Blessing O. Nwodo

Blessing O. Nwodo was born in Nigeria and resides in Toronto. She holds an MFA from the University of Guelph, and was an Editor of its Magazine. A graduate of the University of Nigeria, she was awarded Best Female Writer in 2017. Her stories have won the 2016 Nigerian Travel Story, been shortlisted for the 2021 Toyin Fálọlá Prize, the 2021 African Writers Awards, and the 2019 Lost Balloon Pushcart Prize for Speculative Fiction. She has been published in This Magazine, ArtsEverywhere, Humber Review, The Common, Brittle Paper, FBOMB, Kalahari Review, and others. When she’s not relishing fashion, she can often be found pulverizing the patriarchy. She is working on a collection of speculative fiction, and a novel.