109 entries, no winner

       The US$100,000 NLNG Nigeria Prize for Literature rotates through (four) genres, and this year it was the turn of children's literature. They got 109 entries, but, as Evelyn Osagie reports in The Nation, No winner for 2015 NLNG's Literature prize.
       As the judge's report [sorry, Facebook link; there isn't an up-to-date official site with this information ...] explains:

This year, 109 entries were received. Eighty-nine (89) entries did not meet the preliminary criteria for assessment. This number represents 81.6% of the total number of entries received for 2015. The percentage by any standard is worrying; especially as there is a paucity of literature for children

       This isn't the first time no prize has been awarded -- 2004 (prose) and 2009 (poetry) also came up empty.
       And admirably:

NLNG is determined to promote excellence by investing the prize money, which would have been won, back into the process for a creative writing workshop for Nigerian writers of children's literature.

       Which seems a constructive solution.