2019 Nommo Awards Winners

Locus Magazine, Science Fiction FantasyThe African Speculative Fiction Society (ASFS) has announced the winners for the 2019 Nommo Awards. All titles “are speculative fiction, were published in calendar year 2018, and are thought to be by Africans as defined by the ASFS and Nommo Awards Guidelines.”

Best Novel

Best Novella

Best Short Story

  • WINNER: “The Witching Hour”, Ekpeki Oghenechovwe Donald (Cosmic Roots and Eldritch Shores 4/18)
  • “Memento Mori”, Tiah Marie Beautement (Omenana 8/18)
  • “Njuzu”, T.L. Huchu (AfroSFv3)
  • “Brand New Ways (to lose you over and over and over again)”, Blaize Kaye (Omenana 8/18)
  • “Origami Angels”, Derek Lubangakene (Omenana 4/18)
  • “The Luminal Frontier”, Biram Mboob (AfroSFv3)
  • “The Girl Who Stared at Mars”, Cristy Zinn (AfroSFv3)

Best Comic/Graphic Novel

For more information, see the ASFS site.


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