A student of the Saint Lucy Secondary School Awka, Miss Stella-Maris Agbodike has won the 2024 Chinua Achebe Essay Competition for secondary school students in Anambra State.
The competition was organized by the Society of Young Nigerian Writers, Anambra State Chapter as part of their annual Chinua Achebe Literary Festival and Memorial Lecture.
Miss Favour Uchendu of Community Secondary School Okpuno emerged the first runner up.
Writing on the theme of the festival, “Remembering Chinua Achebe in a time like this, entries for the competition were assessed on their knowledge of the Achebe’s legacy, their writing skills and intellectual prowess.
The winners, Messrs Agbodike and Uchendu thanked the organizers for giving them the opportunity to enhance and showcase their writing prowess and said it will help them inch closer to their lives’ ambitions.
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