Salim Yakubu Akko, World Voices Magazine's Nigerian correspondent, is a poet and short story writer. Has been published/forthcoming on Brittle Paper, Trouvaille Review, ILA Magazine, Ice Lolly Review, World Voices Magazine, Spill Words Press, Upwrite Magazine, Applied Worldwide, Scratch Poetry Magazine, Arts Lounge, Nantygreens Magazine, The Beatnik Cowboy Magazine, OneBlackBoyLikeThat Review, Afreecan Read, Amulet Poetry Magazine, IMSPIRED Magazine, Lothlorien Poetry Journal, My Woven Poetry, The Pine Cone Review, Literary Yard, Calabar Poetry, Giallo Literary Magazine, Teen Lit Journal, Magazine, Daily Trust Newspaper, The Nation News Nigeria, The Guardian Newspaper, Independent Nigeria, Nigerian Tribune Newspaper, Opinion Nigeria, My Nigeria, African Fingers, The Campus Watch, Today Post Nigeria, People's Daily Newspaper and elsewhere. Shortlisted for the 2021 Bill Ward Prize for Emerging Writers; 2021 GSSS Gombe delegate for the annual Hadiza Ibrahim Aliyu Secondary Schools Festival (2021 HIASFEST); participant in the 2020 Jewel Writing Workshop and also a participant in the 2021 Jewel Peace Project. He is also a member of Gombe Jewel Writers' Association, Creative Club Gombe state University and Hilltop Creative Arts Foundation. Akko lives in the great city of Gombe state.
