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CONGRATULATIONS: THE #BABISHAI2018 SHORTLIST

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The #Babishai2018 shortlist is like the tip of molten lava. It’s an eruption of the usual poetry; an assortment of some of the finest poetry. What a powerful selection! The judges, Alfred Msadala, Rehema Nanfuka and Remi Raj, have had one of the most difficult and yet compelling tasks, to emerge with this list.

We congratulate each of the brilliant poets on this list.

Follow the link below:

BABISHAI2018-SHORTLIST.pdf (2246 downloads )

 

Our poetry festival is in the first week of August: We’ll be celebrating our winner from there. Below is Prof Remi Raj, who will also be present at the festival and award the #Babishai2018 winner.

THE #BABISHAI2018 POETRY LONGLIST IS HERE: CONGRATULATIONS!

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Greetings Dear Friends!

The #Babishai2018 Long list has proven once again that the crust of the finest African writing is in our midst.

Judge: Rehema Nanfuka

The judges, Professor Remi Raj, (Nigeria), Rehema Nanfuka, Uganda) and Alfred Msadala,(Malawi) pored over a thousand poems to select a long list. It was an exhaustive process and by no means easy; because selecting poems from a competition is in itself a challenge.

We congratulate and thank all the African poets that participated in this year’s contest.

The short list will be out soon and the eventual winner announced during that Babishai Poetry Festival that takes place from 3-6 August in Kapchorwa and Mbale.

The longlist is here below:-

https://www.babishai.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/babishai2018-longlist.pdf