2022 Nommo Awards Shortlist

Best Novel

• The Madhouse, TJ Benson (Penguin South Africa)
• The Gilded Ones, Namina Forna (Delacorte; Usborne)
• The Library of the Dead, T.L Huchu (Tor)
• Son of the Storm, Suyi Davies Okungbowa (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
• They Made Us Blood and Fury, Cheryl S. Ntumy (Self published)
• Far from the Light of Heaven, Tade Thompson (Orbit US; Orbit UK)

Best Novella

• The Future God of Love, Dilman Dila (Luna)
• “An Exploration of Nicole Otieno’s Early Filmography (1232-1246)”, Kola Heyward-Rotimi (Strange Horizons 9/13/21)
• Not Seeing is a Flower, Erhu Kome (Eraserhead)
• Remote Control, Nnedi Okorafor (Tordotcom)
• “The Abomination”, Nuzo Onoh (F&SF 9-10/21)

Best Short Story

• “Masquerade Season“, ‘Pemi Aguda (Tor.com 3/24/21)
• “O2 Arena”, Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki (Galaxy’s Edge 11/21)
• “Shelter”, Mbozie Haimbre (Disruption)
• “And This Is How to Stay Alive”, Shingai Njeri Kagunda (Fantasy 11/20)
• “The Many Lives of an Abiku”, Tobi Ogundiran (Beneath Ceaseless Skies 7/30/20)
• “The Brother”, Makena Onjerika (Professor Charlatan Bardot’s Travel Anthology to the Most (Fictional) Haunted Buildings in the Weird, Wild World)
• “An Arc of Electric Skin“, Wole Talabi (Asimov’s 9-10/21)
• “Dreamports”, Tlotlo Tsamaase (Apex 12/21)

Best Graphic Novel

• The Ijournal, Awele Emili
• Iyanu: Child of Wonder, volume 2, Roye Okupe and Godwin Akpan (Dark Horse)

For the list of nominees and more information about the award, see the ASFS website.