Sumaila Isah Umaisha

Writer

Sumaila Isah Umaisha has worked as a Literary Editor since 1994 with several media organisations, including Hotline magazine, New Nigerian Newspapers, and Blueprint Newspapers, and later served as Editor at Nigerian Newsday Newspaper from 2013 to 2020. His work in literary journalism has earned him multiple awards, notably the Literary Journalist Prize of the Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA), which he won twice; in 2004 and 2007.

His short stories, poems, essays, and interviews have appeared in numerous national and international journals, magazines, and anthologies, including Drumvoices Revue (USA) and The London Magazine. His first book, Hoodlums (2010), a collection of short stories, is a recommended text in several Nigerian universities. His novel Glasshouse (2022) was longlisted for the James Currey Prize for African Literature and shortlisted for the ANA Prose Prize in the same year. His recent works include the play Iburama (2023) and the novel Lost in the Wild (2024).

He is the founder and coordinator of Authors’ Hub, a global writers’ collective dedicated to nurturing young writers and advancing literary development.