Adedayo Agarau
Wallace Stegner Fellow & Editor-in-Chief
Stanford University, California
Adedayo Agarau is a Wallace Stegner Fellow at Stanford University and a Cave Canem Fellow. Editor-in-Chief of Agbowó Magazine and Poetry Reviews Editor for The Rumpus. His debut collection 'The Years of Blood' will be published by Fordham University Press.
Adedayo Agarau represents the pinnacle of contemporary African literary achievement, holding the prestigious Wallace Stegner Fellowship at Stanford University.
His editorial leadership as Editor-in-Chief of Agbowó Magazine positions him at the forefront of contemporary African literary publishing.
His debut collection 'The Years of Blood,' which won the Poetic Justice Institute Editor's Prize for BIPOC Writers, will be published by Fordham University Press in fall 2025.
- Wallace Stegner Fellow at Stanford University
- Cave Canem Fellow
- Editor-in-Chief of Agbowó Magazine
- Poetry Reviews Editor for The Rumpus
- 2024 Wales International Poetry Prize
- Poetic Justice Institute Editor's Prize Winner
- 'The Years of Blood' - Full Collection (Fordham University Press, 2025)
- 'Origin of Names' - Chapbook (African Poetry Book Fund, 2020)
- Guernica Magazine
- Poetry Foundation
- Iowa Review
- Narrative Magazine
Wallace Stegner Fellow at Stanford University, preparing debut collection 'The Years of Blood' for publication
