2014 ESSAY CONTEST ON DIVORCE FOR AFRICANS
ORGANIZED BY: CHUDANOG PUBLISHERS LIMITED

THEME: “RESTORING THE SANCTITY OF MARRIAGE”

There is an undesirable development taking place in the family circles of most African nations today. There is an incessant increase in the rate of divorce in many African homes! This ugly trend seems to be at variance with what was obtainable some years back, when marriages were cherished and guarded jealously, while divorce and other forms of marital acrimony were jettisoned. In this essay contest, you are expected to appraise the reasons why many marriages are hitting the rocks today in Africa and also proffer solutions on what could be done in order to checkmate the alarming increase in divorce.

ELIGIBILITY:

This contest is open to all Africans who have attained the age of 18 or shall attain the age of 18 on or before the deadline for the submission of the essay, being the 31st day of December, 2014.

HOW TO PARTICIPATE IN THE COMPETITION:
• Send you email id to the mobile number +2349032960762 or to the email ids: pragmaticreaders@gmail.com; pragmaticreaders@yahoo.com, requesting for a PDF copy of the essay entitled ‘Restoring the Lost Glory of the Institution of Marriage.’

• The essay will be forwarded to your mailbox within 48 hours upon request. Endeavour to check your spam mail folder should in case the mail gets delivered into the spam mail folder.

• Read up the entire essay entitled ‘Restoring the Lost Glory of the Institution of Marriage.’

• In your own words, appraise the reasons why there is increase in divorce in African homes and what could be done to checkmate the ugly trend, while making intermittent reference to the article you read. You are expected to analyse the factor (s) responsible for the increase in divorce cases recorded in African homes and also to proffer innovative solutions on what could be done to ensure that divorce is reduced to the barest minimum in African homes.

• The essay should be sent to the email ids: pragmaticreaders@gmail.com or pragmaticreaders@yahoo.com with the headline ‘Essay Contest Entry’ on or before the deadline for submission, being the hour of 11:59 pm (Nigerian time) on the 31st day of December, 2014.
Any essay submitted after the deadline shall on no account be accepted.

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION
The essay contest runs from the 1st day of August 2014, and ends on the 31st day of December 2014.

CRITERIA FOR MARKING
• Originality of ideas
• Strength of argument
• Grammatical construction, and
• Practicability of solutions proffered.
OTHER RULES:
• Essay should not be less than 2000 words, and not more than 4000 words excluding the cover page and references (if any).
• 12 font size; 1.5 lines spacing; justified format; and Times New Roman font should be used.
• Entrants should ensure that they do not violate any person’s copyright in their work. Moreover, by participating in this essay, the company Chudanog Publishers Limited shall not be held liable for any copyright claims that might come up because of an entry made by an entrant.

• The essay should have a cover page, containing the following information:
 Name of entrant
 Date of birth
 Nationality
 Email id
 Contact number
 Word count of essay

DECLARATION OF RESULT:

The result of the essay will be officially announced on the 27th day of February, 2015 on the website of Chudanog Publishers Limited, being www.pragmaticreaders.com and also on the Facebook page of the Company, being www.facebook.com/pragmatricreaderszone.


PRIZES
1st prize N 50,000.00 (Fifty Thousand Naira) and a Certificate of Recognition
2nd prize N 30,000.00 (Thirty Thousand Naira) and a Certificate of Recognition
3rd prize N 20,000.00 (Twenty Thousand Naira) and a Certificate of recognition
5 Honourable mentions, to be issued certificates respectively

The best top 50 essays will be compiled and published in an e-book format by Chudanog Publishers Limited, subject to the approval of the authors of the essays first gotten in that regard. The names of the authors of the best 50 essays will also be published on the Facebook page of Chudanog Publishers Limited. Moreover, the authors of the best 50 essays to be published will be remunerated from any gains that will be made from the sales of the proposed e-book, subjects to terms and conditions that will be made known by the Company which shall be communicated to the authors for their express authorization and/or approval before the publication of their work will take place.

For More Enquires, Contact:

The Managing Director
Chudanog Publishers Limited
54 Nwobodonnam Street, Maryland Layout
Enugu,
Enugu State, Nigeria.
Mobile: +2349032960762
Email Id: pragmaticreaders@gmail.com; pragmaticreaders@yahoo.com
Website www.pragmaticreaders.com
Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/pragmatricreaderszone
Skype id: pragmatic.readers1