We are pleased to announce the shortlist of the 2023 Akachi Chukwuemeka Prize for Literature. A Winner and two honorary mentions will be announced on the 13th of May, in a zoom event, in remembrance and memory of Akachi Chukwuemeka. Click here for information about the zoom event.
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The Shortlist
1. Overdose Procedural By Nonso Njoku
2. I Do Not Know What to Tell You By Chidozie Emesowum
3. A Conversation Between A Cyborg And A Therapist By Zaynab Bobi
4. The Edge Of Despair By Adesiyan Oluwapelumi
5. Happiness And Everything But— By Nineteen
6. Alas, A Prayer By Nnadi Samuel
7. The Whole Day’s Train Is Filled With A Poem So Sad That My Body Could Collapse Into It By Ojo Tayo
8. Apology IV By Timi Sanni
9. Brief Analysis Of Upheaval & Redemption By Eniola Abdulroqeeb Arowolo
10. All Man Join by Sima Essien
11. Extra Preamble to End Time by Nweke Benard Okecheukwu
12. Portraiting As A Cat In A Poem Where I Have Lived Six Times By Muhammed Sanni Olowonjoyin
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