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African weekly writing contest: January second edition winners announced

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The African Weekly Writing Contest is a short two weeks writing contest, set into place to encourage young and talented writers of every genre in literature. The entry with the highest views and 30% of its view’s comment (For ex., 100 views, and 30 comments), wins the contest.

Below are the entries rankings from the 15th of January 2020 to the 29th of January 2020.

In a particular order of, 20th to 1st place, in terms of views and comments, out of over 50 submissions for January’s second edition

Post Name – Author – Views – Comment No.


  1. It was my first time – Utewn_c – 496 – 117
  2. Mother – Odeolaj – 545 – 77
  3. I see – Ewete NuerlKing – 654 – 82

  1. You – Adebayo Osunrayi – 301 – 35
  2. Falling for you – Godsplan K. Ugwuja – 193 – 28
  3. Bipolar disorder triggered by childbirth – Agbikimi Etherberth – 149 – 43
  4. A girl – Sephace – 144 – 42
  5. The battle I fought – AggiesTina – 130 – 14
  6. Relationship as alchemical containers – Damilola – 114 – 18
  7. The breaker gets broken – Femkeyz – 107 – 9
  8. The implication of self-medication – Ibwas – 97 – 2
  9. Where is heaven? – Iyebiye 90 – 11
  10. Peace begins with a smile – Vivid Verdicts – 57 – 2
  11. Fathers are diamonds – Martinvs – 55 – 5
  12. Incredible Facts and Health Benefits of Cucumbers. – Malleolus – 48 – 1
  13. A pristine crime scene – Marieosise – 40 – 4
  14. When the sky is blue – Abdulrahman Amira – 34 – 5
  15. Devils’s heart – Rha’el – 41 – 0
  16. Letter to my ex – Atofarati Faruq – 43 – 0
  17. All seconds or no second – Stylo writes – 40 – 0
  18. My suicide note – D.e.e – 40 – 0

1 – 3 were judged based on the 30% comment to view’s number stated at the beginning of the contest.

Congrats to the winners!

We appreciate each and everyone for participating, we hope to increase the value of literature in Nigeria and Africa at large in the nearest future.

The next contest, February first edition tagged valentine’s edition starts on the 31st of January and ends on the 14th of February

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Maruf Ajimatihttps://marsteinnews.com
Maruf Ajimati is the Chief Editor of the Marstein News which is aimed at publishing both local and international information in a justified, and accurate manner in the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

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