The Unserious Collective, a renowned literary organization, has unveiled its longlist for the 2024 Fellowship program. This year’s list features a diverse group of poets from across the country, all vying for a share of the 2 million Nigerian Naira prize pool. The list includes JAY Lit Issue 7 contributor, Timi Sanni.
The longlist for the Unserious Collective Fellowship 2024 includes:
- AbdulRaheem AbdulBasit
- Chiwenite Onyekwelu
- Gospel Chinedu
- Blessing Anaso
- Kei Vough Korede
- Adesiyan Oluwapelemi
- Samuel A. Adeyemi
- Iyanuoluwa Adenle
- Dokubo-Asari Habiba
- Everest Udochukwu
- Timi Sanni
- Nket Godwin
- Taiwo Hassan
- ILIYA, Kambai Dennis
- Precious Chidera Harrison
- S. Abdulwash’h Olaitan
- Prince Gershom
- Sale Tamani Tatiana
- Clement Abayomi
- Daniel Oriseadike
Aimed to support and nurture emerging Nigerian poets, each group of four poets on the longlist will receive a substantial cash prize of N500,000.
The shortlist will be announced on October 31, followed by the unveiling of the Fellows on November 15.
Congratulations to Timi, and all the remarkable writers who made the longlist!
Bongiwe T. Maphosa
Bongiwe Maphosa is a writer whose fiction and poetry offers fresh, imaginative perspectives on the human condition. Her work has been published in prominent literary spaces, including Isele Magazine, Akowdee Magazine, the AVBOB Poetry Anthology, Journal of African Youth in Literature (JAY Lit), and more. She was also nominated for the 2025 Best of the Net Anthology. Bongiwe is one of six writers selected for the inaugural Caine Prize Online Editing program and serves as a content writer, peer reviewer, and tier three awards judge for JAYLit. Bridging inner reflection with speculative worlds, she continues to carve out a distinctive voice within contemporary African literature for a growing global audience.
