Ìfẹ́olúwa Àyàndélé

Ìfẹ́olúwa Àyàndélé is from Tede, Nigeria. He is the author of My Father Paints His Dreams on My Body (Moon City Press, 2026), the winner of the 2024 Moon City Poetry Award from Missouri State University. He was awarded the 2026 Pink Poetry Prize from the Great River Review at the University of Minnesota. His poem was the runner-up for the 2026 Auburn Witness Poetry Prize Honoring Jake Adam York, selected by A. Van Jordan. His recent work has been published or is forthcoming in African American Review, Southern Humanities Review, Poetry London, Callaloo, Magma, Transition Magazine, Beloit Poetry Journal, and Michigan Quarterly Review. He is a Ph.D. student in Creative Writing. He has received a fellowship from the Obsidian Foundation (UK) and is the Assistant Interviews Editor at Southeast Review. You can reach him on Instagram @IfeoluwaAyandele.