Entries For Ken Saro-Wiwa Book Review Competition

Organisers of the Lagos Book and Art Festival 2015 (LABAF) have called for entries for reviews of any one of five works of Ken Saro Wiwa’s fiction and drama. The best review of either Sozaboy, A Forest of Flowers, Adaku and Other Stories, Prisoners of Jebs, or a joint review of Basi and Company and Transistor Radio will receive a humble N100,000 prize money at the opening day of the Festival, at Freedom Park, on November 13, 2015.

A statement from CORA Secretary General, Mr. Toyin Akinosho, said the competition is open to Nigerians aged between 18 and 41, that is, those who were either not born, or were just teenagers or at most aged 21, at the time of the death of this Nigerian literary icon.

The entries are to be submitted to Mr. Toni Kan, chairman of the panel of judges, on or before 5pm on November 6, 2015. Mr. Kan is the author of Nights of The Creaking Bed and brand ambassador for Samsung Galaxy Note 5. Each review should be no more than 1,000 words and typewritten and sent via email to tonikan11@gmail.com.