Nommo Award

The Nommo Award is a literary award presented by The African Speculative Fiction Society. The award is named after the Nommo. 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 for best Novel, Novella, Short Story, and Graphic Novel.

Nommo Award
Presented by	The African Speculative Fiction Society
First awarded	2017
Website	http://www.africansfs.com/

Winners and Short List nominees

Novel

The Novel Award is also known as The Ilube Nommo Award for Best Speculative Fiction Novel by an African.

Year	Author	Novel	Publisher	Ref.
2017	Tade Thompson*	Rosewater	Orbit	[2]
	A. Igoni Barrett	Blackass	Graywolf Press	[2]
	Shadreck Chikoti	Azotus, The Kingdom	Pan African Publishers	[2]
	Nikhil Singh	Taty Went West	Rosarium Publishing	[2]
	Nick Wood	Azanian Bridges	NewCon Press	[2]
2018	Tochi Onyebuchi*	Beasts Made of Night	Penguin Young Readers Group	[3]
	Gavin Chait	Our Memory Like Dust	Doubleday	[3]
	Deon Meyer	Fever	Grove/Atlantic, Inc.	[3]
	Nnedi Okorafor	Akata Warrior	Penguin Young Readers Group	[3]
	Deji Olokotun	After the Flare	The Unnamed Press	[3]
	Masha du Toit	The Real	CreateSpace Publishing	[3]
2019	Akwaeke Emezi*	Freshwater	Grove Press	[4]
	Tomi Adeyemi	Children of Blood and Bone	Henry Holt and Co	[4]
	Nechama Brodie	Knucklebone	Pan Macmillan	[4]
	Imraan Coovadia	A Spy in Time	Rare Bird Books	[4]
	Cat Hellisen	Empty Monsters	Amazon	[4]
	Masha du Toit	The Strange	Independently Published	[4]
2020	Nerine Dorman	Sing Down the Stars	Tafelberg	[5]
	Masande Ntshanga	Triangulum	Penguin Random House South Africa & Two Dollar Radio	[5]
	Suyi Davies Okungbowa	David Mogo, Godhunter	Abaddon	[5]
	Tochi Onyebuchi	War Girls	Razorbill	[5]
	Namwali Serpell	The Old Drift	Hogarth	[5]
	Tade Thompson	Rosewater Insurrection	Orbit	[5]

Novella

Year	Author(s)	Novella	Publisher	Ref.
2017	Nnedi Okorafor*	Binti	Tor.com Publishing	[2]
	Mame Bougouma Diene	Hell Freezes Over	StoryTime	[2]
	Dilman Dila	The Flying Man of Stone	StoryTime	[2]
	Muthi Nhlema	Ta O'Reva	Freeeditorial.com	[2]
	Tade Thompson & Nick Wood	The Last Pantheon	StoryTime	[2]
2018	Tade Thompson*	The Murders of Molly Southbourne	Tor.com Publishing	[3]
	Sofia Samatar	Fallow	Small Beer Press	[3]
	Nnedi Okorafor	Binti: Home	Tor.com Publishing	[3]
2019	Nerine Dorman*	The Firebird	Amazon	[4]
	Caldon Mull	Neid-Fire	Amazon	[4]
	Nnedi Okorafor	Binti: The Night Masquerade	Tor.com Publishing	[4]
	Sofia Samatar	Hard Mary	Lightspeed	[4]
2020	Kerstin Hall	The Border Keeper	Tor.com Publishing	[5]
	Caldon Mull	Weatherman	Self-Published	[5]
	Wole Talabi	Incompleteness Theories	Incomplete Solutions	[5]

Short Story

Year	Author	Short Story	Publication	Ref.
2017	Lesley Nneka Arimah*	Who Will Greet You At Home		[2]
	Tendai Huchu*	The Marriage Plot		[2]
	Innocent Immaculate Acan	Sundown		[2]
	Blaize Kaye	Ndakusuwa		[2]
	Wole Talabi	Wednesday's Story		[2]
2018	Wole Talabi*	The Regression Test		[3]
	Nerine Dorman	On the Other Side of the Sea		[3]
	Sibongile Fisher	A Door Ajar		[3]
	Chinelo Onwualu	Read Before Use		[3]
	Henrietta Rose-Innes	Snake Story		[3]
2019	Ekpeki Oghenechovwe Donald*	The Witching Hour	Cosmic Roots and Eldritch Stones	[4]
	Tiah Marie Beautement	Momento Mori	Omenana	[4]
	T.L. Huchu	Njuzu	AfroSFV3	[4]
	Blaize Kaye	Brand New Ways (to lose you over and over again)	Omenana	[4]
	Derek Lubangakene	Origami Angels	Omenana	[4]
	Biram Mboob	The Luminal Frontier	AfroSFV3	[4]
	Cristy Zinn	The Girl Who Stared at Mars	AfroSFV3	[4]
2020	Chikodili Emelumadu	Sin Eater	Omenana	[5]
	Ada Nnadi	Tiny Bravery	Omenana	[5]
	Ivana Akotowaa Ofori	Principles of Balance	Jalada	[5]
	Suyi Davies Okungbowa	The Haunting of 13 Olúwo Street	Fireside	[5]
	Deji Bryce Olukotun	Between the Dark and the Dark	Lightspeed	[5]
	Wole Talabi	When We Dream We Are Our God	Apex	[5]

Graphic Novel

Year	Artist(s) & Author(s)	Graphic Novel	Publisher	Ref.
2017	Chronic No. 3 Various writers & artists*	The Corpse Exhibition		[2]
	Ibrahim Ganiyu, Chike Newman Nwankwo & Akinwade Ayodeji Akinola	June 12		[2]
	Xavier Ighorodje & Stanley Obende	Avonome		[2]
	Jide Martin & Toheeb Deen Ipaye	Might of Guardian Prime		[2]
2018	Kwabena Ofei & Setor Fiadzigbey*	Lake of Tears		[3]
	Wale Awelenje & Jide Martin	Guardian Prime Genesis	The Comic Republic	[3]
	Michael Balogun & Adeleye Yusuf	Ireti Bidemi	The Comic Republic	[3]
	Tobe Ezeogu & Keith Issac	Hero Kakere	The Comic Republic	[3]
	Tobe Ezeogu & Ozo Ezeogu	Eru	The Comic Republic	[3]
	Robert S. Malan & John Cockshaw	Quest of the Sign of the Shining Beast		[3]
2019	Nnedi Okorafor & Leonardo Romero*	Shuri	Marvel Comics	[4]
	Marguerite Abouet, Mathieu Sapin, Judith Taboy, & Marie Bédrune	Akissi: Tales of Michief	Flying Eye Books	[4]
	Farida Bedwei & Ravi Allotey	Karmzah	Afrocomix App, Leti Arts	[4]
	Tobe Max Ezeogu & Ozo Ezeogu	Eru	The Comic Republic	[4]
	Cassandra Mark & Tobe Max Ezeogu	Tàtàshé	The Comic Republic	[4]
	Loyiso Mkize, Mohale Mashigo, & Clyde Beech	Kwezi	New Africa Books	[4]
	Luke Molver	Shaka Rising	StoryPress Africa	[4]
	Nnedi Okorafor, André Araújo, Mario Del Pennino, Tana Ford, & Aaron Covington	Black Panther: Long Live the King	Marvel Comics	[4]
	Roye Okupe & Chima Kalu	Malika Warrior Queen Part Two	YouNeek Studios	[4]
	Austine Osas, Abiodun Awodele, & Yusuf Temitope	Under the Sun	Pedacomics Ltd	[4]
	Yvonne Wanyoike, Kendi Mberia, & Salim Busuru	Rovik	Vibondu Comics, Avandu	[4]
2020	Morakinyo Araoye, Steven Akinyemi, & Ogim Ekpezu	Danfo	TAG Comics	[5]
	Ssentongo Charles	Sanu	Elupe Comics	[5]
	Beserat Debebe & Stanley Obende	Hawi	Etan Comics	[5]
	Mika Hirwa	Kami	Mira Hirwa	[5]
	Kiprop Kimutai & Salim Busuru	Beast from Venus	Avandu Vosi	[5]
	Bill Masuku	Captain South Africa	Enigma Comix	[5]
	Bill Masuku	Welcome to the Dead World	Sam Graphico Anthology	[5]
	Ziki Nelson & Jason Lamy	Nani	Kugali Comics	[5]

References

1. https://www.tor.com/2019/10/25/announcing-the-2019-nommo-award-winners/
2. "Announcing the 2017 Nommo Award Winners".
3. "Tade Thompson, Tochi Onyebuchi, and More Amongst the Winners of the 2018 NOMMO Awards".
4. "Announcing the 2019 Nommo Award Winners".
5. "2020 Nommo Awards Shortlist".