Biography
Yahuza Usman [Crawling Writer], the Secretary of Taraba State branch of Hilltop Creative Arts Foundation, is a Nigerian award-winning teen author, essayist, spoken word artiste, book reviewer, Wikimedian, typist, graphic designer, short-story writer, and a versatile poet who has many of his works featured/forthcoming in many literary magazines, including Brittle Paper, Pawners Paper, Micromance Magazine, Afrihil Press, Al-Mir’aatu Magazine, World Voices Magazine, Literary Yard, Itell Stories and Everything Beautiful, ArtingArena, Opinion Nigeria, Synchronized Chaos Magazine, The Daily Pointers, Spillwords Press, Cajum Mutt Press, and elsewhere. He coauthored “Let Me Grieve” with Joel Oyeleke in 2023, a duet chapbook published by ArtingArena. He was shortlisted among the Indian Iconic Writer in 2022. His collection “Shapeless Room” was shortlisted for ArtingArena’s Poetry Chapbook Contest 2023. He is the recipient of the first prize winner; On-the-spot Non-fiction writing at HIASFEST 2023, and emerged as the most valuable male contestant [star boy] of HIASFEST 2024 after winning three prizes. Yahuza hails from Jalingo and loves to be a responsible husband/father when he grew up. He can be reached via crawlingwriteryahuza@gmail.com or on Facebook: Yahuza Usman, Twitter: @YahuzaUsmanJ, and Instagram: @yahuzausmanj.
2023
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School: Almishkat Academy Jalingo, Taraba State
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Prize: On-The-Spot Non-Fiction Writing - 1st (Winner)
2024
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School: Al-Mishkat Academy Jalingo, Taraba State
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Prize: On-The-Spot Non-Fiction Writing - 1st Runner Up
2024
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School: Al-Mishkat Academy Jalingo, Taraba State
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Prize: Spoken Word - 2nd Runner Up
2024
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School: Al-Mishkat Academy Jalingo, Taraba State
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Prize: Nigeria Prize for Teen Authors (poetry)
2024
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School: Al-Mishkat Academy Jalingo, Taraba State
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Prize: Most Valuable Contestant Awards for Male
HIASFEST categories and awards
- Spoken Word
- Nigeria Prize For Teen Authors
- On-The-Spot Non-Fiction Writing
- Most Valuable Contestant Awards