The Inaugural Blessing Kolajo Poetry Prize has announced the longlisted entries for its first edition, in no particular order.
- Duro is fleeting by Olaosebikan Feyisitan
- Photographs by Oluwadamilola Akinbo
- Paper seeds by Nneoma Mbalewe
- Ephemeral by Edith Ojonumi Sami
- Requiem of a thousand dreams by Owoeye Taiwo Bisola
- Time balm by Gimbiya Galadima
- Old age by Arikewusola Abdul
- Debris of time travel by Abubakar Auwal
- The sun sets here by Wisdom Adedeji
- Ode to my Adibas sneakers by Olumide Manuel
- Homecoming by Fadairo Tasleem
- Prodigal boys by John Ebute
- Home is a Stomach, My Father is a Kite by Mubarak Said
- A Limbo of Forgotten things by Emmanuel Ikechukwu
- Healing by Paul Olayioye
- When it is all said and done by Gift Onobhamiukar
- Yesterday calls but today is too late to answer by Joemario Umana
- Resistance by Fatiha Quadri
- Postbellum by Pacella Chukwuma-Eke
- This little life will be infinite by Precious Chidera Harrison
- Goldfish by Ezinne Igbokwe
- Dementia by Shiloh Okparanma
- We do not say prayers for dead men by Chiamaka Ogiji
- Then, now and in-between by Tanjiye Light
- The measure of tender things by Omobolanle Amashe
- Boys from my home has a thing for grief by Timileyin Adepoju
- Clicks by Korede Badmus
- Infestation by Chinemerem Prince Nwankwo
- Laments: Where the things I love, are slowly becoming extinct by Eliogema Udafia
- Anatomy of my grandmother hanging in a scythe by Agboola Tariq.
A shortlist of three and the winning entry will be announced soon.