The winners for our ANSA Writer of the Month Award (February 2019) are shown below, in the respective categories:
ANSA Poet of the Month Award
The nominees are:
1. Ikpeme Kanong for his poem, ‘The invader’
2. Samuel Adeyemi for his poem, ‘Utopia’
3. Samuel Adeyemi for his poem, ‘The Colour Green’
4. Ikpeme Kanong for his poem, ‘On stormy seas’
No clear winner as each nominee had two weekly wins each (50% success rate).
ANSA Poetry Collabo of the Month Award
The nominees are:
1. Ikpeme Kanong & Huda Tariq for their poem, ‘Moon’s night’
2. Ikpeme Kanong & Huda Tariq for their poem, ‘Silent stitches’
3. Ikpeme Kanong & Huda Tariq for their poem, ‘Unsung magma’
And the winner is… Ikpeme Kanong & Huda Tariq, for clinching 3 out of 4 weekly awards.
ANSA Flash Fiction Writer of the Month Award
The nominees are:
1. Abdulhameed Ridwan O. for his entry, ‘BDGR’
2. Apata Victor for his entry, ‘Karma’
Not enough wins to clinch the monthly award.
ANSA Short Story Writer of the Month Award
The nominees are:
1. Aminu Abdulmumeen for his entry, ‘Reaper’
2. Maymunah Kadiri for her entry, ‘The mystery crush’
Not enough wins to clinch the monthly award.
ANSA Children’s Literature Writer of the Month Award
The nominees are:
1. Apata Victor for his entry, ‘The chicken thief’
2. Apata Victor for his entry, ‘The fisherman’
Not enough wins to clinch the monthly award.
ANSA Non-Fiction Writer of the Month Award
The nominees are:
1. Abdulhameed Ridwan O. for his entry, ‘Africa Industrialization Day’
2. Abdulhameed Ridwan O. for his entry, ‘N50, 000 and you’
3. Shomade Abdulazeez for her entry, ‘Denuclearisation of Africa: It’s logicality then and now’
Not enough wins to clinch the monthly award.
ANSA Non-Fiction Collabo of the Month Award
The nominees are:
1. Shomade Abdulazeez & Abdulhameed Ridwan O. for their entry, ‘Driving in Lagos’
2. Shomade Abdulazeez & Abdulhameed Ridwan O. for their entry, ‘Leaders of today’
Not enough wins to clinch the monthly award.
ANSA Literary Critique of the Month Award
The nominees are:
1. Maymunah Kadiri for her critique of Ikpeme Kanong’s ‘See through’
2. Maymunah Kadiri for her critique of Adeyemi Samuel’s poem, ‘The colour green’
Not enough wins to clinch the monthly award.
Most Popular Literary Work
The nominees are:
1. Victor Apata for his entry, ‘Karma’
2. Maymunah Kadiri for her entry, ‘The mystery crush’
3. Ikpeme Kanong for his poem, ‘The invader’
And the winner is… Maymunah Kadiri for her entry, ‘The mystery crush’
Highest Award Nominations
The nominees are:
1. Ikpeme Kanong
2. Abdulhameed Ridwan O.
3. Maymunah Kadirii
And the winner is… Ikpeme Kanong (6 nominations) as against Abdulhameed Ridwan O. (5 nominations) and Maymunah Kadirii (5 nominations).
Highest Award Wins
The nominees are:
1. Ikpeme Kanong
2. Maymunah Kadirii
3. Huda Tariq
And the winner is… Ikpeme Kanong (3 wins) as against Maymunah Kadiri (1 win) and Huda Tariq (1 win).
There you have it… Recipients of our ANSA Medal of Honour!
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Congrats to the winners!
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ANSA… for the love of writing