The longlist for last week’s ANSA AWARDS FOR CREATIVE WRITING (OCTOBER 2019, Week 3) is shown below, in the respective categories:

ANSA Poet of the Week Award

The nominees are:

1. Jennifer Okorie for her poem, Delimma

2. Precious Ndidi for her poem, Sunshine

3. Owolabi Joel for his poem, Eternity

4. Nathaniel Eleojo for his poem, Evening rose

5. Babatunde Phemmy for his poem, Not my class

6. Ifeoma Ike for her poem, Glory days

7. Isah Ibrahim for his poem, A trek to Abuja

8. Sammy Okon for his poem, Let’s just leave

9. Ogbonna Abigail for her poem, Fading beauty

10. Victoria Ukpaka for her poem, Too young

ANSA Poetry Collabo of the Week Award

The nominees are:

1. Precious Ndidi & Owolabi Joel for their poem, Hustle

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

3. Ifeoma Ike & Isah Ibrahim for their poem, Holiday

4. Sammy Okon & Ogbonna Abigail for their poem, Just believe

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

6. Abdul Isah & Mariam Mohammed for their poem, Foolish

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

8. Sammy Okon & Ogbonna Abigail for their poem, Don’t love me

9. Onome Mukoro & Efemena Akponana for their poem, 5th Grader

10. Abdul Isah & Mariam Mohammed for their poem, Mr. President

ANSA Flash Fiction Writer of the Week Award

The nominees are:

1. Ovie Joshua for his entry, April 9

2. Fatima Hassan for her entry, My hellish story

3. Adaeze Chukwu for her untitled entry

4. Ogbonna Abigail for her untitled entry

5. Owolabi Joel for his untitled entry

6. Jennifer Okorie for her entry, Trials

7. Sandra Miller for her entry, Nemesis

8. Sarah Okolo for her entry, Sorrows

ANSA Short Story Writer of the Week Award

The nominees are:

1. Kabiru Musa for his entry, Born to rule

2. Adaeze Chukwu for her entry, Juliana

3. Onyinyechi Eze for her entry, Striker

4. Joe Andrews for his entry, The tunnel

5. Rebecca Simpson for her entry, Shadows

6. Paul Okri for his entry, Another day

7. Dennis Jackson for her entry, My confession

8. Bisi Ayodele for her entry, The budget

9. Ebuka Okorie for his entry, The voice

ANSA Quote of the Week Award

The nominees are:

1. Victoria Ukpaka

2. Fatima Hassan

3. Jennifer Okorie

ANSA Non-Fiction Writer of the Week Award

1. Monica Brown for her entry, Love: Is it worth it?

2. Owen Peters for his entry, Temptations

3. Alexandria Wilde for her entry, Kill that rooster

4. Adewale Ojo for his entry, Green card

5. Ebere Okorocha for her entry, Slay queens

Who gets our ANSA Medal of Honour?

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The shortlist will be announced soonest.

Congrats to all nominees!

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ANSA… for the love of writing

ANSA Nigeria