The Year’s Best African Speculative Fiction Volume 3 TOC & Recommended Reading List

You can get the paperback here And get the ebook here and on Amazon KDP The Year’s Best African Speculative Fiction Volume 3 will be out later this year, in the month of November. It’s edited by myself and guest edited by Chinaza Eziaghighala. It will be published by Caezik Books, of Arc Manor. VolumeContinue reading “The Year’s Best African Speculative Fiction Volume 3 TOC & Recommended Reading List”

2024 Nommo Award Finalist

So I was just nominated for the Nommo award for best speculative fiction story by an African. I was nominated in two categories, best short story and best novella. I was nominated for best short story, for Destiny Delayed, published by Asimov’s in 2022. It’s been reprinted in Science Fiction World, China, Apex Magazine, TheContinue reading “2024 Nommo Award Finalist”

2024 Locus Award Nomination

So I was nominated for the Locus award, for the fourth time in a row, fourth year running. This time, like in 2022, two years ago, I was nominated in two categories, best editor and beat anthology. And I was nominated for best anthology, for the Year’s Best African Speculative Fiction volume 2, guest editedContinue reading “2024 Locus Award Nomination”

South Asian Pantheology: Stories from the Spiritual Margins

South Asian Pantheology: Stories from the Spiritual Margins will be edited by Oghenechovwe David Ekpeki, Rimi B. Chatterjee and Mary Ann Mohanraj Call for Submissions Deadline: March 31, 2024 Do you have stories that go beyond the realms of the physical world? We, the editors, are asking for your spirit-fiction. This volume will explore theContinue reading “South Asian Pantheology: Stories from the Spiritual Margins”

My 2023 Award Eligibility Post

Short stories: ‘The Pet of Olodumare‘ by Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki & Joshua Uchenna Omenga in F&SF Mag, July/Aug 2023. ‘The Magazine of Horror ‘ in Apex Mag, July/Aug 2023. Eligible for the Hugo, Nebula, BSFA,BFA, Stoker, Sturgeon, etc Novella/Long/longer fiction: ‘Land of The Awaiting Birth‘ by Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki & Joshua Uchenna Omenga in BetweenContinue reading “My 2023 Award Eligibility Post”

Between Dystopias: The Passage To Caribbean Pantheology

OD Ekpeki Presents is accepting submissions of fiction, poetry, essays, articles and reviews till December 2024 for The Passage To Caribbean Pantheology, a speculative fiction anthology, edited by Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki, Tonya Liburd, E.G. Condé and Fabrice Guerrier. Publication date is in 2025. The anthology will be co-published by OD Ekpeki Presents and MV Media,Continue reading “Between Dystopias: The Passage To Caribbean Pantheology”

Between Dystopias: The Road To Afropantheology

My joint, debut collection with Joshua Uchenna Omenga is now out, released on the 24th October 2023. It’s titled ‘Between Dystopias: The Road To Afropantheology’. The collection has a Publishers Weekly starred review, which you can read here, and made the number one on Amazon’s New Releases, in the African Literature category, and you canContinue reading “Between Dystopias: The Road To Afropantheology”

Afropantheology

Afropantheology, with Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki and Joshua Uchenna Omenga Introduction To Afropantheology – Essay On Public Books, by Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki and Joshua Uchenna Omenga. It defines Afropantheology and offers an explanation of what the genre entails and aims to accomplish. Between Dystopias: The Road To Afropantheology – collection by Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki and JoshuaContinue reading “Afropantheology”