Top 34 Entry Shortlist




The Benue Prize Short Story Contest

Shortlist of Top 34 entries.

The indices used in scoring entries includes Vocabulary use, Plot, linguistic device, grammar, spelling, and Overall creativity. 

These are entries that scored 60% and above.

The  names are in no particular order.

1. A Tree's message by Olukemi L. Bateye 

2. Casting off a pandemic at the edge of the world by Adaji Samuel Adoka

3. One more chance by Adeagbo Barakat 

4. A glimpse at mother nature under the even sky by ADENIJI EMMANUEL 

5. The Great lockdown 2020 by PADDY ADOGA OYIFIODA 

6. Break Free by ANKELI EHI JESSICA  

7. The familiar stranger by ESTHER EHI BENEDICT 

8. Locked in the arms of pain by DOOSUUR J. AKULA 

9. A Coronacious holiday to remember by ALOBU KELECHI EMMANUEL 

10.  The Great Lockdown by OMINIRAN BUKOLA 

11. She Thought It Was Love by KEZIAH GARBA

12. The travails of Two Pandemics by UBAH L. FAITH

13. Adewura by Olabisi Comfort Oluwabunmi

14. The Great lockdown by Kpobari Peaceful 

15. Mother's Son by LEAM JOSHUA 

16. The Call by IDUH OCHOBU SAMUEL

17. The Great lockdown by Odunuga Ifeoluwa Florence

18. Love, The price I paid by UDAH GRACE-ANNE OGBENE 

19. Slim chances by Gloria Utukubok Asuquo 

20. If Only by Maryam Abdulsalam 

21. Memoirs of Mena by Gerard Raechelle Chineye 



22. Flowers in Concrete by MOSES A. OKWORI 

23. The Great Lockdown by EMMANUELLA ASOGWA 

24. The Only Way Out by NJOKU AUGUSTA CHINWEUBAM 

25. The Cruelty of Covid by SUNDAY DARE 

26. Blinding Light by ROSEMARY NWONYE 

27. The Mind is the Eye by SANDRA ANDREW 

28. The Great Lockdown by PRECIOUS SUNDAY TSAKU

29. The Downside of an Adventurous Life by EZUGWU ONYINYE FRANCES

30. The Dawn of Darkness by GBASHANAM DOROTHY

31. Seeing by OJILE K. SAMUEL

32. Moonlight Reminiscence by MATHIAS OCHE

33. Aunty Maimuna by LUKA ZIDYEP KEZIAH

34. Grand and Grit by KAREN HAPPUCH GARBA

Comments

  1. Susan20 September 2020 at 16:37

    Number 3..... Wow❤️❤️❤️

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  2. Emmanuel Alobu20 September 2020 at 22:58

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  3. Emmanuel Alobu20 September 2020 at 23:02

    What will I say...? I'm just so grateful to God! A very big thanks to the organizers and Judges of the Benue prize short story contest, who painstakingly made it possible for the contest to see the light of the day.

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  4. Unknown21 September 2020 at 01:15

    I'm absolutely honoured to have made this list.
    Congrats to everyone who's made it this far, greater things shall we see.
    And to the organizers of the competition, thank you for this opportunity 💙

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  5. Onyi21 September 2020 at 02:54

    It's an honour to be on this list

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  6. Unknown21 September 2020 at 13:47

    The author of THE CRUELTY OF COVID is Samuel Dare, not Sunday Dare. Thank you.

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  7. Susan22 September 2020 at 03:06

    Thank you very much for this honor.... I have been checking every minute to see if my name would just disappear but it haven't and I happy... Thank you very much to the judges and the organizers

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  8. Unknown23 September 2020 at 05:54

    Congratulations to you all.

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  9. Unknown17 October 2020 at 04:59

    Congratulations to all.
    Wow. I'm just knowing I made the list.

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