MEET THE JUDGES!

So we successfully floated a competition and entries have been received! But a competition is never complete without judges, so we went head hunting. We have five judges on the panel, and we want you to meet them and to understand the thought process that informed our choices:

• We needed someone who is a very good writer and and is able to reason objectively regardless of preference for certain genres of creative writing. This is where Toritseju Onwubiko comes in. Toju is a quintessential architect, ace photographer and a writer. You can read from him at www.Confessionsofanartaddict.WordPress.com He has great passion for art and has a way with sarcasm that is infectious. ‎

• Editing goes beyond detecting typos. You could write a very good story that is badly edited and
  
  that would totally defeat your story. We wanted someone on the panel who is an excellent editor and has an uncanny ability to pay attention to details.Oluwaseun Stephen Oke is awesome at this. Seun is an erudite Legal Practitioner and a Chartered Secretary&Administrator, a poet and a writer. He is very dogged, focused and unassuming. 

• Now redvelvetts is a blogsite, and we aim to post five of these stories on the blog. We needed someone who is into the business of blogging, very objective, and knows what is blog-able! She is Ifeyinwa Obiechina founder of abjlivingabujaloving.blogspot.com, a blog that has reputation for churning out priceless resources on positive change for Nigeria. Iphie is a brilliant Legal practitioner and blogger. She recently headed an editorial team for the first ever publication of 'Fides'  a publication by the Catholic Youth Organisation of Nigeria, Holy Cross Catholic Church Gwarinpa 2 Parish. It is not just another magazine, it is a hit. She is firm proponent for positive change in Nigeria which should stem from every citizen's actions.

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• Redvelvetts is less than year old. It has active followership of over 10,000 visitors all over the
  
  world. We needed our fans to have a voice in this competition. We went for someone who has keenly followed our blog, gives objective feed back without bias and has been very supportive. He is Jeremiah Oyibo. Jeremiah is another brilliant Legal Practitioner, focus,firm believer in hard work, doing pretty well for himself and has zero tolerance for societal dysfunction, he would not just condemn but move to correct.

• And finally there is Adesuwa Ehinome Iluobe. She is an active contributor to Redvelvetts and abjlivingabujaloving.blogspot.com. She writes the LIFE AS SHE SEES IT column on Redvelvetts,which attracts some of the highest views on the blog. Adesuwa is the CEO of Seams Clothiers and has a passion for satirical fiction. She is also a Legal Practitioner.

So now you have met them.  Young, vibrant people committed to ensure that five top entries emerge for the next stage of the competition starting December 15, 2014. Goodluck to all those who have entered the competition and may the best man win!