University of Nigeria Essayists' Group
“It’s not easy at all. It starts from my own mindset. While some writers write because of the passion or as a hobby, I do it as a duty. The way I map out time for my academics, my official tasks and so on, is the same way I map out time for Essay writing and follow it as a duty.” Find out how Evans-Ibe Savictor, S., a multiple award winning essayist, manages to combine essay writing with his academic pursuits and other extracurricular activities.
The University of Nigeria Essayists’ Group (UNEG) has added a dreadful stripe to their reign of terror in the essay contest realm. This she achieved by displacing other contestants to occupy the top five spots in the National round of the 2020 ARSO Continental Essay Competition. According to the statement from the office of the […]
In the essay contest space, if you win once, it could be considered accidental; if you win twice, it’s already becoming a habit. If you win fourteen times?…Yes, Mr. Ndubisi, Chibuzor Paul is rapidly becoming a veteran at essay writing; he was recently announced as the 2nd runner up of the RETINA Initiative World Sight […]
THE ELEMENTS OF STYLE By William Strunk Jr. and E.B. White (4th edition). For your sojourn in the Essaydom to be marked by progress, one of the many habits you must cultivate is reading books, especially books that can help you hone your writing skills. One such book every essayist, and indeed every writer, must […]
To commemorate Nigeria’s 60th year Independence anniversary, Igbos for a Progressive Nigeria (IPAN), an organization driven by the desire to unite Igbos and connect them with other ethnic groups in the nation, organized an essay contest on the topic, “The Igbo Agitation: a roadmap to regaining our pride of place in the scheme of things […]
Can you picture a suit suspended in the air without a hanger? What do you see? A cloth unable to remain upright without collapsing? That is a perfect picture of a structureless essay! Structure is to an essay what cartilages are to the ears, and thermomechanical reinforcement steel bars are to buildings. An essay is […]
Greetings from UNEG!If your fingers are cold, we have compiled 11 remedies below to keep them warm. Note that two of the contests, 2 and 11, will be ending today; so get your pens rolling. 1. Katiba institute essay competition 2020The Katiba institute is all about human rights, and this essay competition aims to make […]
Literary contests usually come packaged as essay or creative writing contests. Annually, several competitions are organised at both local and global levels, but many writers miss these opportunities because they are unaware. The UNEG blog has prepared a collection of annual contests you should keep your ears open for. Below are some of the commonest […]
On 25th September, 2020, 500-level Mechanical Engineering student, Chibuzor Ndubisi, was announced the overall winner of the Coal City Ozone Layer Preservation Essay Contest. Mr. Ndubisi, who is also the incumbent Director-General of the University of Nigeria Essayists’ Group (UNEG) and a multiple award winning essayist, has consistently terrorized the national and international essay writing […]
Greetings from UNEG! Are you wondering what writing contests are up for grabs at the moment? Join the next train of paragraphs. 1.) IBUA 2020 CONTINENTAL CALLS. Ibua journal is an online magazine that features literary fiction, poetry, memoirs, essays, critical reviews, and other pieces by African writers. This year, in a bid to tap […]
University of Nigeria Essayists' Group