Josiah Ikpe @JosiahIkpe
Writer | Lawyering | Winner, The 2025 Isele Prize for Short Story | Works: @Isele Magazine, @Lolwe ... Joined September 2015-
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It's quite sad to hear this. Thank you, @Lolwe_, for giving Africans stories a home, a home to always run back to anytime, any day. We'll keep reading, supporting, and promoting the honest work you do!
It's quite sad to hear this. Thank you, @Lolwe_, for giving Africans stories a home, a home to always run back to anytime, any day. We'll keep reading, supporting, and promoting the honest work you do!
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Issue 11 of Lolwe is available online and free to read. Featuring fiction, poetry, nonfiction and visual art from Africa, the Caribbean and Black diaspora. Read the issue here: lolwe.org/issue-11/
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Isele Prize 2025 winners announced #LiteraryAwards #Fiction #Poetry #Nonfiction @IseleMagazine writingafrica.com/isele-prize-20…
Still feels like a dream!
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Josiah Ikpe (@JosiahIkpe), Tolu Daniel (@iamToluDaniel), and Fatima Abdullahi (@Fatii_tii) Win 2025 Isele (@IseleMagazine) Prizes jaylit.com/josiah-ikpe-to…
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"For the first time in a long while, I felt buoyed with a new spirit. “I’m different from the other boys..." Read @JosiahIkpe's winning short story "Not Like Other Boys" via @IseleMagazine
"For the first time in a long while, I felt buoyed with a new spirit. “I’m different from the other boys..." Read @JosiahIkpe's winning short story "Not Like Other Boys" via @IseleMagazine
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I am literally in shock right now! Guys, I WON THE ISELE POETRY PRIZE!! 😭🎉🎉 Alhamdulillah, Alhamdulillah. Thank you greatly for the honour @IseleMagazine, and to the judges for judging my words worthy.
I am literally in shock right now! Guys, I WON THE ISELE POETRY PRIZE!! 😭🎉🎉 Alhamdulillah, Alhamdulillah. Thank you greatly for the honour @IseleMagazine, and to the judges for judging my words worthy.
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Congratulations to these brilliant writers!
Congratulations to these brilliant writers!
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It's Tiiiiiiime! 😀🔊 Super proud of you, @JosiahIkpe !
It's Tiiiiiiime! 😀🔊 Super proud of you, @JosiahIkpe !
Jesus, I wonnnnnnnn. My story wonnn!!!!! I'm completely speechless!
Jesus, I wonnnnnnnn. My story wonnn!!!!! I'm completely speechless!
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She’s here! A dream come true in every way possible. You get to hold TINY THINGS now. I’m so grateful to everyone who’s made this possible: my publishers @bloomsburybooksus @masobebooksng @manilla_press, my agent @ada115 — thank you. Here’s to more. 🍷
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Fiction: “The pastor begins his sermon at 10am sharp every Sunday morning. But today, he’s likely to start around thirty minutes past 10. This is because he spent over an hour after we finished the hymn session rebuking the church” ‘Flight’ by Josiah Ikpe lolwe.org/flight/
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Issue 11 is now LIVE! After the long wait. I'm just selecting the perfect playlist, as I prepare to devour like a Sinners vampire this literary meal. #ReadLolwe #SupportLolwe #Lolwe #RepostLolwe
Issue 11 is now LIVE! After the long wait. I'm just selecting the perfect playlist, as I prepare to devour like a Sinners vampire this literary meal. #ReadLolwe #SupportLolwe #Lolwe #RepostLolwe
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Flight - Josiah Ikpe | Lolwe lolwe.org/flight/
And we progressed to the shortlist! I'm grateful!
And we progressed to the shortlist! I'm grateful!
I'm glad to have my story longlisted for the Isele Prize. This means a whole lot. Thanks so much, @IseleMagazine and @MsOlisakwe.
I'm glad to have my story longlisted for the Isele Prize. This means a whole lot. Thanks so much, @IseleMagazine and @MsOlisakwe.
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Excited to share that my story, The Moulting, a finalist for the 2023 Awele Creative Trust Award, was published by @UbwaliLitMag. 😁 ubwali.com/to-moult-or-not
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'There was something different and strange about Vincent Ogbu. The air about him was crystal-like as though one could tell who he was just by looking at him, and yet enshrouded like he was hiding something.' iselemagazine.com/2025/01/28/not…
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