Ola W. Halim is a Nigerian writer and teacher whose themes cut across sexuality, albinism, inclusive education and feminism. He has been shortlisted for the TFCN Teacher’s Prize for Literature 2019, the Sevhage Short Story Prize 2019, and the Commonwealth Short Story Prize 2021. He won the LitFest Prize for Prose 2020 for his short story, "Miracle", the Albinism and Vitiligo Awareness Awards (2019), and the PIN Annual Food Poetry Contest 2020 for his poem, "Garri: '67-'70." His story, "Sketchwork" was nominated for the Pushcart Prize, and his Commonwealth-shortlisted story for the AKO Caine Prize 2022. His stories, essays and interviews have appeared in the African Writer, Dwartsonline, Tuck Magazine, Lolwe, Brittle Paper, Black Pride Magazine, Iskanchi, adda, Africa in Dialogue, etc. He is a prose editor for ARTmosterrific, a literary platform publishing young African writers, and a mentor under the SprinNG initiative.
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