ABOUT SOCIETY OF YOUNG NIGERIAN WRITERS (SYNW)

Society of Young Nigerian Writers (SYNW), an umbrella body of Young Nigerian Writers in Nigeria founded to promote creative writing and literary arts in Nigeria among writers between the ages of 10 and 40. It was founded in the year 2010 at the former house of the Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka at the University of Ibadan. It was formerly known as World of Poets and Literary Society.
Society of Young Nigerian Writers (SYNW) provides an avenue where Young Writers between can meet to brainstorm, enhance and hone their writing skills. Though there are numerous literary organizations in Nigeria but our literary activities and past literary records differentiate us from them. It is also part of our mission to publish, promote and market works of our members.
In a bid to make Nigeria a reading country, we initiated different literary and reading projects like Read Across Nigeria (RAN), National Book Awareness Week (NABAWK) and 2000 E-Books per School Project. We also established Paperless Book Club in various public and private secondary schools across the country. We have also honed and trained over 1000 young writers in different literary genres and published several via our electronic publishing platform.


AIMS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE SOCIETY OF YOUNG NIGERIAN WRITERS

1. To communicate with other writers and publishers
2. To market young writers and their works
3. To organize writers workshops and conferences
4. To organize lectures and symposia
5. To provide access to reference and research sources
6. To provide a forum for all young writers of Nigeria and those of Nigerian origin
7. To seek and vigorously defend freedom of expression for all Africans and the material and spiritual interests of Nigerian Writers and the association
8. To encourage the inclusion of Nigerian literary works in the curriculum of educational institutions
9. To promote Nigerian languages and the translation of Nigerian Literature into Nigerian languages
10. To promote peace and understanding in Nigerian and Africa through literature
11. To establish Young Nigerian Writers Journal
12. To ensure the protection of the works of Nigerian writers through the appropriate laws and agencies
13. To institute Young Nigerian Writers Literary Awards
14. To organize programmes to promote Nigerian Literary excellence.


12 POINTS AGENDA OF SOCIETY OF YOUNG NIGERIAN WRITERS

• Young Nigerian Writers Hall of Fame
• Young Nigerian Writers Merit Award
• Young Nigerian Writers Journal
• Chinua Achebe Poetry Library
• Creative Writing Correspondence Course by Postal and E-mail
• Wole Soyinka Literary Museum
• D.O. Fagunwa Yoruba Literature Library
• Pita Nwana Igbo Literature Library
• Abubakar Imam Hausa Literature Library
• Computerized Database of World Famous Authors
• Poster Exhibition of World Famous Authors
• Multimedia Pix of World Famous Authors

SOME OF OUR ANNUAL PROGRAMMES

• National Week of Remembrance for Departed Writers (NAWRED)
• National Book Awareness Week (NABAWK)
• Read Across Nigeria (RAN)
• Fagunwa Day
• Quarterly Creative Writing Workshop
• Chinua Achebe Annual Literary Festival
• 2000 E-Books per School Project