Dr. Chika Unigwe's The Middle Daughter longlisted for the $100,000 Nigeria Prize for Literature 

The Advisory Board of the Nigeria Prize for Literature has revealed the longlist of 11 titles, setting the stage for an epic battle for the prestigious literary prize this year.

The 2025 edition focuses on Prose Fiction and the list of the best 11 prose works, arranged in alphabetical order of the book titles. They are: An Unusual Grief by Yewande Omotoso; Fine Dreams by Linda Masi; Leave my Bones in Saskatoon by Michael Afenfia; New York My Village by Uwem Akpan; PETRICHOR, The Scent of a New Beginning by Ayo Oyeku; Sanya by Oyin Olugbile; The Middle Daughter by Chika Unigwe; The Road to the Country by Chigozie Obioma; This Motherless Land by Nikki May; Water Baby by Chioma Okereke and When We Were Fireflies by Abubakar Adam Ibrahim.

The prize is sponsored by NLNG and offers a cash award of $100,000 to the author of the winning book at a grand ball event in October. The event commemorates the company’s first LNG loading in October 1999. The prize rotates annually across four genres: prose fiction, poetry, drama and children’s literature.