Hi, It has been an interesting last five weeks as EGC in partnership with
Order called and started collation of written entries for #BB10 mini
Slam. These written Poems, on the theme “Poetic Blessings”, were
expected to be performed by our 10 Finalists in the first session of the
event. And the poems were judged without bias by judges who did not
even know the names and profiles of the writers of the poems they were
given. The criteria used in judging the written stage were Depth,
Imagery, Wordplay, Theme, Form & Flow. During the Performance stage,
criterion to be used will be Content, Voice Articulation, Stage
presence, Dramatic performance, & Flow.
We however do not want to undermine the element of luck in Slams or any
other kind of competition like this; so we will say Kudos to the 38
entrants for the slam.
The following are the 10 Finalists:
ENTRY 004... OSIGWE BENJAMIN
Osigwe Benjamin is a pen and performance poet. He has graced many poetry
platforms in Nigeria, including the 16th LAGOS BOOK AND ART FESTIVAL
"LABAF" 2014. He is the current coordinator of the Education Rights
Campaign “ERC” Ajegunle branch. Lagos, Nigeria. Benjamin, one of the
promoters of "The Poetry Court," an online poetry Platform. He scored
average of 44 points in the written stage of #BB10 mini Slam.
ENTRY 005... OLALEKAN ABE
ABE Olalekan aka Poetic LekANTIC is a student University of Ibadan, the
department of Botany. Origin of Osun State. He is a writer, a poet, a
story-teller and a song composer. He made 3rd highest average score
(48.4) at Written stage of #BB10 mini slam.
ENTRY 006... IFEANYI BERNAD PRESTIGE
Prestige Ifeanyi Bernard founded “The truth", an organization that
promotes poetry in schools and inculcates values and civic consciousness
in young minds. He has graced poetry platforms like ' chill and relax',
Metro FM Open Mic, Bobogiri Open Mic and performs at seminars,
conferences, radio stations and churches. He loves poetry and spoken
word art with passion. He scored 49.8 average score; the highest in
written stage of #BB10 mini Slam.
ENTRY 007.... OLUWATOSIN FAITH KOLAWOLE
Oluwatosin Faith Kolawole is presently studying Medicine at the American
International University West Africa, The Gambia. She has passion for
writing and as a result of her love for creative writing, she has
participated in several online and offline poetry competitions. Her
average score in written stage of #BB10 mini Slam was 46.4
ENTRY 011.... AYANWU CHINEDU
Ayanwu Chinedu scored average of 46 points in written stage of #BB10 mini Slam.
ENTRY 014... MESIOYE JOHNSON AFFABLE
Mesioye Johnson, Affable as popularly called by his friends is an
upcoming poet whose works have featured in WRR as one of the most
published poets. His work in February 2015 was among the 10 finalists of
the "TONY FERNANDEZ INTERNATIONAL POETRY CONTEST”. He had an average
score of 49.4 in the written stage; he was the 2nd highest.
ENTRY 015... SIJUADE SANUSI
Sijuade Sanusi is a year 4 student of Medicine and surgery at Ladoke
Akintola University of technology, Oyo State. He loves poetry and
started writing poems back in his secondary school days. He also loves
music and standup comedy, both of which he does alongside writing. He
scored 45 points in the written stage of #BB10 mini Slam.
ENTRY 016... OKEME JAMES JEROME
James Jerome Okeme is currently studying Geology in Delta State
University, Abraka. He developed interest and started writing Poetry in
the year 2011. He also writes articles and prose. He loves writing,
computing, exploring and travelling. He scored average of 44 points in
written stage of #BB10 mini Slam.
ENTRY 020... ANNIE JUSTIN UDOFIA
Anny Justin Udofia, also has a flair for flash fiction and short
stories. He has been published online on www.kalaharireview.com ;
www.poemhunters.com etc. He writes under the name Poet Razon-Anny Justin
too. He scored average of 45.4 points in the written stage of #BB10
mini Slam.
ENTRY 033… AJIJOLA BELOVED
Ajijola Habeeb Bodunrin holds Bsc.(Ed), Msc., in Economics. He developed
a passion for writing unlike most other writers relatively late, but
the passion had since increased in fold ever since. Habeeb writes
majorly poetry but has a knack for prose and non-fiction. He runs an
online literary platform; Penfreaks.com where most of his works as well
as that of other writers are published. He scored 44.25 points in the
written stage of #BB10 mini Slam.
There are however five other contestants who have been placed on the
reserved, complementary list, in case any of the Poets mentioned above
fail to make themselves available for #BB10 mini Slam or did not arrive
on time. They are:
INIOLUWA VICTOR ADETIMILEHIN (42.2 points, entry 23),
OPETU EBIBOTE (42.2 points, entry 34)
OGUNSANYA ENITAN OLALEKAN (41.4 points, entry 8)
OGEDENGBE TOLU IMPACT (41.4 points, entry 25)
BLISS AKINYEMI (42 points, entry 27)
It should also be noted that in the event of tie during Slam session,
the poets will be asked to perform another poem for the prize.
Be Blessed 10 (aka #BB10) holds in UI Zoo on 25th April by 12:00pm.
We hope to see you there.
For enquiries call: 07034198264 or mail egcmails@gmail.com
For enquiries call: 07034198264 or mail egcmails@gmail.com
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