Aunty Uncle Poems by UEA alumnus Gboyega Odubanjo has won the 2021 Michael Marks Poetry Award for poetry pamphlets. It was published by Poetry Business earlier this year, having been one of the four winners of the 2020 Poetry Business New Poet’s Prize. Gboyega (pictured) gained a BA in English & Philosophy at UEA in 2017 […]
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Aunty Uncle Poems by Gboyega Odubanjo
Aunty Uncle Poems is a new pamphlet of poetry by UEA alumnus Gboyega Odubanjo and is published this week by the Poetry Business. Last year it was one of the four winners of the Poetry Business New Poet’s Prize. Gboyega (pictured) gained a BA in English & Philosophy at UEA in 2017 and graduated from […]
Gboyega Odubanjo and Michael Askew win Eric Gregory Awards
Two UEA alumni, Gboyega Odubanjo and Michael Askew, have been awarded Eric Gregory Awards at the Society of Authors annual prize-giving ceremony. The award recognises a poetry collection by an author under age of thirty, and is worth £4050 to each author. Gboyega (pictured) was awarded his prize for Aunty Uncle Poems, which was also […]
Two Stops Short of Barking by Gboyega Odubanjo
Two Stops Short of Barking is a new pamphlet of poems and interviews by UEA alumnus Gboyega Odubanjo, the outcome of his residency at Rabbits Road Institute Library in London. It is published by The Alternative School of Economics, supported by The London Borough of Barking and Dagenham Library Service. Gboyega (pictured) gained a BA in […]
Gboyega Odubanjo wins Poetry Business New Poet’s Prize
UEA alumnus Gboyega Odubanjo has been named as one of the four winners of the 2020 Poetry Business New Poet’s Prize, a pamphlet competition for writers under 24. His pamphlet Aunty Uncle Poems will be published by the Poetry Business. Gboyega (pictured) gained a BA in English & Philosophy at UEA in 2017 and graduated […]
Gboyega Odubanjo, James McDermott and Molly Naylor shortlisted for OutSpoken Prize
Three UEA Creative Writing graduates have been shortlisted for the 2020 OutSpoken Prize for Poetry: Gboyega Odubanjo in the ‘Page’ category, and James McDermott and Molly Naylor in the ‘Performance’ category. OutSpoken is a monthly poetry and music night held at the South Bank Centre in London, and the winner of this year’s prize will […]
