SPOKEN WORDS COMPETITION

Hope for African Girls Initiative presents A Spoken Words Competition with the theme; Girls not BRIDES; Your Call

We are pleased to announce our Spoken Word Competition aimed at gathering the advocacy message of young people aged 18-28 on the subject of Girl Child Marriage. We want to find the most powerful and compelling poetic responses to one of the biggest threats of our time, and to make sure that younger voices are part of the debate and are heard as we mount efforts to put an end to this scourge in Africa and beyond.

Can you get young girls to imagine how they might live their lives differently? Can you move people to think about their future, and to want to change it? We’re running a spoken word competition to find the most powerful and compelling poetic responses to one of the biggest threats of our time.

We are calling on young people between the ages of 18 - 28 to write and perform a spoken word poem that responds to Girl Child Marriage

Your submission should be a written poem that you will perform at the final round of the Competition, It should be between 50 – 400 words. You will be short-listed on the written piece and judged on based on the number of Votes and feedback from the audience.

The final will be a live performance of your work. The deadline for entries is midnight on May 30th 2016. The competition kicks off on 1st June and ends on the 20th (Voting ends on 12am, on the 20th of June) The winner will be contacted via email to attend the GIRL not BRIDE event in Lagos on 25th of June where he will be given a trophy and a cash prize of 100,000

Judges: Your work will be professionally judged by 3 professional spoken word artists known for their work.

The shortlisted poet (Winner) will receive a fee of N100,000 for this performance and a professionally filmed and edited video of their performance.

The winner will be widely promoted on our networks and the networks involved in this competition.

All entries will join a global campaign encouraging people to take a bold step in putting a stop on Girl Child Marriage

The Time Is Now! Get your voice heard.

To enter send your spoken words to haginitiative@gmail.com marked #GirlsnotBrides with your name, age, email address and telephone number before midnight on May30th. Please also tell us how you heard about this competition.

All entries must be between 50 - 400 words and applicants must be between the ages of 18 - 28.

The competition is open to both Genders.