Osieka Osinimu Alao is a Nigerian writer, poet, scholar, essayist, editor, academic, humanitarian, and media and culture enthusiast. He holds an MA in Creative Writing from Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge. He was longlisted for the Toyin Falola Prize 2024, and the Second Prize Winner of the inaugural Rhonda Gail Williford Award for Poetry 2023. His work is featured in ANMLY, The Shore, Ta Adesa, The BeatnikCowboy, Muse, African Writer Magazine, Rigorous, IHRAM, Pepper Coast Lit, Kalahari Review, Lumiere Review, PoetryColumn NND. He is @OOAlao_ on X & Instagram.