“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
- “AT THE FOREFRONT OF MY INTENTIONS AS A WRITER IS A NEED TO ENTERTAIN”: A CỌ́N-SCÌÒ MAGAZINE INTERVIEW WITH OTHUKE OMINIABOHS
- EVERYWHERE THE AIR GOES, I GO (a poem by Uwen Precious Ogban)
- “HISTORICAL SEXISM AFFECTS WOMEN’S PROGRESS IN EDUCATION, WRITING, AND LITERATURE”: A CỌ́N-SCÌÒ MAGAZINE INTERVIEW WITH OYINDAMOLA SHOOLA
- CỌ́N-SCÌÒ MAGAZINE: ‘REGENERATION’ [ISSUE 1, VOL. 2 | APRIL 2021] IS OUT
POETRY
- CAGED DOG DOESN’T BITE (a poem by Chime Justice Ndubuisi)
- WHAT BRIGHTON SAYS ON A SUMMER EVE & IF LAGOS KNEW (two poems by S. Su’eddie Vershima Agema)
- ÈKÒ (a poem by Jamiu Ahmed)
FICTION
- EDGE OF TOMORROW (a short story by Nwabuisi Kenneth N.)
- ABA IS A STORY (a short story by Jaachi Anyatonwu)
- “CLOSE YOUR EYES, WHAT DO YOU SEE?” (a short story by Onyi Igwe)
ESSAYS
- THE STATE OF NIGERIAN LITERATURE AND THE NEED FOR YOUTH INVOLVEMENT IN MANAGING THE AFFAIRS OF THE INDUSTRY by Ahmed Maiwada
- HAIKU: AN INTRODUCTION by Taofeek Ayeyemi
- WHO IS TO BLAME FOR A BADLY PUBLISHED BOOK: AUTHOR, EDITOR OR PUBLISHER?
BOOK REVIEWS
- 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
- AN EXCITING THRILLER FILLED WITH TERSE SUSPENSE AND UNFOLDING CURIOSITY: A Review of Kukogho Iruesiri Samson’s Devil’s Pawn
INTERVIEWS
- “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
- IN THE SPOTLIGHT: AN INTERVIEW WITH RASAQ MALIK GBOLAHAN
IMPROVE YOUR WRITING
- RHYME IN POETRY: TYPES AND USAGE
- UNDERSTANDING POETRY: THE PLACE OF PUNCTUATION IN A POEM (by Kukogho Iruesiri Samson)
- A BOY IS NOT ALWAYS A BUTTERFLY & OUR MOTHERS ARE NOT ALL MOONS: WHAT IS HAPPENING TO NIGERIAN POETRY?