Category Archives: The Manly Wade Wellman Award

Nominations for the 2015 Manly Wade Wellman Award are now open

Wednesday, January 21, 2015, Durham, NC: The North Carolina Speculative Fiction Foundation is proud to announce that nominations for the 2015 Manly Wade Wellman Award for North Carolina Science Fiction and Fantasy are now open, using an updated final eligibility list which includes 82 titles.

The Manly Wade Wellman Award was founded to recognize outstanding achievement in science fiction and fantasy novels written by North Carolina authors. The 2015 award, voted on by the combined membership of North Carolina science fiction and fantasy conventions (illogiConConCarolinasConTemporal, and ConGregate), covers novels published in 2014. Nominations will remain open until Monday, May 18, with a final voting round to begin June 1, and the award being 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.

Announcing the preliminary eligibility list for the 2015 Manly Wade Wellman Award

Monday, December 1, 2014, Durham, NC:

The North Carolina Speculative Fiction Foundation is proud to announce the preliminary eligibility list of 79 titles for the 2015 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 2015 award, voted on by the combined membership of North Carolina science fiction and fantasy conventions (illogiCon, ConCarolinas, ConTemporal, and ConGregate), covers novels published in 2014. 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.

Announcing the winner of the 2014 Manly Wade Wellman Award

Wednesday, July 16, 2014, Durham, NC:

The North Carolina Speculative Fiction Foundation is proud to announce the winner of the 2014 Manly Wade Wellman Award for North Carolina Science Fiction and Fantasy,  after the result of voter selection from the nominees, in turn the result of voter selection from an eligibility list of over 70 novels. The inaugural award was presented on July 12, 2014, to Durham author Mur Lafferty for The Shambling Guide to New York City.

The Shambling Guide to New York City by Mur Lafferty (Orbit Books)
The Shambling Guide to New York City
by Mur Lafferty
Orbit Books

The Manly Wade Wellman Award was founded to recognize outstanding achievement in science fiction and fantasy novels written by North Carolina authors. The 2014 award, voted on by the combined membership of North Carolina science fiction and fantasy conventions (illogiConConCarolinasConTemporal, and ConGregate), covers novels published in 2013.  Nominations opened at illogiCon in January ahead of a final voting round between ConCarolinas and ConTemporal, with the award presented at ConGregate in July.

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

Announcing the nominees for the 2014 Manly Wade Wellman Award

Monday, June 16, 2014, Durham, NC:

The North Carolina Speculative Fiction Foundation is proud to announce the nominees for the 2014 Manly Wade Wellman Award for North Carolina Science Fiction and Fantasy, presented in alphabetical order by primary author last name:

  • The Heretic by Tony Daniel and David Drake (Baen)
  • Vaporware by Richard Dansky (JournalStone)
  • Monsters of the Earth by David Drake (Tor)
  • Darwen Arkwright and the School of Shadows by A.J. Hartley (Razorbill)
  • The Shambling Guide to New York City by Mur Lafferty (Orbit)
  • Ice Forged by Gail Z. Martin (Orbit)

(There are 6 nominees due to a tie for 5th place.)

Additionally, final voting is now open, through Monday, June 30 at 11:59:59 PM Eastern Time. The winner(s) will be announced at ConGregate on July 12. If you are a member of one of the member conventions and are not yet registered to vote, please submit a registration form as detailed on the nominations page and a secure ballot will be provided to you as soon as possible.

The Manly Wade Wellman Award was founded to recognize outstanding achievement in science fiction and fantasy novels written by North Carolina authors. The 2014 award, voted on by the combined membership of North Carolina science fiction and fantasy conventions (illogiConConCarolinasConTemporal, and ConGregate), covers novels published in 2013.

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

For additional PR material related to this announcement including book cover art and print-suitable information sheets, please visit the nominees page.

Nominations for the 2014 Manly Wade Wellman Award are now open

Tuesday, March 4, 2014, Durham, NC: The North Carolina Speculative Fiction Foundation is proud to announce that nominations for the 2014 Manly Wade Wellman Award for North Carolina Science Fiction and Fantasy are now open, using an updated final eligibility list which includes 72 novels.

The Manly Wade Wellman Award was founded to recognize outstanding achievement in science fiction and fantasy novels written by North Carolina authors. The 2014 award, voted on by the combined membership of North Carolina science fiction and fantasy conventions (illogiConConCarolinasConTemporal, andConGregate), covers novels published in 2013. Nominations will remain open until Friday, June 13, with a final voting round to come in the remainder of June and early July, and 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.

UPDATE: The initial nominations deadline was extended from Friday, May 2 to Friday, June 13.

Announcing the final eligibility list for the 2014 Manly Wade Wellman Award

Friday, January 10, 2014, Durham, NC:

The North Carolina Speculative Fiction Foundation is proud to announce the final eligibility list for the 2014 Manly Wade Wellman Award for North Carolina Science Fiction and Fantasy, adding additional novels to the prospective list announced last week.

The Manly Wade Wellman Award was founded to recognize outstanding achievement in science fiction and fantasy novels written by North Carolina authors. The 2014 award, voted on by the combined membership of North Carolina science fiction and fantasy conventions (illogiCon, ConCarolinas, ConTemporal, and ConGregate), covers novels published in 2013. 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.

Announcing the prospective eligibility list for the 2014 Manly Wade Wellman Award

Friday, January 3, 2014, Durham, NC:

The North Carolina Speculative Fiction Foundation is proud to announce the prospective eligibility list for the 2014 Manly Wade Wellman Award for North Carolina Science Fiction and Fantasy, adding more than 10 novels to the preliminary list announced in December.

The Manly Wade Wellman Award was founded to recognize outstanding achievement in science fiction and fantasy novels written by North Carolina authors. The 2014 award, voted on by the combined membership of North Carolina science fiction and fantasy conventions (illogiCon, ConCarolinas, ConTemporal, and ConGregate), covers novels published in 2013. 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.

Announcing the Manly Wade Wellman Award for North Carolina Science Fiction and Fantasy

Thursday, December 19, 2013, Durham, NC:

The North Carolina Speculative Fiction Foundation is proud to announce The Manly Wade Wellman Award, which sets out to recognize outstanding achievement in science fiction and fantasy novels written by North Carolina authors. The 2014 award, voted on by the combined membership of North Carolina science fiction and fantasy conventions (illogiCon, ConCarolinas, ConTemporal, and ConGregate), will cover novels published in 2013. 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.

Additionally, the preliminary eligibility list for 2014 is now available. Please send any corrections and/or additions to the NCSFF as detailed in the about page.