Hello friends,

Everybody has a story to tell. The more you tell one the more you pay attention to your world to tell more. Some are telling their stories and despite telling same the best way they can no one is reading. Together we will change that with Super Blogs. You will become a Super Blogger. If you genuinely take part in this , I will believe a new you will be birth whether or not you win any of the prizes we will be giving along the way.

How to Participate:

1. Pick a category. Politics, Sports, Fashion, Gossip, Cuisine, Health, Fiction …. Just pick an issue you feel comfortable with and write. Do not write more than 600 words (I will read every entry so imagine the work )

Make sure your spellings and tenses are in order before sending them along.

2. Send your story to omojuwatv@gmail.com. We will stop collecting entries on the 31st of March. The entries that make the cut will be published during the month and the earlier parts of next month. Entries will be published according to when they were sent if they meet our minimal standard. The entries with the highest number of page views, twitter and facebook shares and comments win our prizes. Page views account for 20 per cent of the total, Facebook and Twitter shares will account for 40 per cent, twitter votes 20 per cent, while comments account for 20 per cent. Only the top 3 will battle it out on twitter. It means you need to encourage your friends to read your work. Not all entries will be published. If your entry is not published, it means you need to get better and that should not stop you from competing the following week (remember Abraham Lincoln, Michael Jordan and their earlier failures?)

Whoever wins our prize three times will not be allowed to participate again. When we get sponsors, we will give more prizes.

3. That your story has been published does not guarantee you a prize. It just means you are good enough to start a blog if you have not started. It also allows you the opportunity to pair yourself in a competitive group week in and out.

Prizes:

N30,000 and much more amongst winners (shared)

4. A published profile of the winner on this blog while @omojuwa has your picture on his avatar.
Winners will also have their blogs (their own website not just the article sent in) publicised by @omojuwa on twitter through out their reign. There is a whole lot more really. Just ask @payme_my2cents the current Champion her experience.

You don’t have to have a blog to participate. If you have a blog though, always add your blogsite at the bottom of your article along with your twitter handle. I will show an example after this piece.

Ask @Payme_My2cents our SuperBlogger1 how she has the fastest growing follower count by a non-celebrity on Nigeria twitwille and how her blog is now amongst the most read from not being in the mix at all. She can only get better. We will publish an interview with her before we announce the next winner next month.

5. Other things and questions will arise. Do not worry #SuperBlogs will get better. Who knows, we may have a hangout later in the year (just us Super Bloggers)

This is not essentially a competition, it is an opportunity to either discover a latent part of you or get better. The prizes are just to make us have fun. Nothing tastes well without fun.

I want everyone to have a voice. All of us deserve to be heard. Write about anything and everything. Tell me about your part of Nigeria. I am desperate to hear you.

Participants must be following @omojuwa on twitter to vote or participate. This will be big. Watch out.

Mail your articles and stories to omojuwatv@gmail.com. Fiction is allowed. Just be creative. Whoever sends any piece above 650 words will be automatically disqualified. I am proud of you already because we all can!

Welcome to #Superblogs Super Bloggers

Japheth J Omojuwa

Writes on www.omojuwa.com

@omojuwa on twitter Lagos, Nigeria <<<<< always sign out this way to boost your blog and handle :)

PS: if you have already sent entries for Super Blogger II and you want to send a better one, just send in a new one with the subject “UPDATE”. Only those who had sent in entries can do this. There is no room ro resend for new entries. Ask me questions on twitter with the hashtag #superblogger

Oluwapemi Elujoba @Payme_My2cents is the current Champion