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 about 3500 entries from students representing over 100 tertiary institutions (including universities, polytechnics, colleges of education, schools of nursing and seminary schools).
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Nigerian Students Poetry Prize (NSPP)
Aim and Benefits of Nigerian Students Poetry Prize (NSPP)
Aside from rewarding the prize winners with a total cash prize of ?500,000, exceptional entrants will each receive a certificate of excellence and a complimentary copy of the NSPP anthology which features their works.
- 1st Prize – ?200,000
- 2nd Prize – ?150,000
- 3rd Prize – ?75,000
- Consolation Prize – ?25,000 each for 4th, 5thand 6th best entrants
Requirements for Nigerian Students Poetry Prize (NSPP) Qualification
- Open to all Nigerian undergraduates studying in Nigeria and the diaspora.
- Entrants must be from a recognized tertiary institution.
Application Deadline
March 7, 2022How to Apply
Interested and qualified? Go to
Poets in Nigeria (PIN) on nspp.poetsinnigeria.org.ng to apply
For inquiries, contact the moderator – Phone: +2348130900109; Email: [email protected].
- Submissions are to be made at http://nspp.poetsinnigeria.org.ng, with strict adherence to the instructions thereon.
- Entrants should write on any theme of their choice while considering its topicality.
- Under no condition will the judges’ unanimous decisions be challenged.
- Entering for the contest gives PIN the automatic right to make use of entries as deemed appropriate.
- Entries must be written in English. Native terminologies must be translated into English as footnotes.
- Entrants should subscribe
to www.poetsinnigeria.org.ng for regular updates.
- Entrants must give unique titles to their works.
- Indicate the theme selected beneath your work.
- Poems must be the original intellectual property of the entrants.
- An entrant is entitled to a single entry of 30 lines maximum.
- Entries submitted must be previously unpublished. A submission discovered to have defaulted on this rule will be automatically voided.
- All entrants are expected to purchase a minimum of one of the six NSPP anthologies uploaded on the submission portal.
For more details, visit PIN website
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