Ikechukwu Iwuagwu

Nigeria

Iwuagwu Ikechukwu is an African poet, Essayist, Screenwriter, and Dramatist. A native of Umunkwo in Imo state, Nigeria. His reviews and short stories have appeared in several literary magazines across the world both online and in print. He was a recipient of an honourable mention in the IHRAF Creators of Justice award in New York - 2020 & 2022 editions respectively. He was shortlisted for the 2022 Alpine Fellowship Visual Arts Prize in London, UK, the ANTOA essay prize in Africa, the Wordweavers Poetry Prize, and the K.E.E.P Poetry Prize 2025. Recently, he was longlisted for the Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Prize. When he is not writing, he can be found researching, teaching, or reading the works of Christopher Okigbo, Isidore Diala, Soyinka, Adichie, Buchi Emecheta & Ifésinàchi Nwàdiké.