Ugwu Erochukwu Shedrach is a young African poet. Shortlisted for the 2017 Commonwealth youth poetry prize, his work has appeared on AceWorld, Poems and Poetry, Swquak Back, Heron's Nest and elsewhere. An enthusiast of Moral Philosophy, he holds a Degree in Soil Science from Enugu State University. He lives and writes from a little village in the same state.