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]

Tlotlo Pearl Tsamaase
OccupationAuthor
LanguageEnglish
NationalityBotswana
GenreScience fiction and fantasy
Notable awardsBessie Head Short Story Award, Nommo Award
Website
www.tlotlotsamaase.com

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

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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

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Fiction — short stories

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Fiction — novels and novellas

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References

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  1. ^ "New Client Alert". BookEnds Literary Agency. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Winners of the Bessie Head Literature Awards from 2007 through 2011".
  3. ^ "Tlotlo Tsamaase".
  4. ^ "Tlotlo Tsamaase".
  5. ^ Jim Provenzano, "Lambda Literary Awards 2021 finalists announced". Bay Area Reporter, March 15, 2021.
  6. ^ "2021 Nommo Awards Shortlist".
  7. ^ "The Nommo Awards, for African Speculative Fiction, Announces 2021 Winners".
  8. ^ "2022 Nommo Awards Shortlist".
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