The Advisory Boards for The Nigeria Prize for Science, The Nigeria Prize for Literature and The Literary Criticism Prize, sponsored by Nigeria LNG (NLNG) Limited, have published the Call for Entries for the 2019 edition of the prizes, flagging off this year’s competitions.
The science and literature prizes, which are now in their 15th year, each come with a cash prize of $100, 000 while the literary criticism prize has
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The literature prize, on the other hand, will focus on children’s literature. The prize, which
The literary criticism prize, which also aims to promote Nigerian literature, will receive entries on works in literary criticism of Nigerian literature, especially critical essays on new writings.
The call for entries for the literature prize and literary criticism opened on February 15,
Professor Obododinma Oha will chair the panel of judges for this year’s literature and literary criticism competition. Professor Oha, poet, editor and a translator, is a professor of Semiotics, Stylistics, and Creative Writing at the Department of English, University of Ibadan. He writes poems in English and Igbo.
Other members of the panel include Professor Asabe Usman Kabir and Dr. Patrick Okolo. Professor Kabir is a professor of Oral and African Literature at Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto. Dr. Oloko, a Senior lecturer at the University of Lagos Nigeria, specialization in African postcolonial literature, gender and cultural studies.
The winners of the literature and literary criticism prizes will be announced at an award ceremony in October 2019, to commemorate the anniversary of the first LNG export from the NLNG’s Plant on October 9, 1999. The science prize winner, as usual, will be revealed earlier in the year.
The Nigeria Prize for Literature and the Nigeria Prize for Science are part of Nigeria LNG Limited’s numerous contributions towards building a better Nigeria.
