Poet| Editor @ Goat Shed Press, UK| @ Jay_Lit|🏆 Africa Haiku Prize| 🏆 Singapore Poetry Prize| 🏆 SBLP 22| 🏆 GYA| Rep'd by Transatlantic Lit Agency 🇨🇦|
Joined August 2019
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15 Jul 2022
Exhilarated to share results of the Singapore Poetry Prize which I emerged 1st place 🇬🇭! Thank you everyone, who's been part of this odyssey.💕 @LWEstudio @Tampered_Press @TransLitAgency
@loatad_org @writersPG
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Gabriel Awuah Mainoo retweeted
Apr 19
Thank God it’s Sunday!
Tune in to the Writers Project on Citi 97.3 FM at 8:30 PM tonight.
Joining us in the studio are: @AwuahMainoo, @Poetoswald, Jacob Osae, Ernestina Dogbe and Steven Grace.
Tune in: radio.com.gh/citi-fm/
#WritersPGonCiti
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Gabriel Awuah Mainoo retweeted
Congratulations to our poetry editor @AwuahMainoo! 🎉
Apr 15
Hi fellows! I'm enthralled to share that my craft; "A Pathogenesis of the First Slave Ship" has been awarded the 2025-2026 "Diann Blakely Emerging Poet Prize". Many thanks to everyone who believed in my work and uplifted the dream! Big love! 😊🎉
blakely.uga.edu/emerging-poe…
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Apr 15
Hi fellows! I'm enthralled to share that my craft; "A Pathogenesis of the First Slave Ship" has been awarded the 2025-2026 "Diann Blakely Emerging Poet Prize". Many thanks to everyone who believed in my work and uplifted the dream! Big love! 😊🎉
blakely.uga.edu/emerging-poe…
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Gabriel Awuah Mainoo retweeted
Our April publication featuring Gabriel Awuah Mainoo (@AwuahMainoo)
&
Ayo Tamakloe-Garr (@AyoTamGarr) is live!
nentajournal.com/
Please tell a friend to tell a friend.
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Gabriel Awuah Mainoo retweeted
The Professor Mousah Traoré Poetry Prize has officially opened for submissions, inviting poets to submit original works that demonstrate craft, depth, and imaginative clarity. ✨📖
Click the link in bio for full submission guidelines jaylit.com/the-professor-mou…
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14 May 2025
"twilight…
a meteor leads the slave-child home"
—Gabriel Awuah Mainoo [Fireflies]
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Gabriel Awuah Mainoo retweeted
6 Mar 2025
read “tinnitus” by Gabriel Awuah Mainoo.
tell a friend to tell a friend.
nentajournal.com/tinnitus
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15 May 2025
With light; Black History inspired and published in @JAY_Literature!
14 May 2025
"twilight…
a meteor leads the slave-child home"
—Gabriel Awuah Mainoo [Fireflies]
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Gabriel Awuah Mainoo retweeted
18 Mar 2025
"today you are the size of rain in the clouds// i only identify you// after you gather in my hands// tenderly, i throw you back into the skies// survive"
—Gabriel Awuah Mainoo [The funeral director said h/is/er body didn’t check]
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Gabriel Awuah Mainoo retweeted
12 Mar 2025
"this is the night of moulting & new revolutions/ yesterday was
the last day of your life, you said that, sniffing the oyster stew"
—Gabriel Awuah Mainoo [in the paw of the night]
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6 Mar 2025
According to editors of Nenta Journal; “It is a delight we get to publish you as part of our first, in our goal to champion Ghanaian Literature”; I’m entranced to have a poem marking this noteworthy milestone with @brian_gyamfi & other writers. Hope you consider checking it out.
6 Mar 2025
our march publications featuring works from Brian Gyamfi @brian_gyamfi , Gabriel Awuah Mainoo @AwuahMainoo, Selasi McLord and Richard De-Graft @RichyDeGraft is up! please tell a friend to tell a friend!
nentajournal.com/
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24 Jan 2025
Dear poet,
I'm Gabriel Awuah Mainoo; Poetry editor for the Journal of African Youth Literature. In this subs window, I'm looking out for poems that invade treacherous territories, annihilate with language & form & return to the page without any lesion. Consider submitting
17 Jan 2025
The Journal of African Youth Literature (JAY Lit) Opens for Submissions
Click below for details 👇🏾
jaylit.com/the-journal-of-af…
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Gabriel Awuah Mainoo retweeted
31 Dec 2024
To all the brilliant writers we featured on our Spotlight series in 2024, we say a very big THANK YOU!
@Eneessi @KejeraL @FrancesOgamba @Mukandii @shoolaoyin @AwuahMainoo @bakronline @peterngilanjeri @TashOmokhodion
Looking forward to more exciting features in 2025!
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Gabriel Awuah Mainoo retweeted
African Writers Awards, African Teen Writers Awards, and Wakini Kuria Prize for Children’s Literature Winners Unveiled (@AWC_2024 @wsacentre)
Congratulations to all winners, especially our poetry editor, Gabriel Awuah Mainoo (@AwuahMainoo)
jaylit.com/african-writers-a…
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Gabriel Awuah Mainoo retweeted
TIER 2 JUDGES
Gabriel Awuah Mainoo (Poetry),
Deborah Oluniran-Adeniyi (Fiction),
Iruoma Chukwuemeka (Non-Fiction).
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Gabriel Awuah Mainoo retweeted
4 Nov 2024
Are you a book reviewer? Would you like to review new titles from top authors/publishers for the Journal of African Youth Literature (JAY Lit)?
Please send me a DM or email ibrahim.ibrahim@jaylit.com
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20 Oct 2024
This Sunday bloats me with a lung-full of gratitude; I'm grateful for Aarhus Literature Center for taking good care of me during my residency & participation in the African Literature Festival in Denmark. & to Danish PEN, Anne G Munk, Jette, and Anne Mette for every possibility!
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Gabriel Awuah Mainoo retweeted
16 Oct 2024
Gabriel Awuah Mainoo (@AwuahMainoo) Graces Dialogue with Africa in Denmark
jaylit.com/gabriel-awuah-mai…
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14 Oct 2024
On this symbolic day in Denmark; is a distinctive honor to be holding the walking staff of Prof. Emeritus Kofi Anyidoho; I see this not only as a ritual, but also the passing on of a new generation. Thank you the ceremony of spiritual letters.🕯️
Photo credit: William.
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