List of 231 nominees shortlisted in 24 categories

Who are the Nigerians making a difference and inspiring people with their writings?

Over 831,000 people visited the Nigerian Writers Award  website to nominate outstanding and brilliant writers and 673 entries were submitted in 24 major categories.

The nominees were screened by 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).

The nominees were judged based on five criteria; Originality, Influence, Creativity, Consistency and Impart.

After a rigorous and thorough screening process by the Award Jury, 231 nominees were finally selected in 24 categories.

Modest Diko, the project co-ordinator told Pulse.ng "The nominees selected have proven their worth and commitment in writing, entries were received from individuals, private sectors, civil society and government "

"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.

See list of nominees:

1. 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)

2. 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)

3. 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)

4. 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)

5. CRIME WRITER OF THE YEAR

SAMSON FOLARIN (THE PUNCH)

TOBORE OVUORIE (PREMIUM TIMES)

TITILAYO JOSEPH A. (DAILY TIMES)

TUNDE BUSARI (NEWSWATCH TIMES)

6. 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)

7. 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)

8. 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)

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)

9. 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

10. 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)

11. 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)

12. 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)

13. 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

14. 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)

15. 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

UCHE UWADINACHI (SCAR IN THE HEART)

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)

Poet Of The Year (SPOKEN WORDS)

ADEDAYO ADEYEMI AGARAU

JAMES ADEMUYIWA

KEMI ISLAMIYA BAKARE (KEMISTREE)

OLULU HOLLOWAY

EFE PAUL AZINO

UCHE UWADINACHI

DOLAPO

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)

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)

16. 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

17. 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)

18. 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

19. 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)

20. 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

21. 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)

22. YOUNG WRITER OF THE YEAR (20-26years)

IZUNNA I. OKAFOR (AJỌ ENYI)

OYIN OLUDIPE

UFUOMA OTEBELE

CHRISTIE UZEBU

TOMI ADESINA

23. WRITER OF THE YEAR

HELON HABILA

CHIMAMANDA NGOZI ADICHIE

TOLU OGUNLESI

SEUN AKIOYE

ELNATHAN JOHN

TEJU COLE

24. 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).

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