2020 Nommo Awards for Speculative Fiction by Africans Long List

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL NOMINEES FOR 2020

Below are the Long List of nominations in each of the 4 categories for the 2020 Nommo Awards:

Members of the African Speculative Fiction Society nominate works for this long list. A member can nominate up to five works in each category.

  

The long list is alphabetical order by authors’ names. All works are speculative fiction, were published between January 1, 2018 – December 31 2019, and are thought to be by Africans as defined by the ASFS and Nommo Awards Guidelines.

The nominees will be asked to confirm their eligibility and eligibility of their works in writing.  Nominees will also be asked to make complete texts or excerpts available to ASFS Members only for purposes of informed voting. 

PLEASE NOTE: The long lists consist of all titles in their respective categories that were nominated by members of the ASFS. Some of these works were nominated once. The ASFS lists them in full to draw attention to all the works members felt worthy of consideration.

Also this year, we listing those works nominated by members that are not eligible but are still noteworthy. For the first time this year we are listing the publishers of the works.

The SHORT LIST of works for the 2020 Nommo Awards will be announced in mid-May. Voting for the winners of the Awards will start then.

2020 NOVEL LONG LIST

Akwaeke Emezi

PET (Faber and Faber)

Eugen Bacon

CLAIMING T-MO (Meerkat Press)

Frank Owen

NORTH (Penguin Random House South Africa)

Lauri Kubuitsile

BUT DELIVER US FROM EVIL  (Penguin Random House South Africa) 

Masande Ntshanga

TRIANGULUM (Penguin Random House South Africa) 

Mary Watson

THE WICKERLIGHT (Bloomsbury)

Mary Watson

THE WREN HUNT (Bloomsbury)

Myles Ojabo

BLACK RIVER (Dafel Books)

Namwali Serpell

THE OLD DRIFT (Penguin Random House/Vintage/Hogarth)

Nerine Dorman

Nerine Dorman

THE COMPANY OF BIRDS (Immanion Press)

Rachael A.Z. Mutabingwa

KUNDA (Zaaz Press) free on Kindle

Suyi Davies Okungbowa

DAVID MOGO, GODHUNTER (Simon and Schuster)

Tade Thompson

Tade Thompson

T C Farren

Temi Oh

DO YOU DREAM OF TERRA TWO? (Simon and Schuster)

Toby Bennet

THE MUSIC BOX (Tafelberg)

Tochi Onyebuchi

WAR GIRLS (Razorbill Penguin Group)

Tomi Adeyemi 

CHILDREN OF VIRTUE AND VENGEANCE (Macmillan Publishers/Henry Holt and Co.)

Yolandie Horak

NOVELS NOMINATED BUT NOT ELIGIBLE

Evan Winters

A RAGE OF DRAGONS – first published in 2017

Mugabi Byenkya

DEAR PHILOMENA – first published 2017 (Discovery Diversity Publishing)

Tochi Onyebuchi 

RIOT BABY – published 2020 (Tom Doherty/Tor.com)  

Tomi Adeyemi

CHILDREN OF BLOOD AND BONE –

Shortlisted 2019  (Macmillan Publishers/Henry Holt and Co.)

2020 NOVELLA LONG LIST

Bill Masuku

MISFORTUNISM (Sera Blue Books)

Bill Masuku

PSYCHOPHAGY (Sera Blue Books)

Caldon Mull

WEATHERMAN (Caldon Mull)

Caldon Mull

TERRAFORM TRIPTYCH (Caldon Mull)

C L Corona

HIGH TOWER GODS (Amazon Digital Services)

Cat Hellisen

Kerstin Hall

Unathi Slasha

JAH HILLS (Black Ghost Books)

NB: copyright 2017, published 2018

Wole Talabi

INCOMPLETENESS THEORIES

(single-author anthology, INCOMPLETE SOLUTIONS, Luna Press)

2020 SHORT STORY LONG LIST

Acan Innocent Immaculate

SONG BIRD

(Brittle Paper and Go the Way Your Blood Beats, anthology edited by Anathi Jongilanga, Brittle Paper)

Ada Nnadi

TINY BRAVERY (Omenana) 

Ama Josephine Budge

Ayodele Olufintuade

THE STORM PAINTER (Strange Horizons) 

Caldon Mull

REFUGIA (Omenana)

Chikodili Emelumadu

SIN EATER (Omenana) 

Chinelo Onwualu

Dare Segun Falowo

VAIN KNIFE (The Dark Magazine)

Deji Bryce Olukotun

Ekari Mbvundula

THE BLUE BALL  (Story Ink Africa)

Ekpeki Oghenechovwe Donald

IFE-IYOKU (Selene Quarterly)

Eugen Bacon

A PINING (StylusLit),

THE DAY CHIVALRY DIED (AntipodeanSF),

A GOOD BALL (Other Terrain Journal)

(all from the single-author anthology DYING AND OTHER STORIES)

Hannah Onoguwe

WHERE THE PALM NUT GROWS

(Timeworn Literary Journal)

Haku Jackson

THE SILENT GOD (Omenana)

Imade Iyamu

ODUDUWA: THE RETURN

(in anthology YOUNG EXPLORERS ADVENTURE GUIDE VOL 6 edited by Corie and Sean Weaver, Dreaming Robot Press)

Innocent Chizaram Ilo

Innocent Chizaram Ilo

RED CROWS (Cosmic Roots and Eldritch Shores)

Ivana Akotowaa Ofori

Kathleen Kayembe

Keletso Mopai

BECOMING A GOD (from the single-author anthology IF YOU KEEP DIGGING, BlackBird Books) (Omenana)

Keletso Mopai

FOURTEEN

(from single-author anthology IF YOU KEEP DIGGING, BlackBird Books)

Kofi Nyameye

THE LIGHTS GO OUT ONE BY ONE

(Asimovs Science Fiction) 

Lesley Arimah

SKINNED (McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern)

Mame Bougouma Diene

Mame Bougouma Diene

Mandisi Nkomo

DROPZONE  (Mandisi Nkomo)

Mohale Mashigo

MUTSHIDZI

(anthology A WORLD OF HORROR edited by Eric J Guignard, Dark Moon Books) 

Nick Wood

A MILLION REASONS WHY

(from single-author collection LEARNING MONKEY AND CROCODILE, Luna Press)

Nikhil Singh

THE RE-EVOLUTION OF CLOUD 9

(from anthology THE UNQUIET DREAMER: A TRIBUTE TO HARLAN ELLISON edited by Preston Grassman, PS Publishing) 

Olufunke Ogundimu

IN-BETWEEN (Jalada)

Ope Adedeji

AFTER THE BIRDS (McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern)

Osahon Ize-Iyamu

FLAGS FLYING BEFORE A FALL (Strange Horizons)

Osahon Ize-Iyamu

Osahon Ize-Iyamu

Osahon Ize-Iyamu

THEREIN LIES A SOUL (The Dark Magazine)

‘Pemi Aguda

MANIFEST 11 (Granta)

‘Pemi Aguda

Rafeeat Aliyu

WHERE THE RAIN MOTHERS ARE (Strange Horizons)

Rafeif Ismail

SOMETHING LIKE REVOLUTION (Meanjin Quarterly)

Shingai Kagunda

Stephen Embleton

THE GIRL WITH TWO BODIES (Kalahari Review)

Suyi Davies Okungbowa

Suyi Davies Okungbowa

A LIGHT FOR THE DARK UNDER (Brick Moon)

(also in the anthology IT STARTS WITH A HEIST (Brick Moon)

Tariro Ndoro

A TALE OF TWO SISTERS

(anthology HOTEL AFRICA, Short Story Day Africa)

Tariro Ndoro

T L Huchu

CORIALIS (Fiyah)

Tiah Marie Beautement

THE AMERICAN REFUGEE (Cast of Wonders Podcast)

Tobi Ogundiran

FAÊL (Beneath Ceaseless Skies)

Wole Talabi

WHEN WE DREAM WE ARE OUR GOD

(Apex Magazine and ALL BORDERS ARE TEMPORARY, TrAP Magazine)

Wole Talabi

ABEOKUTA52 (Omenana)

Wole Talabi

SHORT STORIES  LONG LISTED BUT NOT ELIGIBLE

Blaize Kaye 

BRAND NEW WAYS TO LOSE YOU OVER AND OVER

– short listed 2019 (Omenana)

Dare Segun Falowo

NGOZI UGEGBE NWA – published 2020

(The Dark Magazine)

Derek Lubangakene

ORIGAMI ANGELS – not eligible shortlisted 2019

(Omenana)

Henrietta Rose-Innes

LIMERENCE – first published 2016

(Some Such Stories) 

Innocent Chizaram Ilodianya

RAT AND FINCH ARE FRIENDS – published 2020

(Strange Horizons)

Tiah Marie Beautement

MOMENTO MORI – shortlisted 2019

(Omenana)

T L Huchu

NJUZU – shortlisted 2019

(first published in AfroSFV3 edited by Ivor W. Hartmann and in the Johannesburg Review of Books)

2020 GRAPHIC NOVEL LONG LIST

BEAST FROM VENUS (Avandu Vosi)

Kiprop Kimutai (author) and Salim Busuru (artist) 

BLACKMOON (Comic Republic)

Tobe Max Ezeogu (author) and Tobe Max Ezeogu, Tobe Ezeogu, Ozo Ezeogu, Kelechi Isaac (artists)

Bill Masuku (author and artist)

DANFO (TAG Comics)

Morakinyo Araoye, and Steven Akinyemi (authors)

Ogim Ekpezu (artist)

HAWI (Etan Comics)

Beserat Debebe (author) and Stanley Obende (artist) 

IYANU CHILD OF WONDER (YouNeek Studios)

Roye Okupe (author) and Godwin Akpan (artist)

JEMBER (Etan Comics)

Beserate Dbebe (author) and Stanley Obende (artist)

KAMI (Mira Hirwa publisher)

Mika Hirwa (author and artist)

MOONGIRLS (Drama Queens Gh)

Akosua Hanson, Suhaidatu Dramani, George Hanson, Tsiddi (authors) and AnimaxFYB Studios (artists)

LAND OF GODS: ORUN  (Vortex Comics)

Kevin Sampong and Somto Ajuluchukwu (authors) Gemahel Kamgain (art)

NANI (Kugali Comics)

Ziki Nelson (author) Jasonas Lamy (artist)

SANU (Elupe Comics)

SSentogo Charles (author and artist)

WELCOME TO DEAD WORLD (Sam Graphico Anthology) 

Bill Masuku (author and artist)

GRAPHIC NOVELS NOMINATED NOT ELIGIBLE

TATASHE

Cassandra Mark (author) and Tobe Max Ozeogu (Comic Republic) shortlisted 2019. 

ROVIK

Yvonne Waniyoke (author) and Salim Busuru (Avandu Vosi) shortlisted 2019.