Monday, February 1, 2016, Durham, NC: The North Carolina Speculative Fiction Foundation is proud to announce that nominations for the 2016 Manly Wade Wellman Award for North Carolina Science Fiction and Fantasy are now open, using an updated final eligibility list which includes 115 titles.

The Manly Wade Wellman Award was founded to recognize outstanding achievement in science fiction and fantasy novels written by North Carolina authors. The 2016 award, voted on by the combined membership of North Carolina science fiction and fantasy conventions (illogiCon, StellarCon, ConCarolinas, ConTemporal, and ConGregate), covers novels published in 2015. Nominations will remain open until Monday, May 13, followed by a final voting round to begin in June. The award will be presented at ConGregate in July.

To register to place a nominating ballot, please submit a voter registration form.

The award is named for long-time North Carolina author Manly Wade Wellman with the permission of his estate.

Friday, January 8, 2016, Durham, NC:

The North Carolina Speculative Fiction Foundation is proud to announce the preliminary eligibility list of 116 titles for the 2016 Manly Wade Wellman Award for North Carolina Science Fiction and Fantasy.

The Manly Wade Wellman Award was founded in 2013 to recognize outstanding achievement in science fiction and fantasy novels written by North Carolina authors. The 2016 award, voted on by the combined membership of North Carolina science fiction and fantasy conventions (illogiCon, ConCarolinas, ConTemporal, and ConGregate), covers novels published in 2015. Nominations will open at illogiCon in January ahead of a final voting round, with the award being presented at ConGregate in July.

The award is named for long-time North Carolina author Manly Wade Wellman with the permission of his estate.

Please send any corrections and/or additions to the NCSFF as detailed in the about page, and/or use the online correction form.

To register to vote, please fill out a voter registration form.