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Wole Talabi

Talabi, Wole

Birth place: Warri, Nigeria

44 works in English-language magazines

Date Page Type Title Magazine
December 2013 16 Short Fiction Zombies Klorofyl, #4, December 2013
December 2014 25 Short Fiction Crocodile Ark Omenana, December 2014
February 2015 |1 Short Fiction Eye Liquid Imagination, February 2015
June 2015 3 Short Fiction A Short History of Migration in Five Fragments of You Omenana, June 2015
February 2016 |13 Short Fiction Nested Sci Phi Journal, February 2016
March 2016 26 Essay Why Africa Needs to Create More Science Fiction Omenana, March 2016
May 2016 |22 Interview Author Spotlight: Wole Talabi Lightspeed, May 2016
May 2016 |1 Short Fiction Wednesday's Story Lightspeed, May 2016
October 2016 Short Fiction I, Shigidi Abyss & Apex, 4th Quarter 2016
November 2016 13 Short Fiction The Last Lagosian Omenana, November 2016
2017 41 Short Fiction Nneoma Space and Time, Summer 2017
January 2017 27 Short Fiction The Regression Test The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, January-February 2017
April 2017 33 Essay Book Review: Reviewing the Problem Omenana, April 2017
April 2017 55 Short Fiction Home Is Where My Mother's Heart Is Buried Fiyah, Spring 2017
April 2017 33|33.1 Review Will This Be a Problem - The Anthology: Issue 3 Omenana, April 2017
March 2018 226 Short Fiction The Harmonic Resonance of Ejiro Anaborhi The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, March-April 2018
February 2019 |7 Short Fiction Necessary and Sufficient Conditions Apex Magazine, February 2019
May 2019 Short Fiction When We Dream We Are Our God Apex Magazine, May 2019
August 2019 74 Interview African SF in Conversation Vector 289
October 2019 |2 Short Fiction Abeokuta52 Omenana, October 2019
November 2019 75 Review Incomplete Solutions Interzone, November-December 2019
July 2020 |4 Review Incomplete Solutions Strange Horizons, 20 July 2020
March 2021 101 Short Fiction Comments on Your Provisional Patent Application for an Eternal Spirit Core Clarkesworld, March 2021
September 2021 122 Short Fiction An Arc of Electric Skin Asimov's Science Fiction, September-October 2021
June 2022 |3.21 Review Comments on Your Provisional Patent Application for an Eternal Spirit Core Strange Horizons, 27 June 2022
December 2022 Editor Omenana - 2022 Omenana, December 2022
May 2023 |16 Interview Author Spotlight: Wole Talabi Lightspeed, May 2023
May 2023 |8 Short Fiction Saturday's Song Lightspeed, May 2023
May 2023 |12 Review Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon Lightspeed, May 2023
July 2023 74 Short Fiction Blowout Analog Science Fiction & Fact, July-August 2023
July 2023 |2 Essay Tribute: Nick Wood (1961-2023) Omenana, July 2023
August 2023 |13 Review Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon Lightspeed, August 2023
November 2023 |5 Review Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon Strange Horizons, 6 November 2023
February 2024 Review Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon ParSec, Winter 2024
February 2024 127 Interview When the World Changes: A Conversation with Wole Talabi Clarkesworld, February 2024
May 2024 202 Review Convergence Problems Analog Science Fiction and Fact, May-June 2024
August 2024 |5 Review Convergence Problems Strange Horizons, 19 August 2024
August 2024 123 Essay Motherland Dreaming: Notes on African Speculative Fiction from Past to Present Clarkesworld, August 2024
December 2024 |9.1 Short Fiction If They Can Learn Omenana, December 2024
March 2025 202 Review Convergence Problems Analog Science Fiction and Fact, March-April 2025
March 2025 |3 Short Fiction Encore Omenana, March 2025
May 2025 36 Short Fiction Descent Clarkesworld, May 2025
June 2025 |4 Interview Interview with World Fantasy Finalists, Part One Fantasy Magazine, Summer 2025
July 2025 |5.6 Review Encore Strange Horizons, 14 July 2025

6 English-language books

YearAwardCategoryTitleStatus
2017 Nommo Awards for African Speculative Fiction Best Short Story Wednesday's Story Nominee
2018 Nommo Awards for African Speculative Fiction Best Short Story The Regression Test Winner
2019 Nommo Awards for African Speculative Fiction Best Short Story The Harmonic Resonance of Ejiro Anaborhi Nominee
2019 Nommo Awards for African Speculative Fiction Best Short Story When We Dream We Are Our God Nominee
2019 Nommo Awards for African Speculative Fiction Best Short Story Drift-Flux Nominee
2020 Nommo Awards for African Speculative Fiction Best Novella Incompleteness Theories Winner
2020 Nommo Awards for African Speculative Fiction Best Short Story Tends to Zero Nominee
2020 Nommo Awards for African Speculative Fiction Best Short Story Abeokuta52 Nominee
2020 Nommo Awards for African Speculative Fiction Best Short Story When We Dream We Are Our God Nominee
2021 Locus Poll Award Best Anthology Africanfuturism Runner-up
2021 Nommo Awards for African Speculative Fiction Best Novella Incompleteness Theories Nominee
2021 Nommo Awards for African Speculative Fiction Best Short Story Tends to Zero Nominee
2022 Locus Poll Award Best Short Story An Arc of Electric Skin Nominee
2022 Nommo Awards for African Speculative Fiction Best Short Story An Arc of Electric Skin Nominee
2022 Sidewise Awards for Alternate History Best Short Form Alternate History A Dream of Electric Mothers Winner
2023 Analog Award Best Short Story Blowout Winner
2023 British Science Fiction Award Best Collection Mothersound: The SauĂștiverse Anthology Nominee
2023 British Science Fiction Award Best Novel Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon Nominee
2023 Hugo Award Best Novelette A Dream of Electric Mothers Finalist
2023 Ignyte Award Best in Creative Nonfiction Preliminary Observations from an Incomplete History of African SFF Nominee
2023 Locus Poll Award Best Novelette A Dream of Electric Mothers Nominee
2023 Nebula Award Novelette A Dream of Electric Mothers Nominee
2024 British Fantasy Award Best Anthology Mothersound: The SauĂștiverse Anthology Nominee
2024 British Fantasy Award Robert Holdstock Award for Best Fantasy Novel Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon Nominee
2024 Hugo Award Best Novelette Saturday's Song Nominee
2024 Ignyte Award Best Novel - Adult Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon Nominee
2024 Locus Poll Award Best Anthology Mothersound: The SauĂștiverse Anthology Nominee
2024 Locus Poll Award Best First Novel Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon Finalist
2024 Locus Poll Award Best Novelette Saturday's Song Nominee
2024 Nebula Award Novel Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon Nominee
2024 Nebula Award Novelette Saturday's Song Nominee
2024 Nommo Awards for African Speculative Fiction Best Novel Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon Winner
2024 World Fantasy Award Best Novel Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon Nominee
2025 Hugo Award Best Novelette Encore Nominee
2025 Locus Poll Award Best Collection Convergence Problems Finalist
2025 Locus Poll Award Best Novelette Encore Nominee

Fiction writer, columnist, and editor. Born in Nigeria; degree in chemical engineering, working in the petroleum industry.

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