Arinze Ifeakandu has won the 2022 Republic of Consciousness prize.

In a win for small presses, the 2022 Republic of Consciousness Prize winner has been announced: God’s Children Are Little Broken Things: Stories by Arinze Ifeakandu, published by A Public Space Books.

God’s Children Are Little Broken Things has also been longlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize and is a 2023 finalist for the 2022 Kirkus Prize for Fiction. The collection presents stories of queer love in contemporary Nigeria.

Ifeakandu was born in Kano, Nigeria, is a graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and is currently pursuing a PhD at Florida State University.

The $35,000 prize purse is distributed between authors and presses, and shared across the shortlist, which was announced in March.