Longlisted Poem: “When My Man Returns Home from Sambissa”
Daniel Singfuri Yohanna is a poet and a classroom teacher. He is a Fellow of Ebedi International Writers Residency, Iseyin. He is the secretary of the ANA Borno State chapter. He emerged as a Northeast Zonal winner and a finalist of the TY Buratai Literary Initiative 2024 and 2025. He is the author of Heaven’s Gate and other poems, The Trumpet, The Northern Boy, and A Boy from Far North. His works have appeared in magazines which include: Parousia Magazine, WRR Magazine, WilliWash, Poemify Publishers, Fifth Chinua Achebe Poetry/Essay Anthology, The Markas, and an anthology of literary works on BOKO HARAM. He is a postgraduate Student at the University of Maiduguri. He writes from Borno state, Nigeria.