The Nommo Awards are literary awards presented by The African Speculative Fiction Society.
The awards recognize works of speculative fiction by Africans, defined as "science fiction, fantasy, stories of magic and traditional belief, alternative histories, horror and strange stuff that might not fit in anywhere else."[1]
The Nommo Awards have four categories: Best Novel, Novella, Short Story, and Graphic Novel, and are named after the Nommo, ancestral spirits from Dogon cosmology who take a variety of forms, including appearing on land as fish, walking on their tails.
The 2022 Nommo Awards were announced at Chicon8, the World Science Fiction Convention held in Chicago, USA. They were:
Best Novel: Library of the Dead by T L Huchu
Best Novella: Remote Control by Nnedi Okorafor
Best Short Story: Masquerade Season by Pemi Aguda
Best Comic or Graphic Novel: Iyanu Child of Wonder by Roye Okupe (writer) and Godwin Akpan (artist)
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The NommoAwards are literary awards presented by The African Speculative Fiction Society. The awards recognize works of speculative fiction by Africans...
The Nommo or Nummo are primordial ancestral spirits in Dogon religion and cosmogony (sometimes referred to as demi deities) venerated by the Dogon people...
author to win a Nebula Award. He's also received a World Fantasy Award, British Fantasy Award, Otherwise Award, and two NommoAwards along with being a multi-time...
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ROSL Readers' Award in Caine Prize For African Writing. Nominated for 2021 Locus Award for Best Anthology. Winner for 2018 NommoAward for Best Speculative...
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for his 2016 science fiction novel Rosewater, which won a NommoAward and Arthur C. Clarke Award. Thompson was born in London, England, to Yoruba parents...
Tade Thompson. It was a finalist for the 2022 Philip K. Dick Award and 2022 NommoAward for Best Novel. Captain Michelle “Shell” Campion boards the starship...
(BSFA) Award, Bridport Prize, Australian Shadows Awards, Ditmar Awards, British Fantasy Award, and NommoAward for Speculative Fiction by Africans. She also...
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the NommoAwards, British Science Fiction Award, and Short Story Day Africa Award. She is a finalist for the 2021 Ignyte Award for the Community Award category...
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culture and themes. The speculative fiction magazine Omenana and the NommoAwards presented by The African Speculative Fiction Society launched in 2017...
review roundup". The Guardian. Retrieved October 31, 2023. "Award Category: Best Novel (NommoAwards for African Speculative Fiction)". The Internet Speculative...
was announced as the winner of the 2020 NommoAward for Best Speculative Novel by an African (the Ilube Award). In January 2020, Orbit Books (a science...
v t e NommoAward Winners Novel Rosewater by Tade Thompson (2017) Beasts Made of Night by Tochi Onyebuchi (2018) Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi (2019) David...
RIOT. Retrieved 2021-09-15. "2021 Hugo Awards". The Hugo Awards. 2021-01-01. Retrieved 2021-09-15. "2021 NommoAwards Shortlist". Locus Online. 2021-06-01...
by Albin Michel in January 2022. The book was nominated for the 2021 NommoAward for Best Speculative Fiction Novel by an African. In 2020, a human culgoa...
territories and won a Betty Trask Award in 2018, and Triangulum (2019), for which he was nominated for a NommoAward for Best Speculative Fiction Novel...
education college in 23 years. Ilube provided the prize money for the NommoAwards for African science fiction and speculative fiction, announced at the...
She is the recipient of multiple awards, including the Hugo Award, Nebula Award, Eisner Award and World Fantasy Award. She is considered to be among the...
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