![A BROKEN COUNTRY AS PORTRAIT [A Poem] by Olalekan Ayodele](https://sevhage.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/a-broken-country-as-portrait-2.png?w=290&h=290&crop=1 "A BROKEN COUNTRY AS PORTRAIT [A Poem] by Olalekan Ayodele")
A broken country is not a Santorini comfort,Not blessed with the serenity and graceOf beauty and tenderness. A broken countryHolds bullets at the entrance of every roomOf freedom, machetes and fists strategicallyPlaced at the crevices of every place you’d wantTo call home. A broken country has the accentOf a cry, high pitched misery at the … Continue reading
A Unique Opportunity for Young Creatives in Abuja Abuja, [18th August 2024] – Parents and guardians in Abuja are encouraged to seize a remarkable opportunity this summer holiday by enrolling their children in The Treasured Writers Workshop (TTW), a premier creative writing boot camp for children aged 7 to 14. Officially established in 2007 by … Continue reading
Brian was fed up with our marriage. I couldn’t really blame him, but the question that kept ringing in my head was, how did we get here? Brian and I met in high school. I was part of the popular group, known for my gymnastics and cheerleading skills. My grades were okay, except for maths. … Continue reading
SEVHAGE Literary and Development Initiative and the ALINEA Initiative are delighted to announce the launch of the Eugenia Abu/SEVHAGE International Prize for Creative Nonfiction, funded and administered by their organisations. This prize, named in honour of the distinguished writer, broadcaster, and media consultant Eugenia Abu, aims to celebrate outstanding creative nonfiction from writers worldwide, highlighting … Continue reading
SEVHAGE is proud to invite entries from the general public in the categories for the 2024 edition: Professor Hyginus Ekwuazi, multiple award-winning multi-genre writer, scholar, Professor of Broadcast Media and former Vice Chancellor of the Dominican University Ibadan, will serve as the Chief Judge for this year’s prizes, ensuring the selection of the highest-quality entries. … Continue reading
Nigerian poet, playwright, and editor Michael Imossan has been announced as the winner of the 2024 Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poets with his collection All that Refuses to Die. Imossan is the twelfth winner of the prize and joins the ranks of fellow Nigerian poets Tares Oburumu (Origins of the Syma Species, 2022) … Continue reading
![CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: THE EUGENIA ABU/SEVHAGE INTERNATIONAL PRIZE FOR CREATIVE NON-FICTION 2024 [DEADLINE: 22nd September 2024 11:59pm WAT] – NO ENTRY FEE](https://sevhage.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/eugenia-abu-september-2024.jpg?w=290&h=290&crop=1 "CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: THE EUGENIA ABU/SEVHAGE INTERNATIONAL PRIZE FOR CREATIVE NON-FICTION 2024 [DEADLINE: 22nd September 2024 11:59pm WAT] – NO ENTRY FEE")
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
Damilola Omotoyinbo is a Nigerian Poet/Writer, a 2019 Fellow of the Ebedi International Writers Residency, and a member of the Frontiers Collective. She emerged as Winner of the 2023 Writivism Poetry Prize. She has also won several poetry honors. Notably; Co-Winner of the 2023 Writing Ukraine Prize, 2023 SEVHAGE/Agema-Founders Prize (for Poetry), 2021 SprinNg Annual … Continue reading
![11 BOOKS LONGLISTED FOR 2024 [NLNG] NIGERIA PRIZE FOR LITERATURE 2024](https://sevhage.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/nigeria-prize-for-literature.jpeg?w=290&h=290&crop=1 "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
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
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