ERIATA ORIBHABOR POETRY PRIZE 2017 WINNING POEMS by Mesioye, Agarau & Ogwiji
PROBABILITY (1st Prize) We are the two sides of a coin but unsure of the side that grits the ground in music brewed with morrows. This city is a...
FOW2017: BAMAS & BADMUS TO HEADLINE FESTIVAL AUTHOR SESSION
Award-winning multimedia journalist and writer Bamas Victoria and Lagos-based engineer-turned-poet Jide Badmus will headline the 2017 edition of the Words Rhymes & Rhythm Festival, FEAST OF WORDS as Guest Writers....
MEET THE JUDGES: ERIATA ORIBHABOR POETRY PRIZE 2017
We are pleased to announce the panel of judges for the Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Prize (EOPP) 2017 organized by Words Rhymes & Rhythm (WRR Ltd.), in collaboration with Something for Everybody...
MEET THE JUDGES: WRR GREEN AUTHOR PRIZE 2017
We are pleased to announce the panel of judges for the 2017 edition of the Green Author Prize (GAP) for young unpublished Nigerian writers. They are Su’eddie Vershima Agema, Estrella...
FEAST OF WORDS 2017: IBADAN HOSTS WRR LITERARY FESTIVAL AGAIN
Words Rhymes & Rhythm Publishers Ltd. is pleased to announce that the 3rd edition of the annual WRR Literary Festival – ‘FEAST OF WORDS’ will hold on the 16th of December 2017...
NWOKPOKU WINS WRR PUBLISHERS’ NIGERIAN TEACHERS AWARD 2017
Sam Chukwudi Nwokpoku is the winner of the second annual Words Rhymes & Rhythm Nigerian Teachers Award (WRR-NTA) 2017. Nwokpoku, a poet, songwriter and educationist who teaches English Language, Literature-in-English...
ALBERT JUNGERS POETRY PRIZE (AJPP) 2017: OGWIJI, ABAH, KALU EMERGE WINNERS
Benue-born poet Ogwiji Ehi-kowochio Blessing is the winner of the 2017 edition of the Albert Jungers Poetry Prize (AJPP), awarded to the best poem from the combined top 10 entries...
THE GARMENT THAT FITS by Bijimi Daniel Meindous
The garment that fits who can find it It gently covers the wearers nakedness And generously provide protection from unfavourable weather Draws admires eyes and trigger their complements The garment...
AMALGAMATION OF PAINS by Bada Yusuf Amoo
Green and white detribalised our existence Our grumblings are more private than public Alas! Our ears have been listened to dialogues Will writers present a collective opinion? While the nation's...
50 REASONS TO READ BOOKS
Some of us are have not read books in weeks, months, years and even decades. Oftentimes, it is not that we don’t have books or the money to buy them....