Blessing O. Nwodo is a Toronto-based, multidisciplinary storyteller and feminist activist. Her work spans a diverse range of mediums, including immersive art exhibitions, documentaries, films, sonic storytelling, and published fiction, poetry, and nonfiction. A graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, she also holds an MFA from the University of Guelph, and has served as Editor of Held Magazine. An alumna of the University of Nigeria, she was honored as Best Female Writer in 2017. Her stories have won the 2016 Nigerian Travel Story, been shortlisted for the 2021 Toyin Fálọlá Prize, the 2021 African Writers Awards, the 2018 Igby Prize for Nonfiction, and the 2019 Lost Balloon Pushcart Prize for Speculative Fiction. She has been published in This Magazine, ArtsEverywhere, Humber Literary Review, The Common, Brittle Paper, FBOMB, Kalahari Review, and others. Her work has been supported by Lambda, the Toronto Arts Council, and the Ontario Arts Council. Her Netflix-presented documentary, Dreaming In The West, has received widespread acclaim, earning prominent placements at numerous film festivals across Canada. It is forthcoming on CBC Gem. When she’s not relishing fashion, she can often be found pulverizing the patriarchy. She is working on a collection of speculative fiction, and a novel. You can check out her work on blessingnwodo.com.