“Writing is important because it is essential to the existence of an open and intelligent society as well as the storage and communication of our intellectual properties.”

EDITOR’S PICK

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  CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Share Your Creativity in CỌ́N-SCÌÒ Magazine’s ‘BREATHE’ Issue (June 2025)May 11, 2025
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  Slum & Transition | two CỌ́N-SCÌÒ poems by S. Su’eddie Vershima AgemaJanuary 18, 2025
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  A Table Where I Am The Breakfast | a CỌ́N-SCÌÒ poem by Oluwatobi Ezekiel PoroyeJanuary 18, 2025
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  “The Future of African Poetry Fills Me With So Much Urgency…“ | A CỌ́N-SCÌÒ Magazine Interview with Adedayo AgarauJanuary 18, 2025

POETRY

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  BEAUTIFUL AS AN UNORTHODOX TEMPLATE | a poem by Joshua EffiongFebruary 18, 2025
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  Blue Top | a CỌ́N-SCÌÒ poem by Ismail BalaJanuary 18, 2025
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  Slum & Transition | two CỌ́N-SCÌÒ poems by S. Su’eddie Vershima AgemaJanuary 18, 2025

FICTION

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  Saving Adanna | a CỌ́N-SCÌÒ short story by Amira Abdul-AzeezJanuary 18, 2025
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  The In-Between | a CỌ́N-SCÌÒ short story by Gloria OgoJanuary 18, 2025
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  Bestie, Bestie | a CỌ́N-SCÌÒ short story by Ehighocho Ruth JamesJanuary 18, 2025

ESSAYS

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  Medicine: Journaling as Therapy and a Journey to Well-being | a CỌ́N-SCÌÒ essay by Edwin MammanJanuary 18, 2025
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  My Progenitor’s Tongue As a Fireplace Where Hyperbole Singes the Feathers of Euphemism | a CỌ́N-SCÌÒ essay by Taofeek Ayeyemi “Aswagaawy”January 18, 2025
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  Childhood Trauma & Creativity: Navigating The Ethical Tightrope of Personal Writing | a CỌ́N-SCÌÒ essay by Kukogho SamsonJuly 15, 2024

BOOK REVIEWS

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  ORÍ: Exploring Yoruba Destiny and Culture Through Spoken Word Poetry | a CỌ́N-SCÌÒ review of Aremo Yusuf Balógun’s “ORÍ” by Tola IjalusiJanuary 18, 2025
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  For Fathers Who Went Like This: A Poetic Journey Through Pain, History, and Hope | a CỌ́N-SCÌÒ review of Adedayo Agarau’s ‘For Boys Who Went’ by Tola IjalusiJanuary 18, 2025
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  T&Cs of (un)Loving | a CỌ́N-SCÌÒ review of ‘How to Fall in Love Again’ anthology by Michael ChukwukaJuly 15, 2024

INTERVIEWS

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  “The Future of African Poetry Fills Me With So Much Urgency…“ | A CỌ́N-SCÌÒ Magazine Interview with Adedayo AgarauJanuary 18, 2025
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  “The Writer’s Primary Duty Is To Write And Be True To The Story Or Subject Of Their Writing“ | A CỌ́N-SCÌÒ Magazine Interview with Iquo DianaAbasiJuly 15, 2024
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  “The Craft Of Poetry Writing Is Rooted In The Pursuit Of One’s Voice”: A CỌ́N-SCÌÒ Magazine ‘Migration’ Issue Interview with Ayomide BayowaJanuary 14, 2024

IMPROVE YOUR WRITING

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  5 Tips For Mastering the Art of Excellent Poetry: Illustrated with African Poetic GemsNovember 7, 2023
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  15 WAYS TO WRITE FASTER & BETTERAugust 9, 2022
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  UNDERSTANDING POETRY: THE PLACE OF PUNCTUATION IN A POEM (by Kukogho Iruesiri Samson)July 31, 2022