The Sun Will Rise Again: Top 100 Poems of the Nigerian Students Poetry Prize 2016

This collection of top 100 poems of Nigerian students in 2016, is a master collection recommended to students, tertiary institutions and literary enthusiasts in Nigeria and across the oceans. I therefore enjoin you to read and imagine where we are coming from and the bright colors of tomorrow. With this initiative, poetry will no longer take back stages in literary scheme of things.- Eriata OribhaborIn this collection, creativity has no fixed alignment with a particular field of study as students from various academic disciplines across all undergraduate levels flexibly explore varied themes such as love, corruption, injustice, terrorism, inevitability of death, displacement of cultures, religious bigotry, beauty of nature, longings for childhood, physical and sexual abuse, wars and many others. - Kolade Olanrewaju Freedom

A quick backtrack takes us to15th January, 2016 when Poets in Nigeria (PIN) made a call for submission of poems to be heeded by Nigerian undergraduates irrespective of their location. Upon closure on 15th March, 2016, poems totaling 320 were processed for assessment and forwarded to the Chair of Judges, Mallam Denja Abdullahi (President, Association of Nigerian Authors). Having released a longlist and shortlist of 30 and 12 poems, the prize winners - Noah Oladele from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Chinelo Nwangwu from University of Ibadan and Chisom Okafor from University of Nigeria, Nsukka - were announced on 1st June, 2016 clinching the first, second and third positions respectively.