Creative Competition

Creative Minds Project

Our aim is to nurture the natural writing, drawing and reading talents of young people, to create an opportunity for them and also to inspire other young people to let loose their wild imaginations no matter how young they are.

Who we are

One fine day, a group of friends and fellow-artists decided to come together to launch their childhood dream project. The idea was not just to achieve success but to ‘make a dent in the lives of young people’. Growing up, we were the children who always had a story or 2 swimming around in our head and scribbling them on a notebook or a scrap of paper. 

We draw different cartoon characters, houses, animations or worlds.

 

Creating an opportunity for young people to explore these artistic talents and letting these stories or characters ‘loose into the world’ will help nurture the next generation.

 

We aim to inspire, unleash and help young people by giving then the opportunity.

 

 

 

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Plays

Go into the places only locals are familiar with. Visit little known hideouts and avenues that open the mind into what being a local is all about.

books

Fiction

Go into the places only locals are familiar with. Visit little known hideouts and avenues that open the mind into what being a local is all about.

folklore

Folklores

Do you have a story to tell. Of all the folk stories you have been told , have u imagined Kwaku Ananse going Space or have an extra ordinary adventure that is itching to come out?

The world is not big enough

Capture your most memorable and adventurous experiences and unleash your charaters

Competition details for all Categories

2021 Project is open to writers, illustrators, play writers and creative minds. Short stories, fiction, and play all welcome.

Deadline: August 29, 2021
Results: Announced October 8, 2021
Categories: Short Story, Fiction, Plays

For full Submission Guidelines, please read the information below the page carefully and please visit our formatting guidelines page to properly format your work for submission.

An insider tip for you all: We seek work that actively pushes boundaries, that forces us to question traditions and tastes. If your work takes risks, we want to read it. We like strong narratives that make us feel something and stories we haven’t seen before. Be creative and we encourage teamwork.

guildlines for entry

1. Open to all children aged up to 15 in chosen school.

2. Submissions must be in English. 

3. Story should be submitted to writers@sapporconsortium.com 

4. Entrants must write a fictional short story (no more than 300 words in length). The responsible adult submitting the story on behalf of the entrant, will be asked to provide the entrant’s name, gender, region and their age and ensure that they have parental permission to do so. The submitter must enter the child’s story in the text box provided for submission.

5.  Entry to this competition is open to persons who will be aged between 7 and 15 years on the 29th July 2021 except the children or close relatives of employees of the organisers or its affiliates, or the children or close relatives of any person closely connected with the project. Entries must be submitted by an adult (parent/guardian or teacher) on behalf of the child; this adult must have parental permission. This adult may be asked, with parental permission, to provide proof of age, identity and eligibility. 

6.  Word length must be between up to 300 words (approximately a page of an A4 sized paper if it is 300 words long).

7.  Entrants can only enter individually or a team of 2. Only one entry per person is permitted and the story must be wholly written by the entrant only; stories cannot be written by more than one person. If more than one entry is submitted, only the entrant’s first submission will be considered.

8. Plagiarism is strictly prohibited and mechanisms have been put in place to check plagiarism. Any submissions which are found in breach of this prohibition will be disqualified.

9. Entries cannot be returned so please remember to retain a copy. Unsuccessful entrants will be contacted in respect of their entry but no feedback on any entry will be provided.

10. Entries will be judged on the following criteria:

– Originality
– Plot
– Characterisation
– Language
– Enjoyment

11. Stories and Plays picked will be printed and all proceeds will go towards chosen literacy programmes in Ghana.

FAQ

Most frequent questions and answers
1. To be eligible to enter this project:
(a) Entrants must be a real person who is of school going age to  15) years old and live in Ghana (proof of address or age may be required).
2.  Each person can enter a maximum of 2 items per category.
 
3. We are looking for 100 stories per project so once we receive this we will close the project until next project.
 
4.  Please include all details for example name of child, age, contact number, parents details and the signed consent form  and address should not be included anywhere on the submission document but rather in the body of the email or on the envelope for post.
1.  The entries will be selected basis the stories that are creative.
2.  If a pupil does not meet the eligibility requirements or is subject to any entry restrictions, that entrant shall not be entitled to be adjudged a winner, and will not be entitled to a prize in any circumstances.
3.   Our decision in respect of all matters to do with the pupil will be final and no correspondence will be entered into.
4. The project and these terms and conditions will be governed by the Laws of the Republic of Ghana and any disputes will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Ghana.
1. You warrant to us that you created your  entries yourself, that you own all of the copyright in those entries, and that our use of the entries in accordance with these rules will not infringe any person’s intellectual property rights or other legal rights.
 
2. You grant to us an exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, perpetual and irrevocable license to copy, store, edit, distribute, transmit and publish your competition entries.
Contacts

For any inquiries please email

writers@sapporconsortium.com