From a total of one hundred and forty-three plays, eleven have been long-listed for this year’s edition of the NLNG prize for Literature.

The NLNG prize for literature is an annual prize of four literary categories— prose fiction, poetry, drama, and children’s literature.

The eleven long-listed plays are:
Homecoming by Cheta Igbokwe.
Sacred feet by Ade Adeniji.
Where is patient Zero by Olatunbosun Taofeek.
Yamtarawala- The Warrior King by Henry Akunbuiro.
When Big Masquerades Dance Naked by Olubunmi Familoni.
The Boat People by Christopher Anyokwu.
The Brigadiers of a Mad Tribe by Abuchi Modilim.
The Ojuelegba Crossroads by Abilene Abolaji Ogomu.
Gidan Juju by Victor S. Dugga.
The Spellbinder by Bode Sowande.
Grit by Obari Gomba.

A shortlist of three is expected in September. And the winning play for the NLNG prize for Literature l, in October.