- The Witsprouts Storytelling Prize 2025
Deadline: Could 31, 2025 | Prize: N500,000
The Witsprouts Venture is thrilled to announce the launch of the Witsprouts Storytelling Prize, a brand new contest devoted to reviving the highly effective custom of oral storytelling 
whereas spotlighting distinctive Nigerian storytelling expertise.
This inaugural version is themed “Rebooting Legends and Recollections” and invitations Nigerian storytellers—each at residence and within the diaspora—to craft authentic 5–10 minute video tales that remember the spirit of conventional narrative artwork.
Prize
- Winner receives N500,000
- Featured platform to share your authentic storytelling efficiency
- The possibility to affix a motion bringing “tales by moonlight” again to life
Eligibility Necessities for the Witsprouts Storytelling Prize
- Open to Nigerian storytellers, performers, and creatives (worldwide)
- Have to be 100% authentic and theatrical in presentation
- Should comply with entry necessities on Instagram
Podcasts that encourage story concepts for writers
Submission Tips for the Witsprouts Storytelling Prize
- Theme: Rebooting Legends and Recollections
- Document a 5–10 minute video of your self narrating a narrative on the theme
- Use voice modulation, facial expressions, gestures, choreography, music, or different artistic components
- Put up the video to your Instagram profile
- Tag: @witsproutsorg and @witsprouts as collaborators
- Hashtag: Use #WitsproutsStorytellingPrize in your caption
- Comply with each accounts to be eligible
- Submissions should be uploaded by Could 31, 2025
Why Storytelling?
Within the phrases of Director Tope Akintayo,
“We grew up with tales by moonlight… now, we solely reside on the fragments of such recollections. With the Storytelling Prize, we intention to convey again the tradition and great thing about storytelling—one story at a time.”
Tips about how one can apply for writing contests
Want Extra Data?
Attain out at: prize@witsprouts.org
Comply with @witsproutsorg and @witsprouts for updates.
Let your voice carry the magic of reminiscence. Let the tales start.
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