Longlisted Poem: “Because Memory, too, Refuses to Die”
Ogedengbe Tolulope Impact is a multiple award-winning Nigerian writer. He holds a B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering and M.Sc. in Petroleum Engineering. He is a finalist in the 2023 Castello di Duino Poetry contest and the 2025 Eriata Oribhabor poetry competition, with works published in Agape Review, Porridge Magazine, Word Rhymes and Rhythm, Wax Poetry and Art Magazine, Glass Poetry Press, Westchester review, Rising Phoenix, Subsaharan magazine and elsewhere. He is on X @fruitfuimpact and Instagram @Toluimpact