Despite a hard year, I came through with these accomplishments.

Alithnayn
2 min readDec 31, 2017

Undoubtedly my worst year on record, but look, I snagged these great things.

Got accepted for publishing in Transitions Magazine, which was established in 1960 and is published by The Hutchins center in Harvard University

Commissioned by Action Aid to write about girls education and retention in Sokoto, Nigeria

Selected to attend a theater festival in Serbia, but visa arrived hours before the booking time on my ticket.

Recorded part one(film) in a series of podcasts focusing on documenting and assessing contemporary cultural explorations coming out of Lagos.

Aaaand…

I made this longlist. Perks include print publishing with some wonderful authors, and a possibility of being shortlisted next year for the prizes.

Shortlisted for a cash prize with this review

https://creetiq.com/reviews/okafors-law/

Became a contributor on film and art to This is Africa

I made my debut here

http://africasacountry.com/2017/11/suffering-and-smiling-the-nigerian-way/

I contributed to this magazine

And this one

I contributed to this issue(page 94)

Contributed to this site on art and film

I reviewed the following

Short film:

Short film

Short film trilogy

http://www.lagosfilmsociety.org/2017/12/22/visions-an-anthology/

Memoir piece

Event

If you’re trying to refer me for writing jobs/hire me for my writing, now you know where to go. Enjoy!

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