ANNOUNCING THE SEVHAGE-KSR HYGINUS EKWUAZI POETRY PRIZE 2023 SHORTLIST

After critical readings and reviews, we are delighted to unveil an extensive shortlist for the poetry component of the SEVHAGE Literary Prizes 2023, named in honour of the revered Professor Hyginus Ekwuazi, and in collaboration with the African poetry collective, Konya Shamsrumi. In alphabetical order by first names, the works and their authors are as follows:

Here, I introduced Kotus to the Encyclopaedia of My Dolour by Abduljalal Musa Aliyu
Palestine In Recent Times: A Conversation at the Confessional by Chinecherem Enujioke
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
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
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

The shortlist for other categories will be announced in the coming days while the ultimate winners will be unveiled later this month.

Congratulations to everyone on the list and best wishes in all your endeavours.

Dr Ehighocho Ruth James
SEVHAGE Prizes 2023 Publicity Lead

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