The Nigeria Liquified Natural Gas (NLNG) has urged members of the public to submit entries for the 2024 edition of the prizes for science, literature, and literary criticism ahead of the April 2 deadline.
This year, the science prize will be based on entries on the theme of “Innovations and Technologies for Reducing the Effects of Climate Change”.
The winner will receive a prize of $100,000.
According to NLNG, the prize is open to scientists and innovators from all over the world.
“To submit your entry, you must submit a research paper or project proposal that outlines your innovative solution to climate change. The deadline for submissions is April 30, 2024,” the company said.
For the Nigeria Prize for Literature 2024, the genre in focus is children’s literature.
The winner will also receive a prize of $100,000.
To make an entry, one must be a Nigerian citizen and the book must have been published in 2021 or 2022.
The entry can be submitted online or by mail on or before April 2, 2024.
As for the Nigeria Prize for Literary Criticism, the award will remain open to critics from all over the world with focus on children’s literature.
To encourage literary criticism, the advisory board of the Nigeria Prize for Literature will reward the author of the best critical work with the sum of $10,000.
To submit an entry, one must submit three published critical essays on children’s literature.