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Vincent Anioke

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Software Engineer @Google / Debut story collection, PERFECT LITTLE ANGELS, @ArsenalPulp , 2024 / Submissions Editor @SmokeLong / Fiction Reader @SplitLipTheMag

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Vincent Anioke

1 year

📕BOOK DEAL📕 Thrilled to share that my debut collection will be published by @ArsenalPulp in Spring 2024, thanks to @Cforde_litagent ! There are vengeful boarding school staff, addicts seeking fresh starts, ghosts delighting grief-stricken partners, and secret dangerous loves.

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Vincent Anioke

1 year

I OFFICIALLY HAVE A LITERARY AGENT 😭 Super excited to sign with Carolyn Forde @Cforde_litagent at @TransLitAgency . Her love and vision for my work is beyond encouraging, and I'm super excited to work with her. #WritingCommunity

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2023 has been deeply kind. My debut short story collection was accepted for publication by Arsenal Pulp Press with a $10,000 advance. A month later, I was named an @RBC Fiction Prize finalist and got to read one of my stories to a room full of writers, agents, and editors.

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Brag about yourself (African creatives edition) Let’s have it. 😊

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4 months

My book comes out this year😭

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1 year

Thrilled to receive an acceptance from @The_Rumpus ! My story about enchanted mirrors and a rocky marriage will be published early next year.

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2 years

My new flash fiction, "Hey, Stop Blaming Your Dead Father’s Fists" is up at @MastersReview ❤️❤️

“Hey, Stop Blaming Your Dead Father’s Fists” by Vincent Anioke - The Masters Review

There’s an unsnoozeable alarm clock in your head. Your room has a lopsided bed and no sheets and unscuffed running shoes near the wilted hydrangeas. Sushi Paradise rolls float in greasy mold. The...

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2 years

Dream acceptance from @SmokeLong this morning 😭 Beyond grateful to @Christopher_All and the editorial team!

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2 years

A 2nd acceptance this week from @FracturedLit has sent me to cloud nine. Feeling thankful.

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1 year

Deeply thankful to share that I'm a finalist for the $10,000 @RBC Bronwen Wallace Short Fiction Prize, organized by @writerstrust ❤️ You can read my shortlisted story at

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1 year

Black writers, need to pay for your MFA application? Or a contest fee to your favorite sci-fi journal? I got you covered in 2023. Takes ten seconds to send a request via . Several opportunities already sponsored in the last two days. Room for more.

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2 years

Excited for a new story accepted at @MastersReview , coming next month ❤️

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2 years

My longest short story yet (~8K words) has found a perfect home in @PassagesNorth . Really looking forward to sharing this one.

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2 years

My two-year path to @SmokeLong , a (condensed) history. Still can't believe I get to share "My Americanah" later this month!

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22 days

My debut short story collection releases this month 🥺

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10 months

Yesterday, I saw the initial cover designs for my upcoming short story collection. Didn't expect to be so overwhelmed. This book is real. Years of work is paying off. Materializing. Somehow, I still can't believe it.

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Vincent Anioke

2 years

So, so honored to be the winner of the 2021 Austin Clarke Fiction Prize. Still hasn't fully sunk in. It's my first contest win. The story was incredibly difficult to write and means the world to me. I hope you check it out.

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2 years

Announcing the 2021 Austin Clarke Prize in Literary Excellence winner in Fiction: “Perfect Little Angels” by @AniokeVincent ! “A sharp and immersive story, Perfect Little Angels is bound to leave readers feeling everything.” -fiction judge @franekwuyasi

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7 months

Contract finalized and it's official: licensed one of the stories from my upcoming collection into a film, to be produced by Kosa Akaraiwe next spring. Super excited for this new creative collab.

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Vincent Anioke

8 months

I turn 27 today. Every breath of air is a gift. Lots of growing up left to do, but I hope my inner child never fully fades.

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It's pub day! My debut short story collection, Perfect Little Angels, is out in 🇨🇦 Canada 🇨🇦 today. Sitting on bookshelves in stores. Shipping from warehouses to cozy new homes. If you pre-ordered a copy, thank you. It'll be with you soon.

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This morning, I completed the ceremony, said the oath, sang the anthem. I'm really proud to say that I'm officially a Canadian citizen.

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1 year

Grateful to all the places that accepted/published my stories in 2022: @SmokeLong @MastersReview @PassagesNorth @The_Rumpus @FracturedLit @trampset @PsmokeJournal @flashfroglitmag @nationalflashfd . Also signed a literary agent and read submissions for 2 mags. Excited for 2023.

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1 year

I was nominated for a 2023 Pushcart Prize! Thank you so much @FracturedLit and congrats to all my fellow nominees ❤️

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Fractured Lit

1 year

We're beyond thrilled to share our Pushcart nominations for 2023! If you haven't already, make sure to check out these stories on our website. 😁🎉

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3 months

Author copies of my debut story collection arrived, and I haven't quite recovered. My friends made it feel extra special.

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2 years

Thrilled to end April with an acceptance from @flashfroglitmag ! Also thankful to @SmokeLong for the workshop that generated the initial version of this piece.

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BSc in Computer Science and Engineering from MIT. Those four years dramatically changed the trajectory of my personal and professional life. My first robot. My first internship. My first snowman (predictably named Olaf). My first queer haven. Finally, safe to fall in love.

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Black Men Drop Your College Degrees or Your Studies 👇🏾👇🏾

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2 years

Turned 26 today. Thankful for the gift of life.

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4 months

My book's advanced reading copy arrived in the mail today. It's the first time I got to hold it, and it's almost bizarrely overwhelming. Like all my plans for various errands just went out the window. I'm a couch potato caressing the pages.

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1 year

I have a story on the newest issue of @PassagesNorth . Really proud of this one.

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Thrilled to be on today's longlist for the 2024 @CBC Short Story Prize!

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29 writers from across Canada make 2024 CBC Short Story Prize longlist | CBC Books

The winner will receive $6,000, a writing residency and have their work published on CBC Books. The shortlist will be announced on April 18 and the winner will be revealed on April 25.

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Vincent Anioke

2 years

Garnered 33 rejections in 2021. Thankful to the mags that accepted my work this year: @carvezine @perhappened @BendingGenres @splitlipthemag @techreview @PsmokeJournal @cwwriters @thepuritan . Also grateful to read for @SmokeLong and for my first contest win. Excited for 2022!

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1 year

Thrilled to be on the longlist for the CBC Short Story Prize! ❤️

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CBC Books

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The longlist for the 2023 CBC Short Story Prize is here! Learn more about the 27 Canadian writers and their stories: @CanadaCouncil @Artscape

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7 months

Grateful to learn that @The_Rumpus & @reenashah have nominated my story, "The Litany of Invisible Things", for the O. Henry Prize.

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Rumpus Original Fiction: The Litany of Invisible Things - The Rumpus

The sound of love: you and him. Once upon a time.

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2 years

Received a Best of the Net nomination from @SmokeLong !! It's my 2nd Best of the Net nom this month, following @PsmokeJournal 's. Extremely grateful to @Christopher_All and the editorial team for the love & faith they've shown "My Americanah".

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My Americanah - SmokeLong Quarterly

My fire pit glows in the darkening backyard, corn cobs–Kayode’s favorite–roasting atop the coals. Fresh off the airport taxi, he slides past the rear gates. I help him prop his luggage against a wall...

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SmokeLong Quarterly

2 years

Announcing the SLQ Best of the Net nominations! Congratulations to @AniokeVincent , @AmandaJBermudez , @erinjvachon , Amanda Gaines, Mei Sa Guo, and @Jessica__Perner . 🎉🎉🎉

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2024 book deal from Arsenal Pulp. Finalist for the $10,000 RBC Wallace Prize. Read at the award ceremony. Crafted my fav short story. Novel progress. O'Henry & Pushcart Prize noms. Started working with writers I deeply admire on a collaborative fiction project for next year.

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Adedayo Agarau

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4 months

Writers 2023 brag? 🤭🥵

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4 months

Very excited to reveal the cover of PERFECT LITTLE ANGELS, coming from @ArsenalPulp on April 9, 2024. Grateful to the mega-talented @snakebone_ for his stunning art. PRE-ORDER today at: A whole lot more to share in the near future, and I can't wait!

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5 months

Honored to receive my 5th Pushcart Prize nom from @FracturedLit for my apocalyptic flash, birthed from a @SmokeLong workshop. This beloved piece starts with biblical rapture (rudely) interrupting a fellatio session & ends with a bloody, romantic dance on a bed of stones.

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Fractured Lit

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Congratulations to our Pushcart Nominations! Check out these stories if you haven't read them yet!

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1 year

My author's website is up. It was pretty damn fun to make. It includes a community section showcasing some of my fav short stories by other writers, plus monthly funding opportunities for Black writers (journal contest fees, MFA applications etc).

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2 years

"I like my men damaged, their cracks like mirrors." Thrilled to have a new story up at @FracturedLit , full of queer lust & deep repressions. Thankful to @TommyDeanWriter and @CoCo4AfroPuffs for this opportunity.

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Some bookstores got copies of my debut collection early, so readers are starting to receive their pre-orders. Seeing this in my inbox today has me all the way in my feelings.

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7 months

@chinonso_nzeh Ah, is this a scam? When I registered in 2007, it was only 200 naira o.

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3 years

I am grateful beyond words to be shortlisted for the 2021 Commonwealth Short Story Prize. Still feels surreal.

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Commonwealth Foundation Creatives

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The 2021 #CWprize shortlist is finally here. Congratulations to the 25 writers selected from a record 6423 submissions! Many thanks to the judges and readers who made this happen, and to everyone who entered. Meet the writers here:

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8 months

Excited to have a new story accepted by @FracturedLit for publication in October: a complicated romance unfolding amidst a bloody, Biblical apocalypse. It'll also mark my second time appearing in Fractured Lit!

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1 year

My 2nd Pushcart Prize nomination this month!! So grateful to @flashfroglitmag and @EricScotTryon for giving "Nomad" such a wonderful home. And to the @SmokeLong workshop where this piece was first conceived.

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Nomad by Vincent Anioke

Every day, for the last two years, I relive the high-def loop of our last moment together–the bus station swathed in morning mist, the blare of radio gospel, hawkers and farewell honkers, you again…

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1 year

It is our complete honor to be able to nominate these stories for the @PushcartPrize . Congrats: @AmBusyPoeming , @AndreaCLewis , @AniokeVincent , @JenTod_ , @kazbarwrites , Andrea Boll

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8 months

My book "Perfect Little Angels" from @ArsenalPulp is just months away! 3rd round of book edits in progress. Some incredible authors currently reading it for blurbs (which is exciting & so nerve-wracking). Cover + interior layout design finalized. Excited to share more soon!

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2 years

My @SmokeLong story is live!! This piece is so near and dear to my heart. Grateful to @Christopher_All and the editorial team for this opportunity.

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My Americanah - SmokeLong Quarterly

My fire pit glows in the darkening backyard, corn cobs–Kayode’s favorite–roasting atop the coals. Fresh off the airport taxi, he slides past the rear gates. I help him prop his luggage against a wall...

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SmokeLong Quarterly

2 years

Issue 76 is here. It's beautiful. Thank you, thank you, thank you to our Guest Editor @wrefinnej , staff, readers in residence, artists, contributors, and everyone who reads, supports and submits to us. You are what makes SmokeLong special.

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2 years

It's almost 3am here, so I have to go to sleep. But that means interrupting the 100-page streak of @eloosunde 's Vagabonds! that I've savored for the last few hours. What a thrillingly imaginative novel; what a beautiful new way to rediscover Nigeria. Excited for more tomorrow!

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6 months

Grateful to appear on this @MastersReview shortlist! My story explores the aftershock of tarnished love, violence, deception, codependency, low self-worth, and financial desperation. Grateful to @PsmokeJournal and @WendyEWallace1 for originally giving it a home.

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The Masters Review

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We are pleased to finally be able to share this shortlist of fifteen courageous, devastating and powerful short stories and essays. Congratulations, shortlisters! Read more:

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2 years

Super excited to join @splitlipthemag as a fiction reader! Send us your stories ❤️

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Split Lip Magazine

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2 years

Happy Friday! We've got some exciting staff announcements! - @raniqualee is our newest assistant fiction editor! - @AniokeVincent is our newest fiction reader! Help us give them a warm welcome 💗

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13 days

I've received so many Nigerian wedding proposals today 😅

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13 days

This morning, I completed the ceremony, said the oath, sang the anthem. I'm really proud to say that I'm officially a Canadian citizen.

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3 years

My chaotic short story "Tangerine Therapy", rooted in the markets of my childhood, was accepted by @splitlipthemag and will go live on their beautiful website in a few months! Did a lil 3-second celebration dance🕺

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2 years

Thrilled to have a new piece up on @flashfroglitmag about grief & religious fervor & demon-expelling priests. Grateful to @EricScotTryon for the home, to @DaeganLunsford for the gorgeous art, and to @SmokeLong for the workshop where this first bloomed.

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Nomad by Vincent Anioke

Every day, for the last two years, I relive the high-def loop of our last moment together–the bus station swathed in morning mist, the blare of radio gospel, hawkers and farewell honkers, you again…

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2 years

"The boy’s voice rose, his blade slashing air." Date night goes horribly wrong in my newest story, available now in @PsmokeJournal 's Spring 2022 issue. Thank you @WendyEWallace1 for giving this piece such a lovely home. I hope you check it out:

The Stars Yet Undiscovered — Peatsmoke

Vincent Anioke Still, there was a different kind of knowing, wasn’t there? Not of wants and tics, but of pain, memory. Ginika scarcely existed before Port Harcourt.

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@matthieuwil_ @KekePalmer Taste, because how did she paint the withering of a decades-long marriage in minutes? 😭 That song is actually one of my worst fears about relationships. Not some dramatic scandal, but the other simply slowly losing interest/passion over time.

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Got an essay forthcoming with @thenewquarterly in Spring 2024. My first time really writing about my experience as a software engineer (6 years this month, wtf is time). Its complicated relationship with my writing. And a little bit about feeling lost, but also hopeful.

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4 months

Spending this Christmas season in Nigeria for the first time in years, re-bonding deeply with my siblings. It's a bit sad reflecting on the familial void that a necessary diaspora creates. The kind that you can't digitally compensate for.

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10 months

Happy to be on the Wigleaf Top 50 longlist for "Nomad", which came to life at a @SmokeLong workshop and was published by @flashfroglitmag 🎉

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Nomad by Vincent Anioke

Every day, for the last two years, I relive the high-def loop of our last moment together–the bus station swathed in morning mist, the blare of radio gospel, hawkers and farewell honkers, you again…

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We are so excited to see so many Flash Frog stories also make the Wigleaf Top 50 longlist!!! Congrats to @AniokeVincent @cosmicdrip_ @AmBusyPoeming @KristinTenor 🐸🐸🐸🐸

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Deeply excited to expand on the narrative world and background characters of my debut short story collection through the eyes of these deeply talented writers.

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Returning to @FracturedLit with a new piece featuring a biblical apocalypse, bewitching flutes, and my favorite opening sentence to any of my stories. Grateful to @CoCo4AfroPuffs and team for publishing this one.

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Surprise yourself with the kind of stories you write. Find yourself in characters so unlike you. And when the words stop flowing, it's okay to step away. Even if away is a while. Fall in love with new books.

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"Thematically, Perfect Little Angels is concerned with the bounds of empathy." It was a pleasure to discuss my upcoming book, the angst of seeking publication, the paradox of validation, weird birds, and community with the incredible @FinnianBurnett .

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Five Questions With Vincent Anioke

Welcome to the 5 Questions Series. Each week, I’ll ask five questions of some of my favorite authors, editors, publishers, and other industry professionals. This week, I am so happy I got to speak …

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So much gratitude to Francesca Ewkuyasi, Helen Elaine Lee, @wrefinnej , @kimmagowan , @Christopher_All , and @dpmasca who read and generously blurbed Perfect Little Angels. These are writers I so deeply admire, and their engagement with my stories meant the world to me. 🧵

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@sassygayroot I'm specifically gatekeeping the part after "but I never planned on you changing your mind" with the long pause and a heartbreaking downtrodden "Soooooo I'll go sit on the floor wearing your clothes."

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3 months

Grateful to have my short story collection, "Perfect Little Angels", play a role in this incredible film.

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Somto

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More book titles we were lucky to have aboard our film, On Our Skin📚📖. Immensely grateful to all the authors✨

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2 years

Ahhh I'm super duper excited to be reading for SmokeLong Quarterly!

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SmokeLong Quarterly

2 years

Welcoming our FAB team of Readers in Residence for Issue 75! Big shout-out to @AniokeVincent , @kayadierks , @jmgatford and @ScribblerMiller . You can read about them here:

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Excited to share a book trailer for my debut story collection, Perfect Little Angels, just a few weeks away from release now (!!!) with @ArsenalPulp . If you can, I hope you pre-order a copy:

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2 years

Nominated today for Best of the Net by @PsmokeJournal !! This story tackles violence, ambition in the face of poverty, and the comforts of severe codependency. Grateful to @WendyEWallace1 and the Peatsmoke fiction team for the love they've shown it ❤️

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2 years

In service to "Perfect Little Angels", I donated 100% of my Austin Clarke Fiction Prize (1000 CAD) + transaction costs to @OutRightIntl . They aim to influence changes in laws discriminating against LGBT+ folks in Nigeria et al. The subjugated nature of our existence must shift.

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Vincent Anioke

2 years

So, so honored to be the winner of the 2021 Austin Clarke Fiction Prize. Still hasn't fully sunk in. It's my first contest win. The story was incredibly difficult to write and means the world to me. I hope you check it out.

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Last month, for the first time in ~3 years, my submittable queue was empty. I was working a ton, inching along on a novel, reading, socializing, surviving. This month, though, I managed to send out a couple new stories. No matter the outcome, it feels great to see "in-progress".

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3 years

Thank you @isaurarenwrites and @TaylorByas3 for the new acceptance on Issue 10 of @perhappened . This story is so dear to my heart, so fractured and tortured, and I'm excited to see it land next month.

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2 months

Happy pub day to a brave and deeply important novel! Major congrats, @ChukwuebukaIbe4

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2 months

My novel, Blessings, is out in the world today. I tell you, there are no words in the world to describe how I feel.

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Long-term love, endless liquor, a dark alleyway, an enchanted mirror. Excited to have a new flash story up in @The_Rumpus , paired with several incredible pieces of art.

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10 months

@chinonso_nzeh Apparently by watching two men hold hands once on a random TV show.

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2 years

Very excited to have my first story of 2022 up at @trampset . In this flash, we revisit the Book of Genesis, a crucial moment that the Bible left out.

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Mother’s Keeper

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5 months

Happy International Men's Day. The narrator in my @FracturedLit piece likes them close, distant, and damaged.

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Vincent Anioke

3 years

Beyond thrilled to have my short story, "The Smallness of Asking" published in the September issue of @splitlipthemag . I'm so proud of it, and it was such a joy working with Split Lip!

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The Smallness of Asking — Split Lip Magazine

The craving was instant. We had just gotten home from school, my sister Nneka and I. As I changed out of my uniform in our shared bedroom, I looked out the dust-mottled window and saw two boys across...

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Split Lip Magazine

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3 years

Our September issue is particularly verdant this year! 🌿 WORDS by @AniokeVincent @johnjodzio @shaunabarbosa & Allison Blevins ART by Paula Camacho PLUS @themeasures reviews Kate Durbin's "Hoarders"

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Vincent Anioke

2 years

Woke up this morning to a thrilling acceptance from @trampset ! This biblical reimagination was tons of fun to write, and I can't wait to share it in January!

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Added to this 🔥 lineup is @AniokeVincent whose “Mother’s Keeper” is a brilliant retelling of Genesis that may alter ur worldview 🤯. We’re so damn excited for these authors coming ur way, for the new year, for words!

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Vincent Anioke

1 year

Received a 2022 Best Microfiction nom for "Lovers". It was also nominated for a 2022 Pushcart Prize, my third Pushcart nom this year. Grateful for all the love my writing has received from its publishers, for such wildly different stories. Thank you @nationalflashfd

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National Flash Fiction Day

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1 year

Announcing FlashFlood's 2022 Best Microfictions Nominations:

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Vincent Anioke

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This week's diary entry is "Holy Ghost" by @adedayo_agarau . In his usual brilliant style, a moment of violent sacrilege is rendered with lyrical, poetic devastation.

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Vincent Anioke

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🎵 The songs of "Perfect Little Angels", melodies for these characters at a charged moment in time, are currently available to stream on various platforms 🎵

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Vincent Anioke

9 months

First round of manuscript edits complete 🥺 it's amazing how much stronger these already endlessly revised stories have gotten.

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Vincent Anioke

8 months

Financial support form for Black Writers is open for September. Realizing just how many gates there are to literary opportunities, some necessary, others rather brow-raising. But that's a story for later. Happy new month.

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Support for Black Writers — Vincent Anioke

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Vincent Anioke

9 months

Happy new month (hopefully). Financial support form for Black Writers is open for August.

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Vincent Anioke

7 months

🔥 new stories dropping tomorrow. Reading for @SmokeLong is such an honor, and it was a pleasure helping select these incredible stories. We always keep an eye out for language, originality, resonance, and a full narrative. Do check them out!

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SmokeLong Quarterly

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It’s cover reveal time! The 12 wonderful stories of Issue 81 will be before your very eyes tomorrow, Monday 18th. What a treat we have in store for you.

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Vincent Anioke

2 years

@artegchan Not sure why I was 11 watching this, but I sure enjoyed it.

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Vincent Anioke

2 years

Shortlisted for the @pinchjournal Fiction Prize. Congrats to @vanyala for the win; can't wait to check out your story!

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The Pinch

2 years

It's time! Thank you for all of your incredible submissions! Please join us in congratulating our amazing contest winners for this year! @uhhhhdia , @vanyala , and @foalslippers wowed our staff and judges with their words, and have been named the winners of our three contests!

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10 months

Was an absolute pleasure to help pick some of these stories for Issue 80 of @SmokeLong . Coming across them on the queue was an instant excitable yes. These stories are beautifully written, evocative, fresh, and well worth your time. Congrats to all the writers!

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SmokeLong Quarterly

10 months

Issue 80 of SmokeLong Quarterly is live. Our love and gratitude to everyone who helped bring it into the world.

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Vincent Anioke

6 months

ICYMI, I have a new story up at @FracturedLit ❤️

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Vincent Anioke

1 year

Monthly financial support form for Black writers is open for May. The prize money from being an RBC Bronwen Wallace Award finalist allows me to bump up the funding amount for the rest of the year--there's even more room now. Send it in at .

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Support for Black Writers — Vincent Anioke

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Vincent Anioke

1 year

Happy new month! Ontario hasn't quite gotten the memo that Spring is here. Relentless snow. Lightning-heavy rain. Perfect for napping and reading and cuddling and horror flicks. In sunnier news, the financial support form for Black Writers is now open. .

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Vincent Anioke

2 months

For your V-Day needs, if you want to read a fast-paced love story written Nollywood-movie style featuring sentient baby snakes, juju, wicked mother-in-laws, gossiping villagers, and good vs evil, check out my @BendingGenres x @SmokeLong workshop piece.

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The Various Characters, Nefarious And Otherwise, Of A Nollywood Movie

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Vincent Anioke

1 year

I sometimes miss the reckless, insane audacity of 16-year-old me.

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Vincent Anioke

11 months

A thrilling week ahead! So excited to dine with my fellow finalists on May 31, especially @zilla_jones , whose excellent stories I've consumed since our paths crossed in 2021. Also excited for the June 1 award ceremony, where we get to read our stories and celebrate each other.

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Writers' Trust

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RECAP WEEK: Congrats to 2023 @RBC #BronwenWallace Award finalists for short fiction Vincent Anioke @AniokeVincent , Zak Jones @zd_jones & Zilla Jones @zilla_jones . The $10,000 winner will be announced June 1 🌼Find prize details & author works at #canlit

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Vincent Anioke

3 years

In addition to my #CWprize shortlist, I am also 1 of 33 writers longlisted from ~3000 entries for Canada's 2021 @cbc Short Story Prize. My CBC story is titled "Utopia". Today's been a whirlwind of emotions. Forever thankful for a voice. @cbcbooks @cwwriters @submittable

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Commonwealth Foundation Creatives

3 years

The 2021 #CWprize shortlist is finally here. Congratulations to the 25 writers selected from a record 6423 submissions! Many thanks to the judges and readers who made this happen, and to everyone who entered. Meet the writers here:

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Vincent Anioke

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When I was a child, I asked where babies came from. The answer: like Hannah in the Bible, you pray to God, and if you're good, he sends babies. So when our childless aunt came around, I started avoiding her cuz I was convinced she was a wicked, godless woman.

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Happy new month (hopefully). Financial support form for Black Writers is open for August.

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Support for Black Writers — Vincent Anioke

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Vincent Anioke

10 months

New month, long weekend, smoky skies, and pervading existential unease. Celebrating the smaller moments more often. Weird to hold the future in your heart with both excitement and dread. In other news, the support form is open for July:

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Vincent Anioke

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The first micro set in the world of Perfect Little Angels is "Crossing" by the brilliant @TaylorByas3 . A local myth gains brief, potent intimacy in Taylor's hands.

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Vincent Anioke

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Deeply excited to expand on the narrative world and background characters of my debut short story collection through the eyes of these deeply talented writers.

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Vincent Anioke

2 years

Sundays remind me that I had to trade the psychological safety of a church-dictated afterlife for the psychological safety of self-acceptance. Sometimes, I do miss seeing an angel in every night star. I don't miss the years-long stretch of hating mirrors and praying the gay away.

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25 days

This week's diary entry is the haunting and painfully visceral "Witness" by @Ethereal_ilo . Here, queer Nigerian men take front row seats to the violent subjugation of their most natural desires.

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Deeply excited to expand on the narrative world and background characters of my debut short story collection through the eyes of these deeply talented writers.

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Vincent Anioke

3 years

Just purchased @isaurarenwrites ' poetry collection INTERLUCENT. Excited to dive into these 20 poems!

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interlucent by isaura ren

interlucent is isaura ren's first chapbook of poetry. it features 20 original poems (16 of which are never-before-seen) that bridge the distances between us all. these pieces examine divisions both...

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Vincent Anioke

1 year

Wish I knew how to store the joy of good days in a tiny little vial. Save them for the storms.

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Vincent Anioke

3 years

Two hearts drift apart against their wills in my newest flash at @perhappened , "she loves me/she loves me not".

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Vincent Anioke

9 months

Really enjoyed today's 3-hour Tin House Intensive with @jamelbrinkley on Narrative Generosity. Concrete lessons, readings and discussions about making our POVs more compassionate, expansive, and decentered, plus a new list of authors to explore.

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