My genre bender short story Destiny Delayed, is a finalist these past two weeks, in the Nebula award for short story, and the Asimov’s Readers Award poll. First published and podcasted in Asimov’s, it has been reprinted in Apex and Galaxy’s Edge Mag, and translated and reprinted in Chinese – Science Fiction World, Italian andContinue reading “‘Destiny Delayed’, Nebula & Asimov’s Readers Award Finalist”
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Destiny Delayed
Destiny Delayed, a Nebula and Asimov’s readers award finalist, is a 5700 word afrofuturistic, genre bender short story. It’s set in a near future Lagos, Nigeria and features predatory, uber capitalistic corporations, people full of heart but faced with difficult decisions and the consequences when you mix those two in a place with power matrixesContinue reading “Destiny Delayed”
Multiple Hugo Award Finalist
I’ll be a Hugo award finalist for the first time ever, and in various categories. For best novelette, then best editor, short form category. My climate fiction novelette O2 Arena which won the Nebula award the first novelette by an African writer to win it, will also be the first novelette by an African writerContinue reading “Multiple Hugo Award Finalist”
Nebula Award Win
My climate fiction novelette O2 Arena just won the Nebula award, making me the first African writer to win the Nebula award with a novelette. I’ll also be the first African born, Black writer to win the Nebula award at all. It’s my second nomination in a row and in a second category, as myContinue reading “Nebula Award Win”
British Science Fiction Award nominations
So I had the good fortune to have two of my works nominated, as 2021 British Science Fiction award finalists. The first is my eight thousand words climate fiction novelette O2 Arena, in the short fiction category. It was first published November 2021, in Issue 58 of Galaxy’s Edge and reprinted January 2022 in IssueContinue reading “British Science Fiction Award nominations”
Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki 