Uche Okonkwo has an MFA in Fiction from Virginia Tech, and a master’s in Creative Writing from University of Manchester. She is currently a Ph.D. student in English at University of Nebraska – Lincoln. Her work has been published in A Public Space, Zyzzyva, Kenyon Review, One Story, Ploughshares, The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2019, Lagos Noir, Ellipsis, Saraba, and others. She has received residencies, scholarships, and grants from MacDowell, Elizabeth George Foundation, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (VCCA), Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts, Art Omi Writers’ Residency, Anderson Center, Tin House, and Bread Loaf. She was the 2020-2021 George Bennett Fellow at Phillips Exeter Academy and is a 2021-2022 Steinbeck Fellow.
Okonkwo’s debut book, A Kind of Madness, was published by Tin House (US) in April 2024, Verve Books (UK) in 2025, and Narrative Landscape Press (Nigeria) in 2025. She is represented by Renée Zuckerbrot of MMQ&A Literary.
Uche Okonkwo 