PIN announces shortlist of NSPP 2019
Poets in Nigeria (PIN) has released the shortlist of the fourth edition of the Nigerian Students Poetry Prize (NSPP). A statement from Kolade Olanrewaju Freedom, Moderator of NSPP 2019 explained that a 5-man judging panel including Professor Al-Bishak, Professor Hulya N. Yilmaz, Dr. Obari Gomba, Kukogho Iruesiri Samson and Gbenga Adesina reviewed 504 entries for the selection of top 10 poems as the shortlist. The shortlisted poems are as follows: • AN ARTEFACT OF A GROIN WAR | Ehi-kowochio Ogwiji (University of Ibadan) • THE LAST DINNER (The Lost Piece of a Broken little girl) | Anuoluwa Olusegun Soneye (Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife) • THE VISIT | Ibelachi Franklyn Chinedu (Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Uli) • MICAH | Ogugua Micah Okoye (Enugu State University of Science and Technology Enugu) • WAILING MOTHER | Oghenetega praise Offideh (University of Benin) • AFRICA: A COMPENDIUM OF AFFLICTIONS | Hussani Abdulrahim (Usmanu Danfodio Univers