Past Winners
Past Winners
The Nigeria Prize for Literature
Winners at the Glance
Year
|
Genre
|
Winner
|
Author
|
Profile
|
---|---|---|---|---|
2022 | Poetry | Nomad | Romeo Oriogun | |
2021 | Prose | The Son of the House | Cheluchi Onyemelukwe-Onuobia | |
2019 | Children’s Literature | Boom Boom | Jude Idada | |
2018 | Drama | Embers | Soji Cole | |
2017 | Poetry | The Heresaid | Ikeogu Oke | |
2016 | Prose | Season of Crimson Blossoms | Abubakar A Ibrahim | |
2015 | Children’s Literature | No winner | No winner | |
2014 | Drama | Iredi War | Prof Sam Ukala | |
2013 | Poetry | The Sahara Testament | Tade Ipadeola | |
2012 | Prose | On Black Sisters’ Street | Chika Unigwe | |
2011 | Children’s Literature | The Missing Clock | Adeleke Adeyemi (Mai Nasara) | |
2010 | Drama | Cemetery Road | Esiaba Irobi | |
2009 | Poetry | No winner | No winner | |
2008 | Prose | Yellow Yellow | Kaine Agari | |
2007 | Children’s Literature | My Cousin Sammy and The Readers’ Theatre | Prof Akachi Adimora-Ezeigbo and Chief Mabel Segun |
|
2006 | Drama | Hard Ground | Dr. Ahmed Yerima | |
2005 | Poetry | 1. Chants of a Minstrel 2. The Dreamer, His Vision | 1. Prof Ezenwa Ohaeto 2. Dr. Gabriel Okara |
|
2004 | Prose Fiction | No Winner | No Winner |