The Nigeria Prize for Teen Authors is the most contested event at HIASFEST. It is a contest of manuscripts by secondary school teen writers, in poetry and prose. The category caries a N700, 000 cash prize, shared among three winners, in poetry and prose. The prize is the bridge and entry point between teenage writings…
The Minna Book Club celebrated the end of 2024 with a dinner at the headquarters of Hill-Top Creative Arts Foundation on 14th December 2024. In his speech, the Club’s President, Hon. Bello Ibrahim, the Deputy Chief of Staff to the Governor in the Office of the Deputy Governor of Niger State, applauded members on their…
The Lagos branch of the Hill-Top Creative Arts Foundation has won the 2024 Best Performing Branches Award of the foundation. The branch, which is led by Mahmoodah Oyeleye, a 1st Class graduate of Economics from Lagos State University and the author of Faded Blues, has been the pioneer chairperson of the branch since 2021. According…
The Hill-Top Creative Arts Foundation is proud to announce the winners of its 2025 Annual Award for Excellence in Creative Writing and Valued Addition to the Foundation. This year’s winners are Pacella Chukwuma-Eke, AbdulRazaq Salihu, Sa’ada Isa Yahaya, and Ibraheem Uthman. These individuals have shown remarkable commitment to the literary arts and have greatly contributed…
My phone beeped to announce a new email. It was from Zainab Dzukogi, the director of the Muktar Aliyu Art Residency, Minna. I hesitated. It has been around a week since I sent my application. What if the email was informing me that I hadn’t been selected? But as a writer, I was already used…
