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Award Category: Best Short Story (Nommo Awards for African Speculative Fiction)

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2017
Win The Marriage Plot Tendai Huchu
Win Who Will Greet You at Home Lesley Nneka Arimah
Nomination Ndakusuwa Blaize M. Kaye
Nomination SunDown Acan Innocent Immaculate
Nomination Wednesday's Story Wole Talabi
2018
Win The Regression Test Wole Talabi
Nomination A Door Ajar Sibongile Fisher
Nomination On the Other Side of the Sea Nerine Dorman
Nomination Read Before Use Chinelo Onwualu
Nomination Snake Story Henrietta Rose-Innes
--- Preliminary Nominees -------
* 'Return of the Afringers': An Allegory Bongani Madondo
* A Green Silk Dress and a Wedding-Death Cat Hellisen
* A Lasting Legacy Osahon Ize-Iyamu
* An Account of the Land of Witches Sofia Samatar
* Anabiosis Imade Iyamu
* Baby Bones Eugene Odogwu
* Bombyx Mori Kerstin Hall
* Diaspora Electronica Blaize Kaye
* Handle with Care Amy Heydenrych
* Lymph Anne Moraa
* Nomansland Dayo Ntwari
* Old Photographs Hannah Onoguwe
* Oshun, Inc. Jordan Ifueko
* Practical Applications of Machine Learning Blaize Kaye
* River Boy Innocent Chizaram Ilo
* Say It Low, Then Loud Osahon Ize-Iyamu
* Shells Lesley Nneka Arimah
* Sub Migratio Stephen Embleton
* Swallow Imade Iyamu
* The (Un)lucky Ones Andrew C. Dakalira
* The Definition of Love Imade Iyamu
* The Gaia Reset Project Agamemnon Amaeshina
* The Library of the Dead Tendai Huchu
* The Name Giver Lillian Akampurira Aujo
* The Old Man with the Third Hand Kofi Nyameye
* The Palapye White Birch Tlotlo Tsamaase
* The Strange Case of Mary Carter Toby Bennett
* The Taking of Oleng Dilman Dila
* The Woman with a Thousand Stars in Her Hair Ayodele Olofintuade
* Thirstlands Nick Wood
* Underworld 101 Mame Bougouma Diene
* Undying Love Ekari Mbvundula
* University College Hospital Aito Osemegbe Joseph
* Vices Sergio Pereira
* We Are Born Dare Segun Falowo
* What If I Fall? Anne Dafeta
* What Remains Vittorio Leonardi
* When You Find Such a Thing Suyi Davies Okungbowa
* You Will Always Have Family: A Triptych Kathleen Kayembe
2019
Win The Witching Hour Ekpeki Oghenechovwe Donald
Nomination Brand New Ways (to lose you over and over and over again) Blaize M. Kaye
Nomination Memento Mori Tiah Marie Beautement
Nomination Njuzu T. L. Huchu
Nomination Origami Angels Derek Lubangakene
Nomination The Girl Who Stared at Mars Cristy Zinn
Nomination The Luminal Frontier Biram Mboob
--- Preliminary Nominees -------
* A Bridal Shroud Mirette Bhagat
* An American Refugee Tiah Beautement
* And Songs Don't End Osahon Ize-Iyamu
* Being a Giant in Men's World Walter Dinjos
* Black and Gold Mame Bougouma Diene
* Blood Sipper Ilse V Rensburg
* Drift-Flux Wole Talabi
* For What Are Delusions If Not Dreams? Osahon Ize-Iyamu
* Ghost Strain In Mohale Moshigo
* Haunted by the City Mandisi Nkomo
* In Her Bones Lindiwe Rooney
* In the Garden Watching Nim Noms Osahon Ize-Iyamu
* Jidenna TJ Benson
* Journal of a DNA Pirate Stephen Embleton
* Ku'gbo Dare Segun Falowo
* Lee-Ah (Sister) H. J. Golaki
* Middle of Nowhere Walter Dinjos
* Mother of Invention Nnedi Okorafor
* Mutshidzi Mohale Mashigo
* Nneamaka's Ghost Walter Dinjos
* Of Warps and Wefts Innocent Chizaram Ilo
* Parental Control Mazi Nwonwu
* Remains of an Old World Blaize M. Kaye
* Safari Nyota: A Prologue Dilman Dila
* Say It Low, Then Loud Osahon Ize-Iyamu
* The Faerie Tree Kathleen Kayembe
* The Far Side Gabriella Muwanga
* The Grey Man Vittorio Leonardi
* The Harmonic Resonance of Ejiro Anaborhi Wole Talabi
* The Interplanetary Water Company Masimba Musodza
* The River Doll Tariro Ndoro
* The Secret Life of the Unclaimed Suyi Davies Okungbowa
* The Tailoress of Crimson Lane Shaun van Rensburg
* The Third Set of Stitches Ray Mwihaki
* The Unusual Customer Innocent Chizaram Ilo
* The Woods Are Lovely Jason Hess
* Tie Kidi Awuor Onyango
* Toothsome Things Chimedum Ohaegbu
* Vain Knife Dare Segun Falowo
* When We Dream We Are Our God Wole Talabi
* Where Rivers Go to Die Dilman Dila
* Yard Dog Tade Thompson
2020
Win Sin Eater Chikodili Emelumadu
Win Tiny Bravery Ada Nnadi
Nomination Between the Dark and the Dark Deji Bryce Olukotun
Nomination Principles of Balance Ivana Akotowaa Ofori
Nomination The Haunting of 13 Olúwo Street Suyi Davies Okungbowa
Nomination When We Dream We Are Our God Wole Talabi
--- Withdrawn -- Ineligible -------
* Brand New Ways (to lose you over and over and over again) Blaize M. Kaye
* Limerence Henrietta Rose-Innes
* Memento Mori Tiah Marie Beautement
* Ngozi Ugegbe Nwa Dare Segun Falowo
* Njuzu T. L. Huchu
* Origami Angels Derek Lubangakene
* Rat and Finch Are Friends Innocent Chizaram Ilo
--- Preliminary Nominees -------
* 24 Alhaji Williams Street 'Pemi Aguda
* A Good Ball Eugen Bacon
* A Light for the Dark Under Suyi Davies Okungbowa
* A Million Reasons Why Nick Wood
* A Pining Eugen Bacon
* A Shoal of Lovers Leads Me Home Ama Josephine Budge
* A Tale of Two Sisters Tariro Ndoro
* Abeokuta52 Wole Talabi
* After the Birds Ope Adedeji
* An American Refugee Tiah Beautement
* Another Day in the Desert Mame Bougouma Diene
* Becoming a God Keletso Mopai
* Corialis T. L. Huchu
* Dropzone Mandisi Nkomo
* Faêl Tobi Ogundiran
* Female Computer Wanted, Apply Within Innocent Chizaram Ilo
* Flags Flying Before a Fall Osahon Ize-Iyamu
* Fourteen Keletso Mopai
* Holding on to Water Shingai Kagunda
* Ife-Iyoku Ekpeki Oghenechovwe Donald
* In the Garden Watching Nim Noms Osahon Ize-Iyamu
* In-Between Olufunke Ogundimu
* Manifest 11 'Pemi Aguda
* Mutshidzi Mohale Mashigo
* Oduduwa: The Return Imade Iyamu
* Red Crows Innocent Chizaram Ilo
* Refugia Caldon Mull
* Skinned Lesley Arimah
* Something Like Revolution Rafeif Ismail
* Song Bird Acan Innocent Immaculate
* Tends to Zero Wole Talabi
* The Blue Ball Ekari Mbvundula
* The Cure Tariro Ndoro
* The Day Chivalry Died Eugen Bacon
* The Girl with Two Bodies Stephen Embleton
* The Last of Her Kind Mame Bougouma Diene
* The Lights Go Out, One By One Kofi Nyameye
* The Ocean That Fades Into Sky Kathleen Kayembe
* The Re-Evolution of Cloud 9 Nikhil Singh
* The Silent God Haku Jackson
* The Storm Painter Ayodele Olofintuade
* Therein Lies a Soul Osahon Ize-Iyamu
* Vain Knife Dare Segun Falowo
* What the Dead Man Said Chinelo Onwualu
* Where the Palm Nut Grows Hannah Onoguwe
* Where the Rain Mothers Are Rafeeat Aliyu
* Who Has Never Loved a Gentle House? Osahon Ize-Iyamu
2021
Win Behind Our Irises Tlotlo Tsamaase
Win Rat and Finch Are Friends Innocent Chizaram Ilo
Nomination Corialis T. L. Huchu
Nomination The Bend of Water Tiah Marie Beautement
Nomination The Goatkeeper's Harvest Tobi Ogundiran
--- Withdrawn -- Ineligible -------
* Last Shot Angela Makholwa
* Rest in Parys Mohale Mashigo
* The Red Earth John Barigye
--- Preliminary Nominees -------
* A Curse at Midnight Moustapha Mbacké Diop
* A Love Song for Herkinal As Composed by Ashkernas Amid the Ruins of New Haven Chinelo Onwualu
* A Visit in Whitechapel Eugen Bacon
* A Water Heart Shanice Ndlovu
* And This Is How to Stay Alive Shingai Njeri Kagunda
* Blood Is Another Word for Hunger Rivers Solomon
* Blueland Olamide Olanrewaju
* Clanfall: Death of Kings Odida Nyabundi
* Convergence in Chorus Architecture Dare Segun Falowo
* Do Androids Dream of Capitalism and Slavery? Mandisi Nkomo
* Drummer Boy in a World of Wise Men Tobi Ogundiran
* Egoli T. L. Huchu
* Fairy Tales for Robots Sofia Samatar
* Fort Kwame Derek Lubangakene
* Fruit of the Calabash Rafeeat Aliyu
* Guardian of the Gods Tobi Ogundiran
* Ibrahim and the Green Fishing Net Omar William Sow
* Lekki Lekki Mame Bougouma Diene
* Manifest 'Pemi Aguda
* Ngozi Ugegbe Nwa Dare Segun Falowo
* Orlanda Tade Thompson
* Rainmaker Mazi Nwonwu
* Red Cloth, White Giraffe Yvette Lisa Ndlovu
* Red_Bati Dilman Dila
* Space Bakkie Ride Colin Cloud Dance
* Still She Visits Eugen Bacon
* Tends to Zero Wole Talabi
* That Which Smells Bad Aline-Mwezi Niyonsenga
* The Chronical of Anaoma Marycynthia Okafor
* The Cult of Reminiscence Derek Lubangakene
* The Cure Tariro Ndoro
* The Daemon King of Engim Rafeeat Aliyu
* The Game Alvin L. Kathembe
* The Mannequin Challenge Ekpeki Oghenechovwe Donald
* The Not-So-Secret Lives of Nigerian Politicians Moraa Gitaa
* The One Who Sees Eugen Bacon
* The River of Night Tlotlo Tsamaase
* The Road to Woop Woop Eugen Bacon
* The Satellite Charmer Mame Bougouma Diene
* The ThoughtBox Tlotlo Tsamaase
* The Wonder of Spirits Yvonne Nezianya
* Things Boys Do 'Pemi Aguda
* To Look Forward Osahon Ize-Iyamu
* Ungirls Lauren Beukes
* What the Dead Man Said Chinelo Onwualu
* Where the Rain Mothers Are Rafeeat Aliyu
* Where You Go Somto O. Ihezue
* Yat Madit Dilman Dila
2022
Win Masquerade Season 'Pemi Aguda
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