Winners at the Naija Stories Independence Contest.

First Prize of $150 - Emmanuel Iduma with Electronic Freedom.
Second Prize of $100 - Remi Roy with A Heart for the Game.
Third Prize of $50 - Dipo Adesida with Never Again
Naijastories.com is a website committed to promoting the writing and reading of Nigerian Fiction. The Nigeria Independence day contest was set up to mark the October 1st and Naija@50 celebrations. Short fiction pieces were required of contestants to reminisce on what’s changed in the past 50 years and what may be ahead. The total cash prize of $300 was used to sponsor the contest.  The contest opened on Sept 8th and received 35 entries. Out of the 28 stories that qualified for the first stage, 14 were shortlisted from popular voting and were further  reviewed by the Naija Stories Editors to select the winners.

The Naija Stories website and some of the contest entries were featured on the BBC News Nigeria Blog Round-up. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-11445817
The winners were then selected and announced on Friday, Oct 1, 2010. Ten stories also got honorable mentions and are listed below.
Trumpeter on independence day - Henry C. Onyema
Nigeria by 2050 - Joshua J. Omojuwa
The Parade - Sylva Nze Ifedigbo
WHEN THE GREEN STORM CALMS - Emmanuel Ukoh
My Independence Day - Anderson Paul
Lonely Hearts - Funmi F
MR OLUMIDE'S EXPERIENCE - Lawal Opeyemi
I believe - Fabian Agakemeh
Breaking Free - Ifreke Inyang
Passing of a Memory - Fred Nwonwu.