1. About the contest

In line with our desire to spread the joy of reading, the Rainbow Book Club is writing a series on notable Africans for young readers. This is Pastor Adeboye, is our first title.

These books showcase people from the continent who have made a significant contribution to society in different areas of endeavours – leadership, sports, music, innovation, character, writing, film, etc. Many of them are the first at what they do, the best at what they do, or have achieved something that we cannot ignore.

The contestants would need to read the book and tell us Life Lessons they take away from it.

This contest seeks to encourage young people to read these books and from them:

1.1 Learn about the individuals and their society

1.2 Draw life lessons

1.3 Be encouraged to make a difference

2. How to enter the contest

2.1 Eligibility

• The competition is open to children between the ages of 8-12
• Entries must be submitted by their parents or legal guardian
• Entry must be the child’s own work
• Entry is free
• Entry is limited to one per person

2.2 Rules of Entry

• Please read the rules and conditions carefully before entering in for the challenge
• Entering your child/ward for this challenge implies acceptance of all the rules and conditions and failure to comply may result in disqualification

Disqualification

• Any child outside the specified age will be disqualified
• Entries which are over the word or time limit (for write up and video respectively) will be disqualified
• Entries which are submitted in the wrong format will be disqualified
• Entries that do not have the requested information on them will be disqualified
• Entries that are suspected to not be entirely that of the contestant, will be disqualified

2.3 General

Our portal will accept a maximum of 1000 entries

The child (or their parents or legal guardian, as the law stipulates) reserve the copyright to their material but by entering, gives the Rainbow Book Club (the Rainbow Foundation) full and unrestricted use of the material

At any point in the competition, the Rainbow team may decide to carry out its due diligence to verify that the contestants actually read the book and prepared the entries themselves. This may include a zoom interview with the contestant in the presence of their parent or legal guardian. If we have reason to believe the work was not entirely that of the contestant, they will be disqualified.

At the point of selecting the shortlist of 10, we will request proof of the age of the child.

Please ensure you submit the correct and final version of the entry as once submitted, you would not be able to make any amendment.

Entries, once submitted, cannot be withdrawn.

2.4 Deadline

Deadline for entries is midnight (WAT) on 31st December 2022

2.5 Length

The written entry should be between 350 and 400 words

The video entry should not be longer than 1 minute

3. Format

3.1 Written Entry

The following information should appear on the written review

• Child’s first and surname
• Child’s age
• Child’s town, state and country (of residence)
• The title ‘Life Lessons from the book This Is Pastor Adeboye by Koko Kalango’
• Word count at the top of the page
• Entry must be in English, typed out in black ink on one page, font size 12 and double line spacing
• Entries must be saved in Microsoft word and submitted in pdf format
• The file name should be the first and surname and age of the child

3.2 Video Entry

The following information should appear on the video review

• Child’s first name and age (line one)
• Child’s town and country of residence (line two)
• The child should hold up a copy of the book and mention the title and author then tell us the Life Lessons they take away from it
• Review must be in English
• Video should be submitted in wmv, mp4,mov, avi & 3gp (details of format)
• The entry should post the video using the hashtag #pastoradeboye #rccg #rainbowbookclub

3.3 Judging

The judges’ decision is final and no individual correspondence can be entered into. Judges are unable to comment on individual entries. The judges decision is fair and unbiased. Children/wards of the judges, Rainbow Book Club (Rainbow Foundation) staff or board members cannot enter the competition. The Rainbow Book Club (Rainbow Foundation) reserves the right to change the panel of judges without notice.

The Rainbow Book Club (Rainbow Foundation) reserves the right to not award any prize if the quality of the entries do not meet the minimum required standard or if we don’t get the minimum number of entries expected (100).

4 Copyright

Worldwide copyright of each entry remains with the author but the Rainbow Book Club (the Rainbow Foundation) has unrestricted rights to publish the entries and use them.

Participation in this contest and acceptance of the prize money constitutes permission for contest organisers to use the contestants names, locations, photographs, videos, biographical information, contest materials and/or any other statements provided by the contestants for promotional and advertising purposes without notice or compensation.

5 Results & Awards

Those on the longlist, shortlist and the winners will be announced in January 2023 on all the Rainbow Book Club social media platforms.

The full results will be available on the website after the announcements of the winners

6 Instructions

You are advised to carefully read the rules, entry requirements and eligibility before submitting your entries

Click ‘Join Challenge’ to register to enable you submit your entries. Then

• Complete the challenge form
• Upload your written entry in pdf
• Upload your video entry in wmv, mp4,mov, avi & 3gp and post with hashtag #pastoradeboye #rccg #rainbowbookclub

Confirm that all fields are filled accurately and that you are submitting the correct version of your story and video then click submit

Application will be open from 1 December to 31st December

Check your email for confirmation of your submission and further instructions

7 Prizes

7.1 Selection

Selection of the longlist will commence a week after the submission of entries closes

judges will evaluate the top entries based on their set criteria

Winners

The prizes for the winners are

• N100,000 for first position
• N75,000 for second position
• N50,000 for third position

Key Timelines

All entries should be submitted in accordance with the timelines stated below or as communicated.

Submissions outside of these timelines will not be considered and become automatically disqualified

Only successful entries will be contacted

• Entry submission opens - 1 December 2022
• Entry submission closes - 31 December 2022
• Evaluation begins - 7 January 2023
• Longlist is announced - 14 January 2023
• Shortlist is announced - 21 January 2023
• Winners are announced - 28 January 2023