BN POETRY AWARD 2014
BN POETRY AWARD 2014
THE
WINNER WILL RECEIVE 1,000 US DOLLARS
·
Send
a maximum of three poems and a minimum of one poem to bnpoetryaward@mail.com as a word attachment. DO NOT include
your name or contact details on the poem itself
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The
subject line should read, “BNPA 2014”
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Include
your name, email address, country or birth and country of permanent residence, telephone
number and the titles of your poems in the body of the email
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The
submissions will be accepted from January 6th to May 5th
2014
· More
details on the face book page, Babishai Niwe Poetry Foundation, on the blog http://bnpoetryaward.blogspot.com and website www.bnpoetryaward.co.ug
The
judges:
Kgafela
oa Magogodi
Kgafela oa
Magogodi’s experimental work with stand-up poetry, spoken-word theatre, live
music and essay writing has travelled country wide in South Africa and
globally. He is currently completing a co-writing project for a musical stage
play, The Book Of REBELATIONS-a tale of beef
which has been booked for major theatres in the country from June 2014. Working
comfortably in both Setswana and English his writings are often spliced in with
sprinkles of urban colloquiums. Through international poetry stages,
Magogodi’s poetry has been translated into various languages including German,
Dutch, French and Catalan. Published books include Thy Condom Come (2000) and Outspoken
(2004). Some of his published work appears in Poetry International:
Special Double Issue Featuring English Language Poetry around the World (2003/4) and Afropolis City Media Art
(2013). His spoken-word film I Mike What I Like (directed by Jyoti
Mistry) continues to earn invitations to film festivals at home and
abroad. Itchy City, a video poem from the film is part of an international
exhibition of Afropolis, and multi-media exhibition of African mega cities
launched in at the Rautenstrauch-Joest Museum (2010). You can read more about
him and his works here, http://www.lyrikline.org/en/poems/faya-sista-5927
and http://www.lyrikline.org/de/gedichte/dinigganyana-i-mike-what-i-5929.
Joanne
Arnott
Joanne Arnott is a Canadian
Métis/mixed-blood writer & arts activist, originally from Manitoba, at home
on the west coast. Her first book of poetry, Wiles of Girlhood (1991)
won the League of Canadian Poets’ Gerald Lampert Award for best first book of
poetry (1992). Later books include poetry, My Grass Cradle (1992), Steepy
Mountain love poetry (Kegedonce
Press, 2004), Mother Time: Poems New & Selected (Ronsdale Press,
2007), nonfiction (Breasting the Waves: On Writing &
Healing, 1995), and an illustrated children's book, Ma MacDonald
(1993). Her newest books are poetry, A
Night for the Lady (Ronsdale, fall 2013), and the forthcoming Halfling Spring (Kegedonce, spring
2014). Joanne hosts an
e-group for indigenous woman writers, and two blogs, http://joannearnott.blogspot.com/ and http://veramanueltribute.blogspot.com/ .Other writings can be found at http://oldladyhunting.blogspot.ca/2011/06/blog-post_02.html. Joanne has frequently participated in
assessing and judging literary work in Canada, for regional and national
competitions, including the top poetry award in Canada, The Governor General’s
Award for Poetry (2011), and the top provincial prize, BC Book Prizes (Poetry,
1993). Mother to five sons and one daughter, all born at home, Joanne lives
with her younger children in Richmond,
BC.
Richard Ali
Richard
Ali is a lawyer, author and poet born in Kano, Nigeria. Author of the warmly
received 2012 novel, City of Memories, Richard is also Editor-in-Chief of the
Sentinel Nigeria Magazine and serves as Publicity Secretary [North] on the board
of Association of Nigerian Authors. He was a runner-up at the 2008 John la Rose
Short Story Competition Richard completed a 6-week Residency at the Ebedi
Writers Residency Program in 2012, attended the Chimamanda Adichie-led Farafina
Workshop in 2012 and was a Guest at the 2013 Ake Book and Arts Festival,
Abeokuta. He lives in Abuja where he practices law and runs the northern office
of Parrésia Publishers Ltd where he serves as Chief Operating Officer. He is
unmarried and enjoys chess, reading and travelling. He is working on his debut
collection of poems, The Divan. His poetry can be found at
Downloadable: http://www.sarabamag.com/voices-on-the-four-winds-3-poetry-chapbook/
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