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One of my favorite people in the world got married this weekend and I’m so glad we get to show up for her in this way❤️
Congratulations, baby @sheila_deutch by @franceskaydee

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20 days ago

taken in Black Garnet Books by @franceskaydee

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Birthday 🎂 🎁 by @franceskaydee

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4 months ago

Frances Ogamba (@franceskaydee), award-winning Nigerian writer and 2025 JAY Lit Prize for Fiction judge, has been crowned as winner of the 2025 Gulliver Travel Grant from the Speculative Literature Foundation, and has been named one of ten finalists for the 2026 Chautauqua Janus Prize.

Frances has also been awarded the 2025 Gulliver Travel Grant by the Speculative Literature Foundation for her piece “The Further.”

Congratulations, Frances for this literary accomplishment 👏👏👏

👉Click the link in bio (www.jaylit.com) to read more.

Like ❤ | Comment 💬 | Share ✨ | Follow ☑ @jay_literature for more African literary content and opportunities.

#jaylit #africanliterature #literarycommunity #literaryawards by @franceskaydee

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5 months ago

My short story is in the Spring Issue of The Hopkins Review! Also nature stamping its spring feet here and there 🌳 by @franceskaydee

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5 months ago

I won the 2025 Gulliver’s Travel Grant and I’m so so grateful. Also, photo dump from my Spring break in Minneapolis and Salt Lake City. Had an amazing time with my soul sisters and my bestie❤️ by @franceskaydee

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6 months ago

Frances Ogamba (@franceskaydee) joins Black Boy Review as Guest Editor for 2026. We open our first call for Nigerian fiction writers at home in Nigeria and in the diaspora.
Submissions open 22 April - 7 June. Link in bio to read all details. by @franceskaydee

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6 months ago

Introducing the judges for the 2025 JAY Lit Awards

- Bash Amuneni (@bashamuneni) / Poetry
- Eugen Bacon (@eugenbacon) / Fiction
- Frances Ogamba (@franceskaydee) / Non-Fiction

#2025JAYLitAwards by @franceskaydee

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7 months ago

Happy publication day to The Shipikisha Club! Can’t wait for everyone to experience its magic! Congratulations, my darling Mubanga. I feel incredibly blessed to be part of your journey❤️

@dzancbooks @ubwaliliterarymagazine @writivism @jay_literature by @franceskaydee

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7 months ago

1. Christmas brunch at Peabody Hotel❤️
2. first time on Beale Street.
3. With Gloria, my super talented friend.
4. Won a Horror Writers Diverse grant🤩
5. A random winter day 🥶
6 and 7. Monica Hand reading 📖 by @franceskaydee

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10 months ago

Apply to the @idembeka Creative Writing workshop (held January 5-9, 2026 on Google Meets) if you’re an African living in Africa and do not have more than three publications (excluding self-published work). Deadline is November 15, 2025 (or when 100 entries are received, whichever comes first) and application link is in our story. by @franceskaydee

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a year ago

Found matching sunflowers to backdrop @ifesinachy’s brilliant novel 🌻 Available for order on amazon. by @franceskaydee

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