Zakiyyah Dzukogi

Zakiyyah Dzukogi is the author of Carved (a poetry collection); winner of the Nigeria Prize for Teen Authors, 2021, a prize she had earlier won the second-place position in 2020. Her first work is a book of verses published when she was 10 years old (My Book of Poems). Her latest poetry collection is entitled: Winters and Summers. She is a winner of Brigitte Poirson Poetry Prize, 2021 as well as the Splendors of Dawn Poetry Prize, 2019. She was on the shortlist of various poetry prizes: Daisy Girl Foundation poetry contest 2020; Poetic Wednesday Contest 2021; Nigeria NewsDirect poetry competition 2021; and Yar’Fari Poetry Contest, 2021. Zakiyyah was Poet of the Day for 16 poets for 16 days and All Poets Network (APNET). She has her works published in Upwrite Nigeria, Artmosterrific chapbook, the Nigeria Review, INNSAEI, Konya Shamsrumi, Liiterature Voices, Book o clock, Corona Blues, Poetry Tuesday, Heartlinks Magazine, Paradise on Earth International Anthology vol I and II, Of Shadows and Rainbow anthology, Piamvoices, Melbourne Culture Corner, Olney Magazine, Sledgehammer Kalahari Review, Rigorous, Outlook Springs, The dillydoun Review, Poemify, Ghost city review, The Account and others. She has featured in many zoom panels discussing poetry: Red Eyes Development Initiative, Poets In Nigeria, 16 days for 16 poets, Open Arts, Nigerian Ecosystem Restoration: a po-Ear-thic Justice etc. Zakiyyah graduated from Himma International College, Minna. She is a member of the Hill-Top Creative Arts Foundation.