In light of today’s celebration, we decided to honour some of our writers and editors that have shown great dedication and commitment throughout this journey. Therefore, we are introducing two awards that we hope to maintain every two years. These awards are Bakandamiya Golden Author, which will recognise three distinguished authors with Gold Medal, Silver Medal and Bronze Medal; then Bakandamiya Star Editor, which will merit selected editors that intellectually contribute to the development of Bakandamiya, Bakandamiya Hikaya and literature in general.
For this year, the awards attract prizes as follow:
Golden Author Award
Gold Medalist will take away:
- A certificate of recognition
- N50,000.00 cash prize
- 6 months subscription plan
Silver Medalist will receive:
- A certificate of recognition
- N30,000.00 cash prize
- 3 months subscription plan
Bronze Medalist will be given:
- A certificate of recognition
- N20,000.00 cash prize
- 1 month subscription plan
Are you ready!
First, we’d like to say choosing the amazing winners was one of the most difficult tasks of our two years of operation, mainly because there were just too numerous great writers who contributed and impacted thousands of readers with their inspiring stories. However, there will always be a winner! So, with gratitude to all our writers, editors, subscribers and followers, we hereby present to you the first set of Bakandamiya Award winners in the following order:
Bakandamiya Golden Author
- The Gold Medalist: Lubna Sufyan
- The Silver Medalist: Jamilu Abdulrahman (Haiman Raees)
- The Bronze Medalist: Asma’u Abdallah (Fulani Bingel)
Bakandamiya Star Editor
- Danladi Haruna
- Lawi Yusuf Maigidan Sama
