Alh. Aliyu Abubakar
Alh. Aliyu Abubakar (Bala Miller) facilitated the ceding of a piece of land at Hill-Top…
HIASFEST 2025 GOLDEN AWARDS FOR ART ADMINISTRATORS
In honour of those whose unwavering efforts continue to influence and elevate the literary and artistic landscape of Nigeria, the Hill-Top Creative Arts Foundation is pleased to present the winners of the annual HIASFEST Golden Awards for Art Administrators in Nigeria. The two outstanding art administrators this year, Adamu Idris Manarakis and Blessing Omeiza Ojo,…
HIASFEST Hall of Fame
The Hill-Top Creative Arts Foundation, HCAF, is pleased to announce a novel initiative tagged: the celebration of past winners of the Hadiza Ibrahim Aliyu Schools Festival, HIASFEST; the HIASFEST Hall of Fame. This Hall of Fame is a shrine to the creativity, talent, and doggedness that have come to define HIASFEST in these years. Since…
HAJARAH BASHAR WINS A REGIONAL PRIZE IN THE BURATAI WRITING CONTEST
Hajarah Bashar Nuhu has emerged as the North-central winner in the recently concluded Annual Buratai Writing Competition for young adult literature with a cash prize of N250,000. The feat qualified her as a finalist for the overall star prize of N1,000,000 which Dr. Taofik from Lagos won. The award ceremony took place last Friday, in…
HCAF: A GATHERING STORM OF BRILLIANCE IN NIGERIAN LITERATURE
Recently, we published pieces on Zaynab Ilyasu Bobi for winning the inaugural Chukwuemeka Poetry Prize and Cave Canem Prize, and Abu Bakr Sadiq (26) for winning the Sillerman Prize, 2023 for first poetry book, both of whom got their winning books published, abroad. Last week, Hill-Top Creative Arts Foundation dominated the Abuja Literary Festival (ALITFEST)…
MUKTAR ALIYU ART RESIDENCY (MAAR) ADMITS VICTORIA AND JUDITH FOR THE 2ND EDITION, 2024
The Muktar Aliyu Art Residency (MAAR), Minna, Niger State, Nigeria, is pleased to announce the successful applicants for the second edition beginning from 1st November, 2024. They are; Victoria Ojo Ilemobayo from Lagos State and Judith L. Maikaho from Gombe State. Ojo Victoria Ilemobayo is a Nigerian literary enthusiast whose works have appeared in Christian…
