Zakiyyah Dzukogi is a 17 years old Nigerian poet. She is the author of Carved (a poetry collection); winner of the Nigeria Prize for Teen Authors, 2021, a prize she had earlier won the second-place position in 2020. She is a winner of Brigitte Poirson Poetry Prize, 2021 as well as the Splendors of Dawn Poetry Prize, 2019. She has her works published or are forthcoming in Melbourne Culture Corner, Olney Magazine, rigorous, The Account, mixed mag, the beatnik cowboy, Kalahari, spillwords, Sledgehammer, the Dillydoun review, Tilted House, Outlook Springs, Heartlinks, Konyashamsrumi, and others.