Kayo Chingonyi FRSL[1] (born 1987) is a Zambian British poet and editor who is the author of two poetry collections, Kumukanda and A Blood Condition (2021).
Chingonyi's collection, Kumukanda (Vintage Publishing, 2017) won the Dylan Thomas Prize and a Somerset Maugham Award.
His essays, poems and reviews have been featured in online and print publications.
Chingonyi was a Burgess Fellow at the Centre for New Writing, University of Manchester.
The scheme (2007–2017) was directed by Dr Nathalie Teitler, during which time thirty poets were mentored.