PURPOSE DISCOVERY PLATFORM FOR ALL NIGERIAN YOUTHS

NIGERIAN STUDENTS POETRY PRIZE     Introduction Nigerian Students Poetry Prize, an initiative of Poets in Nigeria supported by Association of Faculty of Arts Students, University of Ibadan, is designed to stimulate creativity, promote excellence and broaden intellectualism among Undergraduate Students of Nigerian Tertiary Institutions. Billed to hold annually and hosted by different tertiary institu tions across the 6 geo-political zones, its maiden edition will be hosted by the prestigious University of Ibadan’s Faculty of Arts. The poetry prize culminates in an Arts Festival (Nigerian Students Arts Festival) where various art forms including poetry performances, drama, and visual arts will be showcased and winners of the poetry contest awarded on 7th May, 2016. The award night will feature the staging of a play written by a student. As part of our plans to hone the literary crafts of the young and give them a voice, an anthology of 100 selected poems (of entries