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Announcing the winner of the 2026 Manly Wade Wellman Award

Posted on 2026-07-20 at 10:00 by admin

Monday, July 20, 2026, Durham, NC: The North Carolina Speculative Fiction Foundation is proud to announce the winner of the 2026 Manly Wade Wellman Award for North Carolina Science Fiction and Fantasy, presented on Friday, July 17, 2026 at Con-Gregate 12 in Greensboro, NC. This year's winner, the result of juried selection from 55 eligible titles through 34 quarterfinalists, 20 semifinalists, and 10 finalists, is Transmentation: Transience by Darkly Lem, published by Blackstone Publishing:

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Announcing the finalists for the 2026 Manly Wade Wellman Award

Posted on 2026-06-29 at 10:00 by admin

Monday, June 29, 2026, Durham, NC: The North Carolina Speculative Fiction Foundation is proud to announce this list of 10 finalists for the 2026 Manly Wade Wellman Award for North Carolina Science Fiction and Fantasy, presented in alphabetical order by author last name:

• The Unseen by Ania Ahlborn (Simon and Schuster/Gallery Books)
• Last Chance Live! by Helena Haywoode Henry (Nancy Paulsen Books/Penguin Young Reader Group)
• Infinite Archive by Mur Lafferty (ACE/Berkeley/Random House

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Announcing the shortlist for the 2026 Manly Wade Wellman Award

Posted on 2026-06-22 at 10:00 by admin

Monday, June 22, 2026, Durham, NC: The North Carolina Speculative Fiction Foundation is proud to announce this list of 20 semi-finalists for the 2026 Manly Wade Wellman Award for North Carolina Science Fiction and Fantasy, presented in alphabetical order by author last name:

• The Unseen by Ania Ahlborn
• Cathedral of the Drowned by Nathan Ballingrud
• Queen of Mercy by Natania Barron
• Where Dark Things Rise by Andrew K. Clark
• The Blood of the Bull by Jo Graham
• Across an Ocean of Stars

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Announcing the longlist for the 2026 Manly Wade Wellman Award

Posted on 2026-06-15 at 10:00 by admin

Monday, June 15, 2026, Durham, NC: The North Carolina Speculative Fiction Foundation is proud to announce this list of 34 quarter-finalists for the 2026 Manly Wade Wellman Award for North Carolina Science Fiction and Fantasy, presented in alphabetical order by author last name:

• The Unseen by Ania Ahlborn
• Cathedral of the Drowned by Nathan Ballingrud
• Queen of Mercy by Natania Barron
• The Viscount St. Albans by Natania Barron
• Bloody Bones by Garrett Boatman
• Equalizer by Morgan

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Announcing the Winner of the 2025 Manly Wade Wellman Award

Posted on 2025-07-12 at 16:00 by admin

Saturday, July 12, 2025, Durham, NC: The North Carolina Speculative Fiction Foundation is proud to announce the winner of the 2025 Manly Wade Wellman Award for North Carolina Science Fiction and Fantasy, the result of juried selection from the list of 12 finalists.

The Award was presented at ConGregate 11 on Friday, July 11, 2025 in Winston-Salem, NC, to author Nathan Ballingrud for *The Crypt of the

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Announcing the shortlist for the 2025 Manly Wade Wellman Award

Posted on 2025-06-27 at 10:00 by admin

Friday, June 27, 2025, Durham, NC: The North Carolina Speculative Fiction Foundation is proud to announce this list of 12 finalists for the 2025 Manly Wade Wellman Award for North Carolina Science Fiction and Fantasy, presented in alphabetical order by author last name:

• Crypt of the Moon Spider by Nathan Ballingrud (Tor Nightfire)
• Where Dark Things Grow by Andrew K. Clark (Cowboy Jamboree Press)
• The Borgia Dove by Jo Graham (Candlemark and Gleam

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Announcing the longlist for the 2025 Manly Wade Wellman Award

Posted on 2025-06-04 at 10:00 by admin

Wednesday, June 4, 2025, Durham, NC: The North Carolina Speculative Fiction Foundation is proud to announce this list of 28 semi-finalists for the 2025 Manly Wade Wellman Award for North Carolina Science Fiction and Fantasy, presented in alphabetical order by author last name:

• Crypt of the Moon Spider by Nathan Ballingrud
• Queen of Fury by Natania Barron
• Netherford Hall by Natania Barron
• The Mirror of Eternity by Garrett Boatman
• Ritual Dues by B.L. Brown
• Where Dark Things Grow by

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Announcing the Winner of the 2024 Manly Wade Wellman Award

Posted on 2024-07-17 at 19:40 by admin

Monday, July 15, 2024, Durham, NC: The North Carolina Speculative Fiction Foundation is proud to announce the winner of the 2024 Manly Wade Wellman Award for North Carolina Science Fiction and Fantasy, the result of juried selection from the list of 6 finalists.

The Award was presented at ConGregate 10 on Friday, July 12, 2024 in Winston-Salem, NC, to author Donna Glee Williams for The Night Field, published by Jo Fletcher Books:

Accepting her award with prepared remarks, Williams said:

I’m so

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Announcing the shortlist for the 2024 Manly Wade Wellman Award

Posted on 2024-06-17 at 13:00 by admin

The North Carolina Speculative Fiction Foundation is proud to announce this list of 6 finalists for the 2024 Manly Wade Wellman Award for North Carolina Science Fiction and Fantasy, presented in alphabetical order by author last name:

• The Strange by Nathan Ballingrud (Saga Press)
• A Harvest of Ash and Blood by D.J. Molles (Blackstone Publishing)
• The Master of Samar by Melissa Scott (Candlemark & Gleam)
• We Are the Crisis by Cadwell Turnbull (Blackstone Publishing)
• The Unmaking of June Farrow by Adrienne Young

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Announcing the Winner of the 2023 Manly Wade Wellman Award

Posted on 2023-07-15 at 00:00 by admin

Friday, July 14, Winston-Salem, NC: The North Carolina Speculative Fiction Foundation is proud to announce the winner of the 2023 Manly Wade Wellman Award for North Carolina Science Fiction and Fantasy, the result of juried selection from the list of 10 finalists.

The Award was presented at ConGregate 9 on Friday, July 14, 2023 in Winston-Salem, NC, to Pittsboro author Ursula Vernon, writing as T. Kingfisher, for Nettle & Bone, published by Tor Books:

Kingfisher's novel, also nominated for the Hugo

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