Hikaya Monthly Challenge
Hikaya Monthly Challenge is a writing competition prize run under Bakandamiya Hikaya. The purpose is to inspire critical thinking, literary writing and critiques, with focus on African literature.
Below are past winners of the competition.
2026
January, 2026

Name: Salisu Abdullahi Yusuf
City/State: Kano, Kano
Occupation: Student, FCE, Katsina

2025
December, 2025

Name: Sani Muhammad Lawan
City/State: Kano, Kano
Occupation: An entrepreneur, a writer, and a student of Entrepreneurship at Northwest University, Kano

November, 2025

Name: Shamsiyya Usman Manga
City/State: Potiskum, Yobe
Occupation: A writer and midwife, working with Yobe state Specialist Hospital, Potiskum

October, 2025

Name: Maryam Muhammad Sani
City/State: Kano, Kano
Occupation: Writer

September, 2025

Name: Hassana Sulaiman Ismail
City/State: Kano, Kano
Occupation: Writer
Topic: Between Kenya’s Ngugi wa Thiong’o and Nigeria’s Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Whose Pen is Mightier?

August, 2025

Name: Lawan Muhammad
City/State: Kano, Kano
Occupation: Writer
Topic: Taurari Biyu a Sararin Adabi: Nazarin Gudunmawar Farfesa Ibrahim Yaro Yahaya da Dr. Bukar Usman

July, 2025

Name: Hassana Labaran Danlarabawa
City/State: Kano, Kano
Occupation: Writer

June, 2025

Name: Maryam Muhammad Sani
City/State: Kano, Kano
Occupation: Writer

May, 2025

Name: Nafisa Auwal K/Goje
City/State: Kano, Kano
Occupation: Writer

April, 2025

Name: Maryam Muh’d Sani
City/State: Kano, Kano
Occupation: Writer

March, 2025

Name: Nafisa Auwal K/Goje
City/State: Kano, Kano
Occupation: Writer

February, 2025

Name: Rukayya Ibrahim Lawal
City/State: Sokoto, Sokoto
Occupation: Writer

January, 2025

Name: Salma Surajo Babasalati
City/State: Kano, Kano
Occupation: Writer
Topic: No topic was given in the January contest.
