2023 Wellman Award Shortlist

The North Carolina Speculative Fiction Foundation (NCSFF) has announced the shortlist for the 2023 Manly Wade Wellman Award. The award recognizes “outstanding achievement in science fiction and fantasy novels written by North Carolina authors.”

  • Steel Mill Vikings, Sarah Joy Adams (Falstaff)
  • Other Birds, Sarah Addison Allen (St. Martin’s)
  • Prophet’s Debt, Robert Creekmore (Cinnabar Moth)
  • Ghost of a Marriage, Richard Dansky (Crossroad)
  • Burning Shakespeare, A.J. Hartley (Falstaff)
  • The Quarter Storm, Veronica Henry (47North)
  • Nettle & Bone, T. Kingfisher (Tor)
  • Station Eternity, Mur Lafferty (Ace)
  • Lost In Time, A.G. Riddle (Head of Zeus)
  • Malice House, Megan Shepherd (Hyperion Avenue)

The winner will be announced July 14, 2023 during ConGregate 9, to be held at the Downtown Marriott in Winston-Salem NC.

For more information, visit the NCSFF website.





Locus Magazine, Science Fiction FantasyThis report and more like it in the July 2023 issue of Locus.

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