Announcing the 2025 Winner of the Mini-Comic Bursary for Black and Indigenous Creators!

Conundrum Press is thrilled to announce the 2025 Winner of the Mini-Comic Bursary for Black and Indigenous Creators:

After reviewing the submissions our jury chose Lynn Oyinloye as the winner!

This is what Lynn had to say upon hearing the news: “I’m an 18 year old fat queer Nigerian artist from Ontario. I go by @ariariarimu on Instagram and @ari3mu on X (Twitter) where I like to post about the very characters featured in the mini comic, it’s a work in progress about werewolves and a road trip across Canada. I applied to the bursary because it looked like an amazing opportunity and a great BIG first step for establishing my art career. Winning this bursary is another step at getting my work, my words and feelings out there to other queer black Canadians. It means that despite how it may seem from the outside (or how people may not want it to be), there is space for people who look like me in comics. Even if we have to carve out that space by ourselves.”

Our jury of Cole Pauls, and previous winners Jordanna George and Hannah Louisy were impressed by Lynn’s stylization, character designs, and choice of colour palette. They were intrigued by the dynamic between the characters that left them wanting to read more. They see a lot of promise in Lynn and are excited to see their work continue!

Congrats to Lynn!