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.
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