We are pleased to announce the Longlist for the Green We Left Behind Nonfiction Contest. Out of a pool of nearly hundred entries, we have selected these twenty outstanding stories for publication.

These stories are listed in no particular order.

Charred Regina Achie Nege 

On the Wall of Our Family Okechi Okeke

Changing Times Hilary C. Anugba 

Building Memories to Rest Su’eddie V. Agema 

Once upon a Great River Vangegh Begha 

How Often the Sky Cracks: Sun, Rain, Clouds Iheoma Uzomba  

Fragments of Being on Earth and of the Earth Ugochukwu Anadi 

Iyi Onuokpu: Onuokpu Stream Lilian Nwozuzu 

The Longest Periods on Earth Oliver Sopulu Odo 

Reminiscences Elizabeth Onogwu

The Village Pond Agaigbe Uhembasha

The Wrinkled Sheaf of a Green Iris Blessing Chukwu 

Two Sides of the same Coin: The Irony of Life Ari-Ajia Olanrewaju 

Father of All Flora Uzor Maxim Uzoatu 

Some Marks Must Be Made of Your Passing Chinaecherem Obor 

Dreaming of the Possible Toyin Adewale-Gabriel 

Fumes of the City Bilqisu B. Abubakar 

Paint It in a Color They Can See Enit’ayanfe A. Akinsanya 

A Day in Memory Abibat A. Ibrahim 

An Indispensable Worship Ifenaike M. Ayomipo 

A short list will be announced on the 20th of June.

Congratulations to the longlisted writers.