Idumaese Alao Foundation (IAF) is pleased to announce the longlist for the Idumaese Alao Prize For Literature 2025. The following are the longlisted poems:
1. “The Origin of Denouement” – Sa’ada Isa Yahaya
2. “Distances III” – Chimezie Umeoka
3. “Untitled Poem about Cycles of Existence” – Daniel Aôndona
4. “Hiroshima Eden” – Marvellous Mmesomachi Igwe
5. “Blessed be the Hands Wriggling for a Mother’s Last Act of Kindness” – Aliyu Umar
6. “Darling, even in the Apocalypse” – Eliongema Udofia
7. “Should We Tell God to Create Us Again?” – Clement Abayomi
8. “This Brief, Bright Body where it All Belongs” – Aishat Yahkub
9. “Nobody knows how they are Going to Die” – Michael Agunbiade
10. “Fact-Based Journalism about Creation & Extinction” – Blessing Omeiza Ojo
Congratulations to the longlisted poets!
