[authorafrica] Congratulations Chibo Onyeji, Ken Kamoche, Rudolf Okwonko!

From: "Bruce Cook, AuthorMe.com" <cookcomm@xxxxxxx>
To: authorafrica@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2007 06:46:34 -0700 (PDT)
Greetings to everyone in our Author Africa Think Tank,

Congratulations are in order for Chibo Onyeji, who has won the 2nd Oladuah 
Equiano Prize for Fiction, and Ken Kamoche, another writer from our group, who 
has two stories posted on author-me.com. Ken earned second place in the 
contest.  

Also, let's recognize Rudolf Okonkwo (who is also published on author-me) for 
his leadership in bringing this wholly African contest to African writers.

Let's all be active in next year's contest!

Please read Rudolf's news release below...

Thanks,

Bruce Cook, Publisher
The Author-me.com Group
World Writers Resources, Inc.
  
      Chibo Onyeji Wins the 2nd Olaudah Equiano Prize for Fiction
   
  Bay Shore , New York : July 23, 2007: Iroko Productions LLC today announces 
Chibo Onyeji as the winner of the 2nd Oladuah Equiano Prize for Fiction. He won 
the $1000 Prize with his short story, "Escapegoat."
   
  Chibo Onyeji teaches at the University of Vienna, Austria. His short story, 
?The Professor? was shortlisted for the 2005 Olaudah Equiano Prize for Fiction.
   
  The judges describe Chibo Onyeji's winning short story, "Escapegoat," as "an 
artistic and bookish collage of life-affirming conflicts at all levels of human 
experience."
   
  Continuing on why Onyeji?s ?Escapegoat? won the 2007 Equiano prize, the 
statement of the Board of Judges reads: ?The African student who battles his 
Caucasian professor at a Belgrade bar on the Marxist discontent of the Nigerian 
genocide and the Biafran war, is also a soldier of fortune fully committed to 
dispossessing the master of beautiful Zorica who is caught between the legend 
of an old bottle and the freshness of a new wine. The genius of Onyeji?s 
?Escapegoat? lies in his triumphant rediscovery of the delicate balance between 
polemical oratory and artistic self-invention."
   
  Chibo Onyeji was born in Enugu , Anambra State , Nigeria . He earned a 
Bachelor?s Degree in Economics from the University of Sts. Cyril & Methodius, 
Skope and a PhD from Texas A&M University . He is the author of several poetry 
collections. His short stories, essays, and poems have appeared in journals, 
anthologies, and online. His latest book of poems Flowers, Bread, and Gold 
appeared in October 2006. Forthcoming from him are two collections of 
children?s poems in Igbo language Itu Agwa Ka Agu and Amakaekwu, and a 
collection of childhood short stories, Ikedi. 
   
  The second prize goes to Ken N. Kamoche for his story "A Glimpse of Life." 
The $300 2nd prize is endowed by Dr. Chuma Osakwe in the memory of his late 
father Chief S. B. C. Osakwe.
   
  The 3rd prize of $100 endowed by Nigerianvillagesquare.com goes to Afam Akeh 
for his story "The Denial."
   
  All stories submitted for this year's competition will be considered for 
publication in an anthology of short fiction devoted to new voices of Africans 
abroad.
   
  Chielozona Eze?s short story, ?Lessons in German,? was the prime winner of 
the first Equiano Prize in 2005. 
   
  The judges for this year's competition are Okey Ndibe, Wale Adebanwi, and 
Obiwu.
   
  According to Rudolf Okonkwo, the CEO of Iroko Productions LLC, "entries for 
next year's edition will open on December 2007, and the winner will be 
announced in July 2008.?
   
  The Olaudah Equiano Prize for Fiction is supported by Ehimen Edokpa of IBG 
Tax & Accounting LLC, www.ibgtax.com, and Pius Airewele Esq.
   
  Contact Information: Rudolf Ogoo Okonkwo
  Email: Rudolf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
  Phone: 617-697-1733
  www.equianoprize.blogspot.com
  



Thanks,
 
Bruce Cook
[authorafrica] Congratulations Chibo Onyeji, Ken Kamoche, Rudolf Okwonko!

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