Nommo Award for African Speculative Fiction

The Nommo Award for African Speculative Fiction (short Nommo Award ) is a prize for literature of genre fantasy , science fiction , horror , fantasy and related fields, at least to a considerable extent by an author or a writer from Africa originated. The prize has been awarded by the African Speculative Fiction Society (ASFS) since 2017 in the categories of novel , novella , short story and graphic novel and is endowed with a total of 3000 US dollars . Nominations are made by members of the ASFS; the winners are determined through an online vote among ASFS members. The name of the award refers to a pair of twins from Dogon mythology who take the form of fish standing on their tails on land, as depicted in the ASFS logo.

history

The African Speculative Fiction Society , a newly founded professional association of African authors in the field fantasy , announced the festival Aké Arts and Book to give the plan the following year the Nommo Award for the first time 2,016th The British entrepreneur and educational philanthropist Tom Ilube acted as a patron when it was founded and donated the prize money of $ 3,000 per year for four years in advance. However, the association is dependent on donations for the administrative costs, the organization of the award ceremony and similar costs. Canadian science fiction and fantasy writer Geoff Ryman will manage all matters relating to the award .

Award winners

Category Roman (Tom Ilube Prize)

2017 Tade Thompson for Rosewater
2018 Tochi Onyebuchi for Beasts Made of Night
2019 Akwaeke Emezi for Freshwater

Category novella

2017 Nnedi Okorafor for Binti
2018 Tade Thompson The Murders of Molly Southbourne
2019 Nerine Dorman for The Firebird

Short story category

2017 Tendai Huchu for The Marriage Plot and Lesley Nneka Arimah for Who Will Greet You at Home
2018 Wole Talabi for The Regression Test
2019 Ekpeki Oghenechovwe Donald for The Witching Hour Ekpeki Oghenechovwe Donald

Graphic Novel category

2017 Ntone Edjabe for The Corpse Exhibition
2018 Kwabena Ofei and Setor Fiadzigbey for Lake of Tears
2019 Nnedi Okorafor and Leonardo Romero for Shuri

Web links

Nommo Awards website

Individual evidence

↑ Overview of Nommo Awards for African Speculative Fiction. Retrieved November 1, 2019 .
↑ 2019 Nommo Awards , message on File770.com dated October 25, 2019, accessed November 1, 2019.
↑ admin: Inaugural Nommo Awards. In: Locus Online. August 25, 2016. Retrieved November 1, 2019 (American English).
^ African Speculative Fiction Society and Nommo Awards Launched. PEN South Africa, August 31, 2016, accessed November 1, 2019 .
^ How to Donate to the African Speculative Fiction Society. In: Brittle Paper. September 11, 2019, accessed November 1, 2019 .

[1] Overview of Nommo Awards for African Speculative Fiction. Retrieved November 1, 2019 .

[2] 2019 Nommo Awards , message on File770.com dated October 25, 2019, accessed November 1, 2019.

[3] : Inaugural Nommo Awards. In: Locus Online. August 25, 2016. Retrieved November 1, 2019 (American English).

[4] African Speculative Fiction Society and Nommo Awards Launched. PEN South Africa, August 31, 2016, accessed November 1, 2019 .

[5] How to Donate to the African Speculative Fiction Society. In: Brittle Paper. September 11, 2019, accessed November 1, 2019 .