Nigerian writer, Nwuguru Chidiebere Sullivan has been revealed as the winner of the 2024 Rhonda Gail Williford Prize.
Selected from over 424 submissions across 69 countries, Sullivan emerged victorious, flying the African flag high!
Established to honor the remarkable legacy of poet and attorney Rhonda Gail Williford, the award celebrates poetry that embodies Rhonda’s passion for beauty, justice, and the transformative power of language.
Nwuguru Chidiebere Sullivan is a speculative writer of Izzi, Abakaliki ancestry; a finalist for both the Rhysling and Ignyte Award, a nominee for the Forward Prize, Pushcart Prize, and Best of The Net Award; a data science/analyst techie and a licensed medical laboratory scientist.
He was the winner of the 2021 Write About Now’s Cookout Literary Prize. He has works at Strange Horizons, FIYAH Lit Mag, Uncanny Mag, Nightmare Mag, Augur Mag, Arc Poetry Mag, Filednotes Journal, Sand Journal, Kernel Magazine, Mizna, and elsewhere.
Congratulations Nwuguru Chidiebere Sullivan on this deserved win!
Bakare Oluwatobiloba
I write to educate, motivate and define history with literature. Just being me!
