{"id":427510,"date":"2017-10-11T06:37:37","date_gmt":"2017-10-11T06:37:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/10\/11\/shortlist-of-ghana-writers-awards-2017-released\/"},"modified":"2017-10-11T06:37:37","modified_gmt":"2017-10-11T06:37:37","slug":"shortlist-of-ghana-writers-awards-2017-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/10\/11\/shortlist-of-ghana-writers-awards-2017-released\/","title":{"rendered":"Shortlist of Ghana Writers Awards 2017 released"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Entertainment of Wednesday, 11 October 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Ernest Senanu Dovlo<\/p>\n<p>2017-10-11<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/46684601.295.jpg\" alt=\"Ghana Writers Award\" title=\"Ghana Writers Award\" width=\"295\" height=\"295\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>The award ceremony is scheduled for October 28 at Christ the King Parish Hall.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=149916385179598\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=149916385179598\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/1507703857_768_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">The sole literary awards scheme in the country, Ghana Writers Awards has released shortlisted entries for the 2017 edition of the awards ceremony scheduled to take place on October 28 at Christ the King Parish Hall in Accra.<\/p>\n<p>Entries were opened on Friday, April 14, 2017 and ended on Sunday, May 14, 2017. <\/p>\n<p>Five categories, including poetry, short Story, spoken word, literature blog, and topic-given poetry contest on illegal mining are on the cards for the second edition of the Ghana Writers Awards. The shortlist is as follows;<\/p>\n<p><b>SHORT STORY<\/b><\/p>\n<p>University of Hard Knocks \u2013 Philip Arko Ewusi<\/p>\n<p>Liberia Woman \u2013 Samuel Owusu Achiaw<\/p>\n<p>Prayer Mongers \u2013 Nana Yaa Asantewaa Asante <\/p>\n<p>Faded Beauty \u2013Robert Owuodihia <\/p>\n<p>Incapacitated \u2013 Nana Ama Gyemah <\/p>\n<p>The Sound Of Silence \u2013 Roby Yayra Goka<\/p>\n<p>Serebour \u2013 Serebour Badu Prosper <\/p>\n<p><b>POETRY CATEGORY<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The Piano Phone \u2013 Logoh Selorm Philip<\/p>\n<p>Gentle Lucifer \u2013 Mohammed Shamsu-deen.<\/p>\n<p>A Thousand Mystics\u2014 Kofi Acquah<\/p>\n<p>A Letter to My Oppressor \u2013 Emmanuel Agyei-Poku<\/p>\n<p>That Jesus Name \u2013 Adjei-Arthur Bonsu<\/p>\n<p>The Plight of a House Help \u2013 Gabla Godwin<\/p>\n<p>Africa of Old \u2013 Sacket Anthony Djaba<\/p>\n<p>Little Black Children \u2013 Gayi Eyram C.<\/p>\n<p>An Elegy for Awonoor \u2013 Abelumkeamah Bertrand Azags<\/p>\n<p>A Toil In The Dark \u2013Kwao Jonathan Tetteh <\/p>\n<p>Of Our Land \u2013 Ekow Dodd <\/p>\n<p>The Making of Silence \u2013 Nana Karikari Akyempo Prempeh<\/p>\n<p><b>LITERATURE BLOG<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Celestine Nudanu \u2013 (https:\/\/readinpleasure.wordpress.com) <\/p>\n<p>The Creative Arts Society \u2013 (www.thecreatars.wordpress.com) <\/p>\n<p><b>POETRY ON GALAMSEY<\/b> <\/p>\n<p>Dig Deeper \u2013 Yvette D. Adusei<\/p>\n<p>The Dying Digger \u2013 Kweku Taylor<\/p>\n<p>The Cry of the Land \u2013 Maame Akua Akyea Kodua<\/p>\n<p>Ten (10) judges selected from Africa, Asia and the Americas have been playing roles as judges of the 2017 edition of the Awards and is on the theme, &#8221; My art my life; creating more opportunities for the youth in the literary art industry in Ghana.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The maiden edition of the awards was held on Saturday, October 29, 2016 at Marvels Ghana Mini Golf Course in Accra with over 800 people in attendance. 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