Henry Chukwuma Onyema wins the inaugural JLF writing Competition | Welcome to Linda Ikeji's Blog

LI_Mobile_Leaderboard_1

Saturday 2 October 2010

Henry Chukwuma Onyema wins the inaugural JLF writing Competition

Henry Chukwuma with Toni Kan

Henry Chukwuemeka Onyema, teacher by day and writer by night, has emerged the winner of the inaugural JLF writing competition. He won for his short story, “Can I Trust You With My Life,” an adaptation of the biblical story of Samson and Delilah, and smiled home with his $1,000 prize money.

Announcing the winners, Toni Kan, one of the judges said Henry’s story scored 336 out of 400 points and was chosen for “his beautiful prose, precise diction, exciting action and ability to draw character portraits that were almost real to life.

The event held September 25, 2010 @the Silverbird Lifestyle store.

2 comments:

  1. Great news to read about this here. Congrats to Henry!

    ReplyDelete
  2. Congrats to Mr Onyema. This proves that whatever is worth doing is worth doing well, be it a hobby or career.

    ReplyDelete

Disclaimer: Opinions expressed in comments are those of the comment writers alone and does not reflect or represent the views of Linda Ikeji.

Recent Posts