In a ceremony held during the Quramo Festival of Words at Eko Hotels & Suites, Hubaidat Oyinkansola Ishola was announced the winner of the Quramo Writers’ Prize 2025 for her manuscript What Breaks, What Binds. She received a ₦1,000,000 cash prize and a publishing contract with Quramo Publishers.
The 2025 longlist of five manuscripts was drawn from 34 submissions. After deliberations by the three-member jury — Aduke Gomez (jury head), Wase Aguele-Konu, and Anote Ajeluorou, the shortlist was narrowed to three, from which Ishola’s work was selected as the winner.
The Quramo Writers’ Prize, a critical creative component of the Quramo Festival of Words (QFest), is in its ninth year and has produced notable winners such as Chizeterem Chijoke, whose manuscript Dear Zimi was published last year and earned Quramo Publishers recognition on the 2025 CANEX Book Factory Prize shortlist, as well as JAY Lit Managing Editor, Ibrahim Babátúndé Ibrahim who won the prize in 2022.
The winner was unveiled during QFest 2025 at Eko Hotels & Suites, Lagos, in a ceremony celebrating literature and African storytelling.
Following the win, What Breaks, What Binds will be published under Quramo Publishers, with release details to be announced in coming months.
Congratulations, Hubaidat Oyinkansola Ishola!
Bakare Oluwatobiloba
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