PIN announces shortlist of 10 for 2018 NSPP award

Poets in Nigeria (PIN) has announced the shortlist for the 2018 edition of the Nigerian Students Poetry Prize (NSPP) which opened for submissions on 15th January, 2018.  A longlist of 20 was announced a fortnight ago. A statement by Kolade Olanrewaju Freedom, Moderator of NSPP 2018, lists the 

shortlisted poems as follows:

• WORDS MY MOTHER TOLD ME | Oyekunle Ifeoluwa Peter (Federal University of   

   Technology, Akure)

• RED | Deborah Oluwakemi Selemon (University of Ibadan, Ibadan)

• COLOURS | Hauwa Saleh Abubakar (Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria)

• DEEP DREAMS | Iberiyenari Godstime Tamunofiri (Niger Delta University Wilberforce Island,

   Yenagoa)

• HERE, NOWHERE | Kester Kanayo Onyemaechi (University of Benin, Ugbowo)

• THIS AGONY MOTHER FEELS | Idowu Ebenezer Odeyemi (Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti)

• THUNDER | Ubi Ubi Ofem (Cross River University of Technology, Calabar)

• YET ANOTHER HEAD | Amagwula Nnenna Comfort (University of Lagos, Lagos)

• MOTHER DEAREST | Okoye Micah Oguguo (Enugu State University of Science and

   Technology, Enugu)

• TWO SIDES OF HAKEEM | Ikeobi Samuel Chukwubuokem (University of Agriculture,

   Abeokuta)

Mr. Eriata Oribhabor, PIN President 

Instituted in 2016 to stimulate creativity and promote literary excellence amongst Nigerian undergraduates, the Prize has had two previous grand prize winners – Noah Oladele, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife (2016) and Bakre Fadil Adedamola, University of Ibadan (2017). 

The prize winners of the 2018 edition will be announced at the NSPP Awards slated for 24th May, 2018 at Godfrey Okoye University, Enugu.