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My Debut Afropantheology Novel Acquired By Publisher Of H.G. Wells, Jules Vernes, Heinlein, and G.R.R. Martin

Ekpeki’s debut novel acquired by publisher of H.G. Wells, Jules Vernes, Heinlein & G.R.R. Martin

2023 World Fantasy award finalist

Just found out I’m a finalist for the World Fantasy award with Africa Risen, the anthology I co-edited with Sheree Renee Thomas and Zelda Knight. And this, on the same day as the British Fantasy award. New one for me, two major award nominations on the same day, with the same work. 🙂🥰 This willContinue reading “2023 World Fantasy award finalist”

2023 British Fantasy award finalist

So I’m a finalist in the 2023 British Fantasy award, with the Africa Risen anthology I co-edited. It will be my third consecutive year being a finalist, & fourth nomination since becoming the first African editor to win the award with the Dominion anthology, in 2021. Congrats to my amazing co-editors Sheree Renée Thomas &Continue reading “2023 British Fantasy award finalist”

2023 Locus award win

So I and my co-editors, Sheree Renee Thomas and Zelda Knight won 2023 the Locus award, for best anthology, with Africa Risen: A New Era of Speculative Fiction. This will make me the first African editor to win the Locus award, and the first African born-Black person to. You can see my acceptance speech hereContinue reading “2023 Locus award win”

Year’s Best African Speculative Fiction (& Poetry) Volume 2 TOC

We’re thrilled to announce the authors for the Year’s Best African Speculative Fiction 2021-2022 anthology. The Second Installment of the World Fantasy award winning, Locus, British Fantasy award nominated Year’s Best African Speculative Fiction anthology series will be published in August 1, 2023, and you can pre-order it here. This year’s volume is guest editedContinue reading “Year’s Best African Speculative Fiction (& Poetry) Volume 2 TOC”

NAACP Image Award nomination

The Africa Risen anthology, edited by I, Sheree Renee Thomas and Zelda Knight is a nominee in the 54th NAACP Image Awards, Outstanding Literary Work – fiction. You can see the full list of nominees here The anthology, published by Tordotcom, got a starred review from Publishers Weekly and Booklist, and additional reviews from LibraryContinue reading “NAACP Image Award nomination”

Bridging Worlds: Global Conversations On Creating Pan-African Speculative Literature In a Pandemic

The Bridging Worlds non-fiction anthology examines the difficulties Black people and African writers faced in the 2020 pandemic-lockdown breakout year and how they navigated them. Bridging Worlds seeks to explore the threads and lines that connect us as we navigated this singular yet multifaceted experience, and show that connection in the various non-fiction pieces writtenContinue reading “Bridging Worlds: Global Conversations On Creating Pan-African Speculative Literature In a Pandemic”

Africa Risen Starred Review on Publisher’s Weekly

So earlier this week, the Africa Risen anthology by myself, Sheree Renée Thomas and Zelda Knight got its first review. The review will be my first Publisher’s Weekly starred review and also likely the first PW started review by an African edited speculative fiction anthology. You can see it here on Publishers Weekly, and pre-orderContinue reading “Africa Risen Starred Review on Publisher’s Weekly”

Multiple British Fantasy Award Finalist

I’m British Fantasy award finalist, for the second time in a row. I’m nominated this time, for writing & editing, in 2 categories; best short fiction & best anthology with my Nebula winning novelette O2 Arena, & WFA, Locus shortlisted anthology, the Year’s Best African Speculative Fiction. Both are Hugo award finalists. Do consider them/meContinue reading “Multiple British Fantasy Award Finalist”

World Fantasy Award Finalist

So I’m a 2022 World Fantasy award finalist with the first ever Year’s Best African Speculative Fiction anthology I edited & published. It also makes me the first Black, African editor to be a World Fantasy award finalist. With it I’m also the first African Hugo award, best editor finalist. The Year’s Best African SpeculativeContinue reading “World Fantasy Award Finalist”