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The Abuja Writers Forum (AWF), organizer of the Abuja Literary Festival will host the festival this year from June 28-30, 2018 in Abuja after a hiatus. Edith Yassin, the Public Relations Officer of the AWF in a statement explained that the Festival is being re-launched to mark the tenth anniversary of the Abuja Writers Forum that began its literary activities in June 2008.                                    The festival will feature bookrama sessions with authors from within and outside Abuja, panel discussions, film screenings, drama performances, an international art and photo exhibition, poetry performances, a five-day drama workshop, a book exhibition and a script-pitch. Dr. Emman Shehu, President AWF The workshop is designed for potential dramatists between the ages of 18-35, focusing on developing scripts relevant to societal development and will be facilitated by two experienced dramatists. There would also be a one-day digital media training for the worksho

Organizers of the maiden Pleasant Library and Books/Makarantar Mallam Bambadiya Hausa short story contest have released the shortlist of 15 from a longlist of 50 as selected by the judges. Winners of the final prize will be announced in June at a ceremony due to hold in Katsina. The 1st Prize winner of the competition will receive N55,000 while the 2nd Prize winner will receive N35,000 and the 3rd prize winner will receive N25,000. Consolation prizes will be provided to writers on positions 4th to 12th of N12,500 each. As earlier announced, all shortlisted stories will be edited and published as an anthology, to be launched on an announced date. Here are the shortlisted writers: 1. Na'ima Abdullahi from Katsina State. Title of story: Zagon Kasa 2. Kabir Yusuf Fagge from Kano State. Title of story: Matalauciyar Rayuwa 3. Zakariya Haruna from Kano State. Title of story: Da Sandar Hannunka 4. Fadila H. Kurfi from Katsina State. Title of story: Rayuwar 'Ya

Four female Nigerian Writers are in Iseyin, Oyo State for the March/April 2018 Ebedi Writers Residency Session. They are; Amina Hassan, Bukola Adeleke, Nana Sule and Funmi Aluko. Amina Hassan who is from Kano State writes in English and Hausa and graduated from Bayero University, Kano. In addition, she has certificates from Workshops organized by the Association of Nigerian Authors and Hausa Authors Forum both in Kano. In 2016, she attended another Workshop on TV Serial Drama Scripts Development organized by Women Empowerment For Development. In the same year, she won second position in the Women Short Story Competition (HIKAYATA) organized by the Hausa BBC Branch. She hopes to spend her time in Ebedi to complete her new novel in Hausa and also to mentor secondary school students in Iseyin and environ in the art of Hausa songs and poetry.  The second writer, Bukola Adeleke, a graduate of Adeyemi College Of Education, Ondo, Ondo State is a member of the Association of Yorùbá

NaijaGems Photo Contest  is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, and the United States Diplomatic Mission in Nigeria. Description of Contest Objectives ·          The United States Ambassador to Nigeria, W. Stuart Symington, initiated this project to raise national pride and awareness of Nigeria’s beauty. ·          There is much to be admired and celebrated in Nigeria. We are giving Nigerians an opportunity to tell their positive stories in pictures. Platform(s) Events from this contest may be announced and promoted on various Social Media platforms including  Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Flickr and SoundCloud.  Contest entry and administration will take place through Flickr, Google Forms, Instagram and Facebook. Contest winners may also be announced on  Facebook ; however these platforms are not partners or sponsors of the contest. Contestants are reminded that by participating in the contest and uploading content to Flickr, Instagram they are bo

INTRODUCTION The Association of Nigerian Authors [ANA] hereby announces a range of prizes for its 2018 literary competitions. The prizes are: 1. ANA Prize for Poetry (published & unpublished) – N 100,000 2. ANA Prize for Prose Fiction (published & unpublished) – N 100,000  3. ANA Prize for Drama (published & unpublished) – N 100,000  4. ANA Prize for Children's Literature- 7-13 years age range (Published works only and open to all        categories of authors) - N100, 0000 5. ANA/ Abubakar Gimba Prize for Fiction (Short Stories Collection-Published) – N200, 000. 6. ANA/NECO Teen Authors Prize for Prose (Published & Unpublished)- N100,000 6. ANA/Maria Ajima Prize for Literary Criticism (Focus on criticism of emergent Nigerian         Literature) – N100, 000 Nigerian writers, at home and abroad, desirous of entering their works for the Annual Literary Prizes, may now do so. Works entered should have been published between 2017 and 2018.  REQUI

BY MARYAM GATAWA Poets in Nigeria (PIN), Kano C onnect C enter held its maiden 2 - day B ilingual P oetry W orkshop last month on the 21 st and 22 nd of February 2018 at the American Corner, Murtala Muhammad library Kano. The workshop , which was part of the association’s pre-poetry award activities, targeted secondary school students and young poets in Kano state. The workshop, attended by dozens of secondary schools students, budding poets, emerging writers and lovers of poetry was organized to introduce participants to the rudiments of poetry and develop their creative abilities. S easoned poets and poetry experts served as resource persons. A student reading his poem during the workshop In his opening remarks, Prof Garba Ibrahim Sheka , Chairman of Kano State Independent Electoral Commission (KANSIEC) who chaired the occasion , stated the importance of poetry, highlighting the significance of teaching poetry to students and young adults. He further

By PAUL LIAM Death is the greatest of all of humanity’s tragedies. It leaves its victim in a state of perpetual silence and immobility. Families become upset when death decides to pay them homage. However, death is shamed when love and affection trail the exit of a worthy soul. Death becomes numb in the face of eternal admiration for the deceased. This explains in brief, the symbolic import of the remembrance of a loved one gone. Abubakar Gimba, the late novelist and thinker would have celebrated his 66 th birthday on March 10, 2018 were it not for the cold hands of death that snatched him away three years ago.  However, his family, friends and fans committed to his glorious legacies, converged at the famed literary hub, AMAB Bookshop in Minna on the day of his 66 th posthumous birthday for an evening of “Tributes to Abubakar Gimba". Eulogies exalting the life and legacies of the late sage permeated the hall. From one family member to another, from one friend t