http://nspp.poetsinnigeria.org.ng/ | Nigerian Students Poetry Prize (NSPP) 2021

Nigerian Students Poetry Prize (NSPP) is an initiative of Poets in Nigeria (PIN) aimed at stimulating literary creativity and encouraging critical thinking among Nigerian undergraduates.

Since its inception in 2016 at the University of Ibadan, the prize has received over 3000 entries from students representing over 100 tertiary institutions (including universities, polytechnics, colleges of education, schools of nursing, and seminary schools).

Aside from rewarding the prize winners with a total cash prize of ₦400,000, exceptional entrants will each receive a certificate of excellence and a complimentary copy of the NSPP anthology which features their works.

PRIZES

1st Prize – ₦200,000
2nd Prize – ₦100,000
3rd Prize – ₦50,000
Consolation Prize – ₦25,000 each for 4th and 5th best entrants.

Nigerian Students Poetry Prize (NSPP) 2021 ELIGIBILITY

1. Open to all Nigerian undergraduates studying in Nigeria and the diaspora.
2. Entrants must be from a recognized tertiary institution

GUIDELINES

1. Submissions are to be made at nspp.poetsinnigeria.org.ng , with strict adherence to the instructions thereon.
2. Poems must focus on any of these themes:
   • Individual and Collective Humanity in a Corona-Ravaged World
   • Identity: Faces and Phases
   • Politics of Retrogression
3. Entrants must give unique titles to their works (Avoid using the wording of the themes as the title of your entry)
4. Indicate the theme selected beneath your work
5. Poems must be the original intellectual property of the entrants.
6. An entrant is entitled to a single entry of 30 lines maximum.
7. Entries submitted must be previously unpublished. A submission discovered to have defaulted on this rule will be automatically voided.
8. All entrants are expected to purchase a minimum of one of the five NSPP anthologies uploaded on the submission portal.
9. Under no condition will the judges’ decision be challenged.
10. Entering for the contest gives PIN the automatic right to make use of entries as deemed appropriate.
11. Entries must be written in English. Native terminologies must be translated into English as footnotes.
12. Entrants should subscribe to www.poetsinnigeria.org.ng for regular updates.