SOCIETY OF YOUNG NIGERIAN WRITERS PROMISES TO MAKE 2023 EVENTFUL

The President of the Society of Young Nigerian Writers (SYNW), Mr. Wole Adedoyin, has promised to make 2023 eventful, saying the group would be coming up with several literary projects in order to develop the talents of young writers. Two of the projects are establishment of Ulli Beier Society and JP Clark Society.

Adedoyin stated this in a release issued on Sunday on the literary organization’s vision for the year 2023.

Speaking further, Adedoyin said, “We achieved a lot last year. We established over five new book clubs; several of our members got published, with many of them getting published for the first time.”

“This year, however, promises to be more eventful than last year”

“We are ready to establish more book clubs, establish two literary societies, Ulli Beier Society and JP Clark Society and organize a lot of poetry and literary competitions, as this will help develop the creativity in our members”.

“Currently, the book clubs under the management of the Society of Young Nigerian Writers (SYNW) are: Ilorin Book Club, Ekiti Book Club, Abeokuta Book Club, Ilesha Book Club, Iseyin Book Club, Edo Book Club, Arewa Book Club, Ife Book Club, Akure Book Club, Eko Book Club, Atiba Book Club, Ogbomosho Book Club, Osogbo Book Club and Ibadan Book Club.

“However, we cannot do it alone without the support of well-to-do members of the public and even corporate organizations, who we want to partner with in order to develop literature in the country,” Adedoyin who is also the President of the Nigeria Chapter of the International Writers Association (IWA).

Society of Young Nigerian Writers (SYNW), is an umbrella organisation that was founded to promote creative writing and literary arts among writers based in Nigeria between the ages of 10 and 40. It was founded in 2010 at the former house of the Nobel Laureate Professor Wole Soyinka at the University of Ibadan. It was formerly known as the World of Poets and Literary Society.

Society of Young Nigerian Writers (SYNW) is a member of the International Authors Forum (IAF). It has also collaborated with different international organizations like the Alliance Francaise (Nigeria), 100 Thousand Poets for Change, Woman Scream International Poetry and Arts Festival, International Women Writing Guild, International Writers Association, and International Human Rights Art Festival (IHRAF).

In 2019, Society of Young Nigerian Writers (SYNW) was duly acknowledged and mentioned in a book titled “TEEN LIVES AROUND THE WORLD: A GLOBAL ENCYCLOPEDIA (2 VOLUMES)” edited by Karen Wells. The Society of Young Nigerian Writers (SYNW) was described as the only active young writers’ body in Nigeria.