Published 26 August 2024 in News
The African Speculative Fiction Society (ASFS)
Daniël Hugo's Die Strandloper - 'n Oneironaut Verhaal 2024 NOMMO Graphic Novel Finalist
The African Speculative Fiction Society (ASFS) - 7th Nommo Awards Ceremony
Worldcon Glasgow 2024
The Scottish Events Campus (SEC), Glasgow, Scotland
Members of the African Speculative Fiction Society have nominated speculative fiction works by Africans as defined by the ASFS and Nommo Awards Guidelines across the following 4 categories for works published between 1 January 2022 and 31 December 2023:
- Novel Finalist (The 2024 Ilube Nommo Award)
- 2024 Novella Finalist
- 2024 Short Story Finalist
- 2024 Graphic Novel Finalist
Daniël Hugo l Die Strandloper l 2022 l Dream Press & Daniël Hugo
About ASFS
The African Speculative Fiction Society (ASFS) is a membership organisation of African writers, editors, comic and graphic artists, and filmmakers in the in the fields of speculative fiction such as fantasy, science fiction, stories that draw on traditions, horror and philosophical fiction.
The ASFS is home of the Nommo Awards held annually since 2017 with the exception of 2023.
Members nominate published work for one of The Nommo Awards across four categories: Best Novel, Novella, Short Story, and Graphic Novel. Members are given free access to some of the nominated works and vote for the winners.
The ASFS does not charge any membership fee.
Check out our inclusive definition of Who is African?
What is Speculative Fiction?
Speculative Fiction includes Science Fiction and Fantasy, and the broadest possible definition of speculative/fantastical fiction including horror, slipstream, interstitial, stories based on traditional beliefs, alternate history etc. Speculative Fiction is an inclusive rather than exclusive term designed to include most especially any distinctively African forms that may develop.
For more information about the 2024 Nommo Awards please navigate to their website here