--- title: "Winning Writers Hub" url: https://winningwritershub.com/ description: "Writing competitions, writing tips and freelance writing guides." --- # Winning Writers Hub ## [UONGOZI Institute Leadership Essay Competition 2020 for Young Africans](https://winningwritershub.com/2020/06/uongozi-institute-leadership-essay-competition-2020-for-young-africans/) Jun 13, 2020 · Ademola Adekunbi UONGOZI Institute of African Leadership for Sustainable Development Applicants must be African citizens between the age of 18-25. The selected winners of the Uongozi 2020 essay competition will be awarded at this year’s ALF. Similar to previous years, this year’s topic aims to solicit thoughts on the theme of the… [Continue reading](https://winningwritershub.com/2020/06/uongozi-institute-leadership-essay-competition-2020-for-young-africans/) ### [Limnisa Short Story Competition 2020](https://winningwritershub.com/2020/03/limnisa-short-story-competition-2020/) Win a holiday with your short story in the Limnisa Short Story Competition 2020. Our international contest is free, open worldwide and for short… ### [Green Stories Flash Fiction Writing Competition 2020](https://winningwritershub.com/2020/03/green-stories-flash-fiction-writing-competition-2020/) Most stories set in the future are dystopian, meaning they have a pessimistic view of society. 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Apart from helping you to validate your skills and giving you an opportunity to practice and thereby hone your skills even more, you could get… ### [4 Reasons Why You Must Enter Essay Contests](https://winningwritershub.com/2017/09/4-reasons-must-enter-essay-contests/) Sep 18, 2017 · Ademola Adekunbi Reasons why you should participate in essay contests There’s always one essay contest or another that’s open for submissions , but knowing about them and actually sending in an entry are two very different things. Whether due to… ### [Quick update; major changes](https://winningwritershub.com/2020/01/quick-update-major-changes-2/) Jan 24, 2020 · Ademola Adekunbi Hi there, I hope we’ve all been doing well in our writing and everywhere else. There have been major changes to the website and there will be more soon, so here’s a breakdown: If you’ve been visiting the site for a while now… ## Contests [All contests](https://winningwritershub.com/category/contests/) ### [The Grazia And Women’s Prize For Fiction First Chapter Competition 2020](https://winningwritershub.com/2020/03/the-grazia-and-womens-prize-for-fiction-first-chapter-competition-2020/) Mar 3, 2020 · Ademola Adekunbi Now in its 10th year, the Grazia and Women’s Prize for Fiction First Chapter Competition 2020 could be the beginning of your literary career. They say that everyone has a novel in them. And, if you have ever dreamed of getting… ### [Harper’s Bazaar short-story competition 2020](https://winningwritershub.com/2020/02/harpers-bazaar-short-story-competition-2020/) Feb 29, 2020 · Ademola Adekunbi Bazaar has celebrated original fiction within its pages since its foundation, having published the work of everyone from Virginia Woolf and Thomas Hardy to, more recently, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Ali Smith. Continuing this… ### [SADC Secondary Schools Essay Competition 2020](https://winningwritershub.com/2020/02/sadc-secondary-schools-essay-competition-2020/) Feb 22, 2020 · Ademola Adekunbi Ther history of the SADC Secondary Schools Essay Competition 2020 began in 1995 when the SADC Council of Ministers approved the establishment of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Secondary School Essay Competition… ### [Quantum Shorts Flash Fiction Competition 2020](https://winningwritershub.com/2020/02/quantum-shorts-flash-fiction-competition-2020/) Feb 21, 2020 · Ademola Adekunbi The Quantum Shorts competition started in 2012, alternating between annual calls for flash fiction and short films. It is organised by the Centre for Quantum Technologies (CQT) at the National University of Singapore, and… ### [Global Changemakers Essay Competition 2020](https://winningwritershub.com/2020/02/global-changemakers-essay-competition-2020/) Feb 18, 2020 · Ademola Adekunbi Global Changemakers invites anyone aged 15-30 from anywhere in the world to participate in the Global Changemakers Essay Competition 2020 and share their views, stories, creative writing pieces, journalism pieces, personal… ### [The Queen’s Commonwealth Essay Competition 2020](https://winningwritershub.com/2020/02/the-queens-commonwealth-essay-competition-2020/) Feb 2, 2020 · Ademola Adekunbi The RCS has a rich history of nurturing the creative talents of young people around the Commonwealth. We endeavour to promote literacy, expression and creativity by celebrating excellence and imagination. Run by the RCS since… ### [GOI PEACE FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL ESSAY CONTEST 2020](https://winningwritershub.com/2020/02/goi-peace-foundation-international-essay-contest-2020/) Feb 1, 2020 · Ademola Adekunbi This annual GOI Peace Foundation International Essay Contest 2020 is organized in an effort to harness the energy, creativity and initiative of the world’s youth in promoting a culture of peace and sustainable development. It… ### [THE waterman fund 2019 essay contest](https://winningwritershub.com/2020/01/__trashed/) Jan 31, 2020 · Ademola Adekunbi Guy and Laura Waterman spent a lifetime reflecting and writing on the Northeast’s mountains. The Waterman fund seeks to further their legacy of stewardship through essays that celebrate and explore issues of wilderness, wildness… ### The Publisher Ademola Adekunbi Publisher A law graduate of the University of Ilorin, an obsessive reader and a compulsive writer, with eight writing prizes to his name. 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