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I'm Chigozie Mbadugha

Chigozie Anuli Mbadugha is a multitalented young woman with a natural flair for the arts. She wrote her first unpublished novel at the age of six and has been writing poems, scripts, short stories, and songs since then, which were mainly for leisure. One of her poems, The New Yam Festival, won second prize in a nationwide poetry competition in 1983. She was the recipient of the silver prize at the Kanagawa World Biennial Children’s Art Competition in Japan in 1987. By profession, Chigozie is an ophthalmic surgeon and an avid researcher. She draws inspiration from God and from the love of her family. She lives in Nigeria with her family.

Her love for the arts manifested early as she wrote her first unpublished novel at the age of six. A decision to study Medicine and Surgery in the University of Benin led to a lull in her writing as she could barely find time to write poems, stories or plays.She won academic prizes in her undergraduate days and got the dean’s prize for the best graduating student in the faculty of Medicine for that year. She has a Master’s degree with DISTINCTION in Community Eye Health from University College London.

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As a postgraduate Ophthalmology resident, she won the prize for being the best candidate in the part one Ophthalmology fellowship examination. She has published several Ophthalmology research articles in peer-reviewed Ophthalmology journals and has presented papers in several national and international Ophthalmology conferences.She has been involved in several volunteer eye outreaches.

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Her early readers colour-illustrated children’s book “Finding Kitty” was a finalist in the 2023 Association of Nigerian Authors Literary prize for Children’s Literature in October 2023.
https://independent.ng/ana-announces-long-short-lists-for-2023-prizes-edition/

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Her short story “Marry Me When I am Older” was in the longlist of the New York based International Human Rights Arts Festival (IHRAF) Short Story Competition in June 2023.

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Her short play “I Should Have Been Enough” was shortlisted in the International Human Rights Arts Festival (IHRAF) Short Play Competition in December 2021.
4. Her debut publication titled Beyond the Trial, a collection of three standalone novellas: Rude Awakening, Erased Reproach and Shadows From the Past, has won two awards:
Chigozie won an award as the Best Author in the Young Adult Category for Beyond the Trial in the African Christian Fiction Writers Award (ACFWA) – December 2021.
Beyond the Trial was awarded The Samuel Ajayi Crowther Prize in 2017 for fiction awarded by the Association of Nigerian Christian Authors and Publishers.

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Rude Awakening: a Beyond the Trial novella was selected by the United Nations SDG Book Club African Chapter as a recommended or selected book for African libraries for exploring SDG 5 (Gender Equality) of the United Nations SDG programme.

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Shadows From the Past: a Beyond the Trial novella was shortlisted for the 2020 Association of Nigerian Authors Literary Prize for Best Prose Fiction.

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A Visit to Grandma and Grandpa was a finalist in the 2020 Association of Nigerian Authors Literary Prize for Best Children’s Literature.

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