The shortlist for last week’s ANSA AWARDS FOR CREATIVE WRITING (August 2019, Week 1) is shown below, in the respective categories:

ANSA Poet of the Week Award

The nominees are:

1. Victoria Ukpaka for her poem, Regret

2. Victor Apata for his poem, The disaster

3. Maymunah Kadiri for her poem, Gremlins

ANSA Poetry Collabo of the Week Award

The nominees are:

1. Nathaniel Eleojo & Babatunde Phemmy for their poem, Primrose

2. Ifeoma Ike & Isah Ibrahim for their poem, Tradermoney

3. Onome Mukoro & Efemena Akponana for their poem, Sparkles

ANSA Flash Fiction Writer of the Week Award

The nominee is:

Aminu Abdulmumeen for his entry, Hustle fever

ANSA Short Story Writer of the Week Award

The nominees are:

1. Victoria Ukpaka for her entry, The angel you knew

2. Maymunah Kadiri for her entry, A victim’s tale

3. Aminu Abdulmumeen for his entry, Miss Koi Koi

ANSA Children’s Literature Writer of the Week Award

The nominee is:

Victor Apata for his entry, Ifunaya

ANSA Non-Fiction Writer of the Week Award

The nominees are:

1. Victor Apata for his entry, A good in a bad

2. Owen Peters for his entry, Insecurity waves

3. Ebere Okorocha for her entry, Slay queens

ANSA Quote of the Week Award

The nominees are:

1. Victor Apata

2. Francis Wada

3. Victoria Ukpaka