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 […]
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AVAILABLE WRITING CONTESTS
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 […]
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THE ESSAYIST GROWS A ROSE GARDEN
I want to tell you that participating in essay writing contests is as easy as sleeping in night class; that your pen is a wand, and all you need do is swish and flick to get superb content on your paper, but if I do that, a well furnished apartment will be reserved for me […]
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MY UNEG STORY
THE JOURNEY SO FAR – ONAH NICODEMUS CHIDERA I would consider myself fortunate to have joined UNEG when I did. As in the past story shared by our mentor and the only remaining founding member of UNEG, this association started in 2015 but was domesticated in the University of Nigeria, Nsukka in 2016. The events […]
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MY UNEG STORY
MY ROMANCE WITH UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA ESSAYISTS’ GROUP (UNEG) -ASOGWA CHIJIOKE PETER The story of my romance with UNEG is an authentication of the sayings that indeed we attract unto ourselves what we constantly hold in our minds and that no man stands alone who works with his brothers. It all started in 2014, precisely […]
The results for the 2019/2020 Recruitment campaign Essay Contest are out! The University of Nigeria Essayists’ Group would love to thank every student who participated in this contest and all others who spread the news. We received tons of entries, but we were firm in our adherence to eligibility requirements and deadline date, so some […]
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