• Source: Babishai Niwe Poetry Foundation

Babishai Niwe (BN) Poetry Foundation, formerly "The Beverley Nambozo Poetry Award", is a poetry foundation that coordinates annual poetry competitions for African poets. It was started by Beverley Nambozo in 2008 as a prize for Ugandan women. But in 2014, it opened its doors to men and the entire Africa continent. The first Beverley Nambozo Poetry Award was held in 2009.




Entry and prize


The BN poetry award begun in 2009, as a prize for short, unpublished poems in English by Ugandan women. Entries must be written on an annual theme. There was no theme in 2009. The theme for 2010 was "money and culture". The one for 2011 was "hope". In 2012 the theme was "music". The theme for 2013 was "Innovation". The cash prizes for the top three poems were $250, $150, and $100. The prizes and the prize money have since increased, with the winner in 2014 receiving $1000. The winning poems from 2009 to 2013 were published in an anthology, A Thousand Voices Rising: An anthology of contemporary African poetry.




Award winners


Orimoloye Moyosore and Sanya Noel Lima, (joint winners, 2016)
Adeeko Ibukun, 2015
Tom Jalio, 2014
Rashida Namulondo, 2013
Susan Piwang, 2012
Sanyu Kisaka, 2011
Sophie Alal Brenda, 2010
Lillian Aujo, 2009




Publications


Beverley Nambozo Nsengiyunva, ed. (2014). A Thousand Voices Rising: An anthology of contemporary African poetry. BN Poetry Foundation. ISBN 978-9970-9234-0-3.




References






External links


"Beverley Nambozo Poetry Award"
"The Beverley Nambozo Poetry Award 2013"
"Creating with you- How the Babishai niwe poetry award nurture african poets"
"There Was Once Something Special Here | by Tom Jalio | Winner of BN Poetry Prize"

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• Babishai Niwe Poetry Foundation
• Beverley Nambozo
• List of literary awards
• Bash Mutumba
• Adedayo Agarau
• Richard Ali
• Lillian Aujo
• Mildred Barya
• Samuel Iga Zinunula