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
