Oladimeji Adam Adedayo is the winner of the annual Words Rhymes & Rhythm Publishers Albert Jungers Poetry Prize (AJPP) 2020 for his poem COVID-19 themed poem ‘THE DUOPOLY’.
The poem, which was 2nd-runner up in the April/May edition of the Brigitte Poirson Poetry Contest (BPPC) beat Akor Agada Nathaniel’s ‘WHO CAN FIND A TRUE FRIEND’ [read poem] and Osadolor Williams Osayande ‘CLOVEN HEARTS WITH A DEEP RED’ to first-runner-up and second-runner-up positions respectively.
Oladimeji will be awarded N20,000 cash prize, a Gold Chapbook publishing package from Authoropedia with one-year 10% discount on all Words Rhymes & Rhythm Ltd. services.
AJPP celebrates the best poem from the combined top 10 entries of the monthly Brigitte Poirson Poetry Contest (BPPC) from February to September of each year. Past winners of the prize are Emmanuel Faith (2019), Aire Joshua Omotayo (2018), Ogwiji Ehi-kowochio Blessing (2017) and Kanyinsola Olorunnisola (2016).
WINNER’S BIOGRAPHY
Oladimeji Adam Adedayo is a writer. A native of Òkukù in the riverine state of Ọ̀ṣun, Adam’s literary accolades include the Albert Jungers Prize 2020, the Brigitte Poirson Poetry Contest February/March 2020 (first-runner-up) and the Ken Egbas Poetry Prize 2018 (shortlist). His works have been published in Vortices of Verses anthology and IMOMOTIMI: An Anthology for Okara. At his leisure, Adam watches 24 or Designated Survivor.