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  • Zibusiso Mpofu wins final Brunel International African Poetry Prize.

    Zibusiso Mpofu wins final Brunel International African Poetry Prize.

    Zibusiso Mpofu was declared the winner of the final edition of the Brunel International African Poetry Prize on Monday, May 2, 2022. The Brunel International African Poetry Prize, worth £3,000, was started in 2012 to revitalise African poetry and encourage a new generation of poets to get an international platform. It was founded by Booker…

  • Brunel International African Poetry Prize 2022 shortlist announced.

    Brunel International African Poetry Prize 2022 shortlist announced.

    The shortlist for the Brunel International African Poetry Prize 2022 was announced on Monday, March 21, 2022. The Brunel International African Poetry Prize, worth £3,000, was started in 2012 to revitalise African poetry and encourage a new generation of poets to get an international platform. It was founded by Booker Prize winner Bernardine Evaristo who…

  • Othuke Umukoro is Brunel International African Poetry Prize 2021 winner.

    Othuke Umukoro is Brunel International African Poetry Prize 2021 winner.

    Othuke Umukoro was announced the winner of the Brunel International African Poetry Prize 2021 today, May 11, 2021. The Brunel International African Poetry Prize, worth £3,000, was started in 2012 to revitalise African poetry and encourage a new generation of poets to get an international platform. It was founded by Booker Prize winner Bernardine Evaristo…

  • Brunel International African Poetry Prize 2021 shortlist announced.

    Brunel International African Poetry Prize 2021 shortlist announced.

    The shortlist for the Brunel International African Poetry Prize 2021 has been announced today March 31, 2021. The Brunel International African Poetry Prize, worth £3,000, was started in 2012 to revitalise African poetry and encourage a new generation of poets to get an international platform. It was founded by Booker Prize winner Bernardine Evaristo who…

  • Rabha Ashry is Brunel International African Poetry Prize 2020 winner.

    Rabha Ashry is Brunel International African Poetry Prize 2020 winner.

    Rabha Ashry was announced the winner of the Brunel International African Poetry Prize 2020 today, May 4, 2020. The Brunel International African Poetry Prize was founded in 2012 to revitalise African poetry by Brunel University London Professor of Creative Writing (and Booker Prize winner) Bernardine Evaristo. The prize, worth 3,000 UK pounds to an unpublished…

  • Brunel International African Poetry Prize 2020 shortlist announced.

    Brunel International African Poetry Prize 2020 shortlist announced.

    Six poets are on the Brunel International African Poetry Prize 2020 shortlist announced on March 30, 2020. The Brunel International African Poetry Prize was founded by Professor of Creative Writing at Brunel University London (and Booker Prize winner) Bernardine Evaristo to revitalise African poetry in 2012. The prize, worth 3,000 UK pounds to an unpublished…

  • Nadra Mabrouk, Jamila Osman win Brunel International African Poetry Prize 2019.

    Nadra Mabrouk, Jamila Osman win Brunel International African Poetry Prize 2019.

    Nadra Mabrouk and Jamila Osman are the joint winners of the Brunel International African Poetry Prize 2019 in an announcement made on May 30, 2019. The Brunel International African Poetry Prize was founded by British-Nigerian writer, Bernardine Evaristo, Professor of Creative Writing at Brunel University London, in 2012. The prize worth US pounds 3,000, was…

  • Brunel International African Poetry Prize 2019 shortlist announced

    Brunel International African Poetry Prize 2019 shortlist announced

    Ten poets from across Africa feature on the Brunel International African Poetry Prize 2019 shortlist announced on March 25, 2019. The Brunel International African Poetry Prize was founded in 2012 to revitalise African poetry. The prize planned to draw attention to poetry and to encourage a new generation of poets who might one day become…

  • Romeo Oriogun wins Brunel International African Poetry Prize 2017

    Romeo Oriogun wins Brunel International African Poetry Prize 2017

    Romeo Oriogun from Nigeria is the winner of the Brunel International African Poetry Prize 2017. The Brunel International African Poetry Prize now in its fifth year is a major poetry prize is aimed at the development, celebration and promotion of poetry from Africa. It is open to African poets worldwide who have not yet published…

  • Brunel International African Poetry Prize 2017 shortlist announced

    Brunel International African Poetry Prize 2017 shortlist announced

    Ten poets have made the Brunel International African Poetry Prize 2017 shortlist announced today. The Brunel International African Poetry Prize launched in 2012 is a major annual poetry prize of £3000, aimed at the development, celebration and promotion of poetry from Africa. Now in its fifth year, the Prize is sponsored by Brunel University London…