Longlisted Poem: “A Psalm for a Country on the Guillotine”
Christian Emecheta is a self-awareness advocate. A two-time shortlistee for the Nigerian Students Poetry Prize and a recipient of the BAOBAB Award (2019), he was also shortlisted for the Joe Ushie Literature Poetry Prize in 2026 and is an Obsidian Foundation Fellow (2025). He served as a volunteer editor for the Poets In Nigeria @10 Anthology (2025). His fiction and poetry have been featured in numerous publications, including Arts Lounge Magazine, Step Away Magazine, The Decolonial Passage, PSYCHOPOMP, Nalubaale Review, The Shallow Tales Review, and many others. His work is also forthcoming in Brussels Review, Rattle Magazine, the Gauteng City Region Observatory (GCRO), as well as from Palm Branch Publishing.