Nommo Award for Best Short Story
2025
winner
From Across Time
by
Chisom Umeh
finalist
The Future Ancients
by
Mwenya Chikwa
finalist
Warning Notes from an Annihilator Machine
by
Damilola Oyedotun
finalist
Bodies of Sand and Blood
by
Plangdi Neple
About the Nommo Awards
The Nommo Awards are literary awards presented by The African Speculative Fiction Society. 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." Website
Years when the Nommo Award for Best Short Story was given
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2024 2025 Other Nommo Awards given in 2025