Nommo Awards for African Speculative Fiction
Presented by: African Speculative Fiction Society
For: Speculative fiction to a significant degree authored by at least one African
| Winner | Womb City | Tlotlo Tsamaase |
| Nominee | The Smoke That Thunders | Erhu Kome |
| Nominee | Dakini Atoll | Nikhil Singh |
| Nominee | The Incredible Dreams of Garba Dakaskus | Umar Abubakar Sidi |
| Winner | Lost Ark Dreaming | Suyi Davies Okungbowa |
| Nominee | The Year of Return | Ivana Akotowaa Ofori |
| Nominee | In the Shadow of the Fall | Tobi Ogundiran |
| Nominee | The Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain | Sofia Samatar |
| Winner | From Across Time | Chisom Umeh |
| Nominee | Bodies of Sand and Blood | Plangdi Neple |
| Nominee | The Future Ancients | Mwenya Chikwa |
| Nominee | Warning Notes from an Annihilator Machine | Oyedotun Damilola Muees |
| Winner | Celestial Eyes | Francis+John Uche |
| Nominee | Akogun: Brutalizer of Gods | Dotun Akande+Murewa Ayodele |
| Nominee | You Have Ten Years | Murewa Ayodele+Mamode Ogbewele+Dotun Akande+Samuel Iwunze |
| Winner | Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon | Wole Talabi |
| Nominee | Bones & Runes | Stephen Embleton |
| Nominee | Dazzling | Chikodili Emelumadu |
| Nominee | Don't Answer When They Call Your Name | Ukamaka Olisakwe |
| Nominee | Vagabonds! | Eloghosa Osunde |
| Nominee | Warrior of the Wind | Suyi Davies Okungbowa |
| Winner | Undulation | Stephen Embleton |
| Nominee | Broken Paradise | Eugen Bacon |
| Nominee | Land of the Awaiting Birth | Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki+Joshua Uchenna Omenga |
| Nominee | The Lies of the Ajungo | Moses Ose Utomi |
| Winner | A Name Is a Plea and a Prophecy | Gabrielle Emem Harry |
| Nominee | Blackwater Children | Moustapha Mbacké Diop |
| Nominee | Destiny Delayed | Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki |
| Nominee | Kɛrozin Lamp Kurfi | Victor Forna |
| Nominee | Like Stars Daring to Shine | Somto Ihezue |
| Nominee | Loom | Solomon Uhiara |
| Nominee | My Mother's Love | Naomi Eselojor |
| Nominee | Osimiri | Chinaza Eziaghighala |
| Nominee | The Way of Baa'gh | Cheryl S. Ntumy |
| Winner | Grimm's Assistant | Mamode Ogbewele |
| Winner | WindMaker: Volume 1 | Roye Okupe |
| Nominee | Die Strandloper | Daniël Hugo |
| Winner | The Library of the Dead | T. L. Huchu |
| Nominee | They Made Us Blood and Fury | Cheryl S. Ntumy |
| Nominee | The Gilded Ones | Namina Forna |
| Nominee | Son of the Storm | Suyi Davies Okungbowa |
| Nominee | Far from the Light of Heaven | Tade Thompson |
| Nominee | The Madhouse | T. J. Benson |
| Winner | Remote Control | Nnedi Okorafor |
| Nominee | The Future God of Love | Dilman Dila |
| Nominee | Not Seeing Is a Flower | Erhu Kome |
| Nominee | An Exploration of Nichole Otieno's Early Filmography (1232-1246) | Kola Heyward-Rotimi |
| Nominee | The Abomination | Nuzo Onoh |
| Winner | Masquerade Season | 'Pemi Aguda |
| Nominee | The Brother | Makena Onjerika |
| Nominee | O2 Arena | Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki |
| Nominee | And This Is How to Stay Alive | Shingai Njeri Kagunda |
| Nominee | Dreamports | Tlotlo Tsamaase |
| Nominee | The Many Lives of an Abiku | Tobi Ogundiran |
| Nominee | An Arc of Electric Skin | Wole Talabi |
| Nominee | Shelter | Mbozi Haimbre |
| Winner | Iyanu: Child of Wonder, Vol.2 | Roye Okupe+Godwin Akpan |
| Winner | The Death of Vivek Oji | Akwaeke Emezi |
| Nominee | Inkarna | Nerine Dorman |
| Nominee | Remote Control | Nnedi Okorafor |
| Nominee | Son of the Storm | Suyi Davies Okungbowa |
| Nominee | Club Ded | Nikhil Singh |
| Nominee | Soul Searching | Stephen Embleton |
| Nominee | The Girl with the Louding Voice | Abi Daré |
| Nominee | The Freedom Artist | Ben Okri |
| Nominee | King of the Hollow Dark | Cat Hellisen |
| Nominee | Claiming T-Mo | Eugen Bacon |
| Nominee | The Down Days | Ilze Hugo |
| Nominee | The First Woman | Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi |
| Nominee | Afterland | Lauren Beukes |
| Nominee | The Perfect Nine | Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o |
| Nominee | Water Must Fall | Nick Wood |
| Nominee | The Rosewater Redemption | Tade Thompson |
| Nominee | Rebel Sisters | Tochi Onyebuchi |
| Nominee | A Trial of Sparks and Kindling | Yolandie Horak |
| Winner | Ife-Iyoku, the Tale of Imadeyunuagbon | Ekpeki Oghenechovwe Donald |
| Nominee | The Border Keeper | Kerstin Hall |
| Nominee | Incompleteness Theories | Wole Talabi |
| Nominee | Guardians: The Awakening | David A. Atta |
| Nominee | A Fledgling Abiba | Dilman Dila |
| Nominee | The Silence of the Wilting Skin | Tlotlo Tsamaase |
| Nominee | Riot Baby | Tochi Onyebuchi |
| Nominee | Ferryman | Caldon Mull |
| Nominee | Ivory's Story | Eugen Bacon |
| Nominee | The Kigango Oracle | Moraa Gitaa |
| Winner | Rat and Finch are Friends | Innocent Chizaram Ilo |
| Winner | Behind Our Irises | Tlotlo Tsamaase |
| Nominee | Last Shot | Angela Makholwa |
| Nominee | The Red Earth | John Barigye |
| Nominee | Rest in Parys | Mohale Mashigo |
| Nominee | Corialis | T. L. Huchu |
| Nominee | The Bend of Water | Tiah Marie Beautement |
| Nominee | The Goatkeeper's Harvest | Tobi Ogundiran |
| Nominee | The Not-So-Secret Lives of Nigerian Politicians | Moraa Gitaa |
| Nominee | That Which Smells Bad | Aline-Mwezi Niyonsenga |
| Nominee | The Game | Alvin L. Kathembe |
| Nominee | What the Dead Man Said | Chinelo Onwualu |
| Nominee | A Love Song for Herkinal As Composed by Ashkernas Amid the Ruins of New Haven | Chinelo Onwualu |
| Nominee | Space Bakkie Ride | Colin Cloud Dance |
| Nominee | Convergence in Chorus Architecture | Dare Segun Falowo |
| Nominee | Ngozi Ugegbe Nwa | Dare Segun Falowo |
| Nominee | Fort Kwame | Derek Lubangakene |
| Nominee | The Cult of Reminiscence | Derek Lubangakene |
| Nominee | Red_Bati | Dilman Dila |
| Nominee | Yat Madit | Dilman Dila |
| Nominee | The Road to Woop Woop | Eugen Bacon |
| Nominee | A Visit in Whitechapel | Eugen Bacon |
| Nominee | The One Who Sees | Eugen Bacon |
| Nominee | Still She Visits | Eugen Bacon |
| Nominee | Ungirls | Lauren Beukes |
| Nominee | Lekki Lekki | Mame Bougouma Diene |
| Nominee | The Satellite Charmer | Mame Bougouma Diene |
| Nominee | Do Androids Dream of Capitalism and Slavery? | Mandisi Nkomo |
| Nominee | The Chronical of Anaoma | Marycynthia Okafor |
| Nominee | Rainmaker | Mazi Nwonwu |
| Nominee | A Curse at Midnight | Moustapha Mbacké Diop |
| Nominee | Things Boys Do | 'Pemi Aguda |
| Nominee | Manifest | 'Pemi Aguda |
| Nominee | Clanfall: Death of Kings | Odida Nyabundi |
| Nominee | The Mannequin Challenge | Ekpeki Oghenechovwe Donald |
| Nominee | Blueland | Olamide Olanrewaju |
| Nominee | Ibrahim and the Green Fishing Net | Omar William Sow |
| Nominee | To Look Forward | Osahon Ize-Iyamu |
| Nominee | Fruit of the Calabash | Rafeeat Aliyu |
| Nominee | The Daemon King of Engim | Rafeeat Aliyu |
| Nominee | Where the Rain Mothers Are | Rafeeat Aliyu |
| Nominee | Blood Is Another Word for Hunger | Rivers Solomon |
| Nominee | Fairy Tales for Robots | Sofia Samatar |
| Nominee | Where You Go | Somto O. Ihezue |
| Nominee | Orlanda | Tade Thompson |
| Nominee | The Cure | Tariro Ndoro |
| Nominee | Egoli | T. L. Huchu |
| Nominee | The River of Night | Tlotlo Tsamaase |
| Nominee | The ThoughtBox | Tlotlo Tsamaase |
| Nominee | Drummer Boy in a World of Wise Men | Tobi Ogundiran |
| Nominee | Guardian of the Gods | Tobi Ogundiran |
| Nominee | A Water Heart | Shanice Ndlovu |
| Nominee | And This is How to Stay Alive | Shingai Njeri Kagunda |
| Nominee | Tends to Zero | Wole Talabi |
| Nominee | Red Cloth, White Giraffe | Yvette Lisa Ndlovu |
| Nominee | The Wonder of Spirits | Yvonne Nezianya |
| Winner | Moongirls | Nana Akosua Hanson+AnimaxFYB Studios |
| Nominee | Alex | Anna Mbale+Mwiche Songolo |
| Nominee | Black Sheep | Mwiche Songolo |
| Nominee | Meanwhile... | Qinto Collab |
| Nominee | New Men | Murewa Ayodele+Dotun Akande |
| Nominee | Titan | Mazuba Chimbeza |
| Winner | David Mogo: Godhunter | Suyi Davies Okungbowa |
| Nominee | The Rage of Dragons | Evan Winter |
| Nominee | Dear Philomena | Mugabi Byenkya |
| Nominee | Riot Baby | Tochi Onyebuchi |
| Nominee | Children of Blood and Bone | Tomi Adeyemi |
| Nominee | Triangulum | Masande Ntshanga |
| Nominee | The Old Drift | Namwali Serpell |
| Nominee | Sing Down the Stars | Nerine Dorman |
| Nominee | The Rosewater Insurrection | Tade Thompson |
| Nominee | War Girls | Tochi Onyebuchi |
| Nominee | Pet | Akwaeke Emezi |
| Nominee | Claiming T-Mo | Eugen Bacon |
| Nominee | North | Diane Awerbuck+Alex Latimer |
| Nominee | But Deliver Us from Evil | Lauri Kubuitsile |
| Nominee | The Wren Hunt | Mary Watson |
| Nominee | The Wickerlight | Mary Watson |
| Nominee | Black River | Myles Ojabo |
| Nominee | The Company of Birds | Nerine Dorman |
| Nominee | Kunda | Rachael A. Z. Mutabingwa |
| Nominee | The Rosewater Redemption | Tade Thompson |
| Nominee | The Book of Malachi | T. C. Farren |
| Nominee | Do You Dream of Terra-Two? | Temi Oh |
| Nominee | The Music Box | Toby Bennett |
| Nominee | Children of Virtue and Vengeance | Tomi Adeyemi |
| Nominee | A Study of Ash & Smoke | Yolandie Horak |
| Winner | Incompleteness Theories | Wole Talabi |
| Nominee | Weatherman | Caldon Mull |
| Nominee | The Border Keeper | Kerstin Hall |
| Nominee | Misfortunism | Bill Masuku |
| Nominee | Psychophagy | Bill Masuku |
| Nominee | Terraform Triptych | Caldon Mull |
| Nominee | High Tower Gods | C. L. Corona |
| Nominee | Even When the World Has Told Us We Have Ended | Cat Hellisen |
| Nominee | Jah Hills | Unathi Slasha |
| Winner | Tiny Bravery | Ada Nnadi |
| Winner | Sin Eater | Chikodili Emelumadu |
| Nominee | Brand New Ways (to lose you over and over and over again) | Blaize M. Kaye |
| Nominee | Ngozi Ugegbe Nwa | Dare Segun Falowo |
| Nominee | Origami Angels | Derek Lubangakene |
| Nominee | Limerence | Henrietta Rose-Innes |
| Nominee | Rat and Finch Are Friends | Innocent Chizaram Ilo |
| Nominee | Memento Mori | Tiah Marie Beautement |
| Nominee | Njuzu | T. L. Huchu |
| Nominee | Between the Dark and the Dark | Deji Bryce Olukotun |
| Nominee | Principles of Balance | Ivana Akotowaa Ofori |
| Nominee | The Haunting of 13 Olúwo Street | Suyi Davies Okungbowa |
| Nominee | When We Dream We Are Our God | Wole Talabi |
| Nominee | Song Bird | Acan Innocent Immaculate |
| Nominee | A Shoal of Lovers Leads Me Home | Ama Josephine Budge |
| Nominee | The Storm Painter | Ayodele Olofintuade |
| Nominee | Refugia | Caldon Mull |
| Nominee | What the Dead Man Said | Chinelo Onwualu |
| Nominee | Vain Knife | Dare Segun Falowo |
| Nominee | The Blue Ball | Ekari Mbvundula |
| Nominee | Ife-Iyoku | Ekpeki Oghenechovwe Donald |
| Nominee | A Pining | Eugen Bacon |
| Nominee | The Day Chivalry Died | Eugen Bacon |
| Nominee | A Good Ball | Eugen Bacon |
| Nominee | Where the Palm Nut Grows | Hannah Onoguwe |
| Nominee | The Silent God | Haku Jackson |
| Nominee | Oduduwa: The Return | Imade Iyamu |
| Nominee | Female Computer Wanted, Apply Within | Innocent Chizaram Ilo |
| Nominee | Red Crows | Innocent Chizaram Ilo |
| Nominee | The Ocean That Fades Into Sky | Kathleen Kayembe |
| Nominee | Becoming a God | Keletso Mopai |
| Nominee | Fourteen | Keletso Mopai |
| Nominee | The Lights Go Out, One By One | Kofi Nyameye |
| Nominee | Skinned | Lesley Arimah |
| Nominee | The Last of Her Kind | Mame Bougouma Diene |
| Nominee | Another Day in the Desert | Mame Bougouma Diene |
| Nominee | Dropzone | Mandisi Nkomo |
| Nominee | Mutshidzi | Mohale Mashigo |
| Nominee | A Million Reasons Why | Nick Wood |
| Nominee | The Re-Evolution of Cloud 9 | Nikhil Singh |
| Nominee | In-Between | Olufunke Ogundimu |
| Nominee | After the Birds | Ope Adedeji |
| Nominee | Flags Flying Before a Fall | Osahon Ize-Iyamu |
| Nominee | In the Garden Watching Nim Noms | Osahon Ize-Iyamu |
| Nominee | Who Has Never Loved a Gentle House? | Osahon Ize-Iyamu |
| Nominee | Therein Lies a Soul | Osahon Ize-Iyamu |
| Nominee | Manifest 11 | 'Pemi Aguda |
| Nominee | 24 Alhaji Williams Street | 'Pemi Aguda |
| Nominee | Where the Rain Mothers Are | Rafeeat Aliyu |
| Nominee | Something Like Revolution | Rafeif Ismail |
| Nominee | Holding on to Water | Shingai Kagunda |
| Nominee | The Girl with Two Bodies | Stephen Embleton |
| Nominee | A Light for the Dark Under | Suyi Davies Okungbowa |
| Nominee | A Tale of Two Sisters | Tariro Ndoro |
| Nominee | Corialis | T. L. Huchu |
| Nominee | An American Refugee | Tiah Beautement |
| Nominee | Faêl | Tobi Ogundiran |
| Nominee | Abeokuta52 | Wole Talabi |
| Nominee | Tends to Zero | Wole Talabi |
| Nominee | The Cure | Tariro Ndoro |
| Winner | Danfo | Morakinyo Araoye+Steven Akinyemi+Ogim Ekpezu |
| Nominee | Beast from Venus | Kiprop Kimutai+Salim Busuru |
| Nominee | Captain South America | Bill Masuku |
| Nominee | Hawi | Beserat Debebe+Stanley Obende |
| Nominee | Kami | Mika Hirwa |
| Nominee | Nani | Ziki Nelson+Jason Lamy |
| Nominee | Sanu | Ssentongo Charles |
| Nominee | Welcome to Dead World | Bill Masuku |
| Winner | Freshwater | Akwaeke Emezi |
| Nominee | Children of Blood and Bone | Tomi Adeyemi |
| Nominee | Empty Monsters | Cat Hellisen |
| Nominee | Knucklebone | N. R. Brodie |
| Nominee | The Strange | Masha du Toit |
| Nominee | A Spy in Time | Imraan Coovadia |
| Nominee | Afonja: The Rise | Tunde Leye |
| Nominee | Crown of Thunder | Tochi Onyebuchi |
| Nominee | Jah Hills | Unathi Slasha |
| Nominee | North | Frank Owen (21st century) |
| Nominee | She Would Be King | Wayétu Moore |
| Nominee | Shouna | Amélie Diack |
| Nominee | Washington Black | Esi Edugyan |
| Winner | The Firebird | Nerine Dorman |
| Nominee | Binti: The Night Masquerade | Nnedi Okorafor |
| Nominee | Hard Mary | Sofia Samatar |
| Nominee | Neid-Fire | Caldon Mull |
| Nominee | Fistulas | Mame Bougouma Diene |
| Nominee | Heka and the Colour Thief | Dennis Dvornak |
| Nominee | Into the Dark | Kelan Gerriety |
| Nominee | Nocturnal | Ishola Abdulwasiu Ayodele |
| Winner | The Witching Hour | Ekpeki Oghenechovwe Donald |
| Nominee | Brand New Ways (to lose you over and over and over again) | Blaize M. Kaye |
| Nominee | The Girl Who Stared at Mars | Cristy Zinn |
| Nominee | The Luminal Frontier | Biram Mboob |
| Nominee | Memento Mori | Tiah Marie Beautement |
| Nominee | Njuzu | T. L. Huchu |
| Nominee | Origami Angels | Derek Lubangakene |
| Nominee | An American Refugee | Tiah Beautement |
| Nominee | Being a Giant in Men's World | Walter Dinjos |
| Nominee | Black and Gold | Mame Bougouma Diene |
| Nominee | Blood Sipper | Ilse V Rensburg |
| Nominee | A Bridal Shroud | Mirette Bhagat |
| Nominee | Drift-Flux | Wole Talabi |
| Nominee | The Faerie Tree | Kathleen Kayembe |
| Nominee | The Far Side | Gabriella Muwanga |
| Nominee | For What Are Delusions If Not Dreams? | Osahon Ize-Iyamu |
| Nominee | Ghost Strain In | Mohale Moshigo |
| Nominee | The Grey Man | Vittorio Leonardi |
| Nominee | Haunted by the City | Mandisi Nkomo |
| Nominee | The Harmonic Resonance of Ejiro Anaborhi | Wole Talabi |
| Nominee | In Her Bones | Lindiwe Rooney |
| Nominee | In the Garden Watching Nim Noms | Osahon Ize-Iyamu |
| Nominee | The Interplanetary Water Company | Masimba Musodza |
| Nominee | Jidenna | T. J. Benson |
| Nominee | Journal of a DNA Pirate | Stephen Embleton |
| Nominee | Ku'gbo | Dare Segun Falowo |
| Nominee | Lee-Ah (Sister) | H. J. Golaki |
| Nominee | Middle of Nowhere | Walter Dinjos |
| Nominee | "Mother of Invention" | Nnedi Okorafor |
| Nominee | Mutshidzi | Mohale Mashigo |
| Nominee | Nneamaka's Ghost | Walter Dinjos |
| Nominee | Parental Control | Mazi Nwonwu |
| Nominee | Remains of an Old World | Blaize M. Kaye |
| Nominee | The River Doll | Tariro Ndoro |
| Nominee | Safari Nyota: A Prologue | Dilman Dila |
| Nominee | The Tailoress of Crimson Lane | Shaun van Rensburg |
| Nominee | The Secret Life of the Unclaimed | Suyi Davies Okungbowa |
| Nominee | Say It Low, Then Loud | Osahon Ize-Iyamu |
| Nominee | And Songs Don't End | Osahon Ize-Iyamu |
| Nominee | The Third Set of Stitches | Ray Mwihaki |
| Nominee | Tie Kidi | Awuor Onyango |
| Nominee | Toothsome Things | Chimedum Ohaegbu |
| Nominee | The Unusual Customer | Innocent Chizaram Ilo |
| Nominee | Vain Knife | Dare Segun Falowo |
| Nominee | Of Warps and Wefts | Innocent Chizaram Ilo |
| Nominee | When We Dream We Are Our God | Wole Talabi |
| Nominee | Where Rivers Go to Die | Dilman Dila |
| Nominee | The Woods Are Lovely | Jason Hess |
| Nominee | Yard Dog | Tade Thompson |
| Winner | Shuri | Nnedi Okorafor+Leonardo Romero |
| Nominee | Akissi: Tales of Mischief | Marguerite Abouet+Mathieu Sapin |
| Nominee | Black Panther, Long Live the King | Nnedi Okorafor+Andre Araujo |
| Nominee | Eru | Tobe Max Ezeogu+Oz Ezeogu |
| Nominee | Kwezi | Loyiso Mkize+Clyde Beech+Mohale Mashigo |
| Nominee | Karmzah | Farida Bedwei+Ravi Allotey |
| Nominee | Malika: Warrior Queen: Part Two | Roye Okupe+Chima Kalu |
| Nominee | Rovik | Yvonne Wanyoike+Kendi Mberia+Salim Busuru |
| Nominee | Shaka Rising | Luke Molver |
| Nominee | Tàtàshé | Cassandra Mark+Tobe Max Ezeogu |
| Nominee | Under the Sun | Austine Osas+Abiodun Awodele+Yusuf Temitope |
| Winner | Beasts Made of Night | Tochi Onyebuchi |
| Nominee | Our Memory Like Dust | Gavin Chait |
| Nominee | The Real | Masha du Toit |
| Nominee | Fever | Deon Meyer |
| Nominee | Akata Warrior | Nnedi Okorafor |
| Nominee | After the Flare | Deji Bryce Olukotun |
| Nominee | Asylum | Marcus Low |
| Nominee | The Sirius Squad: Earth's Last Defence | Khulekani Magubane |
| Nominee | Mirrored Myrrh | Caldon Mull |
| Nominee | The Inside Out Man | Fred Strydom |
| Nominee | Of Magic and Memory | Cristy Zinn |
| Winner | The Murders of Molly Southbourne | Tade Thompson |
| Nominee | Binti: Home | Nnedi Okorafor |
| Nominee | Fallow | Sofia Samatar |
| Nominee | Nocturnal | Ishola Abdulwasiu Ayodele |
| Nominee | Skin Deep | Sarah Lotz |
| Nominee | In a Field of Purple Dreams | Eugene Odogwu |
| Winner | The Regression Test | Wole Talabi |
| Nominee | On the Other Side of the Sea | Nerine Dorman |
| Nominee | A Door Ajar | Sibongile Fisher |
| Nominee | Read Before Use | Chinelo Onwualu |
| Nominee | Snake Story | Henrietta Rose-Innes |
| Nominee | University College Hospital | Joe Aito |
| Nominee | The Name Giver | Lillian Akampurira Aujo |
| Nominee | The Gaia Reset Project | Agamemnon Amaeshina |
| Nominee | Shells | Lesley Nneka Arimah |
| Nominee | The Strange Case of Mary Carter | Toby Bennett |
| Nominee | The (Un)lucky Ones | Andrew C. Dakalira |
| Nominee | What If I Fall? | Anne Dafeta |
| Nominee | Underworld 101 | Mame Bougouma Diene |
| Nominee | The Taking of Oleng | Dilman Dila |
| Nominee | Sub Migratio | Stephen Embleton |
| Nominee | We Are Born | Dare Segun Falowo |
| Nominee | Bombyx Mori | Kerstin Hall |
| Nominee | A Green Silk Dress and a Wedding-Death | Cat Hellisen |
| Nominee | Handle with Care | Amy Heydenrych |
| Nominee | The Library of the Dead | Tendai Huchu |
| Nominee | Oshun, Inc. | Jordan Ifueko |
| Nominee | River Boy | Innocent Chizaram Ilo |
| Nominee | A Lasting Legacy | Osahon Ize-Iyamu |
| Nominee | Say It Low, Then Loud | Osahon Ize-Iyamu |
| Nominee | Anabiosis | Imade Iyamu |
| Nominee | The Definition of Love | Imade Iyamu |
| Nominee | Swallow | Imade Iyamu |
| Nominee | Diaspora Electronica | Blaize Kaye |
| Nominee | Practical Applications of Machine Learning | Blaize Kaye |
| Nominee | You Will Always Have Family: A Triptych | Kathleen Kayembe |
| Nominee | What Remains | Vittorio Leonardi |
| Nominee | 'Return of the Afringers': An Allegory | Bongani Madondo |
| Nominee | Undying Love | Ekari Mbvundula |
| Nominee | Lymph | Anne Moraa |
| Nominee | Nomansland | Dayo Ntwari |
| Nominee | The Old Man with The Third Hand | Kofi Nyameye |
| Nominee | Baby Bones | Eugene Odogwu |
| Nominee | When You Find Such a Thing | Suyi Davies Okungbowa |
| Nominee | The Woman with a Thousand Stars in Her Hair | Ayodele Olofintuade |
| Nominee | Old Photographs | Hannah Onoguwe |
| Nominee | Vices | Sergio Pereira |
| Nominee | An Account of the Land of Witches | Sofia Samatar |
| Nominee | The Palapye White Birch | Tlotlo Tsamaase |
| Nominee | Thirstlands | Nick Wood |
| Winner | Lake of Tears | Kwabena Ofei+Setor Fiadzigbey |
| Nominee | Eru | Tobe Ezeogu+Ozo Ezeogu |
| Nominee | Guardian Prime Genesis | Wale Awelenje+Jide Martin |
| Nominee | Heroic Kakere | Tobe Ezeogu+Kelechi Issac |
| Nominee | Ireti Bedemi | Michael Balogun+Adeleye Yusuf |
| Nominee | Quest & Sign of the Shining Beast | Robert S. Malan+John Cockshaw |
| Nominee | Aje | Jide Martin+Wale Awelenje |
| Nominee | Avonome | Xavier Ighorodje+Stanley Obende |
| Nominee | Black Panther | Nnedi Okorafor |
| Nominee | Garanyazha | Mohammad Ladzuk Obmug |
| Nominee | Kayin and Abeni | Juni Ba+Keenan Kornegay |
| Nominee | Kwezi | Loyiso Mkize |
| Nominee | Malika: Warrior Queen Part One | Roye Okupe |
| Nominee | Metalla | Sakintoba Kalejaye+Samuel Iwunze |
| Nominee | Paper Angels | Kudzai Gumbo+Rodney Ngundu+Kylie Lawrence |
| Nominee | Visionary | Akintoba Kalejaye+Stanley Obende |
| Winner | Rosewater | Tade Thompson |
| Nominee | Azanian Bridges | Nick Wood |
| Nominee | Azotus: The Kingdom | Shadreck Chikoti |
| Nominee | Blackass | A. Igoni Barrett |
| Nominee | Taty Went West | Nikhil Singh |
| Winner | Binti | Nnedi Okorafor |
| Nominee | Hell Freezes Over | Mame Bougouma Diene |
| Nominee | The Flying Man of Stone | Dilman Dila |
| Nominee | The Last Pantheon | Tade Thompson+Nick Wood |
| Nominee | Ta O'Reva | Muthi Nhlema |
| Winner | The Marriage Plot | Tendai Huchu |
| Winner | Who Will Greet You at Home | Lesley Nneka Arimah |
| Nominee | Wednesday's Story | Wole Talabi |
| Nominee | Ndakusuwa | Blaize M. Kaye |
| Nominee | Sundown | Acan Innocent Immaculate |
| Winner | The Corpse Exhibition | Ntone Edjabe |
| Nominee | Avonome | Xavier Ighorodje+Stanley Obende |
| Nominee | June 12 | Ibrahim Ganiyu+Chike Newman Nwankwo+Akinwade Ayodeji Akinola |
| Nominee | Might of Guardian Prime | Jide Martin+Toheeb Deen Ipaye |