Nigerian Writers’ Awards (NWA) kicked off its nomination on the 4th of July to 5th of October 2015 with over 831,000 people who visited the website to nominate Nigerian Writers of different genres in 24 major categories who have proven their worth and commitment in writing. NWA considered nomination for activities in the following period under review January 2014- May 2015.
After the first phase of thorough screening on nominees here are those who made the list. Readers Votes and Judges Votes will determine the winner in each category.
The Award Jury is composed of individuals of high moral stature with demonstrated commitment to the ideals of the Nation and who have distinguished themselves in their respective writing fields and covers virtually all category of writing (Online/Print media, Arts and Literature).
Only Spoken words poetry, writers’ supportive brand of the year, Song writer of the year, Entertainment writer of the year and blogger of the year are eligible for voting, others will be determined by the Jury and winners will be announced on the Award Ceremony. To vote send Nominee’s name and the category to nominate@nigerianwritersawards.com. Voting ends on the 14th of November 2015. Visit www.nigerianwritersawards.com for more details.
SPORTS WRITER OF THE YEAR
VICTOR PELE SUNDAY AKHIDENOR (THE CABLE)
SHINA OLUDARE CHARLES (GOAL.COM)
SAMUEL OLUWAGBEMI AHMADU (GOAL.COM)
JAMES AGBEREBI (COMPLETE SPORTS)
PIUS AYINOR (PUNCH)
ARUKAINO UMUKORO (PUNCH)
BAMIDELE BOLUWAJI (COMPLETE SPORTS)
ENTERTAINMENT WRITER OF THE YEAR
ABIOLA ALABA PETERS (NEW TELEGRAPH)
KEHINDE AJOSE (VANGUARD NEWSPAPER)
TONY OGAGA ERHARIEFE (CITY NEWS)
DEJI AROLOYE (THE SUN NEWS)
SHAIBU HUSSEINI(THE GUARDIAN)
JOEY AKAN (PULSE.NG)
KAYODE ALFRED (THE NATION NEWSPAPER)
BUKOLA BAKARE (DAILY NEWSWATCH)
TOFARATI IGE (E247)
ADEDAYO SOWEMIMO (NET-NIGERIAN ENTERTAINMENT TODAY)
AZUH ARINZE (YES INTERNATIONAL MAGAZINE)
OLUSEYI CASTON DADA (ACADA MAGAZINE)
FEATURE WRITER OF THE YEAR
ERIC DUMO ( PUNCH NEWSPAPER)
CHRISTIE UZEBU (THE UNION)
ASADU, CHINEDU NNAMDI (THE SUN NEWSPAPER)
TOLUWANI ENIOLA (PUNCH)
JENNIFER EHIDIAMEN (RURAL REPORTERS)
IBANGA ISINE (PREMIUM TIMES NEWSPAPER)
TAYO OGUNBIYI (L.STATE MIN. OF INFORMATION)
SEUN AKIOYE (THE NATION NEWSPAPER)
BUSINESS WRITER OF THE YEAR
HOPE MOSES-ASHIKE (BUSINESS DAY)
PATRICK ATUANYA (BUSINESS DAY)
MADUKA NWEKE (THE SUN)
FEMI ASU (PUNCH)
STANLEY OPARA (PUNCH)
OBINNA EMELIKE (BUSINESS DAY)
ADEDEJI ADEMIGBUJI (THE NATION)
FRANCIS EZEM (NATIONAL MIRROR)
ANTHONY OSAE-BROWN (WRITER’S BUREAU, UBA GROUP)
COLLINS NWEZE (THE NATION)
CRIME WRITER OF THE YEAR
SAMSON FOLARIN (THE PUNCH)
TOBORE OVUORIE (PREMIUM TIMES)
TITILAYO JOSEPH A. (DAILY TIMES)
TUNDE BUSARI (NEWSWATCH TIMES)
POLITICAL WRITER OF THE YEAR
CHUKWUEMEKA EGBERASE OKUCHUKWU
ABDULLATEEF ALIYU (DAILY TRUST )
JAPHETH OMOJUWA(OMOJUWA.COM)
TOLU OGUNLESI
CHINEDU GEORGE NNAWETANMA (SAHARA REPORTERS)
OKEY NDIBE
ENIOLA AKINKUOTU(PUNCH)
CAMPUS WRITER OF THE YEAR
AHANEKU EKENE (THE NATION-CAMPUSLIFE)
YABAGI MOHAMMED AHMED (THE NATION-CAMPUSLIFE)
ASADU, CHINEDU NNAMDI (THE SUN NEWSPAPER)
JENNIFER UMEH (THE NATION-CAMPUSLIFE)
AGADA DANIEL OJOMUGBOKENYODE (FREEMAN FOR YOUTH)
EZEKIEL EFEOBHOKHAN (NIGERIAN TRIBUNE-CAMPUSBEATS)
DAVID BASHIR LAWAL (THE NATION)
ALABIDUN SARAT TEMITAYO (THE NATION)
FESTUS IYORAH (NIGERIAN TRIBUNE-CAMPUSBEATS)
BLOGGER OF THE YEAR
Entertainment/information category
KEMI FILANI (KEMIFILANI.COM)
EMEH ACHANGA (MISSPETITENAIJABLOG.COM)
LINDA IKEJI (LINDAIKEJISBLOG.COM)
LADUN LIADI (LADUNLIADINEWS.COM)
AGBO JOSEPH (AGBOSBLOG.COM)
OLU FAMOUS (OLUFAMOUS.COM)
ANDERSON PAUL (LAZYWRITA)
TONI KAN (SABINEWS.COM)
UCHE EZE PEDRO (BELLANAIJA.COM)
OMOJUWA JAPHETH (OMOJUWA.COM)
LAILA (LAILASBLOG.COM)
NOBLE IGWE (360NOBS.COM)
STELLA DIMOKO KORKUS (STELLADIMOKOKORKUS.COM)
AYENI ADEKUNLE SAMUEL (THENET.NG)
Literary (blog writer)
AWOM KENNETH UCHECHUKWU (AWOMKENNETH)
MUHAMMED ABDULLAHI TOSIN (NAIJAWRITERSCOACH.COM)
TOMI ADESINA (TOMIADESINA.WORDPRESS.COM)
AUSTUS OFMAT NWANNE (WWW.TYOBSTACLE.BLOGSPOT.COM)
IBUKUN ONITIJU (WWW.MINDANDMOUTH.COM)
PEARL OSIBU (PEARLOSIBU.WORDPRESS.COM)
CHIOMA IWUNZE (WWW.CREATIVEWRITINGNEWS.BLOGSPOT.COM)
OSEMHEN AKHIBI ( WWW.EUREKANAIJA.WORDPRESS.COM)
MYNE WHITMAN (MYNEWHITMANWRITES.COM)
OBIANUJU IJEKPA (WWW.THOUGHTSOFEDEN.WORDPRESS.COM)
ROMANCE WRITER OF THE YEAR
ECHENIM JOHN(LIKE A BUBBLE)
UFUOMA OTEBELE (NIGERIAROMANCESTORIES.COM)
FUNMI AKINGBADE (THE PUNCH NEWSPAPER- SEX AND SEXUALITY)
YETUNDE AREBI (VANGUARD NEWSPAPER)
BUNMI SOFOLA ( VANGUARD NEWSPAPER)
FRANCIS EWHERIDO (VANGUARD NEWSPAPER)
KEMI AMUSHAN( LOVE AND LIFE- GUARDIAN NEWSPAPER
LARA DANIELS
KIRU TAYE (HIS TREASURE/THE ESSIENS)
UNOMA NWANKWOR (WHEN YOU LET GO/ A SCOOP OF LOVE)
IBITOLA OJOYE-ADEBAYO (ACCEPTANCE)
CHIOMA IWUNZE’S (FINDING LOVE AGAIN)
IBIDUNNI DAMILOLA
INDIGENOUS WRITER OF THE YEAR
OLAYIWOLA ALAGA (ALAROYE NEWSPAPER-YORUBA)
TOYIN AGBOLADE (ALARIYA NEWSPAPER-YORUBA)
BASHIR LIMAN (AMINIYA “DAILY TRUST”-HAUSA)
ZAHARADDEEN KALLAH (AMINIYA “DAILY TRUST”-HAUSA)
ERIATA ORHIBABOR (PIDGIN)
CHIDI IGWE (WWW.IGBORADIO.COM-IGBO)
IZUNNA I. OKAFOR (AJỌ ENYI-IGBO)
HEALTH WRITER OF THE YEAR
TOLUSE FRANCIS (TOLUFRANCIS.COM)
SYLVESTER IKHISEMOJIE (THE PUNCH)
OLU DONALD (NUTRITION-SUN NEWSPAPER)
FEMI KUSA (NATURAL HEALTH-THE NATION)
· DAMI DANIEL (HEALTH MISSIONARY)
FICTION WRITER OF THE YEAR
TEJU COLE (OPEN CITY)
TOMI ADESINA
CHIBUNDU ONUZO
AGU OBASI (PRECEPTS OF THE PUPPET MASTER)
OBIANUJU IJEKPA
GERALDINE IHEME (DISFIGURED EMOTIONS)
CHIGOZIE OBIOMA (THE FISHER MAN)
JULIUS BOKURU (THE ANGEL THAT WAS ALWAYS THERE)
HELON HABILA (OIL ON WATER)
NON-FICTION OF THE YEAR
AMANDA EPE (FLY GIRL)
ONYEKA NWELUE(HIP-HOP IS ONLY FOR CHILDREN )
OBINNA UDENWE
CHIDERA NNEOMA OKOLIE (WHEN SILENCE BECOMES TOO LOUD)
ENUMA OKORO
SHORT STORY (SERIES) WRITER OF THE YEAR
OBINNA UDENWE (HOLY SEX)
· E. C. OSONDU (CAMPUS LOVE)
· AYODELE OLOFINTUADE (ADUNNI)
· EUGENE ODOGWU (SHADOW-IYANIBI)
TOMI ADESINA (FOLA KING)
POETRY WRITER OF THE YEAR
QUEEN TAWAKALTU OYINLOYE (WORDS IN THE CUPBOARD)
CHIJIOKE AMU NNADI
SU’EDDIE VERSHIMA AGEMA
DAMI AJAYI (‘CLINICAL BLUES’)
KOLADE OLANREWAJU FREEDOM (PUNCTURED SILENCE)
NKEMJIKA CHRISTIEN (BEYOND DIALOGISMOS)
OLAWALE FAMODUN (POEMS OF REDEMPTION)
· ERIATA ORHIBABOR
· ADEDAYO ADEYEMI AGARAU
KUKOGHO IRUESIRI SAMSON (WHAT CAN WORDS DO?)
OYIN OLUDIPE
IBIDUNNI DAMILOLA
JUMOKE VERISSIMO
SOJI COLE
SEYE KUNYINU (THINGS I WANTED TO TELL YOU IN OTHER WORDS)
HABIB AKEWUSOLA
TOLU AKINYEMI (YOUR FATHER WALKS LIKE A CRAB)
TEGA TIVERE OHWERHOYE
TADE IPADEOLA
LAWAL PATIENCE (TCHIIENCEPAY)
iii. Spoken words poet of the year
ADEDAYO ADEYEMI AGARAU
JAMES ADEMUYIWA
KEMI ISLAMIYA BAKARE (KEMISTREE)
OLULU HOLLOWAY
EFE PAUL AZINO
UCHE UWADINACHI
DOLAPO
TITILOPE SONUGA
SOONEST NATHANIEL
TORPEDO MASCAW
ENIGMATIC OLUMIDE
DONNA (LAWYER)
DIKE CHUKWUMERIJE
GRACIANO ENWEREM
SAGE HASSON
iii. Poetry Promoter
OLULU (WAR OF WORDS)
TORPEDO MASCAW ( FREEDOM HALL)
DIKE CHUKWUMERIJE ( OPEN MIC- ABUJA)
KEN IKE (EKO POETRY SLAM)
KUKOGHO IRUESIRI SAMSON (WORDS RHYTHM AND RHYMES)
ERIATA ORHIBABOR (POETS IN NIGERIA)
EFE PAUL AZINO (WS80/LABAF)
AJ DAGGA TOLAR (FREEDOM SPOKE WORDS)
GRACIANO ENWEREM (SEAVIEW POETRY CLUB )
ENIGMATIC OLUMIDE (BE BLESSED)
DIASPORA WRITER OF THE YEAR
ADEOLU EMMANUEL ADESANYA
AMANDA EPE (FLY GIRL)
CHIKA UNIGWE
TEJU COLE
HELEN MUKORO (WHEN A WOMAN BECOMES THE BREAD WINNER)
TOLULOPE POOPOLA (IN MY DREAM IT WAS SIMPLER)
IBITOLA OJOYE-ADEBAYO (ACCEPTANCE)
AGU OBASI (PRECEPTS OF THE PUPPET MASTER)
ENUMA OKORO
NNEDI OKOROAFOR
MYNE WHITMAN
LARA DANIELS
CHRIS ABANI
MOTIVATIONAL WRITER OF THE YEAR
NIYI ADESANYA (THE SPEAKER)
STEVE HARRIS
FELA DUROTOYE
KOLE OMOTOSO
CHINELO OKPARANTA (HAPPINESS LIKE WATER)
PATRICIA OMOQUI. ( PATRICIAOMOQUI.COM)
JEPHTER AKAEHIE (JEPHTERAKAEHIE.COM)
DELE OLAJEDE
OMOLARA OGUNDIPE-LESLIE
LEKE ALDER.( LEKEALDER.COM)
UJU ONYECHERE ( MRUJUONYECHERE.COM)
OKECHUKWU OFILI (OFILISPEAKS.COM)
AKINOLA SHADRACK (LOCATE YOUR RAINBOW)
AMB. FELICIA HENDERSON
MUHAMMED ABDULLAHI TOSIN (NAIJA WRITERS’ COACH)
BENJAMIN OLUWASEUN SANNI (WWW.MYLENSDIARY.WORDPRESS.COM)
PRAISE GEORGE (PRAISEGEORGE.ORG)
FAITH-BASED WRITER OF THE YEAR
UGOCHI ORITSEJOLOMISAN (WWW.UGOCHI-JOLOMI.COM)
UNOMA NWANKWOR (WHEN YOU LET GO)
ABIMBOLA DARE ( WHEN BROKEN CHORDS SING)
OLU O. OJEDOKUN
TAIWO ODUBIYI (LOVE ON THE PULPIT)
YEMI ADEYEMI
OKEGBENRO AYODELE
SCRIPT WRITER OF THE YEAR
EMEKA MBADIWE (FOUND DEAD)
PATRICK IKECHUKWU NNAMANI (30 DAYS IN ATLANTA)
BOLA AGBAJE (GONE TOO FAR)
OMONI OBOLI (BEING MRS ELLIOT)
FRANK RAJAH ARASE (IYORE)
TUNDE BABALOLA (OCTOBER 1ST)
DARASE RICHARDS (THE ANTIQUE)
NICOLETTE NDIGWE
ITA HOZAIFE (A PLACE IN THE STARS)
J.K. AMALOU (A PLACE IN THE STARS)
SONG WRITER OF THE YEAR
R &B
ADEKUNLE GOLD
TIMI DAKOLO
BEZ
DIJA
SOUND SULTAN
COBHAMS ASUQUO
CAPITAL FEMI
SOLID STAR
TIWA SAVAGE
ASA
Pop
HARRY SONGZ
FALZ
KISS DANIEL
UCHE ONWUCHEKWA
KOREDE BELLO
OLAMIDE
PHYNO
REMINISCE
CHILD/TEENAGE WRITER OF THE YEAR (6-19years)
ADEDOTUN RICHARD ADENIRAN
BIYI AKANGBE
IRIANELE VIRTUOUS OSELUMESE ( OSASSTORIES.WORDPRESS.COM)
BINOGUN WINIFRED (WINNIETALKER.BLOGSPOT.COM)
OYINDAMOLA VICTORIA OLOWOYO ( SUCCESSEXALTATION)
ADAEZE IBECHUKWU (ADAEZEWRITES.COM)
KINGSWILL OGHENEKENO LIGHT
SPLENDOUR JOE ABISOYE (EFFECT OF TERRORISM ON CHILDREN)
YOUNG WRITER OF THE YEAR (20-26years)
IZUNNA I. OKAFOR (AJỌ ENYI)
OYIN OLUDIPE
UFUOMA OTEBELE
CHRISTIE UZEBU
TOMI ADESINA
WRITER OF THE YEAR
HELON HABILA
CHIMAMANDA NGOZI ADICHIE
TOLU OGUNLESI
SEUN AKIOYE
ELNATHAN JOHN
TEJU COLE
WRITERS MOST SUPPORTIVE BRAND OF THE YEAR
· ETISALAT NIGERIA (PRIZE FOR LITERATURE)
· NIGERIAN BREWERIES (CREATIVE WRITERS WORKSHOP/GOLDEN PEN)
· COCA COLA (CAMPUS JOURNALISTS)
· FIRST BANK NIGERIA (JOURNALISTS)
· BRITISH COUNCIL (CREATIVE WRITING)
· NNLG (LITERATURE)
· PROMASIDOR (QUILL AWARDS-JOURNALISTS).