{"id":182,"date":"2015-10-08T09:52:29","date_gmt":"2015-10-08T09:52:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/5.153.47.227\/~poetsinn\/?page_id=182"},"modified":"2020-10-04T14:49:30","modified_gmt":"2020-10-04T14:49:30","slug":"about-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.poetsinnigeria.org.ng\/index.php\/about-2\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v. 1.7.8 -->\n<div class=\"quads-location quads-ad1\" id=\"quads-ad1\" style=\"float:none;margin:0px;\">\n\n <!-- WP QUADS - Quick AdSense Reloaded v.1.7.8 Content AdSense async --> \n\n<script async data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" data-cfasync=\"false\">\nvar quads_screen_width = document.body.clientWidth;\nif ( quads_screen_width >= 1140 ) {\r\n\/* desktop monitors *\/\r\ndocument.write('<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5983616716487778\" data-ad-slot=\"\" ><\/ins>');\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n}if ( quads_screen_width >= 1024  && quads_screen_width < 1140 ) {\r\n\/* tablet landscape *\/\r\ndocument.write('<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5983616716487778\" data-ad-slot=\"\" ><\/ins>');\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n}if ( quads_screen_width >= 768  && quads_screen_width < 1024 ) {\r\n\/* tablet portrait *\/\r\ndocument.write('<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5983616716487778\" data-ad-slot=\"\" ><\/ins>');\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n}if ( quads_screen_width < 768 ) {\r\n\/* phone *\/\r\ndocument.write('<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5983616716487778\" data-ad-slot=\"\" ><\/ins>');\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n}<\/script>\n\n <!-- end WP QUADS --> \n\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"182\" class=\"elementor elementor-182\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3335d97 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3335d97\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e802bf0\" data-id=\"e802bf0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-08e90ca elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"08e90ca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">OVERVIEW<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5ccab68c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5ccab68c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-405a1a82\" data-id=\"405a1a82\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-360f00bd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"360f00bd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\"><div dir=\"auto\">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.<br><br><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong><span style=\"color: #339966;\">AIMS &amp; OBJECTIVES<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">1. Create a holistic online directory for Poets in Nigeria<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">2. Create unlimited opportunities for poets to showcase their poetic crafts<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">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.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">4. Protect and promote registered poets and their works, showcased beyond borders<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">5. Give poets recognisable voices in the scheme of things in Nigeria and across our shores<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">6. Guide poets in areas of editing and publishing<br><br><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong><span style=\"color: #339966;\">VISION:<\/span><\/strong> To be Nigeria&#8217;s foremost literary hub driven by poetry.<\/div><div dir=\"auto\"><br><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong><span style=\"color: #339966;\">PIN INITIATIVES<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">(1) Nigerian Students Poetry Prize (NSPP)<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">(2) CHAP BOOK SERIES<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">(3) Punchy Poetry<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">(4) The Arthub, Lagos<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">(5) Festival Poetry Calabar<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">(6) The GlassDoor<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">(7) PIN 10-day Poetry Challenge<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">(8) Poetourism<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">(9) Oral Solutions<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">(10) Quarterly Poetry Journal<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">(11) Annual Food Poetry Contest<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">(12) Photo Poetry<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">(13) Steps &amp; Stops<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">(14) Tongues of Poetry<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">(15) Naija Poetry Performance<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">(16) PIN Photo Runway<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">(17) Collaborative Poetry Performance<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">(18) Spoken Call<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">(19) Storytelling from yesterday<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">(20) From the Neighborhoods<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">(21) Gallery of Poems<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">(22) National Poets Residency<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">(23) PIN NAIJA TV<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">(24) PIN 360<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">(25) Word Spelling Competition<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">(26) PIN LITERARY INTERVIEWS<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">(27) From the Connect Centres<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">(28) PIN Talks<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<!-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v. 1.7.8 -->\n<div class=\"quads-location quads-ad3\" id=\"quads-ad3\" style=\"float:none;margin:0px;\">\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<script>\r\n  (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({\r\n    google_ad_client: \"ca-pub-5983616716487778\",\r\n    enable_page_level_ads: true\r\n  });\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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,&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.poetsinnigeria.org.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/182"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.poetsinnigeria.org.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.poetsinnigeria.org.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.poetsinnigeria.org.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.poetsinnigeria.org.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=182"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"https:\/\/www.poetsinnigeria.org.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/182\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4479,"href":"https:\/\/www.poetsinnigeria.org.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/182\/revisions\/4479"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.poetsinnigeria.org.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}