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We sincerely apologize for delaying this announcement till now. It has been a concern to us that we have to withdraw this year's TheGoodFelo Young Writers' Award. Having received some submissions, we, unfortunately, could not find stories and writings that met up to our award standards. This is not to say that every entry is not good; rather, we wish to encourage young writers' to learn more, read more, practice more... in order to create better works. For this reason, we - TGF team members - have decided to publish helpful articles, subsequently. Stay connected and up to date with our next posts and you can learn more on creative writing in general. On this note, we are sorry to reiterate that TYWA 2021 has been withdrawn. With Regards, TheGoodFelo team.

  19 - YOUR DEFINITION Oluwatola Ibikunle-Aina lives in Ibadan South-West, Oyo State (16 years old). This story was slightly edited for grammatical accuracy and to better serve TGF readers. The originality of the story is 100% intact. 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. When the rain had calmed, Tiffany went home. She walked in casually like nothing had happened. “Honey, how was school?” her mum asked with delight on her face to see her daughter. “It was fine,” a for