CALL FOR ENTRIES: NIGERIAN STUDENTS POETRY PRIZE 2019 - Up to N300,000 to win in cash prizes16/1/2019  INTRODUCTION
Nigerian Students Poetry Prize (NSPP) is an initiative of Poets in Nigeria (PIN) aimed at stimulating literary creativity, promoting literary excellence and encouraging critical thinking among Nigerian undergraduates. Since inception in 2016 at the University of Ibadan, the prize has received over 1500 entries from students representing over 100 tertiary institutions (including universities, polytechnics, colleges of education, schools of nursing and seminary schools).
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 Note: We will be changing the name from SLM mentorship programme to SLM fellowship.
SLM Fellowship Applications January 15 – April 15: Application opens and closes (2019 Mentors will be announced during the application period.) April 15 - May 15: Application submissions will be reviewed by the SLM Team Pre-Fellowship Preparations May 15: Finalists will be notified May 21: Mentees and mentors will be paired The Fellowship June 1 – July 15: Fellowship Program The mentorship program is normally designed to take place over 3 - 4 week period (June 1 - 30). However, in our last cohort, we had a lot of positive feedback with requests to expand the mentorship program beyond the allotted weeks. Therefore, a grace period of two weeks (July 1 - July 15) has been added for any mentor who is interested in extending the program beyond 3 - 4 weeks. July 15 – 20: Program rounds up. August: Mentees profiles and program reports will be released. Follow us on social media to stay informed about announcements for the fellowship.
What do you love most about being a writer?
First the ability to create art. Then, being able to create a world; realistic or not, where people can journey with me and see art, from my own eyes. Is writing personal to you and what does it mean to say writing is personal? Yes. Very personal. All the literature that stood out for me is personal and authentic. I mean, they were often inspired by very real-life events, so I have always wanted my art to be very authentic and decided to allow myself be vulnerable with my writing.  TITLE: The Men That Couldn’t Love Me
AUTHOR: M. Chidi Okorie GENRE: Poetry NUMBER OF PAGES: 75 PUBLISHER: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform DATE OF PUBLICATION: October 1, 2018 ISBN: 978-1983663437 REVIEWER: Shoola Oyindamola “Art and love are the same things: It’s the process of seeing yourself in things that are not you.” ― Chuck Klosterman One of my favorite books of all times that explores human conscience is titled Mistakes Were Made (but not by me) authored by Carol Tavris and Elliot Aronson. I hated that book as much as I loved it because it was written skillfully in a way that tortures the reader unconsciously while informing them about the intention to torture them. Beyond the renewed moral sense I gained from reading Mistakes Were Made, was my attraction towards the art of being human and the structure of our moral difficulty that Carol Tavris and Elliot Aronson forced the reader to experience during their analysis. Similarly, Marie Chidi Okorie did a great job in torturing the reader with the first pages of her book that explored a lover’s endless cycle of wanting despite not being wanted. Imagine reading “I want you” in different languages and other words for about a thousand times. There was an emotional upset I felt about my desire to know how this will end while admitting my awareness of the author’s intention. A Painkiller Too... We never really finish a book. How is there truly “the end” when the words tug at our imagination, creates consciousness and spring up ideas from generations to generations. If we had a shot at immortalising, it would stem from the powerful use of language units.
Of course, that was not my thought when I started writing at 8; it was a more simple formula. It was something like: Do I love reading? Yes; Do I love writing? Yes; Could I be famous from the latter? Most definitely! The fastest way in my 8 years old mind was through songwriting. Don't worry, be happy
You said Life happens, but hope must be kept You told us We listened, with dead eyes and half ears Knowing we would never have it No, not even a hint of the hope you preached For to hope in hope itself only brings more pain Total Number of Submissions (July 2018 Poetry Contest) – 238
Total number of views (January- November) – 26,908 Average number of views per month (January- November) – 2,446 Total number of Unique Visits (January- November) – 12,561 Average number of Unique Visits per month (January- November) – 1,142 Total number of website comments - 202 For January's mentorship program, we had a total of 21 application submissions. For August’s mentorship program, we had a total of 122 application submissions. Notably, on December 1, 2018, we received a Certificate of Recognition for our continuous contribution to the development of Literature in Nigeria from Words, Rhymes and Rhythm at the Feast of Words in University of Ibadan, Nigeria. Next year, we look forward to announcing our writers database and bringing the SLM Mentorship Program back on a larger scale. |
Are you a Nigerian Writer in need of mentorship or do you know a Nigerian Writer in need of mentorship?
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