Nommo Award
The Nommo Award is a literary award presented by The African Speculative Fiction Society. The award is named after the Nommo. The 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 Nommo Awards have four categories for best Novel, Novella, Short Story, and Graphic Novel.
Winners and Short List nominees
Novel
The Novel Award is also known as The Ilube Nommo Award for Best Speculative Fiction Novel by an African.| Year | Author | Novel | Publisher | Ref. |
| Tade Thompson* | Rosewater | Orbit | ||
| A. Igoni Barrett | Blackass | Graywolf Press | ||
| Shadreck Chikoti | Azotus, The Kingdom | Pan African Publishers | ||
| Nikhil Singh | Taty Went West | Rosarium Publishing | ||
| Nick Wood | Azanian Bridges | NewCon Press | ||
| Tochi Onyebuchi* | Beasts Made of Night | Penguin Young Readers Group | ||
| Gavin Chait | Our Memory Like Dust | Doubleday | ||
| Deon Meyer | Fever | Grove/Atlantic, Inc. | ||
| Nnedi Okorafor | Akata Warrior | Penguin Young Readers Group | ||
| Deji Olokotun | After the Flare | The Unnamed Press | ||
| Masha du Toit | The Real | CreateSpace Publishing | ||
| Akwaeke Emezi* | Freshwater | Grove Press | ||
| Tomi Adeyemi | Children of Blood and Bone | Henry Holt and Co | ||
| Nechama Brodie | Knucklebone | Pan Macmillan | ||
| Imraan Coovadia | A Spy in Time | Rare Bird Books | ||
| Cat Hellisen | Empty Monsters | Amazon | ||
| Masha du Toit | The Strange | Independently Published | ||
| Nerine Dorman | Sing Down the Stars | Tafelberg | ||
| Masande Ntshanga | Triangulum | Penguin Random House South Africa & Two Dollar Radio | ||
| Suyi Davies Okungbowa | David Mogo, Godhunter | Abaddon | ||
| Tochi Onyebuchi | War Girls | Razorbill | ||
| Namwali Serpell | The Old Drift | Hogarth | ||
| Tade Thompson | Rosewater Insurrection | Orbit |