OVERVIEW
Poets in Nigeria Initiative was founded in 2015 in Surulere, Lagos, Nigeria to meet the multidimensional demands associated with growing affection for poetry reading, writing, and performance across Nigeria.
AIMS & OBJECTIVES
1. Create a holistic online directory for Poets in Nigeria
2. Create unlimited opportunities for poets to showcase their poetic crafts
3. Serve as a veritable ground for poets to hone their reading, writing and performance skills via literary projects like poetry workshops and residences to be organised by PIN.
4. Protect and promote registered poets and their works, showcased beyond borders
5. Give poets recognisable voices in the scheme of things in Nigeria and across our shores
6. Guide poets in areas of editing and publishing
VISION: To be Nigeria’s foremost literary hub driven by poetry.
PIN INITIATIVES
(1) Nigerian Students Poetry Prize (NSPP)
(2) CHAP BOOK SERIES
(3) Punchy Poetry
(4) The Arthub, Lagos
(5) Festival Poetry Calabar
(6) The GlassDoor
(7) PIN 10-day Poetry Challenge
(8) Poetourism
(9) Oral Solutions
(10) Quarterly Poetry Journal
(11) Annual Food Poetry Contest
(12) Photo Poetry
(13) Steps & Stops
(14) Tongues of Poetry
(15) Naija Poetry Performance
(16) PIN Photo Runway
(17) Collaborative Poetry Performance
(18) Spoken Call
(19) Storytelling from yesterday
(20) From the Neighborhoods
(21) Gallery of Poems
(22) National Poets Residency
(23) PIN NAIJA TV
(24) PIN 360
(25) Word Spelling Competition
(26) PIN LITERARY INTERVIEWS
(27) From the Connect Centres
(28) PIN Talks