Nigerian poet and editor, Sarah Adeyemo has been declared winner of the 2026 Giveaway for the Sealey Challenge, a giveaway that recognizes and celebrates her enthusiasm and consistency in the Nicole Sealey Poetry Collection Reading throughout the month of August.
The Felis Catus Press established the give away to promote reading culture in honour of Nicole Sealey. With consistency and enthusiasm, Sarah Adeyemo participated in the challenge by reading and posting the collection read each day of X(formerly Twitter), without missing any day in August and actively engaged on the post of Felis Catus Editors, who also participated in the reading challenge.
Felis Catus Press honors Sarah, the sole guest participant with gifts worth ₦35,000:
—5 titles from Felis Catus Press
—2 Chapbooks by Taofeek Ayeyemi
—Ticket to attend OctofestPoetry 2026
Established in 2024, Felis Catus Press is an independent traditional publishing house in Nigeria that focuses on publishing fine poetry collections.
Sarah Adeyemo, SWAN IX, is a poet, writer, editor, and spoken word artiste from Nigeria. She is a fellow of the SprinNG Writing Fellowship. Sarah has work published or forthcoming work on D’Iit Review, The Fiery Scribe Review, Con-Scio Magazine, Sevhage Review, Okiti Literary, Synchronized Chaos Magazine, Pepper Coast Magazine, The Weeds Review, Akpata Magazine, The Shallow Tales Review, The Muse Journal, The Weganda Review, Everscribe Magazine, Afrillhill Press, TV-63 Magazine, Poems for Persons Interest, Northern Writers Forum Journal, Eboquills, Rinna Lit. Anthologies, and elsewhere. Her works have been shortlisted for the 2025 Labari Prize for Poetry and longlisted for the 2025 Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Prize. She serves as the Managing Editor at Words-Empire Magazine, a Poetry Editor at Yarnz Magazine, PFPOI and a News & Feature writer at Journal of African Youth Literature. She was a writing resident of the Rongo Artist Residency, 2026.
Congratulations, Sarah Adeyemo!
