2018 Winners A Nation in Labour by Harriet Anena Songs of Myself by Tanure Ojaide
Shortlist A Tributary in Servitude by Servio Gbadamosi
Longlist Home Equals Holes- Tale of An Exile by Su’eddie Vershima Agema Clinical Blues by Dami Ajayi Sailing for Ithaca by Abayomi Animashaun Heaven on Earth- A Harvest of Poems by Taiwo Dominic Symphony of Becoming by Iquo Eke One Day, I‘ll Dare to Raise My Middle Finger at the Stark and the Reaper by Hyinus Ekwuazi
Shortlist The Trials of Afonja by Toyin Abiodun Odufa by Othuke Ominibohs
2012 Winner Young Blood by Sifiso Mzobe
Shortlist Roses and Bullets by Akachi Adimora-Ezeigbo The Unseen Leopard by Bridget Pitt
Longlist The African American by Dike-Ogu Chukwumerije That Other Country by Hyinus Ekwuazi Bitter Chocolate by Toyin Adewale Gabriel The Lazarus Effect by HJ Golakai The Colour of Power by Marie Heese The Book of the Dead by Kgebetli Moele The Beauty I Have Seen by Tanure Ojaide Only a Canvas by Olushola Olugbesan Fallout by Sue Rabie The Thin Line by Arja Salafranca Pride of the Spider Clan by Odili Ujubuonu On Black Sisters’ Street by Chika Unigwe
2010 Winners Coconut by Kopalno Matlewa Tenants of the House by Wale Okediran
Shortlist I Do Not Come to You by Chance by Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani
2008 Winners Zara: The Windseeker by Nnedi Okorafor Everything Good Will Come by Sefi Attah