'Our Team' comprises of members who have had their own very adventures while exploring creative writing, and we seek to push further. As a team, we are wholly committed to reshaping the perspectives towards storytelling by making it a resonating art form that offers long-lasting experiences.
Adebusuyi Raphael Adedeji is a Nigerian poet, writer, blogger and a creative specializing in graphic and motion design. He is the founder of Pawners Paper Creative Magazine. Some of his works have been published in anthologies. His ideas span across ingenuity of styles and individuality, which have reflected in some of his previous works and personal projects.
Adebusuyi holds a law degree from Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko (AAUA) and serves as the Creative Director of the Intellectual Property Lawyers Association Nigeria (IPLAN). In his leisure time, he enjoys music, anime, art, and staying updated on intellectual property law and technology law news.
Editor-in-Chief
Adebowale Raphael Omolasoye is a Nigerian poet, an Editor-in-chief at Pawners Paper Magazine, and also an Associate Writer and Consultant at NIB & ATLAS Writing and Consulting. As a poet, he has authored over 50 poems, some of which have found their ways into few anthologies and books.
His work, "SAIL TO THE BAR" was shortlisted and published in the Brigite Poirson Poetry Contest (BPPC) Anthology 2022 titled, "A UNIVERSE WHERE U=ME." His work, "The Polity's Kind(le)red" was placed top at the Adesomoju Samuel (SAMPRAISE) poetry competition AAUA, 2022 and equally published in the book, "A History of Students' Unionism: Chronicling Unionism in Nigerian Universities: A Case Study of AAUA" by Babatunde Akingbondere.
Adebowale is a graduate of law from Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko (AAUA). Outside law, he likes sports and teaching.
Feature Editor
Daniel Aôndona is a passionate lover of arts and culture. A versatile, award-winning writer who hails from Benue State, Nigeria. Based in Abuja, Daniel is a member of the Hilltop Creative Arts Foundation and a multifaceted creative—spanning roles as a spoken word artist, essayist, short story writer, reviewer, poet, and literary editor. His works have been featured on notable journals such as: Brittle Paper, Spillwords Press, Arts Lounge, Words-Empire Magazine, The Muse Journal, Words Rhymes & Rhythms, Piker press, D’LitReview, Bluebird’s Scribe Review, Paper Lanterns, and many others within and outside Nigeria. Beyond writing, Daniel is an enthusiast of Literature-in-English and spends much of his time engaging in various creative pursuits.
You can connect with him on social media: FB: Daniel Aôndona, IG: @aondonadaniel.30, X: @aondonadaniel30.
Feature Editor
Precious Chidera Harrison is a Nigerian poet living in Port Harcourt. He won the maiden edition of the Pawners Paper Contest (Poetry Category). He was shortlisted for the 2024 Unserious Collective Fellowship and for the 2024 edition of the Chukwuemeka Akachi Prize for Literature. He was longlisted for the 2024 Blessing Kolajo Poetry Prize and was also an honorable mention in the inaugural Rhonda Gail Williford Prize, 2023. He is a 2024 SprinNG fellow, and a member of the Hilltop Creative Arts Foundation. His works have been appeared or are forthcoming in online and print journals like Icefloe, Akpata, The Bitchin Kitsch, Afrocritik, Anthropocene Poetry, Haunted Words, The Muse Journal, Eunoia Review, Bleating Thing Magazine, Brittle Paper, FERAL Journal, IHRAM Publishes, Swim Press, and SprinNG.
Social Media Manager
Itanrin Oluwatosin Eniola is a young promising Nigerian, a writer, editor and social media manager for pawners paper amongst other brands.
She's currently a third year Law Student at Adekunle Ajasin University Akungba Akoko. On days when she's not in the classroom, she in LinkedIn airing her opinion on various areas of intellectual property and fashion law.
Content Writer
Chiamaka Ruth Chikezie is a writer, content creator and a lover of words. A first year Information Systems student at FUNAAB, she loves using her passion for storytelling to promote brands and tell their unique stories.
Aside from being a reader and writer, she is a budding software engineer.
Content Writer
Judith Igwedibia is a poet living in Anambra State. She is a writer, reviewer, and content creator. She's an avid lover of books. Judith is a graduate of Pure and Industrial Chemistry, UNN.
Content Writer
Ajayi Oluwabukunmi is an undergraduate pharmacy student at the Federal University of Oye Ekiti (FUOYE) and a lover of books and art that tell beautiful stories.
Her favourite authors are Markus Zusak, Amy Harmon, Khaled Hosseini, and Chinua Achebe, whose works she admires for their intelligent and creative use of words.
Beyond her passion for reading, writing, and debunking health myths, she strongly believes in the power of storytelling to inspire, educate and challenge.
Content Writer
Ferdinand, Emmanuel Somtochukwu, Swan XXI, is a young emerging Nigerian poet and essayist. He has works in Wingless Dreamer, Eboquills Magazine, Brittle Paper, Arts Longue, D’ LitReview and others. He is currently studying English Language at Lagos State University. Connect with him on X @EmmanuelSomto17.
Look forward to the starry flickers of our magic!
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