The 2020 award covers novels published in 2019. 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 winner(s) will be announced at ConGregate on Friday, Jin Winston-Salem, NC.

A Midnight Dreary by David Niall Wilson (Crossroad Press).Through the Doors of Oblivion by Michael G.As the Crow Flies by Rysa Walker and Caleb Amsel (Starry Night).The Lost Planet by Henry Vogel (Rampant Loon Press).Imani Unraveled by Leigh Statham (Own Hollow Press).Sherwood by Meagan Spooner (HarperTeen).Undying by Meagan Spooner (Disney-Hyperion).Outside the Gates of Eden by Lewis Shiner (Subterranean Press).Midnight Beauties by Megan Shepherd (HMH Books for Young Readers).Howling Dark by Christopher Ruocchio (DAW).Bid My Soul Farewell by Beth Revis (Razorbill).Saving Fable by Scott Reintgen (Crown Books for Young Readers).Nyxia Uprising by Scott Reintgen (Crown Books for Young Readers).The Beast by Brendan Reichs (Bloomsbury Children’s Books).White Spirit by Amy Ravenel (Falstaff Books).The Riftwalkers and the Pierced Veil by Robin Parrish (MythWorks).To the Bones by Valerie Nieman (West Virginia University Press).Tribulation by Scott Nicholson (Haunted Computer Books).The World Ends in April by Stacy McAnulty (Random House Books for Young Readers).Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky by Kwame Mbalia (Disney-Hyperion).Star Quest: The Journey Begins by Patricia Lee Macomber (Crossroad Press).Touch of Smoke by Karissa Laurel (Red Adept).Minecraft: The Lost Journals by Mur Lafferty (Del Rey).Queen’s Peril by Darin Kennedy (Falstaff Books).The Company of Death by Elisa Hansen (Falstaff Books).A Touch Too Much by Theresa Glover (Falstaff Books).The Women’s War by Jenna Glass (Del Rey).Fate & Flux by Patrick Dugan (Distracted Dragon Press).Unbreakable Storm by Patrick Dugan (Falstaff Books).To Clear Away the Shadows by David Drake (Baen Books).Lost and Found by Orson Scott Card (Blackstone Publishing).The Hive by Orson Scott Card (Tor Books).Loose Ends by Morgan Brice (Darkwind Press).Flame and Ash by Morgan Brice (Darkwind Press).Treasure Trail by Morgan Brice (Darkwind Press).The Rising by Morgan Brice (Darkwind Press).Serafina and the Seven Stars by Robert Beatty (Disney Hyperion).Time & Temper by Natania Barron (Falstaff Books).Masks & Malevolence by Natania Barron (Falstaff Books).The Library of Ever by Zeno Alexander (Imprint).

The North Carolina Speculative Fiction Foundation was proud to announce this eligibility list of 78 titles, since updated to 84 titles, for the 2020 Manly Wade Wellman Award for North Carolina Science Fiction and Fantasy, presented in alphabetical order by author last name: