Biography
Temidayo Testimony Omali Odey, also known as Testimony Odey, is a Nigerian multidisciplinary artist whose work has been published or is forthcoming in magazines and journals such as The FEMINIST Magazine, Akéwì Magazine, Journal of African Youth Literature, Poetic Africa Magazine, Brittle Paper, Rising Phoenix Review, Tilted House Review, Kalahari Review, Fiction Attic Press and others. She is a recipient of the Nigeria Prize for Teen Authors, African Teen Writers Awards, HIASFEST Star Prize, Wakaso Poetry Prize and JCIN UNIBEN Ten Emerging Leaders and Legacy Award. She has served as a judge for the African Teen Writers Award and has been shortlisted for the global Writing Ukraine Prize, the African Human Rights Short Story Prize and the Brigitte Poirson Literature Prize. At NWF Journal, she is the fiction editor. As a spoken word artist, she has graced prominent stages, delivering captivating performances at literary festivals like Edo’s International Books and Arts Festival, Benin Arts and Books Festival and Abuja Literary Teen Arts Festival, to award ceremonies like JCI Nigeria’s Ten Outstanding Young Persons Award, to inspirational platforms like TEDxUniversityofBenin and others. She shares her life updates on social media @testimonyodey.
2021
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School: Government Secondary School, Karu, Abuja
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Prize: The Nigeria Prize for Teen Authors (2021 - 1ST RUNNER UP FOR ‘ULOMA’)
2022
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School: Government Secondary School, Karu, Abuja
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Prize: The Nigeria Prize for Teen Authors (2022 - 1ST PLACE WINNER FOR ‘FEATHERED.’)
2023
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School: University of Benin
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Prize: HIASFEST Star Prize for Female Teen Writers (2023)
HIASFEST categories and awards
- Nigeria Prize For Teen Authors
- HIASFEST Star Prize