Tlotlo Tsamaase is a Motswana speculative fiction writer and poet whose stories and poems have been nominated for or won numerous awards. She is currently represented by Naomi Davis of BookEnds Literary Agency.[1]

Her fiction has appeared in Clarkesworld Magazine, The Best of World Science Fiction Volume 1, Futuri uniti d'Africa, Terraform, Strange Horizons, Africanfuturism: An Anthology, and more.

Awards and nominations

Year Nominated work Category Award Result Notes Ref.
2011 Unlettered Skies of the Sublime Best Novel Bessie Head Short Story Awards Won [2]
2017 I Will Be Your Grave Best Poem Rhysling Award Nominated [3]
"Virtual Snapshots" Nommo Award Nominated Longlist [4]
2021 The Silence of the Wilting Skin LGBTQ Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror 33rd Lambda Literary Awards Nominated [5]
Best Novella Nommo Award Nominated [6]
"Behind Our Irises" Best Short Story Won Joint winner [7]
2022 "Dreamports" Best Short Story Nommo Award Nominated [8]

Selected bibliography

Fiction — short stories

Fiction — novels and novellas

References


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