Okwudili Nebeolisa

Okwudili Nebeolisa
Born1993 (age 32–33)
Kaduna, Nigeria
Education
OccupationPoet
Writing career
Notable workTerminal Maladies
Notable awardsCAAPP Book Prize
WebsiteOfficial website

Okwudili Nebeolisa (born 1993) is a Nigerian poet. His debut poetry collection, Terminal Maladies was a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award for Gay Poetry and the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award.[1][2][3][4]

Life and career

Nebeolisa was born in Kaduna, Nigeria.[5] He earned an undergraduate degree in chemical engineering from the Federal University of Technology, Minna.[6] He later graduated from the Iowa Writers' Workshop, where he won the Prairie Lights Prize for Fiction. He studied fiction at the University of Minnesota, where he was an MFA student.[7]

His poems have appeared in Poetry, New England Review, The Sewanee Review, and other literary journals.[8][9] His prose has appeared in Evergreen Review and Catapult.[10][11]

As of 2025, Nebeolisa was poetry editor of Post Road.[12]

Terminal Maladies

Nebeolisa's debut collection, Terminal Maladies, was published by Autumn House Press in 2024.[13] The book won the 2023 CAAPP Book Prize.[14][15] The collection was reviewed by Publishers Weekly, Shelf Awareness, and The Southeast Review.[16][17][18]

Bibliography

  • Terminal Maladies. Pittsburgh: Autumn House Press, 2024. ISBN 978-1-637-68094-0.

Awards and honors

References

  1. ↑ "Nebeolisa; Okwudili". Autumn House Press. Retrieved 31 August 2025.
  2. ↑ "Okwudili Nebeolisa". Poetry Foundation. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
  3. ↑ "2025 Lambda Literary Awards Finalists". Locus. Locus Science Fiction Foundation. 4 August 2025. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
  4. ↑ "2025 Zora Awards Finalists Are Here — See the Full List (Exclusive)". People. 29 August 2025. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
  5. ↑ "Nebeolisa; Okwudili". Autumn House Press. Retrieved 31 August 2025.
  6. ↑ "Four Writers for Ebedi residency". The Nation. Lagos, Nigeria. 26 May 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
  7. ↑ "Okwudili Nebeolisa". Poetry Foundation. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
  8. ↑ "Vol. 44, No. 4". New England Review. Middlebury College. Winter 2023. Retrieved 27 April 2026.
  9. ↑ "Okwudili Nebeolisa". Shenandoah. Washington and Lee University. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
  10. ↑ "In person: Okwudili Nebeolisa book launch with Donika Kelly". Milkweed Editions. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
  11. ↑ "The Lie". Evergreen Review. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
  12. ↑ "Masthead". Post Road. 24 February 2020. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
  13. ↑ Nebeolisa, Okwudili (September 2024). Terminal Maladies. Autumn House Press. ISBN 9781637680940.
  14. ↑ "September/October 2023 - Recent Winners". Poets & Writers. Poets & Writers, Inc. September–October 2023. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
  15. ↑ "CAAPP Book Prize". Center for African American Poetry and Poetics. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
  16. ↑ "Terminal Maladies". Publishers Weekly. PWxyz LLC. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
  17. ↑ Foster, Rebecca. "Shelf Awareness for Readers for Friday September 20, 2024". Shelf Awareness. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
  18. 1 2 "'Ignore the Bleeding': A Review of Okwudili Nebeolisa's Terminal Maladies". The Southeast Review. Florida State University. 3 June 2025. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
  19. ↑ "May/June 2022 - Recent Winners". Poets & Writers. Poets & Writers, Inc. May–June 2022. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
  20. ↑ "It's Never a Ghost". Cutleaf. 27 July 2023. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
  21. ↑ "September/October 2023 - Recent Winners". Poets & Writers. Poets & Writers, Inc. September–October 2023. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
  22. ↑ "Five Writers in Residence announced Join a reception this Friday at the Center". Crested Butte News. 5 May 2024. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
  23. ↑ "2025 Lambda Literary Awards Finalists". Locus. Locus Science Fiction Foundation. 4 August 2025. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
  24. ↑ "Okwudili Nebeolisa & Omotara James Highlight Nigerian Presence among 2025 Lambda Literary Awards Finalists". Brittle Paper. 11 August 2025. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
  25. ↑ "2025 Zora Awards Finalists Are Here — See the Full List (Exclusive)". People. 29 August 2025. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
  26. ↑ "Minnesota Book Awards Winners & Finalists". The Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library. 4 September 2017. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
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