Profile
Gloria Kiconco is a poet, essayist, and zine-maker based in Kampala, Uganda. Gloria self-publishes and shares her work through spoken word performances, readings, and audio compilations in collaboration with music producers.
She has created various poetry zine collections including "SOLD OUT" (2016), "RETURN TO SENDER" (2018) in collaboration with illustrator Liz Kobusinge, and "You Are Lost, You Are Here X" (2020) through a residency with Cratér Invertido in Mexico City, Mexico. Her most recent collection, "Tunnel of Delight", premiered during the KLA ART Festival in October 2021. Gloria was one of the first three inaugural Writers-in-Residence (2019) with Goethe-Institut, Burkina Faso. In 2023, she was the inaugural writer-in-residence with the Poetry Library at Manchester Metropolitan University.
