The Nigerian NewsDirect Poetry Column has instituted a yearly poetry competition. At the end of the contest, three winners will take home cash prizes.
Call For Entries: Nigerian Newsdirect Poetry Prize 2021 | N150,000
In a bid to fulfil its long term goal of supporting innovation in Nigerian poetry, The Nigerian NewsDirect has instituted a yearly poetry competition. At the end of the contest, three winners will be announced and will take home a cash prize of N150,000.
The Nigerian NewsDirect is a daily newspaper which publishes various daily news from oil, gas, power, aviation, maritime, banking, education, capital market, entertainment etc. The Nigerian NewsDirect was organized by the news publishing company to celebrate their 10th year anniversary.
The Nigeria Newsdirect now has a weekly poetry column! Poets are implored to submit their works for review and publication in their website. Many writers have expressed the pleasure and excitement they derive from such establishment as it's a platform to have their voices aired.
Worthy of note is that The Nigeria Newsdirect is widely known across Nigerian, especially for it's news updates. But now, it's also gaining recognition amidst writers in Nigeria and other countries.
We implore interested writers to read the guidelines for submission as any deviation from the rules might lead to disqualification.
Eligibility For The Nigerian Newsdirect Poetry Prize 2020
The Nigerian Newsdirect Poetry Prize 2020 competition is open to all Nigerian poets at different stages of their career (except members of Unserious Collective and staff/interns of The African Writers).
Nigerian poet, we take to mean a person born in Nigeria, or whose parents (at least one) are Nigerian, or a person living in Nigeria naturalized as a citizen.
Submission Guidelines for The Nigerian Newsdirect Poetry Prize 2020
To Enter for the Nigerian NewsDirect poetry prize, interested poets are to send in ONE previously unpublished poem of any length in a .doc or .docx file—Single-spaced. Font: 12, Garamond or Times New Roman.
Only Original entries are allowed.
Every writer is allowed to delve into any theme as here is no guiding theme or style for the poetry prize.
You are prompted and advised to submit your best work for the poetry prize
Email subject should read, “NNDPP 2020 ENTRY.”
In the body of the mail add full name, a bio not more than 70 words, email address, and phone number should be included
Entry Fee:
No entry fee required.
Copyright
Entrants retain copyright of their works but submission gives us permission to publish selected poems in a future anthology.
Prizes For The Nigerian Newsdirect Poetry Prize 2020
The winners of the Nigerian Newsdirect Poetry Prize 2020 will take home the following cash prizes:
- First Prize: N70,000
- Second Prize: N50,000
- Third Prize: N30,000
- Totaled: N150,000
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How to Submit for The Nigerian Newsdirect Poetry Prize 2020
How to Submit for The Nigerian Newsdirect Poetry Prize 2020
Send your submissions to poetrycolumnnnd@gmail.com. (Note: “n” appears three times in the email address).
DEADLINE: January 25,2021
The Nigeria NewsDirect Releases The Winners' List For Its Poetry Prize
Earlier this week, The coordinator of The Nigeria Poetry Column released the winners' list for its poetry prize, that which was concluded few months back. Three winners emerged as a winner and the first place winner was appointed as the news publishing's poet laureate. Aside that, The Nigeria Newsdirect poetry organizers attached other benefit aside the cash prize for the poet laureate.
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