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Ibiteye Overcomer Ibiaduradara is the winner of the AUGUST/SEPTEMBER edition of the bi-monthly Brigitte Poirson Poetry Contest (BPPC). Ibiteye’s soulful poem To Bleed Colors emerged 1st place winner ahead of 2nd placed A Birth of Disappointment by Glorious Kate Akpegah and 3rd-placed Echoes of Eden by Jewo Oghenetega.
Ibiteye, a first-time BPPC winner, is an alumnus of the SprinNG Writing Fellowship and winner of the 2020 Shuzia Prize for Poetry. Her works have appeared on various literary platforms.
BPPC awards ₦30,000 in prize money shared among the top three entries. In addition, the top 10 poems are automatically entered for the Albert Jungers Poetry Prize (AJPP) 2021. The other poets in the top 10 of the August/September edition with Ibiteye, Kate and Jewo are Ayobami Kayode Tijani Ah’mad, Bryan Joe Okwesili, ‘Mbagu Valentine, Olajuwon Joseph Olumide, Hussani Abdulrahim, Abiona Michelle Eniola, and Shola Balogun.
The TOP 20 poems of the edition are published in a chapbook titled ‘TO BLEED COLORS’.
