Nigeria Prize for Literature Archives - James Murua's Literature Blog

Nigeria Prize for Literature 2019 shortlist announced in Lagos.

September 5, 2019

Jude Idada, Dunni Olatunde, and O T Begho are the three writers on the Nigeria Prize for Literature 2019 shortlist […]

Soji Cole is Nigeria Prize for Literature 2018 winner for his play Embers. The announcement was made at a ceremony […]

The Nigeria Prize for Literature 2018 shortlist was announced by its advisory board on September 9, 2018. The texts in […]

The Nigeria Prize for Literature 2018 longlist was announced on July 26, 2018. Those in the running for the prize […]

The race is on for Nigeria Prize for Literature 2016 with 173 entries being received by the judges in Lagos […]

March 2, 2015

So you know that the biggest prize in African literature is the Nigeria Prize For Literature right? Well it is. […]

Sam Ukala with hi book IREDI WAR is the winner of the 2014 Nigeria Literature Prize. After many weeks of […]

In spite of the hype accompanying last night’s Caine Prize win for Okwiri Oduor, the reality is that the biggest […]

The richest literary prize on the continent, despite all you may have heard, is the Nigeria Prize for Literature. This […]