A Nigerian artist, Vincent Kolo, has won the $50,000 Nefertiti grand prize for creativity during a virtual festival as part…
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Beauty of Failure Contest: Winning Entries and Anthology Released
Several weeks after the call for submission, we have finally selected the winner of the Beauty of Failure Poetry Contest.…
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Meet the 20 Shortlist for the 2019 Miles Morland Writing Scholarships
According to the press release, “The Miles Morland Foundation is pleased to announce the shortlist for the 2019 Morland Writing…
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2019 Jack Grapes Poetry Prize Announces Winners | ACEworld
The 2019 Jack Grapes Poetry Prize has announced the winners of its 7th annual poetry prize. Below are the winning entries…
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First All-Female Movie in Uganda Wins UK Art House Prize
Bed of Thorns, a movie about gender-based violence, has won the Africa Focus Award. This weekend, a film from Uganda,…
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Hearty Congratulations: Igbinigie, Isreal, Obasa Wins 2019 Punocracy Prize for Satire
Jesuferanmi Igbinigie, Winlade Isreal, and Funmilayo Obasa has emerged winners of the maiden Punocracy Prize for Satire writing competition. According…
Read More Hearty Congratulations: Igbinigie, Isreal, Obasa Wins 2019 Punocracy Prize for SatireCongratulations: Jude Idada wins NLNG 2019 Nigeria literature prize of $100,000
After several attempts, Jude Idada has been declared winner of the 2019 Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) prize money of…
Read More Congratulations: Jude Idada wins NLNG 2019 Nigeria literature prize of $100,000Gbenga Adesina, Antonio Lopez, Others Win Palette Poetry Spotlight Award | ACEworld
Palette Poetry is honored to share with everyone the winners and finalists of the Spotlight Award 2019. Gbenga Adesina, having won,…
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Breaking: Olga Tokarczuk & Peter Handke Wins Nobel Prize for Literature for 2018, 2019 Respectively | ACEworld
The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2018 has been awarded to the Polish author Olga Tokarczuk “for a narrative imagination…
Read More Breaking: Olga Tokarczuk & Peter Handke Wins Nobel Prize for Literature for 2018, 2019 Respectively | ACEworldEdem Srem, Ghanian Freelance Journalist nominated for 2019 African Fact-Checking Awards
Edem Srem, Ghanian freelance Journalist has been nominated for the 6th African Fact-Checking Awards slated for October 2019 in South…
Read More Edem Srem, Ghanian Freelance Journalist nominated for 2019 African Fact-Checking AwardsPoet Sonia Sanchez Wins Anisfield-Wolf Lifetime Achievement Award
Sonia Sanchez’s work as a groundbreaking poet will be honored in Cleveland Thursday night with the lifetime achievement honor from…
Read More Poet Sonia Sanchez Wins Anisfield-Wolf Lifetime Achievement AwardIzunna Okafor Wins Best Young Writer of The Year 2019 | ACEworld
Anambra-born young writer, Izunna Okafor has yet added another prestigious feather to his literary status, as he won the 2019…
Read More Izunna Okafor Wins Best Young Writer of The Year 2019 | ACEworld2019 Punocracy Prize for Satire Shortlist Released | ACEworld
Following the recently released Longlist of the 2019 Punocracy Prize for Satire, the Jury have come up with top 20 shortlisted…
Read More 2019 Punocracy Prize for Satire Shortlist Released | ACEworldJoyce Adam wins outstanding Female Engineers Award as Jankara donated #900,000 at the NIMechE NSF Zone 2 All Engineering Ladies Summit
by Adeyin Ademola abdulrasheed It was a gathering of Engineers from all walks of life as Nigeria Institution of Mechanical…
Read More Joyce Adam wins outstanding Female Engineers Award as Jankara donated #900,000 at the NIMechE NSF Zone 2 All Engineering Ladies SummitNigerian Rabiat Akande Wins Harvard Prize For Ph.D. Dissertation
Nigerian lawyer, Rabiat Akande, has won the Harvard Prize for her Ph.D. Dissertation (Summa Cum Laude), InsideOyo.com gathered. Akande’s dissertation…
Read More Nigerian Rabiat Akande Wins Harvard Prize For Ph.D. DissertationAfrican Writers Awards 2019 Shortlist
The African Writers Development Trust has released the shortlist for the 2019 African Writers Awards. Speaking at a press conference…
Read More African Writers Awards 2019 ShortlistMeet Abubakar Abdullahi, The Imam Awarded by US for Rescuing 262 Christians
Today, the 83-year-old Nigerian Imam Abubakar Abdullahi alongside four other nationals (from Sudan, Brazil, Iraq and Cyprus) received the first-ever…
Read More Meet Abubakar Abdullahi, The Imam Awarded by US for Rescuing 262 Christians2019 Oscar Nominations: Full List of Academy Awards Nominees in All 24 Categories
The 91st Oscar nominations were announced just now in a presentation by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences,…
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2018 African Writers Award Winners Announced
Winners have emerged at the 2018 African writers awards held on December 1, 2018 at the International Conference Centre, Abuja,…
Read More 2018 African Writers Award Winners Announced2018 Brittle Paper Awards: Winners Announced
Brittle paper releases final list of winners after weeks of rigorous editorial work by the judges. 31 pieces were shorlisted…
Read More 2018 Brittle Paper Awards: Winners AnnouncedMeet The Six Finalists For The 2018 Baillie Gifford Prize
It’s almost here: the winner of the 2018 Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction, which celebrates the “very best in high…
Read More Meet The Six Finalists For The 2018 Baillie Gifford PrizeAfrican Writers Award Shortlist Released | Abeiku Arhin, Chibuike Ogbonnaya, Aisha M. Umar and Others Win
Shortlists for the 2018 African Writers Award have been released by the respective judges. The judges of each category have…
Read More African Writers Award Shortlist Released | Abeiku Arhin, Chibuike Ogbonnaya, Aisha M. Umar and Others WinPreliminary List For The 2018 Best New African Poets Released | Check Your Names
The preliminarily list for The 2018 Best New African Poets has just been released. Please look through the list below. If…
Read More Preliminary List For The 2018 Best New African Poets Released | Check Your NamesMeet The 9 Shortlisted Poets for The Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature
The longlist for the sixth edition of the “Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature” has been released. This edition of the…
Read More Meet The 9 Shortlisted Poets for The Wole Soyinka Prize for LiteratureJorie Graham Wins $10,000 Bobbitt Poetry Prize
Jorie Graham has won the 2018 Rebekah Johnson Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry for her 2017 collection “Fast.” The biennial…
Read More Jorie Graham Wins $10,000 Bobbitt Poetry PrizeLIPFest2018 Poetry Contest: Mesioye Johnson, Christtie Jay & Mazpa Ejikem Alongside Other Finalists Win
After a thorough judging session by the judges, Dami Àjàyí and Titilope Sonuga, the entries of 15 poets were chosen…
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