Jesuferanmi Igbinigie, Winlade Isreal, and Funmilayo Obasa has emerged winners of the maiden Punocracy Prize for Satire writing competition.
According to the ediors, the grand prize-winning entry, Igbinigie’s When You Speak of Africa, was a really good entry that strikes at the heart of the satirical.
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Let the Good Works Continue authored by the first runner-up, Winlade Isreal, was noted to have used “effective ironic subversions that offer a witty and funny sense of the state of things in Nigerian politics”. “Creatively fascinating,” the second judge said about it. “The speech format adopted shows a very distinct element of creativity.”
Coming third place, Obasa’s Because You are Alive was said to be a “good work with a solid gendered argument”. “A pretty brilliant, unpretentiously feminist intervention. Good prose,” another juror remarked.
Ranked right after the three submissions are:
Abdurrahman Bello Onifade’s Open Letter to Mr President: Let’s Talk About the Muhammadu Buhari University: 4th place.
Ayodimeji Ameenat’s Marital Rapists are Like Bras; Here’s Why You Should Love Them: Joint 5th place.
Mazpa Ekejiuba Ejikem’s Becoming a Privileged Nigerian: Joint 5th place.
Timothy Edaki’s Satire 101: Introduction to Wife Battery and Assault: Honorable mention.
Obi Joy Ogechi’s A Day in the Life of a Kafayan Legislator: Honorable mention.
Congratulations to the winners.
Congratulations to them.