This is the third year of The Brunel University African Poetry Prize, a major new poetry prize of £3000 aimed at the development, celebration and promotion of poetry from Africa. The prize is sponsored by Brunel University and Commonwealth Writers. Each poet has to submit 10 poems to be eligible. The first winner of the prize was Somali poet Warsan Shire in 2013; the second winner was Ethiopian poet Liyou Libsekal last year. The Prize works closely with the African Poetry Book Fund and Prairie Schooner poetry journal (est 1926), both at the University of Nebraska. The winners and most of the shortlisted poets of the past two years have all since had poetry pamphlets published with APBF in their ‘New Generation African Poets' series of box sets, with US publishers Slappering Hol Press and Akashic Books.
The winner will be announced on 11th May 2015.