By Elizabeth Chineye SAFACS 2023 ENTRY 14 The voices of the choristers were seamlessly weaving in and out of the instruments and...

By Kehinde Kolade SAFACS 2023 ENTRY 15 It was around 2 am in the morning when I woke up covered in sweat. My white armless top was firmly...

By Naomi Ephraim Ogehenfego SAFACS 2023 ENTRY 16 I always wondered why Grandma always warned me to change my name even though I was named...

By Babawale Oluwafunmito SAFACS 2023 ENTRY 17 The laughter all around her was deafening. Hephzibah stared at the tray of food in her...

By Adedokun Marvelous SAFACS 2023 ENTRY 18 I stare at the blinking line on my screen, waiting for the right words to come to mind....

By Hannah Enyawuile SAFACS 2023 ENTRY 19 When Funmike didn't show up for midweek service, Dotun sensed something was wrong. Funmike's...

By Ifeoma Nicole Chukwuka SAFACS 2023 ENTRY 21 Ziva tossed uncomfortably in her seat, her sweaty palms gripping the arm of the chair as...

By Beauty Anyawu SAFACS 2023 ENTRY 22 You are five, lurking behind the curtain watching your Dad gulp down a shot of spirit. After which...

By Oyindamola Tanimoomo SAFACS 2023 ENTRY 23 "Lord have mercy on your daughter, Lord have mercy o" I heard my mother pray as I entered...

By Chigozie Anuli Mbadugha SAFACS 2023 ENTRY 24 The giant cross at a corner of the church hall and the smoky smell of incense, though...

By Adeayo Omoyemi SAFACS 2023 ENTRY 25 “Dennis!” I knew the voice. Daddy is around. I jumped out of my bed in excitement to open the...

By Rhema Ezehi SAFACS 2023 ENTRY 26 I want One Million Naira. I have written and scratched off too many stories in the last twenty days...

By Julie Onohomen SAFACS 2023 ENTRY 27 The evening breeze gave its last caress as the black gate of her house loomed in front of her. It...

By Precious Obasi SAFACS 2023 ENTRY 28 In your country, death is an aperture to life and a cultural ritual celebrated daily. Before you...

By Favour Martins SAFACS 2023 ENTRY 29 You found God on your way to heaven. As you rolled the paper, inhaled that white powder and let...

By Perebo Adumo SAFACS 2023 ENTRY 30 It was Saturday morning and I sure wasn’t going to the office so I stayed in bed till 6 am. When I...

By Alice Adedeji SAFACS 2023 ENTRY 5 A clay, violently bashed and smashed by cruel hands was I, ever since I could say ash. Forlorn in...

By Glory Otuto Mogbo SAFACS 2023 ENTRY 4 You were ten when you saw the devil in your father. His hands were blood-stained, your mother...

By Soma Obianom. SAFACS 2023 ENTRY 1 "E nweghi m Ike me ya .. I am not ready, sir. You promised to give me time!" my legs continued...

Adesegun Adefeyintola SAFACS 2023 ENTRY 2 I stared at the bag of cookies so much that I salivated and cautioned myself "Kate do not touch...