Tlotlo Tsamaase

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.

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
! scope="row" | 2011 ! scope="row" rowspan="2"|2017 ! scope="row" rowspan="3"|2021
 * Unlettered Skies of the Sublime
 * Best Novel
 * Bessie Head Short Story Awards
 * Won
 * I Will Be Your Grave
 * Best Poem
 * Rhysling Award
 * Virtual Snapshots
 * Nommo Award
 * Virtual Snapshots
 * Nommo Award
 * Virtual Snapshots
 * Nommo Award
 * Nommo Award
 * rowspan="2" |The Silence of the Wilting Skin
 * LGBTQ Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror
 * 33rd Lambda Literary Awards
 * Best Novella
 * rowspan="2"| Nommo Award
 * Behind Our Irises
 * Best Short Story
 * Won
 * Joint winner
 * Behind Our Irises
 * Best Short Story
 * Won
 * Joint winner
 * Behind Our Irises
 * Best Short Story
 * Won
 * Joint winner

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)