Young Nigerian poets to submit work for Green Author Prize

Young Nigerian poets who have never published a full book and write in English have been called to submit entries of twenty poems for inclusion in the 2016 Green Author Prize (GAP) joint authorship book publishing deal. According to the Founder of Words Rhymes and Rhythm publishers, Kukogho Iruesiri Samsom, the prize was initiated to […]

Young Nigerian poets who have never published a full book and write in English have been called to submit entries of twenty poems for inclusion in the 2016 Green Author Prize (GAP) joint authorship book publishing deal.
According to the Founder of Words Rhymes and Rhythm publishers, Kukogho Iruesiri Samsom, the prize was initiated to give upcoming unpublished Nigerian poets between the ages of 14 and 24, who have not published a full book and are resident in Nigeria a chance to get their works published.
He said the prize began last year when it was realized that the cost of publishing in Nigeria has dashed the hopes of talented writers.
According to him, the prize is dedicated to youths and poetry when it becomes clearer that most prizes are restricted to fiction writers.
Four poets will emerge winners of an all-expense-paid, joint-authorship book deal worth N300, 000. The quartet will be selected from the North, South, East and West of Nigeria by a panel of judges made up of established, young writers.
The winners will also be honored at the WRR Literary festival, scheduled for October 2016.
The panel includes Goodness Olanrewaju Ayoola, author of ‘Meditations’, Salamatu Sule, poet and founder of Fahimta Literary Discourse (FLD); David Ishaya Osu, a poet and editor at Panorama: The Journal of Intelligent Travel and Uche Uwadinachi, an award-winning performance poet and author.
The 2015 Green Author Prize was won by Vanger Fater, a 23-year-old poet from Benue State; Wazani Adamu Ijarafu, a 22-year-old poet from Adamawa State; Onwuasoanya Chika Jones, a 24-year-old poet from Imo State and Ayomide Festus, a 22-year-old poet from Osun State.