Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki

Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki is an African speculative fiction writer and editor from Nigeria. He won the Nommo award for best short story for an African in 2018, was longlisted for the 2019 Nommo award and won the 2020 Horror Writers Association diversity grant. His novella Ife-Iyoku, Tale of Imadeyunuagbon is a finalist in the Nebula, Nommo, British Science Fiction Association and Sturgeon awards. The Dominion anthology where it is published and which he co-edited is a finalist in the This Is Horror, Locus and British Fantasy awards. His written works, fiction and non-fiction have appeared in TorDotCom, NBC, Strange Horizons, Uncanny Magazine, Cosmic Roots and Eldritch Shores, Galaxy's Edge and others. He was a guest editor at Interstellar Flight Press, the co-founder of Jembefola Press and editor of the first ever Year's Best African speculative fiction anthology. He's a member of the African speculative fiction society, the Horror Writers Association, and the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America.