Phodiso Modirwa is a Motswana writer whose works appear in Guernica Magazine, Brittle Paper Magazine, Jalada Africa, 20.35 Africa, Lolwe, Agbowo and elsewhere. Her chapbook “Speaking In Code” was published by Akashic Books, as part of the New Generation African Poets Box Set: Tisa. 

Adesiyan Oluwapelumi, TPC XI, is a Nigerian medical student, poet, essayist, and Assistant Editor at Fiery Scribe Review. He is the winner of the 2022 Cheshire White Ribbon Day Creative Contest and a 1st runner up of the 2023 Fidelis Okoro Prize for Poetry. His works appear or are forthcoming in Fantasy Magazine, Poet Lore, Tab Journal, Poetry Wales, Variant Literature, and in the annual Outstanding Young Writers Anthology (Paper Crane, 2023). He was also a 2023 Adroit Journal Summer Mentee and a 2023 SprinNG Writers’ Fellow.

Aaishah Mayet hails from the City of Gold, Johannesburg, South Africa. She works in the Healthcare sector which, for her, has bridged the frontiers of our shared human experience. As a confessed bibliophile of many years, literature remains her teacher and her sanctuary. Her work has been featured in the International Human Rights Arts Festival, and published in Lotosblute, Agbowo, Praxis, Poetry Potion, Active Muse, Brittle Paper, The Lote Tree Press, and Amaliah.

Mugabi Byenkya is an award-winning writer of poetry, prose, essays, drama, comics, and songs. His writing has been published in Carte Blanche, Best Canadian Poetry,

Ọbáfẹ́mi Thanni is a Nigerian poet whose works of poetry and fiction have received Pushcart Prize nominations. An alumnus of the Johannesburg Institute for Advanced Study’s Writers’ Workshop, he spends his time between the cities of Ibadan and Lucille, making attempts at beauty.

Ejiro Elizabeth Edward is a writer from Nigeria. She is the winner of Antoa Poetry Contest 2021. She has been published in Olney Magazine, Lolwe, Hoax, Down river road, Native skin, Consequence Forum, Isele Magazine, Nigerian-news Direct Column, Serotonin, and elsewhere. She is the curator of the Benin art and book festival, a three-day event aimed at promoting reading and the appreciation of art in Benin city. She looks forward to being an MFA student and getting her chapbook published.

Frank Njugi (He /Him) is a writer from Naivasha, Kenya. His works appear in Olney Magazine, Kalahari Review, Roi Faineant Press,  AfroRep, FieryScribe review, Writers Space Africa (PoeticAfrica), Poemify publishers, and Mental Rhythm Magazine. He currently lives in Nairobi and you can find him @franknjugi on all social platforms.

Loic Ekinga is a Congolese writer. He is the author of the poetry chapbook How To Wake A Butterfly (Odyssey Books). His works of fiction and poetry have appeared or are forthcoming in Type/Cast Magazine, Ja. Magazine, Poetry Potion, A Long House and Kalahari Review. His experimental mini chapbook Twelve Things You Failed at As A Man Today was an honourable mention by JK Anowe for Praxis Magazine Online. In addition, his short story ‘Loop’ has been adapted into a short film by Vivanation. He is a finalist of Poetry Africa’s Slam Jam competition 2020 and the Fiction Editor for TVO TRIBE.

Zafrina Nyawira Muthoni Njenga is a poet, writer and psychology major from Nairobi, Kenya.  Her poetry has been featured in Lolwe. Find her on Twitter @the_name_is_z_

Roseline Mgbodichinma is a Nigerian writer, poet, and blogger passionate about documenting women’s stories. She is currently pursuing a law degree and actively freelancing. Roseline is a contributing fiction editor for Barren Magazine, a submissions editor at Iskanchi Press, a Nairobi Fiction Writing Workshop (NF2W) scholarship recipient, and a  SprinNG alumna. She served as a judge for the second SprinNG Women Authors Prize (SWAP) and has received a pushcart nomination for her poetry. Her work has been published in Isele, Native Skin, Down River Road, Illino media, Amplify, JFA Human Rights Mag, Blue Marble Review, Kalahari Review, Indianapolis Review, The Hellebore, and elsewhere.

Linathi Makanda is a writer and artist based in South Africa. Her debut poetry collection, When No One Is Watching (Odyssey Books), has received both local and internatonal aclaim on how emotionally gripping it is. Her photographic works have been featured in international publications such as Vogue Italia, Color Bloc Magazine.

Lukpata Lomba Joseph is a Nigerian poet. He studies Petroleum Engineering at the University of Port Harcourt. He has works published in the Tipton Poetry