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CAS' 2026 Literary Competitions
Showcase your talent in the Nigerian Air Force Chief of the Air Staff Literary Competitions for NAF Day 2026
NAF DAY 2026 THEME
Optimizing Emerging Technologies for Enhanced Air Operations
CAS' 2026 LITERARY COMPETITIONS
Unleash your creativity in the Chief of the Air Staff Literary Competitions 2026.
CAS ESSAY COMPETITION
1. Applicable to tertiary institutions only.
2. Tertiary applicants must be between 18-24 years old.
3. The topic for the essay writeup should be coined from the NAF Day 2026 theme.
4. The length of the essay should not exceed 2,000 words.
5. The essay should be the original thoughts of the writer.
6. Essay must be uploaded on this portal not later than 28 February 2026.
7. When filling the form, provide a valid phone number and email address the applicant can be reached on.
8. Passport photograph to be uploaded must be 150kb or less in size, and in jpg, jpeg, or png format.
9. Literary file to be uploaded must be 1MB or less in size, and in pdf format.
10. prizes:
1st position: 2,000,000
2nd position: 1,500,000
3rd position: 1,000,000
CAS POETRY COMPETITION
1. Applicable to secondary schools only.
2. Secondary applicants must be between 12-17 years old.
3. The poem must have bearing with the NAF Day 2026 theme, and should be original. .
4. The length of the poem should not exceed 300 words.
5. The poem must be in English language.
6. Poem must be uploaded on this portal not later than 28 February 2026.
7. When filling the form, provide a valid phone number and email address the applicant can be reached on.
8. Passport photograph to be uploaded must be 150kb or less in size, and in jpg, jpeg, or png format.
9. Literary file (poem) to be uploaded must be 1MB or less in size, and in pdf format.
10. prizes:
1st position: 1,500,000
2nd position: 1,250,000
3rd position: 1000,000
CAS essay COMPETITION
1. Applicable to primary schools only.
2. primary applicants must be between 5-11 years old.
3. essay work must have bearing with the NAF Day 2026 theme, original (not to have been published), and limited to only painting and drawing.
4. essay work should be submitted with a short caption or title
5. The essay work should be the original thoughts of the essayist.
6. essay work must be uploaded on this portal not later than 28 February 2026.
7. When filling the form, provide a valid phone number and email address the applicant can be reached on.
8. Passport photograph to be uploaded must be 150kb or less in size, and in jpg, jpeg, or png format.
9. Literary file of essay work to be uploaded must be 1MB or less in size, and in pdf format.
10. prizes:
1st position: 1,000,000
2nd position: 750,000
3rd position: 500,000
HALL OF FAME - CAS' LITERARY COMPETITIONS
CAS' 2026 LITERARY COMPETITIONS
Unleash your creativity in the Chief of the Air Staff Literary Competitions 2026.
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