“If a single story has the power to change our minds, our collective stories have the power to change history”.
Imagine the stories of young people across Africa “Breaking the Silence” on FGM. Imagine your story inspiring someone across the continent to speak out against Female Genital Mutilation. Imagine your story staring up hope for the survivors and victims of Female Genital Mutilation. Imagine millions of young people across the continent who can read your story and are encouraged to take action and demand an end to female genital mutilation.
Now the opportunity is here, and your dreams are about to come true….
YouthHubAfrica, with support from the UNFPA-UNICEF Joint Programme on the Elimination of Female Genital Mutilation, has launched a monthly Storytelling Competition titled “Courage: Breaking the Silence on Female Genital Mutilation!”
This is an opportunity for young people to use the art of Storytelling to disrupt the culture of silence on FGM.
WORTH
- The three best feature stories will stand a chance to win cash prizes worth 100 USD each month for the next six months (18 winners will emerge with three winners per month)
- This is not all, each month, participants’ stories will be featured on the www.youthendfgm.org website for an African broad audience
ELIGIBILITY
- The Call is open to young Africans aged 18 – 35 years
- Acceptable Categories: Text
- Maximum number of words: 400
- Stories should be creative and depict the reality of FGM
Steps to participate:
- Click ‘visit here’ link and fill out the form
- Click the ‘login in’ link to create an account https://youthendfgm.org/sign-up/
- Submit your story focusing on the theme of the Month- ‘FGM: Silencing the voices in my head.’
- Stories should be fictional, creative, original and depict the reality of FGM
NOTE: All stories must be original works of fiction as they will be subjected to a plagiarism test.
Judging:
The competition will be judged in two stages:
Stage One: Participants will submit their stories on the blogs page on the YouthendFGM website. The stories will go through an initial review and only stories that comply with our guidance will be published on the website.
Stage Two: Once the stories have been approved and published online, participants can begin to share with their network to gain likes and comments to proceed to the next stage. A minimum of 100 likes and 50 comments qualifies one to move to the final stage.
Stage Three: A panel of Judges will review the stories. They will consider Language, Presentation, Creativity and Relevance to the context.
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- Language (grammar, vocabulary, spelling and punctuation)
- Elements (character, setting, plot, conflict and theme)
- Creativity (make the story become alive)
- Relevance to the issue/content
DEADLINE: April 30, 2022. 17:00 (GMT + 1)
To apply and for more information visit here
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