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The inaugural Ngiga Prize for Humour Writing, which aims to award the sum of N100,000(One hundred thousand Naira) to a playlet that exhibits the highest and most adept application of comedy, will open for entries on May 1st and end on May 31st. Details on how to enter can be found here. As previously indicated, we are now announcing our two judges for the prize and they are Olubunmi Familoni and Chimezie Chika. The judges are bringing a vast wealth of experience and we are delighted to have them on board. Let’s meet them…
Olubunmi Familoni has written plays (for stage and for radio), short fiction, and essays on music and pop culture. His debut play, Every Single Day, was selected by the British Council for production as part of the Lagos Theatre Festival in 2016; his debut collection of stories, Smithereens of Death, won the ANA Prize for Short Stories in 2015; his children’s book, I’ll Call My Brother For You, won the ANA Prize for Children’s Literature in 2020; his novel manuscript, The Becoming-Nothing of Bodies, was longlisted for the Island Prize in 2023; his play, When Big Masquerades Dance Naked, was longlisted for the Nigeria Prize for Literature 2023 and won the ANA Prize for Drama in 2023. His works have appeared in various literary journals, magazines, and anthologies from different parts of the world. He lives and works in Ibadan, Nigeria.
Chimezie Chika is a writer of fiction and nonfiction. His works have appeared in or forthcoming from, amongst other places, The Shallow Tales Review, The Republic, Terrain.org, Lolwe, Iskanchi Mag, Isele Magazine, Fahmidan Journal, Efiko Magazine, Culture Custodian and Afrocritik. A finalist for the J.F. Powers Prize for Fiction (2024), he was a 2021 Fellow of the Ebedi International Writers’ Residency in Iseyin, Nigeria. He is presently the Fiction Editor of Ngiga Review and currently resides in Nigeria.
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