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WRR GREEN AUTHOR PRIZE 2017: 9 NIGERIAN WRITERS WIN PUBLISHING CONTRACTS

<body><div class&equals;"booster-block booster-read-block">&NewLine; <div class&equals;"twp-read-time">&NewLine; &Tab;<i class&equals;"booster-icon twp-clock"><&sol;i> <span>Read Time&colon;<&sol;span>4 Minute&comma; 13 Second <&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine; <&sol;div><p><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h5>Words Rhymes &amp&semi; Rhythm Publisher’s Limited is pleased to announce the winners of the <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;wrr&period;ng&sol;csr&sol;gap&sol;">Green Author Prize<&sol;a> &lpar;GAP 2017&rpar; for young unpublished Nigerian writers&period; The winners are Aremu Adams Adebisi&comma; Akor Emmanuel Oche&comma; Ebuka Prince Okoroafor and Oluwapelumi Francis  Salako in the POETRY category&semi;  Zainab Kabir Talata&comma; Onaleye Pelumi Favour and Iwu Jeff in the PROSE &lpar;NOVEL&rpar; category&semi; Rachel Ige and Miracle Ekpereamaka in PROSE &lpar;SHORT STORY&rpar;&semi; and  Iwu Jeff &lpar;honorable mention only&rpar; in the PLAY category&period;<&sol;h5>&NewLine;<blockquote>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; right&semi;">All nine winners will be awarded individual e-publishing contracts which will cover ISBN application&comma; cover design&comma; editing&comma; publishing on e-platforms&comma; marketing support and author promotion&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;wrr&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;01&sol;GREEN-AUTHOR-PRIZE-2017-WINNERS&period;png"><img class&equals;"aligncenter wp-image-34349 size-full" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;wrr&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;01&sol;GREEN-AUTHOR-PRIZE-2017-WINNERS&period;png" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"1080" height&equals;"1080" loading&equals;"lazy"><&sol;a><&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<h4>WINNERS’ PROFILE<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"padding-left&colon; 60px&semi;"><strong>AREMU ADAMS ADEBISI<&sol;strong> is a poet and undergraduate student of Economics&period; His works have published on various platforms including Kalahari Review&comma; Tuck Magazine&comma; Mistymountain Review and several anthologies&period; As a writer&comma; Aremu believes Literature is a socio-scientific phenomenon with artful application&period; He is the founder of <em>ARTmosterrific<&sol;em>&comma; a platform where writers and readers meet&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"padding-left&colon; 60px&semi;"><strong>AKOR EMMANUEL OCHE<&sol;strong> is a critic&comma; essayist and thinker&period; Akor is the Secretary of the Africa Haiku Network and C&period;E&period;O of OCHEBOOKS&comma; a writing&comma; entrepreneurship and publishing consultancy firm which also specialize in art collection and dealing&period; His writings have appeared on platforms like Praxis Magazine&comma; Grey Sparrow Press Artvill&comma; Tuck Magazine&comma; Expound Magazine&comma; Provocanyon Review&comma; Savhage Reviews and Pyrokinection&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"padding-left&colon; 60px&semi;"><strong>EBUKA PRINCE OKOROAFOR<&sol;strong> &lpar;E&period;P Okoroafor&rpar; is a Medical student and writes from Imo State Nigeria&period; He believes through writing we begin to cherish the little things in life that often times&comma; we fail notice&period; His work has appeared on Praxis Magazine&comma; The Kalahari review&comma; Poemhunter&period;com and The African Writer&period;  His poetry is inspired by his daily encounter with his immediate environment&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"padding-left&colon; 60px&semi;"><strong>OLUWAPELUMI FRANCIS SALAKO<&sol;strong> is a poet whose works have been published on platforms&period; He is also the pioneer of Wakaabout&comma; a street photography project dedicated to the daily struggle of the common people&period; Salako lives in Ogbomoso&comma; Western Nigeria&comma; from where he writes&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"padding-left&colon; 60px&semi;"><strong>ZAINAB KABIR TALATA<&sol;strong> is a 19-year-old fiction and creative non-fiction writer presently studying Law at Nasarawa State University&comma; Keffi &lpar;NSUK&rpar;&period; Born in Lagos but raised in Abuja where she still lives&comma; Zainab took interest in writing quite early&comma; and has several writing&comma; including two unpublished novels to her name&period;  She believes that writing is not just a hobby&comma; but also an avenue to express emotions and beliefs without interruptions&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"padding-left&colon; 60px&semi;"><strong>ONALEYE PELUMI FAVOUR<&sol;strong> is a fiction writer currently studying Architecture at the Obafemi Awolowo University &lpar;OAU&rpar;&comma; Ile-Ife&period; He writes under the pseudonym &OpenCurlyQuote;Fapelo’&period; Though only taking writing seriously a few years ago&comma; there are very few things he loves do more than write&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"padding-left&colon; 60px&semi;"><strong>IWU JEFF<&sol;strong> &lpar;Iwuchukwu Jephta&rpar; is a poet&comma; playwright and fiction writer hails from Imo state&comma; Nigeria&period; Though born in Aba&comma; Abia State&comma; he has lived in the Northern parts of Nigeria&period; He is a trained teacher of English and Literature-in-English and holds a Nigeria Certificate in Education &lpar;NCE&rpar; in English &lpar;double major&rpar;&period; Iwu is rounding up B&period;A &lpar;Ed&rpar; English&rpar; degree at Ahmadu Bello University &lpar;ABU&rpar;&comma; Zaria&period; He lives in and writes from Kontagora&comma; Niger State&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"padding-left&colon; 60px&semi;"><strong>IGE RACHEL<&sol;strong> is a graduate of law from the University of Ibadan and currently a student of the Nigerian Law School&period; Ige’s works have been published on several platforms but she is yet to publish a full-length book&period; In 2017 she won May 2017 edition of the Words Rhymes &amp&semi; Rhythm backed BRIGITTE POIRSON POETRY CONTEST &lpar;BPPC&rpar;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"padding-left&colon; 60px&semi;"><strong>MIRACLE EKPEREAMAKA NWOKEDI<&sol;strong> is a budding short-story&period; She holds a B&period;sc in Mass Communication from the Nnamdi Azikiwe University&period; Nwokedi’s works have been published on platforms like Africanwriter&comma; Brittlepaper&comma; The Naked Convos and Hub 201&period; Her work also featured in Dark Clouds and Other Stories&comma; an anthology of short stories from across Africa&period; In 2017&comma; she was shortlisted in the JLF Foundation Creative Writing Contest&period; She lives in Asaba&comma; Delta state&comma; where she is developing a mentorship platform for young creative minds&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow wp-amp-block wp-block-jetpack-slideshow&lowbar;&lowbar;autoplay wp-block-jetpack-slideshow&lowbar;&lowbar;autoplay-playing" id&equals;"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow&lowbar;&lowbar;1"><div 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