TOP 5 SELECTIONS FOR TYWA 2020 "READ-WORTHY" PRIZE.
In no specific order, our judges for TYWA 2020 have come up with a list of the stories that should compete for the Read-Worthy prize. These stories would blow your minds away. Remember, all entries were written by people between the ages of 13 and 19 (teens). Also, the Read-Worthy prize is an additional reward for whichever story YOU, the readers, love the most. It is a subsidiary prize for the readers choice, and this means that you have the total power to decide which story wins! The overall winner of TYWA 2020 is still entitled to the main prize that would be announced in December. Read up the stories below, and comment on which one you think is best. Ensure that you drop the title of your favourite story, and any other comment in the comment section. The story with the highest number of VOTES and interactions wins. Our short-story collection titled: "The Sound Of Our Own Voices" would be out in 2021, make sure you subscribe to this site to get latest updates, or enjoy even more by sending "Hi" to us @ 08176265124 on WhatsApp.
19 - YOUR DEFINITION
by Oluwatola Ibikunle-Aina - Oyo
She ran as fast as she could. Her tears rolled violently down her cheeks. Her whole body drenched with rain. Her nose swollen, and she repeatedly gasped for air.
Tiffany kept recalling the echoes of laughter in her head. She remembered the brutal words spoken to her. She waited under a shade fully aware she was out of the sight of her classmates.
“She probably stole it; she is black,” she remembered. “My mum told me black people have criminal tendencies,” she remembered again. “What an unfortunate girl!” that hit her the most. She felt defined by her colour.
Review: In a world where "variety" is inevitable, this story talks about colour-related prejudice, as well as the importance of seeking help from the right people. The danger embedded beneath the foundation of a contaminated worldview regarding black people is worth discussing... -TGF team.
12 - A GREATER REWARD
by Owolabi Gloria Abosede - Osun State
"Please... God, please."
Helen shut her eyes and opened them the next second. She let out a sigh. Her eyes were glued to Jenny's lips.
Just last week, she had caught Jenny formatting the flash drive containing her group assignment. She had confronted her, but Jenny had lit into her, telling her to go ahead and do her worst.
She had kept the matter to herself and had done the assignment again single-handedly. Why should she tell someone...
Review: To say that something great could be born when forgiveness takes its full course is the truth of this inspiring work! -TGF team.
13 - FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN
by Ekoh Ogheneovo Prisca - Delta State
"Change," one of the earliest six-letter words a child would probably learn to spell but hardly consider as a daily lexicon had been lingering on Danielle’s teenage mind in recent time.
Like Heraclitus said when he made the now-famous quote, “Change is the only constant thing in life,” five years ago, as the Nigerian elections unfolded, heralded by the change mantra, Danielle’s eleven-year-old self was in her own transition phase from primary to secondary school.
Just as the excitement of change from the Nigerian electioneering process filled the air...
Review: There is arguably no better way to describe the popular Fear of The Unknown than what this story tells us about the numerous transitions of a teenage soul in life's school. -TGF team.
16 - ALL THROUGH THE MIRROR
by Akinmoyeje Timileyin Precious - Ibadan
It was just another Monday morning. Well, maybe it wasn't just another; this one felt different from the usual. I could sense something strange about the atmosphere.
It was 5:00 AM. The bells of the cathedral had started tolling as usual. That day, they were passing a different message; a solemn one, a message that only I was yet to decipher.
Even the wind echoed it slowly...
Review: In a few words, this inspiring piece is what you'll call "food for the mind" -richly told, beautifully written, and as simple as a child's first smile. -TGF team.
03 - BLINDED TO LIGHT
by Abisola Emmanuella - Ibadan
“You don’t need to feel love for you to understand that you are loved… You can search for it all you want but fail to realize that you had it all along.”
Rebecca never understood what it meant when her grandmother told her those words before she crossed to the other side. She had always believed her grandmother’s words were too intricate for her, yet they held answers to the most difficult questions she had. She was her ‘fountain of knowledge’ but she was gone now.
The moment Grandmother left her...
Review: This tale suggests the possibility that love could exist even in the most desolate places! -TGF team.
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