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The Nommo Awards are given each year by the African Speculative Fiction Society to speculative fiction by Africans, with awards for the best novel, novella, short story and graphic novel. Members of the society nominate and vote.
- Chisom UmeFrom Across Time, 2025
- Suyi Davies OkungbowaLost Ark Dreaming, 2025
- Tlotlo TsamaaseWomb City, 2025
- Gabrielle Emem HarryA Name Is a Plea and a Prophecy, 2024
- Stephen EmbletonUndulation, 2024
- Wole TalabiShigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon, 2024
- Nnedi OkoraforRemote Control, 2022
- Pemi AgudaMasquerade Season, 2022
- T.L. HuchuThe Library of the Dead, 2022
- Akwaeke EmeziThe Death of Vivek Oji, 2021
- Innocent Chizaram IloRat and Finch Are Friends, 2021
- Oghenechovwe Donald EkpekiIfe-Iyoku: The Tale of Imadeyunuagbon, 2021
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