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Phillip Chijioke Abonyi has won the February/March 2022 edition of the bi-monthly Brigitte Poirson Poetry Contest (BPPC). Abonyi, a writer and photographer, was awarded first place for ‘How a Poet Loves a Poem‘, a unique poem that romances a poem and its qualifying elements.
Emuobome Jemikalajah emerged 2nd Prize Winner for ‘Love Is Not a Seismic Event‘, while Akan Ruth finished in 3rd Place for ‘Kindred Spirit’. The other poets in the top 10 of the edition are Chinedu Gospel, Adéníran Abdbasit Adéyẹmí, Olowo Qudus Opeyemi, Blessing Omeiza Ojo, Enobong Ernest Enobong, Wisdom C. Nwoga, and Olalekan Daniel Kehinde.
BPPC awards ₦30,000 in prize money shared among the top three entries. The top 10 poems are also automatically entered for the annual Albert Jungers Poetry Prize (AJPP).
The TOP 20 poems of the edition are published in a chapbook titled ‘HOW A POET LOVES A POEM’.
