The winners of the 2018 Nommo Awards were announced on Friday, October 26 at the Ake Festival in Lagos, Nigeria. Congratulations to the nominees and winners, and congratulations to Tade Thompson for receiving the Best Novella Award for his captivating and addictive horror story The Murders of Molly Southborne, out from Tor.com Publishing!
Members of the African Speculative Fiction Society voted on the awards based on a Short List of nominees announced in April of this year. The Nommo 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.”
The nominees, with winners in bold:
Novel
- Our Memory Like Dust, Gavin Chait (Doubleday)
- The Real, Masha du Toit (CreateSpace Publishing)
- Fever, Deon Meyer (Grove/Atlantic, Inc.)
- Akata Warrior, Nnedi Okorafor (Penguin Young Readers Group)
- After the Flare, Deji Olokotun (The Unnamed Press)
- Beasts Made of Night, Tochi Onyebuchi (Penguin Young Readers Group)
Novella
- Binti: Home, Nnedi Okorafor (Tor.com Publishing)
- Fallow, Sofia Samatar (Included in Tender, Small Beer Press)
- The Murders of Molly Southbourne, Tade Thompson (Tor.com Publishing)
Buy the Book
The Murders of Molly Southbourne
Short Story
- “On the Other Side of the Sea,” Nerine Dorman
- “A Door Ajar, ” Sibongile Fisher
- “Read Before Use,” Chinelo Onwualu
- “Snake Story,” Henrietta Rose-Innes
- “The Regression Test,” Wole Talabi
Graphic Novel
- Eru, Writers and artists, Tobe Ezeogu & Ozo Ezeogu (www.thecomicrepublic.com)
- Guardian Prime Genesis, Writer, Wale Awelenje, Artist, Jide Martin (www.thecomicrepublic.com)
- Hero Kakere, Writer and artist Tobe Ezeogu, Artist Kelechi Issac, (www.thecomicrepublic.com)
- Ireti Bidemi, Michael Balogun and Adeleye Yusuf (www.thecomicrepublic.com)
- Lake of Tears, Writer, Kwabena Ofei, Artist, Setor Fiadzigbey (http://lakeoftearsghana.com)
- Quest & the Sign of the Shining Beast, Writer, Robert S Malan, Artist, John Cockshaw
