NEWS

NEWS has been a member of Linktree for 6 years and joined in March 2020. The social media accounts linked to from NEWS are: • Facebook • Instagram • YouTube • WhatsApp • Email Besides social media accounts, poetgist has populated their site with: • FRENCH WRITER, ANNIE ERNAUX, WINS 2022 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE • WOW9: i2X MEDIA EXTENDS ENTRY SUBMISSION DEADLINE FOR WEST AFRICA'S BIGGEST POETRY SLAM • PORTHARCOURT'S LYRICAL PONTIFF CELEBRATES NIGERIA'S INDEPENDENCE WITH ‘RIOT ACT’ CONCERT • UPDATE: PIN EXTENDS DEADLINE FOR POETICALLY WRITTEN PROSE CONTEST 2022 • SYLVIE BAUMGARTEL WINS 2021 C.P. CAVAFY $1000 PRIZE • SHUZIA LAUNCHES $200 POETRY COMPETITION • PIN LAUNCHES 6TH POETICALLY WRITTEN PROSE CONTEST, WITH OVER N100,000 AS CASH PRIZES • WORLD BANK LAUNCHES SPOKEN WORD COMPETITION FOR WESTERN, CENTRAL AFRICAN POETS • JOS-BASED POET, RUDDAPOET, LOSES CAR TO ROBBER(S), SEEKS HELP FOR ITS RECOVERY • ZIMBABWEAN POET, ZIBUSISO MPOFU, WINS 2022 BRUNEL PRIZE • SHUZIA LAUNCHES OVER $300 PROSE COMPETITION • (UPDATE) GO-NIGERIA: NIGERIAN TRIO WIN 2MILLION NAIRA DIGITAL POETRY CHALLENGE • ANAP FOUNDATION LAUNCHES 30-SECOND POETRY CHALLENGE ON PVC, WITH OVER 1 MILLION NAIRA AS CASH PRIZES • NIGERIAN ACE PERFORMANCE POET, DIKE CHUKWUMERIJE, BRINGS ‘MADE IN NIGERIA’ SHOW TO IBADAN • NIGERIAN SPOKEN WORD POET, 78THPSALMIST, KICK STARTS DOCU-POETRY SERIES ON NIGERIAN CIVIL WAR • ‘IF YOU ARE A CREATIVE PERSON, LEAVE YOUR TOWN, AFTER A FEW YEARS. GO SOMEWHERE ELSE.’ -ONYEKA NWELUE • MRS NIGERIA 2021 LAUNCHES COMPETITION FOR YOUNG CREATIVES WITH OVER N150,000 AS CASH PRIZE • CANADA-BASED NIGERIAN POET INAUGURATED AS MISSISSAUGA'S 4TH POET LAUREATE • #FOW2021: WRR MOVES ANNUAL GRAND LITERARY FESTIVAL FROM IBADAN TO ABUJA • POETRY SLAM LAUNCHED, AS WARRI ARTS FESTIVAL SETS TO CELEBRATE UNITY IN CULTURAL DIVERSITY • POETRY MEETS ROMANCE AS NIGERIAN SPOKEN WORD POETS SET TO TIE THE KNOT AT POETRY CONCERT • LAW PROFESSOR, CHELUCHI ONYEMELUKWE, WINS $100,000 NLNG PRIZE FOR LITERATURE • NIGERIAN POET'S NEW RELEASED DEBUT ALBUM GETS GRAMMY ACCEPTANCE • TOBY ABIODUN WINS LIPFEST INAUGURAL 1MILLION NAIRA POETRY SLAM PRIZE • PIN ANNOUNCES 2021 POETICALLY WRITTEN PROSE TOP 3 WINNERS • UK-BASED TANZANIAN WRITER WINS 2021 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE • LIPFEST LAUNCHES INAUGURAL POETRY SLAM WITH 1MILLION NAIRA AS CASH PRIZE • BRANDON LEAKE AIMS GRAMMY WITH NEW RELEASED ALBUM FEATURING BLACK CHAKRA • 60 SECONDS POETRY POSTPONES SUBMISSION DEADLINE FOR N200K POETRY CONTEST • NIGERIAN TRIO BAG 6TH SHUZIA SHORT STORY $250 PRIZE • UK BASED NIGERIAN WRITER LAUNCHES TTF INTERNATIONAL ONLINE POETRY CONTEST • HAMWE FESTIVAL'21: UGHE JOINS KPL TO LAUNCH OVER $2950 PRIZE FOR SHORT STORIES ON COVID'19 • NIGERIAN WRITERS MOURN AS POET ALLEGEDLY COMMITS SUICIDE AFTER TWO FAILED ATTEMPTS • NIGERIAN POET SETS WORLD RECORD • NIGERIAN AUTHOR CALLS OUT PLAGIARIST FOR REPRINT, NAME ALTERATION, OTHERS • POETRY CONTEST: SHUZIA ANNOUNCES TOP 4 WINNERS