Tlotlo Tsamaase
Tlotlo Pearl Tsamaase | |
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| Occupation | Author |
| Language | Setswana |
| Nationality | Botswana |
| Genre | Science fiction and fantasy |
| Notable awards | Bessie Head Short Story Awards |
| Website | |
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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
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Nominated | [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] |
Selected bibliography
Fiction — short stories
- "Who Will Clean Our Spirits When We Are Gone?", The Dark Magazine
- "The River of Night", The Dark Magazine
- "Eclipse Our Sins", Clarkesworld Magazine
- "Behind Our Irises", in Wole Talabi, editor, Africanfuturism: An Anthology (2020)
- "The River of Night" in Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki, editor, The Year's Best African Speculative Fiction (2021)
- "Peeling Time (Deluxe Edition)", in Sheree Renée Thomas, Zelda Knight, and Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki, editor, Africa Risen(2022)
Fiction — novels and novellas
- Womb City (2024)
- The Silence of the Wilting Skin (2020)
References
- ^ "New Client Alert". BookEnds Literary Agency. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
- ^ "Winners of the Bessie Head Literature Awards from 2007 through 2011".
- ^ "Tlotlo Tsamaase".
- ^ "Tlotlo Tsamaase".
- ^ Jim Provenzano, "Lambda Literary Awards 2021 finalists announced". Bay Area Reporter, March 15, 2021.
- ^ "2021 Nommo Awards Shortlist".
- ^ "The Nommo Awards, for African Speculative Fiction, Announces 2021 Winners".
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