Meet The Winners Of The Gen Z National Poetry Competition

 

MEET THE WINNERS OF THE GEN Z NATIONAL POETRY COMPETITION

 

DANIEL AYOTUNDE OMONITAN {FIRST PRIZE} NIGERIA

Daniel Ayotunde Omonitan, also known as Digerati_DAO, is a dynamic creative blending media, storytelling, science, and faith. He is a skilled writer, poet, and video editor, who uses compelling narratives to inspire change and foster impactful dialogues.

Daniel holds a Bachelor’s in Biotechnology from FUTA. He is the founder of the Poetry and Literacy Society, where he facilitates the Open Mic FUTA show in collaboration with other creative communities. He is an advocate for national development through creativity. 

His literary works have garnered recognition across various national and international media platforms, including Freedom Television Channel 34 UHF, the Bash Amuneni Prize for Performance Poetry, Nasara Creatives, IHRAM and 60 Seconds Poetry, among others.

SUMAILA ISAH UMAISHA {SECOND PRIZE} NIGERIA

Sumaila Isah Umaisha has worked as a Literary Editor since 1994 with various media organisations including Hotline magazine, New Nigerian Newspapers, Blueprint Newspapers and then as Editor with the Nigerian Newsday from 2013 to 2020. Among other prizes, he has won twice (in 2004 and 2007) the Literary Journalist Prize awarded by the Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA).

His short stories, poems, essays and interviews have been published in several national and international anthologies, journals and magazines, including DRUMVOICES REVUE, USA, The London Magazine, UK, and his blog, http://www.everythinliterature.blogspot.com. His first work, a collection of short stories titled Hoodlums (2010), is a recommended text in some Nigerian universities. His novel, Glasshouse (2022), was on the longlist of the 2022 edition of the James Currey Prize for African Literature, and the shortlist of the 2022 edition of the ANA Prose Prize.

 

MOSEKA NTIYIA {THIRD PRIZE} KENYA

 

Moseka Ntiyia loves writing, but he loves reading as well. He loves writing poetry more than he would love being called a poet—that sounds special, doesn’t it? He is Kenyan, and a few of his poems have been featured in international publications like *Isele Magazine, The Arc Poetry, Viridine Literary, Amphibian Literary and Journal, and Blue Marble Review*, with some others forthcoming.  

 

For him, poetry is more than an art form; it is a stream-of-consciousness process—a way to make sense of the world and himself.

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