Join as we present several local Awards: the Cornerstone Award for Fandom in the Carolinas and the Manly Wade Wellman Award for SF in the Carolinas.
The Cornerstone Award is an annual honor presented by a group of fans from the Carolinas known as the Singularity Effect, dedicated to acknowledging other fans’ contributions. To be eligible for the award, the fan must have been involved in promoting/helping fandom in the Carolinas (North and/or South) in some way for at least ten years. The award is named after a brick that was saved during the demolition of a High Point, NC hotel that hosted multiple conventions over a number of years.
The Manley Wade Wellman Award for Science Fiction and Fantasy was founded in December 2013 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.
Nominees:
Also attending: Samuel Montgomery-Blinn
