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EDITOR’S PICK
- ERIATA ORIBHABOR POETRY PRIZE 2022: SOONEST NATHANIEL, JIDE BADMUS & MARTINS DEEP TO JUDGE ₦100,000 CONTEST
- ‘BECAUSE BOYS ARE NOT FLOWERS’, ‘BLEEDING EARTH’, ‘IN MY COUNTRY NO ONE PAYS TICKET FOR THE CONCERT’, ‘CITY OF LIGHTS & ‘AUBADE TO DAWN’ (five poems by Adesiyan Oluwapelumi)
- ‘WHAT TO SAY TO THE BOY THAT ASKS FOR THE REMNANTS OF RAIN’ & ‘METAMORPHOSIS’ (two poems by Salim Yakubu Akko)
- HOW I BAKE MY DAILY BREAD (a poem by Joseph Olamide Babalola )
POETRY
- ‘HALF OF A YELLOW SUN’ & ‘PARADISE LOST’ (three poems by Yohanna Singfuri Daniel)
- THE ROCKS HAIL YOU (2 poems for Niyi Osundare by Dunni Ebenco)
- ‘BECAUSE BOYS ARE NOT FLOWERS’, ‘BLEEDING EARTH’, ‘IN MY COUNTRY NO ONE PAYS TICKET FOR THE CONCERT’, ‘CITY OF LIGHTS & ‘AUBADE TO DAWN’ (five poems by Adesiyan Oluwapelumi)
FICTION
- WILL YOU MARRY ME? | a short story by Ude Vivian Chidimma
- A CAPITALIST TALE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT | a short story by S. Su’eddie Vershima Agema
- I SAY MY NAME | an essay by Ayomide Ruth Oluwagbenga
ESSAYS
- SHAPES | by Mhembeuter J. Orhemba
- SELF-PORTRAIT AS A HELIUM CONTESTING FLIGHT WITH THE SPIRITS | an essay by Taofeek “Aswagaawy” Ayeyemi
- I SAY MY NAME | an essay by Ayomide Ruth Oluwagbenga
BOOK REVIEWS
- THE FEMINIST BURDEN: ATTAINING INDEPENDENCE ON THE WINGS OF UNAPOLOGETIC REBELLION | a Review Of Ukamaka Olisakwe’s “Ogadinma Or, Everything Will Be All Right” by Ehi-kowoicho Ogwiji
- REVIEW: THE EMMANUELS’ ‘ADULTING IN NIGERIA’ HOLDS YOU BY THE HANDS AND LEADS YOU THROUGH THE NIGERIAN MAZE
- REVIEW: CHIDI IWUOMA’S ‘THE GOLDEN RULE’ IS A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO ACHIEVING SALVATION & EXPERIENCING CHRIST
INTERVIEWS
- FEMINISM IS ADVOCACY FOR EQUALITY, NOT A GENDER BATTLE: UKAMAKA OLISAKWE TALKS FEMINISM & RELATED THEMES IN OGADINMA WITH CỌ́N-SCÌÒ MAGAZINE
- “AT THE FOREFRONT OF MY INTENTIONS AS A WRITER IS A NEED TO ENTERTAIN”: A CỌ́N-SCÌÒ MAGAZINE INTERVIEW WITH OTHUKE OMINIABOHS
- “HISTORICAL SEXISM AFFECTS WOMEN’S PROGRESS IN EDUCATION, WRITING, AND LITERATURE”: A CỌ́N-SCÌÒ MAGAZINE INTERVIEW WITH OYINDAMOLA SHOOLA
