The shortlist for the Quramo Writers’ Prize 2022 has been released.
Among the shortlist are manuscripts from Fanor Favour, Juliana Francis, Ibrahim Babatunde, Millianna Ufuomanefe Ohwode and Gbemre Daniel Oghenetega.
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An unpublished fiction manuscript by an unpublished author will be named as the winning piece today Sunday October 9 at the Grand Finale of the Quramo Festival of Words (QFEST). The winning manuscript will receive a cash prize of N1m and will be published by Quramo Publishing Ltd and Harmattan Season.
The award was founded by Lagos, Nigeria-based Quramo Publishers to encourage and stimulate a new community of talented writers as well as provide an opportunity for otherwise unexposed talent to achieve publishing recognition.
The judging panel for this year, going on from 2021, was led by Jude Idada, an award-winning author, playwright, screenwriter, and filmmaker. The other judges were Lechi Eke, writer, editor, and convener of the Reading Café at the University of Lagos; and multiple-award-winning author, Abubakar Adam Ibrahim.
