Longlisted Poem: “Seasonal Affairs”
Felix Eshiet is a Nigerian writer and Efik-Ibibio poet. A Best of the Net and Pushcart Prize nominee, he is a 2025 Obsidian Foundation Fellow and winner of the 2025 Brigitte Poirson Literature Prize for Poetry. His work appears in Madrid Review, Chestnut, Porter House Review, Only Poems, 20.35 Africa, and elsewhere. He’s the Editor-in-Chief at Ekondo Review, a literary magazine for Efik-Ibibio literature and art.