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 o