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The judges of the 7th edition of the annual Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Prize (EOPP 2018), ADEDAYO AGARAU and OYINDAMOLA SHOOLA, have released a shortlist of 20 poems selected from the two hundred and twenty-five (225) entries received.
According to the judges, the following poems will go in for the second round of judging for a chance to win the N50,000 prize:
- APPLICATION FOR SURVIVAL
- STRIPPING A RIVER ITS NAME
- MY MIND – A PLANTATION OF HOPE
- NOW &THEN
- THE VERB FLEE
- IF ONLY
- //ERROR 404//
- TO WAZOBIA, WITH LOVE
- MY HAIR REGIMEN
- THE SOUND OF RAINBOW#
- I BURN INCENSES BEFORE SLEEP
- THE TRUTH IN A BLANK PAGE
- GIFT OF THE JUNGLE
- A PATRIOT’S REQUIEM OR AN IMMIGRANT’S TESTAMENT
- THIS IS NIGERIA
- THIS IS HOW YOU SMELL IN THE AFTERNOON
- THE RIVERS BETWEEN
- BOTTLED COUNTRY
- STRIPPING A RIVER ITS NAME
- ILLEGITIMATE CHILD
PRIZES TO BE WON:
- First Prize – N25,000 cash and an all-expense paid invitation to the PIN Food Poetry Contest award dinner
- First Runner-up – N15,000 cash
- Second Runner-up – N10,000 cash
- NOTE: All poets on the shortlist of 10 will receive SFEV certificates of recognition and books by Eriata Oribhabor
The winners will be announced before the 31st of March 2019.