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The 2023 ZODML Prize for Poetry, our inaugural event, received a strong showing of submissions, all centered around the theme of Motherhood
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Students in public tertiary institutions
Follow the rules and submit your poem on this site
Three judges will narrow down the poems first to a longlist of 10, then a shortlist of 5 and then finally a winner will be chosen.
In October 2024
Yes, “Hopefulness”.
No, submission has to be original work.
1st place prize is N250,000, 2nd place is N150,000 and 3rd place is N100,000, 4th and 5th N50,000 each.
No, you simply need to be enrolled in a public tertiary institution.
Yes, if you are longlisted your poems will be published.