Frank Njugi

Frank Njugi is a Kenyan self-taught Writer, Page Poet, Culture Journalist and Critic. He has had his poetry published/forthcoming in platforms such as Down River Road KE, Brittle Paper, Akewi Magazine, 20.35 Africa, Shallow Tales Review, Konya Shamsrumi, Roi Feineant press, Olney magazine, Kalahari Review, African Writer magazine, The Standard Kenya Newspaper and others. He has also written on arts and literary culture for platforms such as Debunk Media, Afrocritik, Sinema Focus, Culture Africa, Wakilisha Africa, The Moveee, Africa in Dialogue and Salamander ink Magazine. A 2023 Pushcart Prize Nominee, Frank Njugi was named runners-up in the 2023 ILS - Fence Fellowship seminar and has previously been Longlisted for the Akachi Chukwuemeka prize for literature 2023 and won a Sevhage-Agema Founder's Prize in 2023 as well. He was also a Sondeka Awards nominee 2023. An alumni of the Nairobi Writing Academy, he currently serves as the managing editor for Salamander ink Magazine and a poetry editor at Fiery Scribe Review. He tweets as @franknjugi.