OPEN TO anyone anywhere in the world. PRIZE: ₦1,000,000 [One Million Naira] for one winner + publication + have work as part of an exhibition in England. DEADLINE: 22nd September 2024 11:59pm WAT The Eugenia Abu/SEVHAGE Creative Non-Fiction Prize looks to encourage exploration into the non-fiction genre among writers, while celebrating the legacy of Mrs … Continue reading
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11 BOOKS LONGLISTED FOR 2024 [NLNG] NIGERIA PRIZE FOR LITERATURE 2024
In the early hours of 13th July 2024, Nigerian Time, the longlist for the $100,000 Nigeria Prize for Literature sponsored by the Nigeria Liquefied and Natural Gas (NLNG) was released by its Advisory Board. This was released in a video featuring the three members of the Advisory Board comprising Professor Akachi Adimora-Ezeigbo (chair), Prof. Olu … Continue reading
PUBLIC STATEMENT ON THE E. E. SULE/SEVHAGE PRIZE FOR AFRICAN LITERARY CRITICISM
1st July 2024 Following our announcement of the above-named prize on Friday 28th June 2024, we were made aware of some posts and comments made in reference to the prize by Pa Ikhide R Ikheloa. While we would like nothing better than to tune out the noise and focus on what we believe to be … Continue reading
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: K & L FICTION PRIZE [DEADLINE: 29th August 2024 11:59 WAT]
We are proud to announce the K & L Short Story Prize 2024, the SEVHAGE Prizes category for Short Fiction 2024, open to African writers globally. This year, we are open to stories that focus on mental health and reduce stigma while encouraging positive stories to promote well-being. This is open to the interpretation of the … Continue reading
SEVHAGE Presents Chichi Uba’s ‘While We Watched’ (A Short Story)
Dear Readers,We are thrilled to announce the online publication of an easy-read emotionally charged short story, While We Watched by Chichi Uba. This poignant tale which was birthed and published in March, takes us on a journey through the depths of raw pain, unexpected love, loss, and renewal. Continue reading
AN EVENING OF READINGS AT THE POETRY ON THE GO [PoGo] SESSION AND FABRICE GAGOS’S PORTRAITS OF THE NOTTINGHAM POETRY FESTIVAL
by Su’ur Su’eddie Vershima Agema The Nottingham Poetry Festival 2024, held from the 7th to the 16th of June across various libraries in the city, featured amazing events. However, attending them all was always going to be daunting with the conflicting events and more importantly, the busyness of one’s schedules. With lots of hopping across … Continue reading
I DON’T JUST WANT THEM TO READ A POEM, I WANT THEM TO READ A FEELING: A SEVHAGE INTERVIEW WITH AMAKA FELLY OBIOJI
In this interview, SEVHAGE author, Amaka Felly Obioji, development enthusiast and author of Mother, Did You Call My Name? is in conversation with Jola Ademola on her writing and much more. Enjoy: JOLA: What inspired you to compile and publish “Mother, did you call my name?” AMAKA: I have always been writing short-form poetry that I usually … Continue reading
ON THE ALTAR OF PAPER: A Review of Peter Okonkwo’s “A Cry for Mercy” by Jide Badmus
A Cry for Mercy is a book of lamentations. A distraught persona navigates mystical terrains with a carnal compass—interrogates pain from a spiritual slant. This 123-paged poetry book is a collection of letters to God. It’s like a diary—frustrated monologues & aching contemplations—mistakenly left in the open. Who writes letters, you wonder, in this age, … Continue reading
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: THE E. E. SULE/SEVHAGE PRIZE FOR AFRICAN LITERARY CRITICISM 2024 [DEADLINE: 24th August 2024 11:59pm WAT]
OPEN TO Africans all over the world. PRIZE: N285,000 for one winner + publication. DEADLINE: 24th August 2024 11:59pm WAT In celebrating and making more visible the culture of criticism, SEVHAGE will award the E. E. SULE/SEVHAGE Prize for African Literary Criticism for an outstanding well-researched work of literary criticism or critical appraisal in form … Continue reading
SEVHAGE Presents Chichi Uba’s ‘While We Watched’ (A Short Story)
Dear Readers,We are thrilled to announce the online publication of an easy-read emotionally charged short story, “While We Watched” by Chichi Uba. This poignant tale which was birthed earlier this month, takes us on a journey through the depths of raw pain, unexpected love, loss, and renewal. Set in the backdrop of a university … Continue reading