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Wednesday, November 16, 2022

Nigerian writer wins big at the World Fantasy Awards 2022 in the US

Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki’s The Year’s Best African Speculative Fiction (2021) won at the World Fantasy Awards 2022 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA on November 7, 2022.

The World Fantasy Awards have been awarded annually for the best fantasy fiction published during the previous calendar year since 1975. 

It is organised and overseen by the World Fantasy Convention. Kacen Callender, Rivers Solomon, Nisi Shawl, Ebony Elizabeth Thomas, and Sheree Renée Thomas were finalists in 2020.

This year’s judges are C. S. E. Cooney, Julie Crisp, C.C. Finlay, Richard Kadrey, and Misha Stone and they announced the finalists on July 20. 

The winners of the awards were revealed at the World Fantasy Awards 2022 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.