11 Jostle For $100,000 As Nigeria Prize For Literature Unveils 2026 Poetry Longlist

Eleven outstanding poetry collections are now in the race for the $100,000 Nigeria Prize for Literature, arguably Africa’s biggest and most prestigious literary prize.

The 11 collections were selected from a total of 223 entries received for this year’s competition.

Chairman of the Advisory Board for the Prize, Prof. Akachi Adimora-Ezeigbo, who announced the longlist, said the emergence of the…