Abu Bakr Sadiq is a Nigerian poet from Minna. He is the author of Leaked Footages (University of Nebraska Press, 2024), which won the 2023 Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poetry and was shortlisted for the 2026 John Pollard International Poetry Prize. He is also the recipient of the 2022 Ignyte Award for Outstanding Speculative Poetry and was shortlisted for the 2026 John Pollard Foundation International Poetry Prize. His poetry has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and the Rhysling Award, and has appeared in the Boston Review, Poetry Ireland Review, Mizna, and elsewhere.
