What does it mean to BREATHE? 🤔 CỌ́N-SCÌÒ MAGAZINE Issue 5, Vol 1 (June 2025) dives deep into this vital act. We’re seeking your poetry, prose, articles, and visuals on this universal concept. Submit by June 15th!
Resonant Voices: Announcing the Winners of the 2024 Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Prize
Michael Agunbiade is the Winner of the 2024 Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Prize (EOPP) with Ehiorobo Derek and Eliongema Udofia as runners-up.
Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Prize 2024: Shortlist Revealed!
The EOPP 2024 Shortlist is out! 10 incredible poets, 10 powerful poems.
Apply to The 2025 Sprinng Writing Fellowship
Apply to the Sprinng Writing Fellowship today! You don’t want to miss this opportunity!
BEAUTIFUL AS AN UNORTHODOX TEMPLATE | a poem by Joshua Effiong
i’ve accepted my unholiness. &
if humans don’t accept me this way, my brothersisters
& sisterbrothers will be my light & salvation.
EOPP: Jide Badmus & Nasiba Babale to judge the 2024 Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Prize
The Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Prize (EOPP) 2024 is proud to announce its esteemed judging panel.
Blue Top | a CỌ́N-SCÌÒ poem by Ismail Bala
That smile of hers, that cleavage
so prime to fulfil a new kind of sensual pleasure.
Slum & Transition | two CỌ́N-SCÌÒ poems by S. Su’eddie Vershima Agema
In my mother’s village, it happens again—
herders invade, fields burn, and another slum rises.
What is Being Born Inside You? | a CỌ́N-SCÌÒ poem by Amy Shimshon-Santo
never underestimate the power of the weak
Rwanda | a CỌ́N-SCÌÒ poem by Marial Awendit
Kagame atop the hills blows
His horn,
And the echoes melt the machetes