Long list Of AMAB/HBF 2017 Flash Fiction Contest Released
AMAB
Books & Publishing, Minna and Home of Books Foundation, Lagos have announced
a long list of 17 stories for the 2017 Nigerian Flash Fiction Contest.
This
year the organizers received 76 entries with equal balance of love stories,
loneliness and longings, dystopianism, contemplation and other themes that
reflect contemporary Nigerian situations after they had requested for stories
woven around ‘abstraction and futurism’.
All
the 17 entries would undergo further scrutiny by the judges to bring out a
shortlist of 7 by the end of July 2017. Prizes for the winner, 1st
Runner-up and 2nd Runner-up are N100,000, N80,000 and N70,000 worth
of books respectively.
Judges
for 2017 contest are - Abimbola Adelakun, University of Texas; Dr. Ismaila
Bala, Bayero University, Kano; Uchechukwu Umezurike, University of Alberta and
Adeola Opeyemi, Poet & Critic, Lagos.
This
is the long list of 17 in no particular order.
The
Appeal of Hunting With Dice by
Michael Umoh
Worthy
Metal by Ifeoluwa Watson
Gods
among Men by Christian Ojochegbe
The Last Man Standing by Deborah Oluniran The Moon Fell at Onireku by Akeem Aribidesi
Roughshod
by Damilare Bello
The
Day you Lost your Virginity by
Fred Atanda
This
is the End by Ayodeji Isaac
Uchenna
by Amanda Madumere
Adesuwa by
Erhu Amreyan
A Call from Heaven by
Adebajo Adekunle
Planet
Jumpers by Chinua Ezenwa
A
Story of Us by Agboola Israel
The
Confession by Hussani Abdulrahim
One
Hundred Tales by
Ogechukwu Samuel
We
Called Him Father Abraham by Nonso Nnajide
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