Note: Publications prior to 2010 were bylined Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu
Awards Summary
Career and Special Awards: 1
Major Awards: 6
Locus Awards: 1
Other Awards: 4
Total Number of Award Wins and Nominations: 53
Hugo Awards
for SF/F works, voted by members of annual World Science Fiction Convention
(5 nominations; 2 wins)
LaGuardia (by written by NO, illustrated by
Tana Ford, colors by
James Devlin) (Berger Books/Dark Horse)
graphic story
winner
Binti: The Night Masquerade (Tor.com)
novella nomination
Binti: Home (Tor.com)
novella nomination
Binti (Tor.com)
novella winner
Nebula Awards
for SF/F works, voted by SF & Fantasy Writers of America professional membership
(2 nominations; 1 win)
Binti (Tor.com)
novella winner
Who Fears Death (DAW)
novel nomination
(1 nomination; 1 win)
Who Fears Death (DAW)
novel winner
Andre Norton Award
for YA SF/F works, presented by SFWA in parallel with the Nebula Awards
(2 nominations)
Akata Witch (Viking Juvenile)
finalist
The Shadow Speaker (Hyperion/Jump at the Sun)
finalist
(1 nomination)
The Book of Phoenix (Hodder & Stoughton)
shortlist
British Fantasy Awards
for fantasy works published in the UK, voted by British Fantasy Society members, juried since 2012
(2 nominations)
Binti: The Night Masquerade (Tor.com)
novella nomination
Binti (Tor.com)
novella nomination
(2 nominations)
Binti (Tor.com)
short story nomination
Lagoon (Hodder)
novel nomination
Dragon Awards
for SF/F works, voted on by members of the annual Dragon Con
(1 nomination)
Akata Woman (Viking)
YA/middle grade novel nomination
(3 nominations)
Lagoon (Hodder & Stoughton)
honor list
Who Fears Death (DAW)
honor list
The Shadow Speaker (Hyperion)
honor list
(1 nomination)
The Book of Phoenix (DAW)
finalist
Lodestar Award
for YA SF/F works, presented by Worldcon in parallel with the Hugo Awards
(2 nominations; 2 wins)
Akata Woman (Viking)
winner
Akata Warrior (Viking)
winner
(1 nomination)
“The Magical Negro” (Dark Matter: Reading the Bones)
shortlist
Locus Awards
for SF/F/H works, polled by readers of Locus Magazine
(20 nominations; 1 win)
She Who Knows (DAW)
novella 9th place
“Stones” (Clarkesworld Sep 2023)
short story 6th place
Noor (DAW)
sf novel 5th place
Remote Control (Tordotcom)
novella 5th place
“The Black Pages” (Black Stars)
novelette 5th place
After the Rain (by NO, adapted by
John Jennings, illustrated by
David Brame) (Abrams ComicArts/Megascope)
illustrated and art book 2nd place
“Binti: Sacred Fire” (Binti: The Complete Trilogy)
novelette 3rd place
Broken Places & Outer Spaces: Finding Creativity in the Unexpected (Simon & Schuster/TED)
nonfiction 6th place
“Mother of Invention” (Future Tense)
short story 10th place
Akata Warrior (Viking)
young adult book winner
Binti: Home (Tor.com)
novella 2nd place
“Afrofuturist 419” (Clarkesworld Nov 2016)
short story 10th place
Binti (Tor.com)
novella 3rd place
Lagoon (Hodder)
sf novel 7th place
Kabu Kabu (Prime)
collection 4th place
Akata Witch (Viking)
young adult book 3rd place
“The Book of Phoenix (Excerpted from The Great Book)” (Clarkesworld Mar 2011)
novelette 9th place
Who Fears Death (DAW)
fantasy novel 5th place
The Shadow Speaker (Houghton Mifflin)
young adult book 7th place
Zahrah the Windseeker (Houghton Mifflin)
first novel 12th place
Carl Brandon Awards
for works by persons of color, and dealing with issues of race and ethnicity; juried
(4 nominations; 2 wins)
Who Fears Death
Kindred Award winner winner
The Shadow Speaker
Parallax Award winner winner
Zahrah the Windseeker (Houghton Mifflin)
Parallax Award shortlist
Zahrah the Windseeker (Houghton Mifflin)
Kindred Award shortlist
(1 nomination)
The Shadow Speaker (Hyperion)
Hal Clement Award (young adult) nomination
Ignotus Awards
for SF works published in Spain, voted by members of Spanish SF Association
(1 nomination; 1 win)
Binti
foreign short story winner
(1 nomination; 1 win)
The Book of Phoenix
foreign novel winner
The Kitschies
for speculative/fantastic works that elevate the tone of genre literature, juried
(1 nomination)
Lagoon (Hodder & Stoughton)
Red Tentacle (novel) nomination
WSFA Small Press Award
for short fiction from small press publications, voted by member of Washington SF Assn
(1 nomination)
“Spider the Artist” (Seeds of Change)
shortlist nomination