WRITERS AGAINST AIDS AND TOBACCO SMOKING – (WAAIDSTOS)

 

WRITERS AGAINST AIDS AND TOBACCO SMOKING

(WAAIDSTOS)

 

Writers Against AIDS and Tobacco Smoking is an association of authors from both literary and educational sectors who merged  to educate and inform people on the prevalent causes, effects and havocs of HIV/AIDS and Tobacco Smoking in Nigeria.  A literary and educational organization affiliated with Education Writers Association, (U.S.A) and Society of Young Nigerian Writers, (Nigeria). It was established to sensitize, inform, entertain, encourage and educate the public on what AIDS and Tobacco Smoking means, their havocs, effects, Causes, Spreads, Quitting, Misperceptions, symptoms, detection and monitoring, treatments, support mechanisms, preventions, Testing, Social perspectives, Social Stigma and Discrimination and information resources.

 

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE MOVEMENT INCLUDE:

• To educate and inform the public on the need to abstain from unprotected sex and illicit smoking.
• To encourage and support the victims of the two scourges in making their plights known to the government and donor agencies across the globe.
• To re-orientate upcoming writers to write to give hope to the hopeless and not to write for winning prizes and accumulating money.
• Organizing workshops, symposia, conferences, seminars and fora for members of the Forum.
• Sourcing funds for financial supports for the affected victims.
• Publication of Weekly, Monthly and Annual Journals, Newsletters and magazines on the latest development and innovations on HIV/AIDS and Tobacco Smoking which will be in printed and online formats.
• Establishment of YOUNG WRITERS AGAINST AIDS AND TOBACCO SMOKING CLUBS in Schools, Churches, Mosques and different Business Units.
• To equip, nourish and nurture the minds of the younger ones on the necessity of abstaining totally from the two deadly scourges.
• To create a tink-tank platform where students and Anti-AIDS and Tobacco Smoking Writers can brainstorm and discuss the latest development on the two deadly stigmas.
• Support members in getting their works – articles and essays on AIDS and Tobacco Smoking published either in printed or online format for the benefits of the public.
• To create a computerized membership database of Writers Against AIDS and Tobacco Smoking.
• To broaden the vision of combating against the deadly AIDS and the dangerous Tobacco Smoking.
• To create a link where writers against AIDS and Tobacco Smoking can link and communicate with each other.
• To give award and reward health and social activists who had contributed greatly towards the reduction of the two deadly scourge in Nigeria.
• To work together with local and foreign agencies, associations, boards and organizations sharing the same vision with the Forum.

 

 

For membership

Call: 08072673852

CALL FOR SUBMISSION FOR THE EFFIGY OF CHRIST: AN ANTHOLOGY OF CHRISTIAN POEMS, SHORT STORIES AND PLAYLETS TO MARK EASTER CELEBRATION:

 

CALL FOR SUBMISSION FOR THE EFFIGY OF CHRIST: AN ANTHOLOGY OF CHRISTIAN POEMS, SHORT STORIES AND PLAYLETS TO MARK EASTER CELEBRATION:

 

Association of Nigerian Christian Authors and Publishers is calling for submissions from Christian Writers residing in Nigeria for “The Effigy of Christ” – A compilation of Christian literary works (poems, playlets and short stories) to mark the death, resurrection and ascension of Jesus Christ.

Intending entrants are to submit poems of 30 to 50 lines, short stories and playlets on:

 

• The Birth of Christ
• The Death of Christ
• The Resurrection of Christ
• Ministry of Christ
• Restitution of Christ
• Crucification of Christ
• Suffering of Christ

 

AIMS OF THE PROJECT

 

• To produce an anthology (only in e-book format)
• To discover new Christian writers
• To highlight the roles of death, suffering, ministerial and earthly life of Christ
• To celebrate and honour Christ who we belief

 

SUBMISSION RULES

 

• Language Medium – English, Yoruba, Hausa and Igbo
• Poems – 30 to 50 lines
• Short Story –min 2000 to max 2,500 words.
• Play – One Act Play
• Entrants should include the followings alongside their works, age, location, telephone number. A sentence of not more than 500 words describing the work, short profile, where you heard about the call for entries.
• Permission to publish your work among the shortlisted entries.
• All entries must be submitted by June 31^st, 2013.
• Any signs of plagiarism will disqualify the contestant.

 

BENEFITS

• Award of Certificates of Participation to all entrants.
• Award of Certificates of Excellence to only the shortlisted entrants
• Publication of the shortlisted collections in electronic book format which will be found on the Association’s website and blog, Obooko website, Amazon website and Takada online.

CALL FOR SUBMISSION – Directory of Young Nigerian Writers

 

CALL FOR SUBMISSION

Directory of Young Nigerian Writers

(2^nd Edition)
(For published and unpublished writers only)

Society of Young Nigerian Writers is using this opportunity to call the attention of interested upcoming writers between the ages of 10 and 35 to submit the following data:

• Name
• Title of Work
• E-mail
• Web/Blog Address
• State/Phone Numbers
• Award(s) Won
• Philosophy

 

The purpose of this project is to design a Young Nigerian Writers’ Directory and Database to be published by July 2013. The deadline for submission is June 2013.

The vision of this project seeks to create an avenue where Young Writers can Network with each other and understand little information about individual writers. Completed  facts should be sent to societyofyoungnigerianwriters@gmail.com.

N:B: This opportunity is only open to both the published and unpublished writers between the ages of 10 and 35

For more information, contact –

Wole Adedoyin

08072673852 or 08183195486

societyofyoungnigerianwriters@gmail.com