Writing Prizes and Contests to Enter this June
We made a list of writing prizes and contests for you to enter this June. Don’t hold back the awesome poems and stories you have written, send them out this June. Extra Teeth Theme: We do not set a theme for each issue; please feel…
Two Poems By Abiodun Salako
Abiodun Salako (he/him) is a Nigerian Journalist, Copywriter, and Resident- at-Sea. In his spare time, he daydreams of Eden. Weekdays At The Home of Our Bones It’s just me and you, drinking milk like adolescence, frothing at the mouth with snacks, and using our faces…
One Poem By Faiza Yahaya Maibasira
Faiza Yahaya Maibasira is a spoken word artist, a writer and a poetess .Her works have been published in online publications including poetry stage and the Yasmin Elrufai Foundation. Oluwa No sermon would make the wind hotter than the sun. I grew up watching the…
One Poem by Okoro Emmanuel Chukwuebuka
Okoro Emmanuel Chukwuebuka is a creative writer and a passionate volunteer. He won the 2019 edition of Korea-Nigeria Poetry Prize (Junior Category). Replicating Dead Figures I’ve watched father light up a match stick__ and paint his world with darkness. His dead lips, rumpled shirt, teary…
Writing Prizes and Contests to Enter This April
If you have been on the lookout for contests and prizes to enter this April. You should take a look at this list of opportunities closing on or before the 30th of April 2023. BLURRED GENRE FLASH CONTEST 2023 Theme: Levity The world around us…
Bentex Torlafia Speaks on Writing and Publishing His Latest Book- “Love, Death, Echoes & Ripples”
10Q showcases the finest and latest African authors from around the world. It is our way of recognizing and appreciating the hard work of authors. Today, we speak with Bentex Torlafia, author and founder of NASARA CREATIVE. He talks to our editors about his newly…
One Poem By Arikewusola Abdul Awal
Arikewusola Abdul Awal hails from Shaki, Oyo state. His poems have appeared on ilamagazine.net, williwashpress.com. Teen Lit journals, and elsewhere. Paper Bird (To Father) Tell me, Is this the beginning of another end? Every morning I see your bloodshot eyes aiming at the lekeleke birds…
One Poem by Liberian Poet, Azaiouris Y Zeon
Azaiouris Y Zeon is a young Liberian poet. His work has been published/forthcoming in Eboquills, ArtLounge, Ngiga Review, SpillWords & elsewhere. half moon for abunic you’re in my eyes again the way the sky pours rain upon the roof of my house. i read your…
Two Poems By FOC Ikwuemesibe
FOC Ikwuemesibe is a retired schoolmaster, an engaging lover of the art of teaching who still pens at least a poem a day. This Night this night under the moon as we sit by our firelight and munch away on skewers and the breeze caressing…
One Poem By Fatima Abdullahi
Fatima Abdullahi is a Nigerian-born writer and poet, though she once hated the genre. She’d thought it was pretentious and was trying too hard. Then she joined Robert Frost on his road not taken, and her whole world changed. Black Boy It is in me…
