PIN releases long list of 20 for the 2018 NSPP Award
Poets in Nigeria (PIN), organizer of the
Nigerian Students Poetry Prize (NSPP) has announced the long list for the 2018
edition of the NSPP. A statement by Kolade Olanrewaju Freedom, Moderator of
NSPP 2018, gives the long listed entries as follows:
• SLAVERY | Samuel Irusota (Ambrose Alli
University, Ekpoma)
• TWO SIDES OF HAKEEM | Ikeobi Samuel
Chukwubuokem (University of Agriculture, Abeokuta)
• RED | Deborah Oluwakemi Selemon
(University of Ibadan, Ibadan)
• COLOURS | Hauwa Saleh Abubakar (Ahmadu
Bello University, Zaria)
• WE WILL BEAR NO MORE | Ihezue
Somtochukwu Rodney (University of Benin, Ugbowo)
• BEAUTIFUL SAYS THE BLACK BOY | Nduka
Benjamin Chinonye (University of Nigeria, Nsukka)
• AS DAYS | Ajoni Justinah Oluwabukola
(University of Ibadan, Ibadan)
• PARDON FOR RAPE | Akinpelu David
Olamide (Lagos State University, Ojo)
• WHEN A WOMAN WRITES | Badmus Firdaws
Anisatullah (University of Ilorin, Ilorin)
• REMINISCE | Dennis Williams Uchechi
(Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife)
• HOW TO BREAK-LOOSE FROM THE
BATTLEFIELD | Bayowa Ayomide Micheal (University of Ibadan, Ibadan)
• THIS AGONY MOTHER FEELS | Idowu
Ebenezer Odeyemi (Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti)
• CHRONICLE OF LIFE'S BATTLES | Olajuwon
Joseph Olumide (Yaba College of Technology)
• WORDS MY MOTHER TOLD ME |Oyekunle
Ifeoluwa Peter (Federal University of Technology, Akure)
• WHAT'S THE "NIGERIAN" WORD
FOR CHANGE? | Ayikpo Timothy (University of Ibadan, Ibadan)
• THUNDER | Ubi Ubi Ofem (Cross River
University of Technology, Calabar)
• HERE, NOWHERE | Kester Kanayo
Onyemaechi (University of Benin, Ugbowo)
• DEEP DREAMS | Iberiyenari Godstime
Tamunofiri (Niger Delta University Wilberforce Island, Yenagoa)
• MOTHER DEAREST | Okoye Micah Oguguo
(Enugu State University of Science and Technology, Enugu)
• YET ANOTHER HEAD | Amagwula Nnenna
Comfort (University of Lagos, Lagos)
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Eriata Oribhabor, President of PIN |
464 entries were received and reviewed
by the jury to get the top 100 poems from which the 20 entries above are long
listed. The judging panel including Ismail Bala, Soji Cole, Hülya N Yılmaz,
Kukogho Iruesiri Samson and Saka Aliyu commented on the entries, “The entries are bold varieties
of poems, of anger, disillusionment, love, justice, quest, rustic and pastoral,
vengeance, odes and one or two that are succinct for epitaphs. Perhaps the
shining light for most of the entries was the future they hold; the future to
define the path of global creative writing through the creative combination of
powerful evocative languages, connotative rhythms, melodious lines and sentient cerebral energy –
in other words, they are poems that sing to the ears yet bursting the skin with
the very attention they seek.”
A shortlist of 10 poems will be
announced on 15 May 2018 while the prize winners will be revealed at the NSPP
Awards slated for 24th May, 2018 at Godfrey Okoye University, Enugu.
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