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Femi Amogunla Drucker Challenge Finalist Needs Your Votes!

Hey there art lovers! Poet and friend of the African Renaissance Femi Amongula is a finalist in the Drucker Challenge and HE NEEDS YOUR VOTES!

The Road to the Adventure

The Global Peter Drucker Challenge is a yearly essay and video contest for students and professionals organized by the Peter Drucker Society Europe. The contest aims at raising awareness about the works and ideas of Peter Drucker among young people – the new generation—in order to build on a management philosophy that puts the human being at its centre. Earlier in the year, there was a call to submit an essay and/or a video on the theme “Lost in Digital Wonderland – Finding a Path in the Global Knowledge Society” – with emphasis on personal insights and forward looking perspectives that have the potential to inspire others.

After a thorough screening, fourteen videos were selected across the world. These videos were again reduced to eight after a keenly contested first round. Among these last eight is Femi Amogunla, a brilliant and inspiring young Nigerian who NEEDS YOUR VOTES for his video Letter to the Future Manager to emerge as a winner.

About Letter to the Future Manager

The world is fast becoming a village, thanks to the internet! The internet presents us with a new wonderland, of opportunities and challenges. Come to think of it, in a highly digitalized world, where everything is connected, you work with your properties and then with who you are. How will the future manager manage their life, their time? Will there ever be a way out of this wonderland called internet in the years ahead? These questions and more are explored in this three minute video!

How do I vote?

Voting is as easy as Jackson Five song – A-B-C.

First, sign into your social media accounts—Facebook, Twitter and Linkedin—on different window Tabs.

Second, sign up as Jury on the Peter Drucker website.

Third, open Femi Amogunla’s video Letter to the Future Manager to watch. Add it as a favourite. Then, use the share buttons the video to share on your different social media platforms.

Share the video with family and friends. Hey you can even get your own discussion going on. You can share the video every 24hours.

The deadline is on August 28, then winners will be announced on August 29. So let’s get sharing! Let’s come together, show love and support to a brilliant young man doing his country proud.

Femi Amogunla Drucker Challenge Finalist Needs Your Votes!

Hey there art lovers! Poet and friend of the African Renaissance Femi Amogunla is a finalist in the Drucker Challenge and HE NEEDS YOUR VOTES!

The Road to the Adventure

The Global Peter Drucker Challenge is a yearly essay and video contest for students and professionals organized by the Peter Drucker Society Europe. The contest aims at raising awareness about the works and ideas of Peter Drucker among young people – the new generation—in order to build on a management philosophy that puts the human being at its centre. Earlier in the year, there was a call to submit an essay and/or a video on the theme “Lost in Digital Wonderland – Finding a Path in the Global Knowledge Society” – with emphasis on personal insights and forward looking perspectives that have the potential to inspire others.

After a thorough screening, fourteen videos were selected across the world. These videos were again reduced to eight after a keenly contested first round. Among these last eight is Femi Amogunla, a brilliant and inspiring young Nigerian who NEEDS YOUR VOTES for his video Letter to the Future Manager to emerge as a winner.

About Letter to the Future Manager

The world is fast becoming a village, thanks to the internet! The internet presents us with a new wonderland, of opportunities and challenges. Come to think of it, in a highly digitalized world, where everything is connected, you work with your properties and then with who you are. How will the future manager manage their life, their time? Will there ever be a way out of this wonderland called internet in the years ahead? These questions and more are explored in this three minute video!

How do I vote?

Voting is as easy as Jackson Five song – A-B-C.

First, sign into your social media accounts—Facebook, Twitter and Linkedin—on different window Tabs.

Second, sign up as Jury on the Peter Drucker website.

Third, open Femi Amogunla’s video Letter to the Future Manager to watch. Add it as a favourite. Then, use the share buttons the video to share on your different social media platforms.

Share the video with family and friends. Hey you can even get your own discussion going on. You can share the video every 24hours.

The deadline is on August 28, then winners will be announced on August 29. So let’s get sharing! Let’s come together, show love and support to a brilliant young man doing his country proud.

Design Competition: Apply Now to Win A’ Design Awards & Competition – Call for Entries

Each year, A’ design award & competition celebrates the work of designers, architects, innovators and companies, through a fair and ethical competition that acknowledges their creative and social impact on an international scale.

A’ design award & competition covers the vast disciplines of the design industry. It offers more than 100 categories in which to submit your work these include: architecture, building and structure design; digital and electronic devices design; furniture, decorative items and home design; social design; street furniture design; and packaging design.

Register now and submit your work!
Click on this link: https://www.adesignaward.com/registration.php

IMPROVE YOUR CHANCES OF EMERGING A WINNER IN THE HOMEVIDA SHORT FILM SCRIPT COMPETITION

N100, 000 is up for grabs in the Homevida 2014 Short Film Script Competition and we want to help you win it! Improve your chances of emerging a winner by better understanding the competition, its mission, criteria and guidelines.

Terms of reference: this details articles 1 – 11 which provide important information about the competition, its goals, judges and overall modes of operation.

Short film script criteria: this details the criteria for short screenplays based on which winning scripts will be selected.

Rules and conditions: ensure that you as a writer are eligible and your script does not get disqualified by understanding the rules and regulations guiding the competition.

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Press release for the Homevida Short Film Script Competition.

Homevida 2014 Short Screenplay Competition

Stand a chance to win a N100, 000 and have your winning scripts turned into short films in the Homevida 2014 Call for Scripts Competition.

Homevida is calling on all Nigerians between the ages of 16 – 30 to send their original short scripts in these 3 categories: See it after the cut…

· The Investors Protection Prize, endowed by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
· The Human Development Prize, endowed by United Nations Millennium Campaign (UNMC)
· Recognition for the Best Anti trafficking in Persons Script by United Nations on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and funded by the European Union (3 winners will be selected from this category)

To be eligible, all submitted scripts must be:
· Able to fit into a 10-15 minutes short film. Scripts should be no more than 15 pages.
· Have well defined characters and plot
· Typed and presented professionally in MS Word or PDF.

Entries close June 13, 2014.
To read more on the criteria for each category, click HERE
To submit your script, click here http://homevida.org/competitions/short-film-submition

Homevida is an initiative of the Public and Private Development Centre (PPDC). This initiative was created on a platform to drive creative messaging on integrity and value change by providing incentives to film makers who consider such values when making their movies. We have partnered with institutions such as Securities and Exchange Commission Nigeria (SEC), Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP), Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB), Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the National Film and Videos Censors Board (NFVCB).

For more enquiries on the competition: 08036267188 or info@homevida.org
To know more about our work and past events visit: http://www.homevida.org
Click here to watch the short film which won the Family Friendly Prize Homevida 2011 Short Scripts Competition

IMPORTANT! Improve your chances of emerging a winner by better understanding competition and its goals:
Terms of reference for the Homevida short film script competition.
Criteria for the short film script entries.
Rules and conditions for submission of short film scripts.

Sourced from the Homevida competition website and the Linda Ikeji blog

Voting for the Abuja Radio Awards Is Now Open!

The voting of the Abuja Radio Awards has officially started. To vote for your favorite radio station, show, on air personality, programmes e.t.c.

Text the words ARA13 (Space) Category Code (Space) Nominee to 33140.
E.g. ARA13 RSY LoveFm to 33140.

It is that simple, so start voting now to see your favorites win.
Voting closes on the 28th of March 2014.
Multiple vote is allowed. the more you vote the better their chances to win.
Vote and get an opportunity to attend the event.

#ARA13 Celebrating Voices.

For full list of category code and nominees, visit the Abuja Radio Awards website.

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Official Press Release: Abuja Radio Awards 2013

ENTRY CATEGORIES FOR THE ABUJA RADIO AWARDS

1. RADIO STATION OF THE YEAR (RSY)
• HOT FM ABUJA 98.3
• ASO RADIO (A.B.C) 93.5
* BRILA FM ABUJA (Sports Radio) 88.9
• RAYPOWER FM ABUJA 100.5
• VISION FM ABUJA 92.1
• WAZOBIA FM ABUJA 99.5
• RHYTHM FM ABUJA 94.7
• KAPITAL FM ABUJA (FRCN) 92.9
• LOVE FM (Crowther Radio) 104.5

2. ON AIR PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR (OAP)
• ABDULFATAI OTORI (Radio Nigeria)
• UJU OHIAERI (Love fm)
• JOY MAKKA (Kapital fm)
• BIG MO (Wazobia fm)
• MEKA (Rhythm fm)
• MAQUIN JOSEPH-RESIDENT PRESIDENT (Raypower fm)
• AY SUGA (Brila fm)
• COMRADE MARTINS (Aso Radio)
• PIUS CHARLES-CHEEZY CHARLES (Hot fm)

3. RADIO DRAMA OF THE YEAR (RDY)
• PLAY OF THE WEEK (KAPITAL FM)
• THE COUNSELLOR (KAPITAL THEATRE)
• STORY STORY (BBC MEDIA ACTTION)
• STATE OF THE NATION (NIGERIAN INFO)

4. CONTENT PRODUCER OF THE YEAR (CPY)
• SEYI ELLAMS (RAYPOWER FM)
• INYA ODE (NIGERIAN INFO)
• NDUBISI IKPEAGHA (RADIO NIGERIA)
• BIG MO (WAZOBIA FM)
• WALE OJO (RHYTHM FM)
• IFEANYI UGWUOKE (VISION FM)
• SHARAFA AKANNI BELLO (BRILA FM)
• SAM AKPAN (LOVE FM)
• EXPENSIVE (WAZOBIA FM)
• MARTHA GOWON (KAPITAL FM)

5. RADIO DJ OF THE YEAR (RDJ)
• BENDODO OCHE (RADIO NIGERIA)
• EMMANUEL OMEBIYE (KAPITAL FM)
• DJ ADX (LOVE FM)
• EDWARD SIMON (ASO RADIO)
• DJ SCOTT (BRILA FM)
• DJ ALEX (RAYPOWER FM)
• DJ OJ (RHYTHM FM)
• BIG MO (WAZOBIA FM)
• DJ TTB (COOL FM)

6. MUSIC SHOW OF THE YEAR (MSY)
• BIG BEATS SHOW (LOVE FM)
• COUNTRY ROADS (KAPITAL FM)
• COOL BEST 20 (COOL FM)
• NAKAWA TOP 10 (WAZOBIA FM)
• GREEN TOP 10 COUNTDOWN (RHYTHM FM)
• REGGAE ROCKERS (ASO RADIO)

7. SPORT SHOW OF THE YEAR (SSY)
• FOOTBALL 360 DEGREES (BRILA FM)
• RHYTHM SPORTS (RHYTHM FM)
• HOT SPORTS (HOT FM)
• SPORTS WAKA (WAZOBIA FM)
• SPORT TRACK (KAPITAL FM)
• SPORT @ FIVE (LOVE FM)
• GLOBAL SPORTS WATCH (ASO RADIO)
• SPORTS DRIVE (NIGERIAN INFO)
• VISION SPORTS (VISION FM)
• FOOTBALL FRENZI (COOL FM)

8. GOSPEL SHOW OF THE YEAR (GSY)
• BABA YOU TOO MUCH (RADIO NIGERIA)
• SONG BIRD (KAPITAL FM)
• PRAISE JAM (COOL FM)
• MAKE WE PRAISE BABA GOD (WAZOBIA FM)
• GOSPEL VIBE (RHYTHM FM)
• WHEN GOD & I TALK (RAYPOWER FM)
• GET YOUR PRAISE ON (HOT FM)
• TESTIMONY RADIO (LOVE FM)

9. NEWS AND ACTUALITY SHOW (NAS)
• BURGAMI (VISION FM)
• KONTRI TORI (RADIO NIGERIA)
• PEOPLES ASSEMBLY (HOT FM)
• MORNING CROSSFIRE (NIGERIAN INFO)
• THE PODIUM (LOVE FM)
• NIGERIA INFO (COOL FM)
• KNOW YOUR RIGHTS (RADIO NIGERIA)
• DEM SAY DEM SAY NEWS (WAZOBIA FM)
• SITUATION REPORT (RHYTHM FM)
• BACK PASS-THE FANS ASSEMBLY (BRILA FM)
• NEWS AND CURRENT AFFAIRS (ASO RADIO)

10. YOUNG ACHIEVER OF THE YEAR (YAY)
• UFOMA EGURIASE (RADIO NIGERIA)
• NKEDILIM NWEZE (KAPITAL FM)
• VICTOR OGBONNA-VELMO (LOVE FM)
• MIRIAN CHIAZOR-MIMI (COOL FM)
• HAMOUDE HOMSI (RHYTHM FM)
• SYLVIA IWONG UGI (BRILA FM)
• OPERA DAVID (ASO RADIO)
• RITA EGHUJOVBO (HOT FM)

11. BREAKFAST SHOW OF THE YEAR (BSY)
• BREKETE (LOVE FM)
• DAYBREAK ON KAPITAL (KAPITAL FM)
• UNA WAKE UP SHOW (WAZOBIA FM)
• MORNING DRIVE (RHYTHM FM)
• ABUJA MORNING SHOW (VISION FM)
• ULTIMATE MORNING SHOW (RAYPOWER FM)
• THE BIG SPORTS BREAKFAST SHOW (BRILA FM)
• HOT BREAKFAST SHOW (HOT FM)

12. DAYTIME SHOW OF THE YEAR (DSY)
• TAKE LIFE JEJE (RADIO NIGERIA)
• MELLOW FLIGHT (KAPITAL FM)
• HAPPY HOUR SHOW (LOVE FM)
• THE RENDEZVOUS RADIO SHOW (HOT FM)
• BEYOND BOTHERS (BRILA FM)
• NAJERIYA A YAU (VISION FM)
• THE VIBE (RHYTHM FM)
• MIDDAY DIALOGUE (NIGERIAN INFO)
• OGA MADAM OFFICE (WAZOBIA FM)

13. NIGHT TIME SHOW OF THE YEAR (NSY)
• LEAN ON ME (KAPITAL FM)
• POWER PLAY (RAYPOWER FM)
• RHYTHMS OF THE NIGHT (RHYTHM FM)
• TORI WOWO (LOVE FM)
• CLOSING JOLLY JOLLY (WAZOBIA FM)
• WEATHERING THE STORM (VISION FM)
• CHAT STATION (NIGERIAN INFO)
• POPULAR SIDE (BRILA FM)
• THE NIGHT CRUISE (HOT FM)
• ARROWS OF LOVE (ASO RADIO)

14. BUSINESS AND FINANCE SHOW (BFS)
• KNOW YOUR BUDGET (RHYTHM FM)
• BUSINESS HOUR (RADIO NIGERIA)
• REDEFINING BUSINESS SHOW (LOVE FM)
• BUSINESS UPDATE (NIGERIAN INFO)

15. NEWS AND ACTUALITY PRESENTER (NAP)
• YAHAYA UMAR (RADIO NIGERIA)
• CHIKEZIE OMEJE (ASO RADIO)
• INYA ODE (NIGERIAN INFO)
• MEKA (RHYTHM FM)
• PIUS CHARLES (HOT FM)
• JAHSWILL STEPHEN (VISION FM)
• SAM AKPAN (LOVE FM)
• MAYOWA OGUNLEYE (WAZOBIA FM)
• JOHN KENNEDY (RADIO NIGERIA)
• CHRISTY & OFI (NIGERIAN INFO)
• MICHAEL OBASI (HOT FM)
• CHRIS OKENWA (RHYTHM FM)
• AY SUGA (BRILA FM)
• ARAFAT ALIYU (COOL FM)
• FRANK IDEMUDIA ALAPA-BIG ID (LOVE FM)
• ERNEST OSOGBUE (RADIO NIGERIA)
• CLINTON AGBOR AYUK (ASO RADIO)
• SINA ABIMBOLA (KAPITAL FM)
• OJ MATTHEW (VISION FM)
• TRIPLE ‘A’ (WAZOBIA FM)

16. BREAKFAST SHOW PRESENTER (BSP)
• BIG MO (WAZOBIA FM)
• MEKA (RHYTHM FM)
• JAHSWILL STEPHEN (VISION FM)
• AMBROSE SOMIDE (RAYPOWER FM)
• ABDULFATAI OTORI (RADIO NIGERIA)
• ARON THE BARON (BRILA FM)
• PIUS CHARLES (HOT FM)
• UJU OHIAERI (LOVE FM)
• JOY MAKKA (KAPITAL FM)

17. AFTERNOON DRIVE PRESENTER (AP)
• BENNY ARK (COOL FM)
• MATILDA DUNCAN (RHYTHM FM)
• HASSAN UMAR (VISION FM)
• AMAKA UDEH (HOT FM)
• LADY ‘G’ (WAZOBIA FM)
• BENDODO OCHE (RADIO NIGERIA)
• DAPO ADEYEMO-CAPITAL BIG BOSS (RAYPOWER FM)
• KESEE LAFTA (LOVE FM)
• KIMBERLY (NIGERIAN INFO)
• ABDUL FATAI OTORI (KAPITAL FM)
• SYLVIA IWONG UGI (BRILA FM)

18. NIGHT TIME SHOW PRESENTER (NSP)
• EXPENSIVE (WAZOBIA FM)
• EMMA OMBIYE (RADIO NIGERIA)
• PATRICIA-TRISH (RHYTHM FM)
• OKWY (LOVE FM)
• BENDODO OCHE (KAPITAL FM)
• JOJO (COOL FM)
• ROSEMARY (NIGERIAN INFO)
• NATHAN WILLIAMS (VISION FM)
• IQUO UKPONG-IQ (RAYPOWER FM)
• SUPERFERD (BRILA FM)
• CHRISTIANA ENYAMAH (HOT FM)
• BONIFACE TYEKU-B FACE (ASO RADIO)

19. AIRED ABUJA ACT (AAA)
• TEKNO – HOLIDAY. FT DAVIDO
• BROWN-SHUGA– IN MY. FT TEKNO
• BENDODO – EKELE FT EXZEL
• GOSPEL ON DE BEAT – RAKAKA[REMIX] FT. KAY SWITCH & TEKNO
• SAMSONG – BIANULE
• SILVER SADDIH – HOME
• WHITE NIGERIAN – PRESIDENT FT. ECO

PLEASE NOTE:Voting will be done online on our website http://www.abujaradioawards.com. Voting starts on the 8th February, 2014. Please visit our website for more info. Thank you.

©2014 Abuja Radio Awards | Road 16 House 16 | Efab Estate Lokogoma| Abuja – Nigeria

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OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE: ABUJA RADIO AWARDS

The ABUJA RADIO AWARDS is an annual recognition awards aimed at identifying, encouraging and supporting indigenous grass-root broadcast journalism in Abuja, FCT.

The Abuja Radio Awards intends to be a sort-after award celebration of radio broadcast journalism. It is to identify radio broadcast stations and staff for their undying conscious efforts towards public enlightenment and Nation building.

The essence of the Abuja Radio Awards is to enhance an ideal level of professionalism in Radio media. Thus the award is recognizes the standout work of professionals in 2013.

The Abuja Radio Awards is designed to be audience/public friendly. The public will get to take part in this award celebration by voting for their favorite stations and staffs that has proven exceptionally well in the year 2013.

The level of participation from the radio stations, staff and the corporate world has been tremendous. The list of participating radio stations for the ABUJA RADIO AWARDS 2013, in no particular order are:

I.BRILA FM88.9
II.VISION FM92.1
III.KAPITAL FM92.9
IV.ASO RADIO FM93.5
V.RHYTHM FM94.7
VI.NIGERIAN INFO95.1
VII.COOL FM96.9
VIII.HOT FM98.3
IX.WAZOBIA FM99.5
X.RAYPOWER FM100.5
XI.LOVE FM104.5
XII.RADIO NIGERIA – Network Station

Voting for these radio stations and its staff will be done via sms and online. The voting categories for The ABUJA RADIO AWARDS include:

1.NEWS AND ACTUALITY PRESENTER (NAP)

2.NIGHT-TIME SHOW OF THE YEAR (NSY)

3.DAYTIME SHOW OF THE YEAR (DSY)

4.BREAKFAST SHOW PRESENTER (BSP)

5.YOUNG ACHIEVER OF THE YEAR (YAY)

6.AFTERNOON DRIVE PRESENTER (AP)

7.BUSINESS AND FINANCE SHOW (BFS)

8.SPORT COMMENTATOR/PRESENTER (SCP)

9.NIGHT-TIME SHOW PRESENTER (NSP)

10.RADIO STATION OF THE YEAR (RSY)

11.ON AIR PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR (OAP)

12.NEWS AND ACTUALITY SHOW (NAS)

13.RADIO DISC JOCKEY OF THE YEAR (RDJ)

14.RADIO DRAMA OF THE YEAR (RDY)

15.CONTENT PRODUCER OF THE YEAR (CPY)

16.AIRED ABUJA MUSIC ACT (AAA)

17.MUSIC RADIO SHOW OF THE YEAR (MSY)

18.SPORT SHOW OF THE YEAR (SSY)

19.GOSPEL SHOW OF THE YEAR (GSY)

20.BREAKFAST SHOW OF THE YEAR (BSY)

Nomination for these categories was done independently by the radio stations. The entry nominations for the categories will be announced on 31st January, 2014, after which voting commences on 1st February, 2014, and closes 28th March, 2014.

The award night will be on 29th March, 2014, but the event is strictly by invitation. For a chance to be a part of this event, visit the Abuja Radio Awards website.

You can also join our social media pages on twitter: @abujaradioaward and Facebook: abujaradioawards, to stand a chance of getting an invitation to the event. You also stand a chance to get invites from participating radio stations.

The vision of this project is to stand the test of time and be seen as a career achievement for every radio broadcast journalist and radio stations in Abuja.

The Abuja Radio Awards will be regarded in high esteem for celebrating indigenous radio broadcast journalism through professionalism and hard work.

Be a part of history; let’s celebrate voices!

The Abuja Radio Awards 2013 Supported by:

3 VINES SOLUTION

WELLNESS VITALITY DRINK

URTELS TELEPAD

NGO BEKE COUTURE

SIGNATURE STUDIOS

AFRICAN RENAISSANCE THEATRE

BRILA FM

VISION FM

KAPITAL FM

ASO RADIO FM

RHYTHM FM

NIGERIAN INFO FM

COOL FM

HOT FM

WAZOBIA FM

RAYPOWER FM

LOVE FM

RADIO NIGERIA

DrC Couture

GUAGE CONCEPTS

To be a part of history, contact:

info@abujaradioawards.com

or call: +234 809 986 8226

The Abuja Radio Awards ’13 – Celebrating Voices!!!

©2014 Abuja Radio Awards | Road 16 House 16 | Efab Estate Lokogoma| Abuja – Nigeria

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Guidelines to: The Seven Dictators Playwriting Competition

by Mahmoud Mansi with assistance from Adrian Tawfik (Updated 1-6)

The World manages to surprise us with the unexpected, on the personal, political, ecological, economical, artistic and philosophical level.

Earth has been transforming rapidly, especially throughout the past five years, and these transformations are getting faster towards unknown destinies.

Many competitions and programs focus on the making of Democracy, Justice, and Equality. However, in this one we are focusing on the complete opposite extreme. We strongly believe that both sides of the coin, the light and the darkness, reality and fiction, do impact us strongly as philosophical artists.

We, the “The Forgotten Writers Foundation” from Egypt and “Democracy Chronicles” from New York, are honored to collaborate together to release “The Seven Dictators Play-writing Competition”:

Seven Dictators Guidelines:

* You can submit your work in two ways:

Either as: An individual writer with your name.

Or as: A theater-acting team, with the team/theater’s name, and the name of the team leader/representative.

* Write a play with a three-act structure ranging from 20 to 35 pages using seven characters of dictators that existed/still exist in the 21st Century, in any possible theme you may wish to put/gather them in.

* During the play, the playwright is free to be creative in any possible way (no limitations) to create their piece.

* The playwright is allowed to add up to three more anonymous characters (not real existing people).

* We expect the writers to reflect and discuss problems in our world through the chosen dictators, and anticipate the dictators’ feelings, thoughts and plans. We expect them to discuss problems that might have happened, still existing, and/or will exist.

* The idea of having seven dictators, is a way for highlighting the idea as a global phenomena, and not only focusing on one country.

* So we expect the writer to be diversified in intelligent in choosing the characters, and making the blend.

* You are free to choose any genre of horror, fantasy, politics, romance, or any other one.

* Dictators can be people who are non-politicians too. They can be actually in any field. Most Dictators as commonly defined by the society, are tyrants, but actually not all dictators are tyrants. However, we expect you in the very beginning, in the introduction of your play, to write two lines about each dictator you chose, in case he/she is not a very well recognized character worldwide.

* We expect the script to be unexpected, powerful, philosophical, and artistic, with sophisticated ideas, ideologies, beliefs, and settings. We simply ask you as the playwright to create a masterpiece in the realm of literature, something that was never written before, an invention!

* The winning plays will be published in a book under the name of the competition title, and some entries may be performed on stage.

* Do not mention your name inside the word document due to judging purposes.

* Plays should be submitted by email to: 7dictators@democracychronicles.com

* Please include in the email message these details; Your (Home Country, Resident Country, Address, Mobile Number, Profession, And a Bio of 100-150 Words)

* The deadline for all submissions is January 1, 2015.

Judging:

• The winning plays will be chosen on the degree of creativity and the novelty of the idea. Strange and unusual ideas are strongly recommended.

• The depth of the text, characters, places, scene etc.

• The metaphors and similes used.

• The beauty of the writing style and dialogues.

• The ending of the play and how powerful it is.

We strongly believe in you, we believe in this competition, and we believe you can be super inspired by what happened/happens/might happen in our world.

Announcing: The Seven Dictators Playwriting Competition.

All words and images via http://www.democracychronicles.com