Gbenga Adesina and Nick Makoha’s Poetry Collections Longlisted for the 2026 Griffin Poetry Prize worth $130,000
Nigerian Gbenga Adesina and Ugandan Nick Makoha, have been recognized on one of poetry’s most significant international stages: both have been longlisted for the 2026 Griffin Poetry Prize. Adesina’s debut collection, Death Does Not End at the Sea (University of Nebraska Press), and Makoha’s The New Carthaginians (Allen Lane), appear on a ten-book longlist announced […]
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Nigerian Gbenga Adesina and Ugandan Nick Makoha, have been recognized on one of poetry’s most significant international stages: both have been longlisted for the 2026 Griffin Poetry Prize. Adesina’s debut collection, Death Does Not End at the Sea (University of Nebraska Press), and Makoha’s The New Carthaginians (Allen Lane), appear on a ten-book longlist announced […]
