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No Winner For The 2015 Nlng's Nigeria Prize For Literature. by Savigne(f): 8:52am On Sep 26, 2015 |
Against all expectations, no winner has emerged for the 2015
edition of the Nigeria LNG sponsored The Nigeria Prize for
Literature. The Emeritus Professor Ayo Banjo-led Advisory Board
for The Nigeria Prize for Literature announced at a ceremony,
yesterday (Friday September 25, 2015) in Lagos that there would
be no winner for the 2015 edition of the prize because none of the
109 entries received met the levels of literary excellence worthy of
Africa’s most prestigious literary prize.
The Advisory Board announced that this decision was reached by
the panel of judges for this year’s competition led by Chief Judge
Professor Uwemedimo Enobong Iwoketok, a professor of English
Language at the University of Jos, after a thorough review of the
entries. Prof. Iwoketok said, “A disturbingly large number of
entries were dropped at the initial stage of short-listing because of
grave editing and publishing errors.”
According to her, submissions for the prize were examined based
on a number of considerations including editorial excellence,
creativity and story plot. Other members of the panel of judges are
Professor Charles Bodunde of the University of Ilorin, and the
University of Maiduguri’s Dr. Razinat Mohammed.
Members of the Advisory Board for the prize are Professor
Emeritus Ayo Banjo, Professor Ben Elugbe and Professor Jerry
Agada. The position of the panel of judges was supported by both
the international consultant – herself an internationally acclaimed
scholar and expert on children’s literature – as well as the
Advisory Board.
“The entries deal with some important topical issues, raising
challenging questions about the world children growing up in
Nigeria today will inherit. It also placed a spotlight on family
dynamics and constructions of childhood in ways that encourage
readers to think about how children feature in Nigerian culture.
However, they lack the lyricism, vision, and authority to become
classics that will be handed down from generation to generation
and that have the potential to reach out across cultures,” said Kim
Reynolds, professor of children’s literature at Newcastle
University, United Kingdom, and the international consultant for
this year’s prize.
According to the General Manager, External Relations, Nigeria
LNG, Dr. Kudo Eresia-Eke, “It will be recalled that the prize was
instituted in 2004, to stimulate creativity and reward excellence in
writing and would therefore be awarded only for excellence.
Although, there is no winner this year, NLNG in its determination
to promote excellence, would invest the prize money which would
have been won, back into the process for a creative writing
workshop for Nigerian writers of children’s literature. Further, for
the benefit of those who may not be physically at the workshop,
and indeed for the good of upcoming writers, the proceedings
would be collated, published for reference and guidance”.
The Nigeria Prize for Literature has since 2004 rewarded eminent
writers such as Gabriel Okara (cowinner, 2005, poetry), Professor
Ezenwa Ohaeto (co-win ner, 2005, poetry); Ahmed Yerima (2006,
drama) for his classic, Hard Ground; Mabel Segun (co-winner,
2007, children’s literature) for her collection of short plays
Reader’s Theatre; Professor Akachi Adimora-Ezeigbo (co-winner,
2007, children’s literature) with her book, My Cousin Sammy;
Kaine Agary (2008, prose); Esiaba Irobi (2010, drama) who
clinched the prize posthumously with his book Cemetery Road;
Adeleke Adeyemi (2011, children’s literature) with his book The
Missing Clock; Chika Unigwe (2012, prose), with her novel, On
Black Sister’s Street; Tade Ipadeola (2013, Poetry) with his
collection of poems, Sahara Testaments and Sam Ukala (2014,
drama) with Iredi War. In 2004 and 2009, there were no winners.
The Nigeria Prize for Literature rotates yearly amongst four literary
genres: prose fiction, poetry, drama and children’s literature. Source;New Telegraph Cc; Lalasticlala 2 Likes 1 Share |
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