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”’Mustapha Enesi”’ is a Nigerian short story writer who won the 2021 K & L Prize for African Literature for his short story “Kesandu,”<ref>{{Cite web |last=Murua |first=James |date=2021-11-10 |title=Mustapha Enesi wins K & L Prize for African Literature 2021 |url=https://www.writingafrica.com/mustapha-enesi-wins-k-l-prize-for-african-literature-2021/ |access-date=2025-10-11 |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Willie-Okafor |first=Paula |date=2021-11-23 |title=The K & L Prize, for U-25 Writers, Goes to NYSC Member |url=https://opencountrymag.com/the-k-l-prize-for-u-25-writers-goes-to-nysc-member/ |access-date=2025-10-11 |website=Open Country Mag |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-01-25 |title=Mustapha Enesi wins the 2021 K & L Prize for his short story, ‘Kesandu’ – Praxis Magazine Arts and Literature {{!}} Rallying point for writers and artists. |url=https://praxismagonline.com/mustapha-enesi-wins-the-2021-k-kesandu-praxis-magazine-for-arts-literature/ |access-date=2025-10-11 |language=en-US}}</ref> and the 2021 Awele Creative Trust Award for “Safety Pins Are Good Omens,” which was published in [[Transition (literary journal)|Transition Magazine]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-04-19 |title=Mustapha Enesi Wins 2021 Awele Creative Trust Award |url=https://brittlepaper.com/2022/04/mustapha-enensi-wins-2021-awele-creative-trust-award2/ |access-date=2025-10-11 |website=Brittle Paper |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Kan |first=Toni |date=2022-04-07 |title=Mustapha Enesi’s “Safety pins are Bad Omens” wins 2021 ACT award |url=https://thelagosreview.ng/mustapha-enesis-safety-pins-are-bad-omens-wins-2021-act-award/ |access-date=2025-10-11 |website=The Lagos Review |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-11-05 |title=Mustapha Enesi Wins the 2021 K & L Prize |url=https://iselemagazine.com/2021/11/05/mustapha-enesi-wins-the-2021-k-l-prize-for-his-short-story-kesandu/ |access-date=2025-10-11 |website=Isele Magazine |language=en}}</ref> His debut short story collection, ”I Cry at the Feet of My Other Body” ”and Other Stories”, which focuses on the lives of Nigerian women was published by [[Witsprouts]] in September 2025 .<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-05-30 |title=COVER REVEAL {{!}} I Cry At the Feet of My Other Body and Other Stories by Mustapha Enesi |url=https://brittlepaper.com/2025/05/cover-reveal-i-cry-at-the-feet-of-my-other-body-and-other-stories-by-mustapha-enesi/ |access-date=2025-10-11 |website=Brittle Paper |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ajose |first=Kehinde |date=2025-04-06 |title=Mustapha Enesi to release short story collection |url=https://punchng.com/mustapha-enesi-to-release-short-story-collection/ |access-date=2025-10-11 |website=Punch Newspapers |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2025-09-21 |title=Mustapha Enesi’s debut, ‘I Cry at the Feet of My Other Body’ hits stores globally |url=https://nigeriannewsdirect.com/mustapha-enesis-debut-i-cry-at-the-feet-of-my-other-body-hits-stores-globally/ |work=Nigeria News Direct}}</ref> |
”’Mustapha Enesi”’ is a Nigerian short story writer who won the 2021 K & L Prize for African Literature for his short story “Kesandu,”<ref>{{Cite web |last=Murua |first=James |date=2021-11-10 |title=Mustapha Enesi wins K & L Prize for African Literature 2021 |url=https://www.writingafrica.com/mustapha-enesi-wins-k-l-prize-for-african-literature-2021/ |access-date=2025-10-11 |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Willie-Okafor |first=Paula |date=2021-11-23 |title=The K & L Prize, for U-25 Writers, Goes to NYSC Member |url=https://opencountrymag.com/the-k-l-prize-for-u-25-writers-goes-to-nysc-member/ |access-date=2025-10-11 |website=Open Country Mag |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-01-25 |title=Mustapha Enesi wins the 2021 K & L Prize for his short story, ‘Kesandu’ – Praxis Magazine Arts and Literature {{!}} Rallying point for writers and artists. |url=https://praxismagonline.com/mustapha-enesi-wins-the-2021-k-kesandu-praxis-magazine-for-arts-literature/ |access-date=2025-10-11 |language=en-US}}</ref> and the 2021 Awele Creative Trust Award for “Safety Pins Are Good Omens,” which was published in [[Transition (literary journal)|Transition Magazine]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-04-19 |title=Mustapha Enesi Wins 2021 Awele Creative Trust Award |url=https://brittlepaper.com/2022/04/mustapha-enensi-wins-2021-awele-creative-trust-award2/ |access-date=2025-10-11 |website=Brittle Paper |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Kan |first=Toni |date=2022-04-07 |title=Mustapha Enesi’s “Safety pins are Bad Omens” wins 2021 ACT award |url=https://thelagosreview.ng/mustapha-enesis-safety-pins-are-bad-omens-wins-2021-act-award/ |access-date=2025-10-11 |website=The Lagos Review |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-11-05 |title=Mustapha Enesi Wins the 2021 K & L Prize |url=https://iselemagazine.com/2021/11/05/mustapha-enesi-wins-the-2021-k-l-prize-for-his-short-story-kesandu/ |access-date=2025-10-11 |website=Isele Magazine |language=en}}</ref> His debut short story collection, ”I Cry at the Feet of My Other Body” ”and Other Stories”, which focuses on the lives of Nigerian women was published by [[Witsprouts]] in September 2025 .<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-05-30 |title=COVER REVEAL {{!}} I Cry At the Feet of My Other Body and Other Stories by Mustapha Enesi |url=https://brittlepaper.com/2025/05/cover-reveal-i-cry-at-the-feet-of-my-other-body-and-other-stories-by-mustapha-enesi/ |access-date=2025-10-11 |website=Brittle Paper |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ajose |first=Kehinde |date=2025-04-06 |title=Mustapha Enesi to release short story collection |url=https://punchng.com/mustapha-enesi-to-release-short-story-collection/ |access-date=2025-10-11 |website=Punch Newspapers |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2025-09-21 |title=Mustapha Enesi’s debut, ‘I Cry at the Feet of My Other Body’ hits stores globally |url=https://nigeriannewsdirect.com/mustapha-enesis-debut-i-cry-at-the-feet-of-my-other-body-hits-stores-globally/ |work=Nigeria News Direct}}</ref> |
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Enesi holds a background in Agriculture, having studied the course at the [[University of Ilorin]], where he also graduated top of his class.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ojenike |first=Tobi |date=2024-03-20 |title=#JayLitSpotlightSeries: Mustapha Enesi Ibrahim – JAY Lit |url=https://jaylit.com/jaylitspotlightseries-mustapha-enesi-ibrahim/ |access-date=2025-10-11 |language=en-GB}}</ref> |
Enesi holds a background in Agriculture, having studied the course at the [[University of Ilorin]], where he also graduated top of his class.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ojenike |first=Tobi |date=2024-03-20 |title=#JayLitSpotlightSeries: Mustapha Enesi Ibrahim – JAY Lit |url=https://jaylit.com/jaylitspotlightseries-mustapha-enesi-ibrahim/ |access-date=2025-10-11 |language=en-GB}}</ref> |
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He was a finalist for the 2021 Alpine Fellowship Writing Prize and the 2021 Arthur Flowers Flash Fiction Prize.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Arthur Flowers Flash Fiction Prize: 2021 Winners |url=https://salthilljournal.net/arthur-flowers-ff-prize-2021-winners |access-date=2025-10-11 |website=Salt Hill Journal |language=en-US}}</ref> His works have appeared in ”Transition Magazine”, ”Litro Magazine”, ”The Republic”, [[Isele Magazine|”Isele Magazine”]], ”Peatsmoke Journal”, ”The Maine Review” and ”[[Love Grows Stronger in Death]]” among others. He was a judge for the Oxford Flash Fiction Prize in 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-02-01 |title=Judges 2023 – Winter |url=https://oxfordflashfictionprize.com/judges-2023-winter/ |access-date=2025-10-11 |website=Oxford Flash Fiction Prize |language=en}}</ref> |
He was a finalist for the 2021 Alpine Fellowship Writing Prize and the 2021 Arthur Flowers Flash Fiction Prize.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Arthur Flowers Flash Fiction Prize: 2021 Winners |url=https://salthilljournal.net/arthur-flowers-ff-prize-2021-winners |access-date=2025-10-11 |website=Salt Hill Journal |language=en-US}}</ref> His works have appeared in ”Transition Magazine”, ”Litro Magazine”, ”The Republic”, [[Isele Magazine|”Isele Magazine”]], ”Peatsmoke Journal”, ”The Maine Review” and ”[[Love Grows Stronger in Death]]” among others. He was a judge for the Oxford Flash Fiction Prize in 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-02-01 |title=Judges 2023 – Winter |url=https://oxfordflashfictionprize.com/judges-2023-winter/ |access-date=2025-10-11 |website=Oxford Flash Fiction Prize |language=en}}</ref> |
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Nigerian story writer
Mustapha Enesi is a Nigerian short story writer who won the 2021 K & L Prize for African Literature for his short story “Kesandu,”[1][2][3] and the 2021 Awele Creative Trust Award for “Safety Pins Are Good Omens,” which was published in Transition Magazine[4][5][6] His debut short story collection, I Cry at the Feet of My Other Body and Other Stories, which focuses on the lives of Nigerian women was published by Witsprouts in September 2025 .[7][8][9]
Background
Enesi holds a background in Agriculture, having studied the course at the University of Ilorin, where he also graduated top of his class.[10]
Literary career
He was a finalist for the 2021 Alpine Fellowship Writing Prize and the 2021 Arthur Flowers Flash Fiction Prize.[11] His works have appeared in Transition Magazine, Litro Magazine, The Republic, Isele Magazine, Peatsmoke Journal, The Maine Review and Love Grows Stronger in Death among others. He was a judge for the Oxford Flash Fiction Prize in 2023.[12]
His debut short story collection was published by Witpsrouts Book in September 2025.[13] The collection is a complex exploration of womanhood, motherhood, grief, and societal pressures, featuring thirteen interconnected stories of Nigerian women striving for self-definition.[14]
