After combing through submissions from emerging Nigerian poets, reading blind, we are delighted to announce these four poets as Unserious Collective Fellows 2024:
- Timi Sanni
- Chiwenite Onyekwelu
- Samuel A. Adeyemi
- Adesiyan Oluwapelumi
Set at N400,000 since its inception, the Fellowship Prize was bumped up to N500,000, thanks to a kind donation from Ruth Zakari and Ope Adedeji. Congrats to all Fellows! Their poems will be published in a Microchap that will be released in March.
Fellows from previous iterations include:
2023
Elias Udo-Ochi
Michael Imossan
Iheoma J. Uzomba
Sodïq Oyèkànmí
2022
Njoku Nonso
Haneefah Bello
Olúwatamílọ́re Ọ̀shọ́
Femi Lewis