{"id":15077,"date":"2021-04-18T18:59:37","date_gmt":"2021-04-18T17:59:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/NLNG\/?page_id=15077"},"modified":"2025-11-07T14:50:55","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T13:50:55","slug":"literature-past-winners","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.thenigeriaprizes.org\/?page_id=15077","title":{"rendered":"Past Winners"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Past Winners<\/h2>\n<\/div>
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The Nigeria Prize for Literature<\/h1>\n<\/div>
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Winners at the Glance<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Year<\/div>\n

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Genre<\/div>\n

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Winner<\/div>\n

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Author<\/div>\n

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Profile<\/div>\n

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2004<\/td>Prose Fiction<\/td>No Winner <\/td>No Winner<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
2005<\/td>Poetry
\n<\/td>		 1. Chants of a Minstrel
\n2. The Dreamer, His Vision<\/td>		1. Prof Ezenwa Ohaeto
\n2. Dr. Gabriel Okara<\/td>		<\/p>\n
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2006<\/td>Drama<\/td>Hard Ground <\/td>Dr. Ahmed Yerima
\n<\/td>		<\/p>\n
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2007<\/td>Children\u2019s Literature <\/td>My Cousin Sammy and The Readers\u2019 Theatre<\/td>Prof Akachi Adimora-Ezeigbo and Chief Mabel Segun<\/td><\/p>\n
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2008<\/td>Prose<\/td>Yellow Yellow<\/td>Kaine Agari
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2009<\/td>Poetry<\/td>No Winner<\/td> No Winner<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
2010<\/td>Drama<\/td>Cemetery Road <\/td>Esiaba Irobi
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2011<\/td>Children\u2019s Literature <\/td>The Missing Clock<\/td>Adeleke Adeyemi (Mai Nasara)<\/td><\/p>\n
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2012<\/td>Prose<\/td>On Black Sisters\u2019 Street<\/td>Chika Unigwe<\/td><\/p>\n
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2013<\/td>Poetry<\/td>The Sahara Testament<\/td>Tade Ipadeola<\/td><\/p>\n
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2014<\/td>Drama<\/td>Iredi War<\/td>Prof Sam Ukala<\/td><\/p>\n
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2015<\/td>Children\u2019s Literature<\/td>No winner<\/td>No winner<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
2016<\/td>Prose<\/td>Season of Crimson Blossoms <\/td>Abubakar A Ibrahim<\/td><\/p>\n
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2017<\/td>Poetry<\/td>The Heresaid <\/td>Ikeogu Oke<\/td><\/p>\n
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2018<\/td>Drama<\/td>Embers<\/td>Soji Cole<\/td><\/p>\n
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2019<\/td>Children\u2019s Literature<\/td>Boom Boom
\n<\/td>		Jude Idada
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2021<\/td>Prose<\/td>\u200bThe Son of the House<\/td>Cheluchi Onyemelukwe-Onuobia<\/td><\/p>\n
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2022<\/td>Poetry<\/td> Nomad<\/td>Romeo Oriogun<\/td><\/p>\n
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Profile of The Winners<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n
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