PRESS RELEASE ON THE 2019 RISING STAR WRITING COMPETITION
RESULT OF 2019 RISING STAR WRITING COMPETITION
We really appreciate all children who entered this competition with their creativity. You all are rising stars in the making.
We also use this opportunity to appreciate our Sponsors for ensuring that winners go home with a memorable and valuable gift.
FOR THE PRIMARY SECTION:
FIRST PLACE WINNERS:
SHORT STORY WRITING ORJI, JAYDEN Year 4. Grange School, Lagos
POETRY. OSAHISI, FORTUNE. Year 6 Corona School Lekki , Lagos.
SECOND PLACE WINNERS
SHORT STORY WRITING ADEIGBE, NIMONI. Year 3 St. Saviours School, Ikoyi, Lagos
POETRY UWANA-ABASI, INYENEOBONG Livingspring School, Awoyaya, Lagos.
THIRD PLACE WINNERS
SHORT STORY WRITING OBI, KAMDI 9 Years old Year 4. Unique Children’s School, Omole Phase 1 , Lagos School, Lagos.
POETRY AKEJU, OLUWAKANYINSOLA Corona School, Ikoyi, Lagos.
FOR THE SECONDARY SCHOOL CATEGORY:
FIRST PLACE WINNERS:
SHORT STORY WRITING ONYEMA, ONYINYE. 12 years old Grange School , Lagos
POETRY GALADIMA, ADZIRA SS2. Louisville Girls’ College Ijbu-Itele, Ogun State
SECOND PLACE WINNERS:
SHORT STORY WRITING ANETOR ,EBHABHA ZORA Louisville Girls’ College, Ijebu-Itelle.
POETRY IJEOMA, YVONNE CHIBUKO JSS 2. Holy Child College, Obalende Lagos.
THIRD PLACE WINNERS:
SHORT STORY WRITING OGONI, FRIEDA. Starville Secondary School, Abuja.
POETRY IDARA, ENANG. 12 Years old. Redeemers’ International Secondary School, Maryland, Lagos.
HONOURARY MENTIONS
These are also outstanding entries worthy of mentioning: These names are in no particular order.
1. SOGBESAN TOLUWANIMI. Flora High School, Year 10, 13 years old
2. JOHNSON OYINDASOLA. Princeton College Surulere, Lagos, Year 9, 14 years old
3.ABRAHAM ELOHO Graceworth School, Lagos
4.OKOLI DAVID. Daystar Schools, Awka Anambra, Pry 4, 9 years old
5.UGO-OGOKE CHUKWUKANYIMA Marywood Girls College, Ebute Meta, Lagos, SS2, 15 years old
6. NATHANIEL CHIMDIUTO UCHEGBUE JECO College, Lagos, JSS3, 12 years old
7. OBIECHE CHIBUIKE EBUBE. Assured Hope Christian College-Ijanikin Lagos
8.VIVICA EZIRIM. KIMBED International School, Agbara, Ogun
9.OKAFOR IFUNANYA- Ivy League Montessori School, Surulere Lagos
10. BAMIDELE VICTOR. Bookers International School, SS1, 13 years old
11. FESTUS TEMIDAYO JOSEPH. Woodland Hills High School, JSS3, 12 years old
12. OKIKE GODSPOWER. Pacific Excellent Nursery and Primary School, Lagos
13. TOLUWANIMI AKINWUNMI. Living springs School, Awoyaya, Lagos.
14. ARIFEOLUWA BENSON. St. Saviour’s School, Ikoyi.
15. ADEBAYO EMMANUELLA. Starville Schools, Abuja.
16. IKOGHODE AMANDA. Holy Child, Obalende, Ikoyi.
We here again, thank Greenlife Pharmaceuticals for believing and working with us since inception to ensure the steady improvement of the literacy standards among schools in Nigeria. We also use this opportunity to thank all the individuals and schools that have participated in this noble competition and encourage more schools especially the government owned schools to come on board. While thanking you for your interest and support, we look forward to seeing you on Wednesday, 25th September 2019 at the Award Ceremony.
Thank you! Sincerely, Uche Udoji. Coordinator RSWCA/CEO The Writers’ Corner. 07062906996
PRESS RELEASE ON THE 4TH EDITION OF THE RISING STAR WRITING COMPETITION AND AWARDS 2019 THEME: IT’S OK TO SAY NO
The Rising Star Writing Competition and Awards is an annual Creative Writing Competition for Primary and Secondary Schools Pan Nigeria.
The Competition and Awards are organized by The Writers Corner in collaboration with Vuvuzela Communication Limited to help improve children’s creative and critical thinking while developing their writing skills.
The Competition has grown since it was flagged of on the 3rd of December, 2015. It has become popular since inception as more schools and individuals have joined making the entries more competitive because more children are writing and striving to put all the writing devices to better use.
Greenlife Pharmaceuticals, being our sponsor over the years, has richly rewarded and is still rewarding the winning entries with various prizes such as laptops, tablets, phones, televisions, printers, books and certificates.
This year’s Theme: ITS OKAY TO SAY NO, was a well thought out and international move to inspire the children to have a voice as important individuals of society and stand up for their rights at all times against issues pertaining to all forms of pressure and abuse.
We had 655 entries of which 12 entries took the 1st , 2nd and 3rd places in the Secondary and Primary Categories of Poetry and Short Stories. Another 12 entries emerged as Honorary Mentions, therefore giving a total number of 24 awardees.
Some of the popular trends as seen from the entries includes but not limited to bullying, sexual related abuse, physical abuse, verbal and emotional abuses, drugs, alcohol and peer pressure.
15 entries were disqualified in this 4th Edition for various reasons such as Multiple Entries, Entries coming after the deadline of Thursday 20th June, 2019, submissions that were not original, entries with obvious adult assistance, submissions with less than 200 words for Primary Categories and less than 500 words for Secondary Categories.
Details of the results show that:
FOR THE PRIMARY SECTION: FIRST PLACE WINNERS: SHORT STORY WRITING – ORJI, JAYDEN Year 4, Grange School, Lagos. POETRY – OSAHISI, FORTUNE, Year 6 Corona School Lekki , Lagos. SECOND PLACE WINNERS: SHORT STORY WRITING – ADEIGBE NIMONI Year 3 St. Saviours School., Ikoyi, Lagos. POETRY – UWANA-ABASI INYENEOBONG Livingspring School, Awoyaya, Lagos. THIRD PLACE WINNERS: SHORT STORY WRITING – OBI, KAMDI , 9 Years old Year 4 Unique Children’s School, Omole Phase 1 , Lagos School, Lagos. POETRY – AKEJU OLUWAKANYINSOLA , Corona School, Ikoyi, Lagos.
FOR THE SECONDARY SCHOOL CATEGORY: FIRST PLACE WINNERS: SHORT STORY WRITING – ONYEMA ONYINYE, 12 years old ,Grange School , Lagos. POETRY – GALADIMA ADZIRA , SS2, Louisville Girls’ College Ijbu-Itele, Ogun State. SECOND PLACE WINNERS: SHORT STORY WRITING – ANETOR EBHABHA ZORA – Louisville Girls’ College, Ijebu-Itelle. POETRY – IJEOMA YVONNE CHIBUKO JSS 2, Holy Child College, Obalende, Lagos. THIRD PLACE WINNERS: SHORT STORY WRITING – OGONI FRIEDA, Starville Secondary School, Abuja. POETRY – IDARA ENANG 12 Years old, Redeemers’ International Secondary School, Maryland, Lagos.
HONOURARY MENTIONS These are also outstanding entries worthy of mentioning: These names are in no particular order. 1. SOGBESAN TOLUWANIMI- Flora High School, Year 10, 13 years old. 2. JOHNSON OYINDASOLA- Princeton College Surulere, Lagos, Year 9, 14 years old. 3. ABRAHAM ELOHO –Graceworth School, Lagos. 4. OKOLI DAVID – Daystar Schools, Awka Anambra, Pry 4, 9 years old. 5. UGO-OGOKE CHUKWUKANYIMA -Marywood Girls College, Ebute Meta, Lagos, SS2, 15 years old. 6. NATHANIEL CHIMDIUTO UCHEGBUE—JECO College, Lagos, JSS3, 12 years old. 7. OBIECHE CHIBUIKE EBUBE—-Assured Hope Christian College-Ijanikin Lagos. 8.VIVICA EZIRIM—KIMBED International School, Agbara, Ogun. 9.OKAFOR IFUNANYA- Ivy League Montessori School, Surulere Lagos. 10. BAMIDELE VICTOR- Bookers International School, SS1, 13 years old. 11. FESTUS TEMIDAYO JOSEPH- Woodland Hills High School, JSS3, 12 years old. 12. OKIKE GODSPOWER- PAFIC Excellent Nursery and Primary School, Lagos.
We here again, thank Greenlife Pharmaceuticals for believing and working with us since inception to ensure the steady improvement of the literacy standards among schools in Nigeria. We also use this opportunity to thank all the individuals and schools that have participated in this noble competition and encourage more schools especially the government owned schools to come on board. While thanking you for your interest and support, we look forward to seeing you on Wednesday, 25th September 2019 at the Award Ceremony.
Thank you! Sincerely, Uche Udoji Coordinator RSWCA /CEO of The Writers’ Corner. 07062906996
2019 NECO RESULT IS OUT ;HOW TO CHECK NECO.
The wait is over as the result of the June/July NECO result is out. To access this result online, you will need to purchase the result checking token.
This is to officially inform all the student who participated in the 2019 national examination council (NECO), that their result is out and can be checked online easily by simply purchasing the result checking token.
NECO is an examination taken yearly by all Nigerian students who are in their final year of secondary school education.
Students are advised to visit NECO website to obtain the token required for checking the result.
Guide to Check NECO Result.
- Go to NECO result checking portal at https://result.neco.gov.ng/.
- Pick your exam year. i.e. 2019
- Pick your exam type. i.e. SSCE INTERNAL (JUN/JUL)
- Enter your Token Number and registration number in the appropriate columns.
- Finally, click on check result button to access your NECO result.
If you follow the simple steps outlined above, by now you should be seeing your grades in each subject.
The acting Registrar of NECO, Abubakar Gana, announced that out of the 1,151,016 candidates who sat for the examination, 829,787 of the candidates got at least five credit passes including Mathematics and the English Language.
40,630 candidates were involved in examination malpractices.
Remember to drop a comment with us if you have successfully checked and seen your result. If you have any questions do well to ask.
HOW TO DEVELOP CHARACTERS IN A STORY
6 Simple Tips on developing characters in a story.
A character could mean a distinguishing feature or trait between different things or persons. So when developing characters in a story there should be a distinct trait and personality they must possess and also changes these personalities go through during the course of the story.
The ability to develop characters whom your readers believe in is very essential.
Now let’s look at 6 simple tips that are used in developing characters in a story.
- Create a profile for your characters
Creating a detailed character profile is a useful way to broaden your own understanding of your characters development. It involves outlining the profile of each character which includes their Name, Age, Gender, Likes and Dislikes, Occupation etc. You should get as detailed as possible - Develop your characters personality using dialogue
This involves their speech and respond to questions that are being asked to the character. For example,
“Hello”. I called out. The farmer looked up. First at Davie then at me. Who are you looking for, she asked?. Her voice was light but gravel sprinkled. I kept starting at her fingers as they planted each seed. Then i answered, “The Caretaker”. You should have said so.” Okay ma’am”. What do you need from him?
This short dialogue has developed the character a bit further. We now see her tough uncompromising nature. Her words are straight to the point. Her abrupt tone suggests wariness. Her quick “Who are you looking for” potrays a hint of mistrust.
To develop a more believable character, ask a series of questions that will reveal their true self inside out, like
• Who is your role model and why?
• What is your greatest desire?
• What was your most embarrassing moment?
• What is your vision in life?
You can get more personal, as this process will help you create a unique profile for your characters
3. Give your characters desires and want
Every one wants something at one point or another in time. I mean who doesn’t? So also should your storys character even if it’s only a bowl of ice cream or a cup of water
There are some basic motivation that drives people which includes desire for
• Wealth and Fame
• Intimate relationships/ Romantic partners
• Happiness, etc.
Characters are especially believable when you’re able to show that, they like us also have desires, wants and needs, and that they are not just figments of our imagination. This challenge adds spice to your characters path.
4. Give your characters some inconsistencies and flaws
Just like one of the Avengers endgame characters, Captain America whose heart was his weakness, your character should be given an occasional weakness or flaw so they don’t sound boring.
So occasional inconsistencies and flaws are very useful for the following reasons
• Your readers will relate easily with them even on a basic level (e.g having a eating disorder)
• It makes your story intriguing and dramatic.
• They shouldn’t be consistent with their beliefs at all times
A character who is charming could find itself in a situation that warrants they lose their temper. For such out of character incidents, the cause should be shown in the story so as not to catch your readers unaware.
5. Give characters obstacles to overcome.
When characters are placed in situations whereby they have to overcome obstacles or defeat another character, it creates an air of excitement and tension. This also helps in developing the character further.
For example in a romantic story you can,
• Add third interfering parties, like in Romeo and Juliet, where the ill fated lovers family feud complicated and threatened their connection
• Create distance, like most new romance movies the love interest is suddenly taken far away.
• Add a flaw that creates hurdles, a character might bring in baggage like romance is a bonus book, threatening the harmony and stability of their relationship.
6. Use a secondary character to add perspective
Secondary characters have the ability to develop sides of your main characters your readers are yet to see. For example, a young lady who seems meek and gentle as a lamb may become aggressive when she meets someone who reminds her of a bad experience like a rape incident
In conclusion, for you to develop amazing characters that your readers will get hooked on, it will entail using a physical description, dialogues and action all at once as this helps the reader build a clear mental picture of them.