Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki
Awards Summary
Major Awards: 5
Locus Awards: 1
Other Awards: 1
Total Number of Award Wins and Nominations: 26
— Major Awards —
Hugo Awards — for SF/F works, voted by members of annual World Science Fiction Convention
(3 nominations)
2023:
— editor, short form — nomination
2022:
“O2 Arena” (Galaxy's Edge Nov 2021)
— novelette — nomination
2022:
— editor, short form — nomination
Nebula Awards — for SF/F works, voted by SF & Fantasy Writers of America professional membership
(3 nominations; 1 win)
2023:
“Destiny Delayed” (Asimov's May/Jun 2022)
— short story — nomination
2022:
“O2 Arena” (Galaxy's Edge Nov 2021)
— novelette — winner
2021:
“Ife-Iyoku, the Tale of Imadeyunuagbon” (Dominion)
— novella — nomination
World Fantasy Awards — for Fantasy works; juried, with nominations from World Fantasy Con members
(2 nominations; 2 wins)
2023:
Africa Risen: A New Era of Speculative Fiction (Sheree Ren�e Thomas, ODE & Zelda Knight, eds.) (Tordotcom)
— anthology — winner
2022:
The Year's Best African Speculative Fiction (2021) (Jembefola)
— anthology — winner
British Fantasy Awards — for fantasy works published in the UK, voted by British Fantasy Society members, juried since 2012
(4 nominations; 1 win)
2023:
Africa Risen: A New Era of Speculative Fiction (Sheree Ren�e Thomas, ODE & Zelda Knight, eds.) (Tordotcom)
— anthology — nomination
2022:
The Year's Best African Speculative Fiction (2021) (Jembefola Press)
— anthology — nomination
2022:
“O2 Arena” (Galaxy's Edge Nov 2021)
— short fiction — nomination
2021:
Dominion: An Anthology of Speculative Fiction from Africa and the African Diaspora (Zelda Knight & ODE, eds.) (Aurelia Leo)
— anthology — winner
British SF Association Awards — for SF works published in the UK, voted by British SF Association members
(3 nominations)
2023:
“Too Dystopian for Whom? A Continental Nigerian Writer�s Perspective” (Uncanny 10 Sep 2022)
— nonfiction — nomination
2022:
“O2 Arena” (Galaxy's Edge Nov 2021)
— short fiction — nomination
2021:
“Ife-Iyoku, the Tale of Imadeyunuagbon” (Dominion)
— short fiction — nomination
Otherwise Award — for SF/F that explores and expands the roles of women and men, juried
(1 nomination; 1 win)
2021:
“Ife-Iyoku, the Tale of Imadeyunuagbon” (Dominion)
— winner
Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award — for SF short fiction in English; juried
(1 nomination)
2021:
“Ife-Iyoku, the Tale of Imadeyunuagbon” (Dominion)
— finalist
— Locus Awards and Poll —
Locus Awards — for SF/F/H works, polled by readers of Locus Magazine
(8 nominations; 1 win)
2024:
The Year's Best African Speculative Fiction (2022) (ODE, Eugen Bacon & Milton Davis, eds.) (Caezic)
— anthology — 3rd place
2024:
— editor — 4th place
2023:
Africa Risen: A New Era of Speculative Fiction (Sheree Ren�e Thomas, ODE & Zelda Knight, eds.) (Tor)
— anthology — winner
2023:
Bridging Worlds: Global Conversations on Creating Pan-African Speculative Literature in a Pandemic (Jembefola)
— nonfiction — 8th place
2023:
— editor — 6th place
2022:
The Year's Best African Speculative Fiction (2021) (Jembefola)
— anthology — 2nd place
2022:
— editor — 9th place
2021:
Dominion: An Anthology of Speculative Fiction from Africa and the African Diaspora (Zelda Knight & ODE, eds.) (Aurelia Leo)
— anthology — 3rd place
— Other Awards —
Asimov's Reader Poll — for stories, poems, and art published by Asimov's, polled by readers
(1 nomination; 1 win)
2023:
“Destiny Delayed” (Asimov's May/Jun 2022)
— short story — winner (tie)
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