ANNOUNCING THE SEVHAGE/KSR HYGINUS EKWUAZI LITERARY PRIZES 2023 LONGLIST

After critical readings and reviews of the several entries submitted for the SEVHAGE/KSR Hyginus Ekwuazi Literary Prize, we are honoured to unveil the longlisted authors as follows:

Here, I introduced Kotus to the Encyclopaedia of My Dolour by Abduljalal Musa Aliyu
identity crises as a variant of grief by Ajise Vincent
The Sky God’s Wrath by Akumbu Uche
Grief by Ayiyi Joel
Palestine In Recent Times: A Conversation At The Confessional by Chinecherem Enujioke
Dear Son by Chinedu Gospel
chronicles of a place where nothing wets the skin but blood by Chinemerem Prince Nwankwo
why this poet is addicted to heartbreak songs by Damilola Omotoyinbo
Ujana by Frank Njugi
Foreign Gods Hold My Trachea by Frederick Goodness Amarachi
Self-inoculation//& the Falsettos of Soft Bruise by Joshua Effiong
Riverscape with seine by Martins Deep
How a cancel generation casts a portion of reality—even a poem—in reverse by Mazeed Mukhtar Oyeleye
In a Poem About Flight My iPhone-XR Autocorrects Father to Feather by Muiz Opeyemi Ajayi
I Second Guess Religion in Place of Humanity by Nnadi Samuel
Motion by Okoronkwo Chisom
Departures by Olalekan Daniel Kehinde
In The Call of Ruin by Pacella Chukwuma-Eke
before the storm came by Saheed Sunday
glossolalia by Sodiq Oyekanmi
It Brought Us Here to the Brink by Yarri Kamara

Congratulations to all the longlisted entrants. Your work is a testament to the resplendent literary future of our continent. The shortlist for the various categories will be announced in November 2023.

SEVHAGE LITERARY PRIZES 2023 LONGLIST