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High School Startup Challenge
Graduates pitch real business concepts. The top ten present to investors, competing for Best Young Entrepreneur of the Year.
Registration
30 Apr – 12 Jul
30 Apr – 12 Jul
Urban Prom & Awards · 2026
Auraand Glamour
One night in Calabar where the class of 2026 walks the red carpet — and a whole season of work finally gets its crown.
20 AugustUrban Prom & Awards
24 AugustThe Big Bash
10 MayNominations open
CalabarCross River State
Urban Prom & Awards20 August 2026CalabarAura and GlamourProm King & Queen crowningThe Big Bash · 24 August
The night is here
Urban Prom & Awards, Calabar.
Red carpet, three-course dinner, the crowning and the awards. Grab your ticket, then bring your photo into the gallery — every picture on the wall was taken by someone who was there.
The ProgrammeNot a send-off.
Not a send-off.
A launchpad.
10,000+Youths impacted
6Ways to take part
21Award categories
Straight Outta High School is the season that carries secondary school graduates from their last exam to whatever comes next — a business pitch, a football final, a community project, and one very good night in a very good suit.
Since the first edition, more than ten thousand young people have come through it. They leave with certificates, mentors, trophies, and photographs their children will one day scroll past in disbelief.
The 2026 theme, Aura and Glamour, is a straight instruction: step into the whole of your potential, and light something up with it.
I
Take part
Graduates pick a lane — the startup challenge, the football tournament, or the Prom King & Queen contest.
II
Grow
Camp tasks, training and mentorship build real skills and a camp score that carries into the final night.
III
Give back
It builds to Urban Prom night — then winners lead the Pet Projects that put something back into Calabar.
The Lineup
Six ways in.
Every strand runs on its own calendar and feeds the same finale. Pick one, or run the whole season.
02
Novelty Football Tournament
School against school for trophies, medals and a full year of bragging rights.
Opens 27 Jul
Final 15 Aug
Final 15 Aug
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Urban Prom & Awards
The headline night. Red carpet, three-course dinner, the Prom King & Queen crowning, the awards ceremony, a talk show, a raffle draw, live art, and the soft launch of Teens Chronicles Magazine.
20 August
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The Big Bash
The official after-party for the top schools. Celebrities, live music, games, and no dress code worth mentioning.
24 August
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Leadership & Entrepreneurship Training
Practical sessions on personal development, leadership, networking and career readiness. Every participant is certified on completion.
1 – 9 September
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Pet Projects
Winners lead the giving back: alms for street children and orphanages, back-to-school materials and fees, and a 3km walk against drug abuse.
14 – 20 Sept
Final: Jan 2027
Final: Jan 2027
Prom King & Queen
The crown everyone watches for.
Registration is free. Before the night, contestants go through hands-on training in modelling, IQ, leadership and talent grooming, completing tasks that build a camp score. On stage, the judges look for three things.
- ICreativity & fashion senseCamp + stage
- IICommunication skillsLive interview
- IIIStage performanceFinal night
The final score combines the preliminary camp performance with the main event. Two titles are given.
Urban Prom KingUrban Prom Queen
The Hall of Fame
Every crown tells a story.
The ones who walked the carpet before you, owned the stage, and set the standard the 2026 class is chasing.
Captions carry the year and title only — send the winners’ names and schools and they go straight in.
The Season
2026, start to finish.
Ten dates between the first registration and the last Pet Project. Keep scrolling to walk the year.
In Their Words
What people say about SOHS.
Sample copy for layout. Real quotes from past contestants, parents and partner schools go here.
I walked in shy about my pitch. I walked out with a business plan and three mentors.
The structure behind the fun is what sold me. My daughter came home a leader.
The Back-to-School Pet Project reached hundreds of children in our community. That part is real.
The Archive
The night, in pictures.
Photos from the night, added by the people who were there — plus a decade of red carpets behind them.
Urban Prom & Awards · 20 August
See you on the carpet.
Tickets are going through getticket.ng. If you are already coming, bring your photo into the gallery on the night — the wall is built out of what you send.