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Story of the Week and the Story of the Month Contest

Posted by Storymoja Africa on July 3, 2009

Updates

The deadline for the Story of the Week has changed to Thursday 9th, 16th and the 23rd of July. These stories will be published on the Storymoja Blog and then entered into the Story of the Month Contest. The winner will get two tickets to the Storymoja Hay Festival. Enter now by sending in your story to blogs[a]storymojaafrica.co.ke

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Your votes are in and the story of the week is…

Rendezvous by Chrispus Kimaru, he wins again! Read it here

And now a little bit about the scheduled Storymoja Story of the Month. All stories that will be submitted by Sunday 5th, 12th, 19th and 26th of the month of July then published on the blog the following Monday, will be eligible first to win the Storymoja Story of the Week. Winners of the Story of the week get a chance to have their profiles and personal blogs featured on the Storymoja Blog and Website at the end of that week.

The winner and 1st runner up will be entered into the Storymoja Story of the Month which will be closed for judging on Monday 27th, July 2009. The judges who will be chosen from among you readers who will enter the Write, Judge and Win Contest which closes on Wednesday 8th, July 2009 at 11.59pm.

The winner of the Storymoja Story of the Month will get a ticket to the three day literary Storymoja Hay Festival on Friday 31st July, Saturday 1st August, Sunday 2nd August 2009 at the Impala Club Grounds.

Well, then, get writing, send in your stories and then join us here on Monday for the next batch of stories and be sure to vote for the Story of the week July 6th, 2009. If you would like your story to compete for the Story of the Week and very likely the Story of the Month, please send in your story to blogs@storymojaafrica.co.ke before the deadline.