The Benue Book and Arts Festival (BBAF) is scheduled to take place in Makurdi the capital city of Benue State in Nigeria from 20th to 22nd June, 2019. It is being organised by SEVHAGE Literary & Development Initiative and SEVHAGE Publishers
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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: BRIGITTE POIRSON POETRY CONTEST [MAY 2019] ‘EXPRESS YOUR RAGE’
All (Nigerian) poets are invited to enter their poems for the May 2019 edition of the monthly BRIGITTE POIRSON POETRY CONTEST themed: ‘‘EXPRESS YOUR RAGE (IN POETIC VERSE)’.
EFE-KHAESE RINSE DESMOND WINS BPPC APRIL 2019
Poet, essayist and story-teller Efe-khaese Rinse Desmond has won the April 2019 edition of the monthly Brigitte Poirson Poetry Contest (BPPC) which was themed ‘HUMAN HERITAGE – THE COMMONWEALTH OF...
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ENTER FOR THE 2019 SHORT STORY DAY AFRICA PRIZE [PRESS RELEASE]
Short Story Day Africa has announced the 2019 theme of the annual SHORT STORY DAY AFRICA PRIZE. The theme is 'disruption' and the Prize welcomes short fiction of between 3000...
7 RECOMMENDED NIGERIAN POETRY EVENTS IN 2019 (AS COMPILED BY PRECIOUS OKEKE)
If you are a lover of poetry (and literature) like me, and want to have a great time with fellow Nigerian literary enthusiasts in 2019, I recommended these 7 events for you…
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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: BRIGITTE POIRSON POETRY CONTEST [APRIL 2019] ‘HUMAN HERITAGE’
Enter your poem for the April 2019 edition of the monthly BRIGITTE POIRSON POETRY CONTEST (BPPC) and win prizes. The theme is: ‘HUMAN HERITAGE – THE COMMONWEALTH OF HUMANITY’.
OTUBELU CHINAZOM CHUKWUDI IS WINNER BPPC MARCH 2019
Nigerian engineer-poet Otubelu Chinazom Chukwudi is the winner of the March edition of the monthly Brigitte Poirson Poetry Contest (BPPC) 2019.
LETTER TO A STRANGER by Bamas Sinach VicToria
Hello Stranger, I look for you in every faceWhen I am walking, in a crowded hall, at the bus terminalI search for you in every smile, in every look, in...
ONCE UPON A TIME (A POEM) BY GABRIEL OKARA
Once upon a time, son, they used to laugh with their hearts and laugh with their eyes: but now they only laugh with their teeth, while their ice-block-cold eyes search...
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: ‘IMOMOTIMI’ – THE GABRIEL OKARA ANTHOLOGY
This is a call for submissions for ‘Imomotimi’, an anthology of poems and essays in honour of the late Nigerian poet Pa Gabriel Imomotimi Okara to be published by Words Rhymes & Rhythm Publishers in April 2019. ‘Imomotimi’, which is Pa Okara’s middle name, is an Ijaw word meaning ‘stay with me’.