ANSA AWARDS FOR CREATIVE WRITING (JULY 2019, WEEK 2): THE LONGLIST

The longlist for last week’s ANSA AWARDS FOR CREATIVE WRITING (July 2019, Week 2) is shown below, in the respective categories:

ANSA Poet of the Week Award

The nominees are:

1. Yusuf Muyibat for her poem, My pure garden

2. Akinwole John Akintayo for his entry, My memoir during the night

3. Victor Apata for his poem, I know of an angel

4. Victoria Ukpaka for her poem, Give me today

5. Huda Tariq for her entry, Magma of love

6. Israel Onoruoiza for his poem, The dead tree speaks

ANSA Poetry Collabo of the Week Award

The nominees are:

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

2. Abdul Isah & Mariam Mohammed for their poem, RUGA

3. Adaobi Okolo & Onyeka Chukwu for their poem, Crisis

ANSA Flash Fiction Writer of the Week Award

The nominees are:

1. Ricky Jones for his entry, Trip to Dubai

2. Bisola Adams for her entry, The ER

3. Fatima Hassan for her entry, My hellish story

4. Adaeze Chukwu for her untitled entry

5. Ogbonna Abigail for her untitled entry

6. Owolabi Joel for his untitled entry

ANSA Short Story Writer of the Week Award

The nominees are:

1. Victor Apata for his entry, Angela

2. Akinwole John Akintayo for his entry, Action, not words

3. Sandra Egbujie for her entry, The choice I made

ANSA Children’s Literature Writer of the Week Award

The nominee is:

Victor Apata for his entry, A lesson

ANSA Quote of the Week Award

The nominee is:

Victoria Ukpaka, “In life, there are always choices. Choosing nothing is still a choice. Choosing the easiest way out in a sticky situation is still a choice.“