi Okorie GENRE: Poetry NUMBER OF PAGES: 75 PUBLISHER: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform DATE OF PUBLICATION: October 1, 2018 ISBN: 978-1983663437 REVIEWER: Shoola Oyindamola “Art and love are the same things: It’s the process of seeing yourself in things that are not you.” ― Chuck Klosterman One of my favorite books of all times that explores human conscience is titled Mistakes Were Made (but not by me) authored by Carol Tavris and Elliot Aronson. I hated that book as much as I loved it because it was written skillfully in a way that tortures the reader unconsciously while informing them about the intention to torture them. Beyond the renewed moral sense I gained from reading Mistakes Were Made, was my attraction towards the art of being human and the structure of our moral difficulty that Carol Tavris and Elliot Aronson forced the reader to experience during their analysis. Similarly, Marie Chidi Okorie did a great job in torturing the reader with the first pages of her book that explored a lover’s endless cycle of wanting despite not being wanted. Imagine reading “I want you” in different languages and other words for about a thousand times. There was an emotional upset I felt about my desire to know how this will end while admitting my awareness of the author’s intention. |
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