2026 Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) Prize for Literature ($USD 100,000 prize) – Opportunities For Africans

Application Deadline: thirty first March 2026

Applications are actually open for the 2026 Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) Prize for Literature. The yearly literature prize is sponsored by NLNG to honour the writer of one of the best ebook by a Nigerian.

The prize rotates amongst 4 literary genres – Prose Fiction, Poetry, Drama and Children’s Literature. This 12 months, the competitors is for Poetry.

SUBMISSION PROCEDURE

• All candidates should submit their entries accompanied by an application type obtainable on-line from The Nigeria Prizes web site, www.thenigeriaprizes.org.
• Completed varieties have to be printed and submitted together with the entries.
• Go to www.thenigeriaprizes.org for extra particulars on submission.
• Twelve (12) copies of entry and an e-copy of every entry, with proof of Nigerian citizenship (photocopy of Nigerian passport or National Identity Card), could also be submitted both by writer or writer.
• Books must be submitted to NLNG’s External Relations Division, promoters of the prize, by the stipulated deadline.
• No ebook revealed earlier than 2023 will likely be accepted.
• An writer will enter just one revealed work.
• Unpublished work is not going to be thought of.
• No ebook beforehand submitted for this competitors could also be re-submitted at a later date, even when main revisions have been made or a brand new version revealed.
• The prize will likely be awarded for no different cause than excellence.
• No member of the Advisory Board, Panel of Judges and members of their quick households can enter their work(s) for the award within the interval by which they’re serving and 5 (5) years thereafter.
• No entries will likely be accepted from workers of NLNG and their quick households.
• No entry submitted after the stipulated deadline will likely be accepted.
• Failure to satisfy all acknowledged situations above will result in disqualification of the entry.
• The competitors is solely for Nigerian writers, no matter the place they reside.
• Applicants have to be prepared to take part within the Prize actions and public occasions, and media publicity Opportunities, together with interviews, media excursions, and ebook readings.

Entries must be despatched to:

The Nigeria Prize for Literature Secretariat
External Relations Division,
NLNG Corporate Head Office
NLNG Road, Eastern By-Pass,
Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria.

The Nigeria Prize for Literature Secretariat
External Relations Division,
NLNG Lagos transit workplace
38 Oduduwa Crescent, G.R.A.
Ikeja, Lagos.

The Nigeria Prize for Literature Secretariat
External Relations Division,
NLNG London Liaison Office
4th Floor, Heron House,
10 Dean Farrar Street,
London SW1H 0DX.

Close of Entry

All entries have to be in by 23:59hrs WAT Monday thirty first March 2026. Late entries is not going to be thought of.

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) Prize for Literature