The Nigerian Prize for Literature is currently accepting works for it’s 2022 edition.
An initiative of Nig. LNG Ltd, the Nigerian Prize for Literature has recorded over 2,051 entries for 17 competitions that have produced 17 winning works since its commencement in February 2004.
The competition runs a four-year cycle that revolves around Prose Fiction, Poetry, Drama and Children’s Literature in that order. In 2019, the focus was Children’s Literature and the winner was Boom Boom by Jude Idada.
The Prize is administered by an Advisory Board set up by Nigeria LNG Limited. The current Advisory Board for Literature is headed by Emeritus Prof. Ayo Banjo.
Other members of the board are Prof. Ben Elugbe, and Prof. Jerry Agada.
Winners are announced in October, commemorating the first export of LNG cargo by NLNG on October 9, 1999.
Submission Guidelines—Nigerian Prize for Literature
1 The Prize is open to only writers of Nigerian descent.
2. All applicants must complete and submit their entries online via thenigeriaprizes.org. Applicants should include links to online platforms where their books can be accessed for download/purchase.
3. No book published before January 2018 will be accepted.
4. Each author is entitled to only one book submission. Unpublished works would not be considered.
No book previously submitted for this competition should be submitted at a later date, even if major revisions have been made and or a new edition published.
5. No member of the advisory board or panel of judges can enter their work in the period they are serving and two years after.
Entries from members of the NLNG staff will also be automatically disqualified.
6. Failure to adhere to the following will lead to disqualification.
The panel of judges for the 2022 Nigerian Prize for Literature is Prof. Sule Emmanuel Egya. He will be joined by Toyin Adewale-Gabriel & Dike Chukwumerije. While Prof. Susan Kiguli would act as the Prize’s consultant.
Cheluchi Onyemelukwe The Son of the House won last year’s Nigeria Prize for Literature.
