Manly Wade Wellman Award for North Carolina Science Fiction and Fantasy
For: Science fiction and fantasy novels published by North Carolina authors
| Winner | Crypt of the Moon Spider | Nathan Ballingrud |
| Nominee | When You Leave I Disappear | David Niall Wilson |
| Nominee | Where Dark Things Grow | Andrew K. Clark |
| Nominee | The Borgia Dove | Jo Graham |
| Nominee | Trinity | Tom DeLonge+A. J. Hartley |
| Nominee | The Seven: Unforgiven | John G. Hartness |
| Nominee | The Canopy Keepers | Veronica G. Henry |
| Nominee | A Sorceress Comes to Call | T. Kingfisher |
| Nominee | Full Speed to a Crash Landing | Beth Revis |
| Nominee | Antarctica Station | A. G. Riddle |
| Nominee | Disquiet Gods | Christopher Ruocchio |
| Nominee | That Which Dwells Below: A Greater Evil | Allen L. Wold |
| Nominee | Queen of Fury | Natania Barron |
| Nominee | Netherford Hall | Natania Barron |
| Nominee | The Mirror of Eternity | Garrett Boatman |
| Nominee | Ritual Dues | B. L. Brown |
| Nominee | Prophet's Death | Robert Creekmore |
| Nominee | Stone Cold Witch | Patrick Dugan |
| Nominee | The Wayward Mage Bounty | Patrick Dugan |
| Nominee | Lost | John G. Hartness |
| Nominee | Pioneers of the Pathway | Stuart Jaffe |
| Nominee | Shadows of the Night | Darin Kennedy |
| Nominee | What Feasts at Night | T. Kingfisher |
| Nominee | Reckoning | Gail Z. Martin |
| Nominee | Angels | James Maxey |
| Nominee | The Breath That Breaks the Stone | D. J. Molles |
| Nominee | A Whisper in the Walls | Scott Reintgen |
| Nominee | The Spores of Wrath | William C. Tracy |
| Winner | The Night Field | Donna Glee Williams |
| Nominee | The Strange | Nathan Ballingrud |
| Nominee | A Harvest of Ash and Blood | D. J. Molles |
| Nominee | The Master of Samar | Melissa Scott |
| Nominee | We Are the Crisis | Cadwell Turnbull |
| Nominee | The Unmaking of June Farrow | Adrienne Young |
| Winner | Nettle & Bone | T. Kingfisher |
| Nominee | Steel Mill Vikings | Sarah Joy Adams |
| Nominee | Other Birds | Sarah Addison Allen |
| Nominee | Prophet's Debt | Robert Creekmore |
| Nominee | Ghost of a Marriage | Richard Dansky |
| Nominee | Burning Shakespeare | A. J. Hartley |
| Nominee | The Quarter Storm | Veronica G. Henry |
| Nominee | Station Eternity | Mur Lafferty |
| Nominee | Lost in Time | A. G. Riddle |
| Nominee | Malice House | Megan Shepherd |
| Winner | The Actual Star | Monica Byrne |
| Nominee | A Song with Teeth | T. Frohock |
| Nominee | Sounding Dark | Jo Graham |
| Nominee | Blind Tiger | Jordan L. Hawk |
| Nominee | Bacchanal | Veronica G. Henry |
| Nominee | Water Horse | Melissa Scott |
| Nominee | The Blackwing War | K. B. Spangler |
| Nominee | No Gods, No Monsters | Cadwell Turnbull |
| Nominee | The Serpent | David Drake |
| Nominee | Mother of All | Jenna Glass |
| Nominee | Comes a Reckoning | John G. Hartness |
| Nominee | The Water Blade | Stuart Jaffe |
| Nominee | Paladin's Strength | T. Kingfisher |
| Nominee | Paladin's Hope | T. Kingfisher |
| Nominee | Legacy | Gail Z. Martin |
| Nominee | Every Star a Song | Jay Posey |
| Nominee | The Extinction Trials | A. G. Riddle |
| Winner | Queen of None | Natania Barron |
| Nominee | Sword of the Seven Sins | Emily Colin |
| Nominee | Legendborn | Tracy Deonn |
| Nominee | Carved from Stone and Dream | T. Frohock |
| Nominee | Impervious | A. J. Hartley |
| Nominee | Elemental | Whitney Hill |
| Nominee | Paladin's Grace | T. Kingfisher |
| Nominee | Every Sky a Grave | Jay Posey |
| Nominee | The Damned | Renée Ahdieh |
| Nominee | Cry of Decay | Paul Barrett |
| Nominee | Storm Shattered | Patrick Dugan |
| Nominee | Queen of the Unwanted | Jenna Glass |
| Nominee | Forest of Bones | Crymsyn Hart |
| Nominee | The Hollow Places | T. Kingfisher |
| Nominee | The Hive Queen | Robin Kirk |
| Nominee | Sellsword's Oath | Gail Z. Martin |
| Nominee | Devils | James Maxey |
| Nominee | Tristan Strong Destroys the World | Kwame Mbalia |
| Nominee | Ashlords | Scott Reintgen |
| Nominee | Demon in White | Christopher Ruocchio |
| Nominee | The Lesser Devil | Christopher Ruocchio |
| Nominee | The Entity Game | Lisa Shearin |
| Nominee | The Other Side of the Sky | Amie Kaufman+Meagan Spooner |
| Nominee | Now, Then, and Everywhen | Rysa Walker |
| Winner | A Fall in Autumn | Michael G. Williams |
| Nominee | Where Oblivion Lives | T. Frohock |
| Nominee | The Women's War | Jenna Glass |
| Nominee | The Twisted Ones | T. Kingfisher |
| Nominee | Breaking Gods | D. J. Molles |
| Nominee | To the Bones | Valerie Nieman |
| Nominee | Masks & Malevolence: Beasts of Cairo | Natania Barron |
| Nominee | The Hive | Orson Scott Card+Aaron Johnston |
| Nominee | The Storm | David Drake |
| Nominee | The Hanged Man | K. D. Edwards |
| Nominee | 48 Hours | William R. Forstchen |
| Nominee | Carl Perkins' Cadillac | John G. Hartness |
| Nominee | Southern Fury | Stuart Jaffe |
| Nominee | Southern Souls | Stuart Jaffe |
| Nominee | Inheritance | Gail Z. Martin |
| Nominee | Winter World | A. G. Riddle |
| Nominee | Howling Dark | Christopher Ruocchio |
| Nominee | As the Crow Flies | Caleb Amsel+Rysa Walker |
| Nominee | A Midnight Dreary | David Niall Wilson |
| Winner | Empire of Silence | Christopher Ruocchio |
| Nominee | In the Night Wood | Dale Bailey |
| Nominee | Pride and Prometheus | John Kessel |
| Nominee | The Bond | Robin Kirk |
| Nominee | The Crossing | Jason Mott |
| Nominee | Finders | Melissa Scott |
| Winner | Scourge | Gail Z. Martin |
| Nominee | Frost & Filigree | Natania Barron |
| Nominee | Amazing Grace | John G. Hartness |
| Nominee | The Stravinsky Intrigue | Darin Kennedy |
| Nominee | Six Wakes | Mur Lafferty |
| Winner | Steeplejack | A. J. Hartley |
| Nominee | Death's Bright Day | David Drake |
| Nominee | Pawn's Gambit | Darin Kennedy |
| Nominee | Shadow and Flame | Gail Z. Martin |
| Nominee | War Pigs | Jay Requard |
| Nominee | The Shopgirl's Prophecy | Anna Abner |
| Nominee | Remedy | Anna Abner |
| Nominee | The Deceptive Chain | David Adkins |
| Nominee | The Rose & the Dagger | Renée Ahdieh |
| Nominee | Hannah's House | Joyce Allen |
| Nominee | Gabriel's Secret | Diana Bastine |
| Nominee | The Palace Guard | Jon Batson |
| Nominee | Serafina and the Twisted Staff | Robert Beatty |
| Nominee | The Wooden Prince | John Claude Bemis |
| Nominee | Sisters of the Apocalypse | Jake Bible |
| Nominee | Salvage Merc One | Jake Bible |
| Nominee | The Daedalus System | Jake Bible |
| Nominee | Fighting Iron | Jake Bible |
| Nominee | Perdition Plains | Jake Bible |
| Nominee | Drop Team Zero | Jake Bible |
| Nominee | Murder Island | Jake Bible |
| Nominee | Roak: Galactic Bounty Hunter | Jake Bible |
| Nominee | Chocolate Meltdown | Rhett Bigler |
| Nominee | Divine Descendant | Jenna Black |
| Nominee | Nightstruck | Jenna Black |
| Nominee | Friend of the Devil: Another Badass Tale | Tonia Brown |
| Nominee | Skin Game | Tonia Brown |
| Nominee | Change of Life | Samantha Bryant |
| Nominee | The Swarm | Orson Scott Card+Aaron Johnston |
| Nominee | Artifacts | Pete Catalano |
| Nominee | A Shadow All of Light | Fred Chappell |
| Nominee | The Goblin's Puzzle: Being the Adventures of a Boy with No Name and Two Girls Called Alice | Andrew S. Chilton |
| Nominee | The Star-Touched Queen | Roshani Chokshi |
| Nominee | The Secret Ingredient of Wishes | Susan Bishop Crispell |
| Nominee | The Dragon Hammer | Tony Daniel |
| Nominee | The Last Great American Magic | L. C. Fiore |
| Nominee | Playing The Witch's Game | Zoe Forward |
| Nominee | The Second Death | T. Frohock |
| Nominee | Smoke and Shadow | Kelly Gay |
| Nominee | The Flash: The Haunting of Barry Allen | Clay Griffith+Susan Griffith |
| Nominee | Argos: The Story of Odysseus as Told by His Loyal Dog | Ralph Hardy |
| Nominee | Chasing Shadows | Tom DeLonge+A. J. Hartley |
| Nominee | Man in Black | John G. Hartness |
| Nominee | Night at the Museum | John G. Hartness |
| Nominee | Midsummer | John G. Hartness |
| Nominee | Oh, Bubba, Where Art Thou? | John G. Hartness |
| Nominee | Survival | John G. Hartness |
| Nominee | Hell Freezes Over | John G. Hartness |
| Nominee | Heaven Sent | John G. Hartness |
| Nominee | Heaven's Door | John G. Hartness |
| Nominee | Heaven Help Us | John G. Hartness |
| Nominee | Heaven Can Wait | John G. Hartness |
| Nominee | The Conch Shell of Doom | Ryan Hill |
| Nominee | Nick Newton Is Not a Genius | S. E. M. Ishida |
| Nominee | Southern Curses | Stuart Jaffe |
| Nominee | Southern Rites | Stuart Jaffe |
| Nominee | Immortal Killers | Stuart Jaffe |
| Nominee | Killing Machine | Stuart Jaffe |
| Nominee | The Cardinal | Stuart Jaffe |
| Nominee | Hunter's Moon | Michael Jasper |
| Nominee | Conquest | Debra Killeen |
| Nominee | The Raven and the Reindeer | T. Kingfisher |
| Nominee | Wish You Were Here | Elizabeth Langston |
| Nominee | Arctic Dawn | Karissa Laurel |
| Nominee | Moonlight Falling | Karissa Laurel |
| Nominee | Heir of Thunder | Karissa Laurel |
| Nominee | Changeling's Fall | Sarah Joy Adams+Emily Lavin Leverett |
| Nominee | The Kidnapped Prince | John P. Logsdon+Christopher P. Young |
| Nominee | Veli Unveiled | John P. Logsdon+Christopher P. Young |
| Nominee | At Circle's End | Ian J. Malone |
| Nominee | Grave Voices | Gail Z. Martin+Larry N. Martin |
| Nominee | Rogue | Gail Z. Martin+Larry N. Martin |
| Nominee | Predator | Gail Z. Martin |
| Nominee | Fair Game | Gail Z. Martin |
| Nominee | Cinder | James Maxey |
| Nominee | Triumph of Chaos | Jen McConnel |
| Nominee | Curse of Stone | Jen McConnel |
| Nominee | Curse of Gold | Jen McConnel |
| Nominee | Unbound and Determined | James P. McDonald |
| Nominee | Quest Maker | Laurie McKay |
| Nominee | Against That Time | Edward McKeown |
| Nominee | Wolves | D. J. Molles |
| Nominee | Earth Zero | Scott Nicholson |
| Nominee | Radiophobia | Scott Nicholson |
| Nominee | Directive 17 | Scott Nicholson |
| Nominee | Crucible | Scott Nicholson |
| Nominee | Blood and Frost | Scott Nicholson |
| Nominee | Outriders | Jay Posey |
| Nominee | Young Blood | Stephen Mark Rainey+Mat Smith+Myron Smith |
| Nominee | A World Without You | Beth Revis |
| Nominee | The Star Bell | Stephanie Ricker |
| Nominee | Ill-Mannered Ghosts: An Occasionally True Account of Hillbilly Stonehenge, Occult Cleaning Products, the Lady in the Picture, and the Bloodcurdling Tale of Crybaby Lane | Nicole Sarrocco |
| Nominee | The Brimstone Deception | Lisa Shearin |
| Nominee | Wedding Bells, Magic Spells | Lisa Shearin |
| Nominee | The Secret Horses of Briar Hill | Megan Shepherd |
| Nominee | The Hunt | Megan Shepherd |
| Nominee | Scorned | Jennifer Snyder |
| Nominee | Of Witch's Blood | Jennifer Snyder |
| Nominee | Of Breath & Soul | Jennifer Snyder |
| Nominee | Of Time & Spells | Jennifer Snyder |
| Nominee | The Perilous Journey of the Much-Too-Spontaneous Girl | Leigh Statham |
| Nominee | Tuning the Symphony | William C. Tracy |
| Nominee | The Counterfeit Captain | Henry Vogel |
| Nominee | The Fugitive Heir | Henry Vogel |
| Nominee | The Fugitive Pair | Henry Vogel |
| Nominee | Scout's Law | Henry Vogel |
| Nominee | The Delphi Effect | Rysa Walker |
| Nominee | Facsimile | Vicki L. Weavil |
| Nominee | The Chimera | Adrienne Wilder |
| Nominee | Chained | Adrienne Wilder |
| Nominee | Betrayed | Adrienne Wilder |
| Nominee | Reborn | Adrienne Wilder |
| Nominee | Thirteen | Adrienne Wilder |
| Nominee | Dreamers | Donna Glee Williams |
| Nominee | Attempted Immortality | Michael G. Williams |
| Nominee | Blood Family | Brent Winter |
| Nominee | Dead Hand | Allen L. Wold |
| Winner | Raising Hell | John G. Hartness |
| Nominee | The Mussorgsky Riddle | Darin Kennedy |
| Nominee | Iron & Blood | Gail Z. Martin+Larry N. Martin |
| Nominee | Vendetta | Gail Z. Martin |
| Nominee | War of Shadows | Gail Z. Martin |
| Nominee | Castle Hangnail | Ursula Vernon |
| Nominee | The Light Who Binds | Lilo Abernathy |
| Nominee | Spell of Shattering | Anna Abner |
| Nominee | The Dead Chain | David Adkins |
| Nominee | The Wrath & the Dawn | Renée Ahdieh |
| Nominee | First Frost | Sarah Addison Allen |
| Nominee | The Wonderland Effect | Robert Arrington |
| Nominee | The Subterranean Season | Dale Bailey |
| Nominee | Finding Galium | Jon Batson |
| Nominee | Serafina and the Black Cloak | Robert Beatty |
| Nominee | AntiBio 2 | Jake Bible |
| Nominee | The Stronghold | Jake Bible |
| Nominee | In Perpetuity | Jake Bible |
| Nominee | Kaiju Inferno | Jake Bible |
| Nominee | Behemoth Island | Jake Bible |
| Nominee | Reign of Four: Book I | Jake Bible |
| Nominee | Reign of Four: Book II | Jake Bible |
| Nominee | Reign of Four: Book III | Jake Bible |
| Nominee | Reign of Four: Book IV | Jake Bible |
| Nominee | End of Life Exams! | Jake Bible |
| Nominee | Attack of the Living Shadows! | Jake Bible |
| Nominee | Phantom Limbs! | Jake Bible |
| Nominee | Into the Black! | Jake Bible |
| Nominee | The Sleepwalking Dead! | Jake Bible |
| Nominee | Systems Failure! | Jake Bible |
| Nominee | The Bleeding Heartland | Jake Bible |
| Nominee | Rocky Mountain Die | Jake Bible |
| Nominee | Mercury and Murder | Rhett Bigler |
| Nominee | Schism | Jenna Black |
| Nominee | Hauling Ash | Tonia Brown |
| Nominee | End of the Line | Tonia Brown |
| Nominee | Skin Deep | Tonia Brown |
| Nominee | Going Through the Change | Samantha Bryant |
| Nominee | Gatefather | Orson Scott Card |
| Nominee | Destiny's Handmaiden | F. Hampton Carmine |
| Nominee | Rebecca Hornsby, Elf Princess | F. Hampton Carmine |
| Nominee | Dragon of the Stars | Alex J. Cavanaugh |
| Nominee | Afiri | Robert Creekmore |
| Nominee | Savage Trade | Tony Daniel |
| Nominee | Gone Beyond Beyond: A Dharma Mystery | Sachi Deleg |
| Nominee | Air and Darkness | David Drake |
| Nominee | Into the Maelstrom | David Drake+John Lambshead |
| Nominee | Sound | Alexandra Duncan |
| Nominee | The Night of One Hundred Thieves | Devon Trevarrow Flaherty |
| Nominee | One Year After | William R. Forstchen |
| Nominee | His Witch To Keep | Zoe Forward |
| Nominee | The Staff and the Shield | D. W. Frauenfelder |
| Nominee | In Midnight's Silence | T. Frohock |
| Nominee | Without Light or Guide | T. Frohock |
| Nominee | Bound by Flames | Jeaniene Frost |
| Nominee | Tales of a Fifth-Grade Knight | Douglas Gibson |
| Nominee | The Conquering Dark | Clay Griffith+Susan Griffith |
| Nominee | The Geomancer | Clay Griffith+Susan Griffith |
| Nominee | The Shadow Revolution | Clay Griffith+Susan Griffith |
| Nominee | The Undying Legion | Clay Griffith+Susan Griffith |
| Nominee | The Girl in Acid Park | Lauren Harris |
| Nominee | From the Stone | John G. Hartness |
| Nominee | Hell on Heels | John G. Hartness |
| Nominee | In the Still of the Knight | John G. Hartness |
| Nominee | Moon Over Bourbon Street | John G. Hartness |
| Nominee | Queen of Kats | John G. Hartness |
| Nominee | Straight to Hell | John G. Hartness |
| Nominee | Haw | Sean Jackson |
| Nominee | Founders | Stuart Jaffe |
| Nominee | Southern Gothic | Stuart Jaffe |
| Nominee | Southern Haunts | Stuart Jaffe |
| Nominee | The Way of the Soul | Stuart Jaffe |
| Nominee | Call To Arms | Debra Killeen |
| Nominee | Bryony and Roses | T. Kingfisher |
| Nominee | Stones | Mur Lafferty |
| Nominee | Soul Arbor | Bridget Ladd |
| Nominee | Wishing for You | Elizabeth Langston |
| Nominee | Gappy's Gadgets | John P. Logsdon+Christopher P. Young |
| Nominee | Kidnap on Fantasy Planet | John P. Logsdon+Christopher P. Young |
| Nominee | Warped Conduit | John P. Logsdon+Christopher P. Young |
| Nominee | The Last of the Ageless | Traci Loudin |
| Nominee | The Further Adventures of Ebenezer Scrooge | Charlie Lovett |
| Nominee | Red Sky Dawning | Ian J. Malone |
| Nominee | Chaos and Moonlight | A. D. Marrow |
| Nominee | Gods of Chaos | Jen McConnel |
| Nominee | My Outcast State | Edward McKeown |
| Nominee | Soulprint | Megan Miranda |
| Nominee | Dying Light | Scott Nicholson |
| Nominee | Red Scare | Scott Nicholson |
| Nominee | Afterburn | Scott Nicholson |
| Nominee | The Preacher | Scott Nicholson |
| Nominee | Scars and Ashes | Scott Nicholson+Joshua Simcox |
| Nominee | Dawnbreaker | Jay Posey |
| Nominee | Daughter of Deep Silence | Carrie Ryan |
| Nominee | City of Thirst | John Parke Davis+Carrie Ryan |
| Nominee | Lost Queen | Melissa Scott |
| Nominee | Oath Bound | Jo Graham+Melissa Scott |
| Nominee | Third Path | Jo Graham+Melissa Scott |
| Nominee | Wind Raker | Jo Graham+Melissa Scott |
| Nominee | The Dragon Conspiracy | Lisa Shearin |
| Nominee | A Cold Legacy | Megan Shepherd |
| Nominee | The Cage | Megan Shepherd |
| Nominee | Sacrifice | Jennifer Snyder |
| Nominee | Savor | Jennifer Snyder |
| Nominee | Seduce | Jennifer Snyder |
| Nominee | Summon | Jennifer Snyder |
| Nominee | Their Fractured Light | Amie Kaufman+Meagan Spooner |
| Nominee | The Perilous Journey of the Not-So-Innocuous Girl | Leigh Statham |
| Nominee | Scout's Duty | Henry Vogel |
| Nominee | Scout's Oath | Henry Vogel |
| Nominee | Time's Divide | Rysa Walker |
| Nominee | Crockatiel | David Niall Wilson |
| Nominee | Sturgis | Allen L. Wold |
| Winner | Ghost Train to New Orleans | Mur Lafferty |
| Nominee | The Sea Without a Shore | David Drake |
| Nominee | Hamlet, Prince of Denmark | A. J. Hartley+David Hewson |
| Nominee | Reign of Ash | Gail Z. Martin |
| Nominee | Bad Wizard | James Maxey |
| Nominee | The Light Who Shines | Lilo Abernathy |
| Nominee | The Threads of Earth | Joyce Allen |
| Nominee | Lost Lake | Sarah Addison Allen |
| Nominee | Grandchildren of Liberty | D. G. Bagwell |
| Nominee | The Demon's Gate | Jeanette Battista |
| Nominee | Mega | Jake Bible |
| Nominee | Estate of the Dead | Jake Bible |
| Nominee | Dead Team Alpha | Jake Bible |
| Nominee | AntiBio | Jake Bible |
| Nominee | Baja Blood | Jake Bible |
| Nominee | Kaiju Winter | Jake Bible |
| Nominee | Cannibal Road | Jake Bible |
| Nominee | Intentional Haunting | Jake Bible |
| Nominee | When Giants Collide | Jake Bible |
| Nominee | Kaiju Storm | Jake Bible |
| Nominee | Beginning a Beginning | Danny Birt |
| Nominee | Resistance | Jenna Black |
| Nominee | Revolution | Jenna Black |
| Nominee | The Gifted Dead | Jenna Black |
| Nominee | The Princess and the Peak | Tonia Brown |
| Nominee | Of Mice and Mechanical Men | Tonia Brown |
| Nominee | Elephant in the Doom | Tonia Brown |
| Nominee | The Girl in the Road | Monica Byrne |
| Nominee | Visitors | Orson Scott Card |
| Nominee | Earth Awakens | Orson Scott Card+Aaron Johnston |
| Nominee | Abby and the Magic Key | F. Hampton Carmine |
| Nominee | Nothing But Your Memories | H. B. Clementine |
| Nominee | Mistress of Land and Sea | Betty Cross |
| Nominee | The Savior | Tony Daniel+David Drake |
| Nominee | Salvage | Alexandra Duncan |
| Nominee | Darkness Unbound | Zoe Forward |
| Nominee | Protecting His Witch | Zoe Forward |
| Nominee | The Broken Road | T. Frohock |
| Nominee | Up from the Grave | Jeaniene Frost |
| Nominee | The Beautiful Ashes | Jeaniene Frost |
| Nominee | Unascended | Jo Graham+Amy Griswold |
| Nominee | The Book of Bart | Ryan Hill |
| Nominee | Dead New World | Ryan Hill |
| Nominee | Max's Hungry Ghost | Stephen Hren |
| Nominee | Pathway to Spirit | Stuart Jaffe |
| Nominee | The Way of the Power | Stuart Jaffe |
| Nominee | Finders, Inc. | Michael Jasper |
| Nominee | A Country of Ghosts | Margaret Killjoy |
| Nominee | The Seventh Bride | T. Kingfisher |
| Nominee | Ardent Ascension | Bridget Ladd |
| Nominee | A Whisper in Time | Elizabeth Langston |
| Nominee | Whispers from the Past | Elizabeth Langston |
| Nominee | I Wish | Elizabeth Langston |
| Nominee | Deadly Curiosities | Gail Z. Martin |
| Nominee | Daughter of Chaos | Jen McConnel |
| Nominee | Beautiful Curse | Jen McConnel |
| Nominee | The Dung Ball Chronicle: Books One and Two | Wayne V. Miller |
| Nominee | Vengeance | Megan Miranda |
| Nominee | The Wonder of All Things | Jason Mott |
| Nominee | The Narrow Gate | Scott Nicholson |
| Nominee | Milepost 291 | Scott Nicholson |
| Nominee | Whiteout | Scott Nicholson |
| Nominee | Spider Bite | Scott Nicholson+J. R. Rain |
| Nominee | Bone and Cinder | Scott Nicholson+Joshua Simcox |
| Nominee | Into the Tides | Rebekkah Niles |
| Nominee | Impact Velocity | Leah Petersen |
| Nominee | Morningside Fall | Jay Posey |
| Nominee | The Body Electric | Beth Revis |
| Nominee | The Battle of Castle Nebula | Stephanie Ricker |
| Nominee | The Map to Everywhere | John Parke Davis+Carrie Ryan |
| Nominee | Fairs' Point | Melissa Scott |
| Nominee | A Death at the Dionysus Club | Amy Griswold+Melissa Scott |
| Nominee | Silver Bullet | Jo Graham+Melissa Scott |
| Nominee | Wild Card | Lisa Shearin |
| Nominee | The God Factor | Rob Shelsky |
| Nominee | The Creator Code | Rob Shelsky |
| Nominee | The Babylon Effect | Rob Shelsky |
| Nominee | Her Dark Curiosity | Megan Shepherd |
| Nominee | Tempestas Viator | Lady Soliloque |
| Nominee | Lark Ascending | Meagan Spooner |
| Nominee | This Shattered World | Amie Kaufman+Meagan Spooner |
| Nominee | Darkest Fear | Cate Tiernan |
| Nominee | The Ghosts of Tupelo Landing | Sheila Turnage |
| Nominee | Scout's Honor | Henry Vogel |
| Nominee | Time's Echo | Rysa Walker |
| Nominee | Time's Edge | Rysa Walker |
| Nominee | Crown of Ice | Vicki L. Weavil |
| Nominee | The Braided Path | Donna Glee Williams |
| Nominee | The Not Quite Right Reverend Cletus J. Diggs and the Crazy Case of Foreman James | David Niall Wilson |
| Nominee | Stroad's Cross | Allen L. Wold |
| Winner | The Shambling Guide to New York City | Mur Lafferty |
| Nominee | The Heretic | Tony Daniel+David Drake |
| Nominee | Vaporware | Richard E. Dansky |
| Nominee | Monsters of the Earth | David Drake |
| Nominee | Darwen Arkwright and the School of Shadows | A. J. Hartley |
| Nominee | Ice Forged | Gail Z. Martin |
| Nominee | Selkie | Diana Bastine |
| Nominee | Murder & Mochas | Rhett Bigler |
| Nominee | Ending | Danny Birt |
| Nominee | Replica | Jenna Black |
| Nominee | Gnomaggedon | Tonia Brown |
| Nominee | Devouring Milo | Tonia Brown |
| Nominee | Questions Abound | Tonia Brown |
| Nominee | Buffalo Gals | Tonia Brown |
| Nominee | Earth Afire | Orson Scott Card+Aaron Johnston |
| Nominee | The Gate Thief | Orson Scott Card |
| Nominee | CassaStorm | Alex J. Cavanaugh |
| Nominee | Kara Was Here | William Conescu |
| Nominee | Devil's Bargain | Tony Daniel |
| Nominee | The Office of Mercy | Ariel Djanikian |
| Nominee | Forgotten in Darkness | Zoe Forward |
| Nominee | The Times That Try Men's Souls | Jacob Foxx |
| Nominee | Twice Tempted | Jeaniene Frost |
| Nominee | Home for the Holidays | Jeaniene Frost |
| Nominee | Shadow on the Sun | David Macinnis Gill |
| Nominee | Inheritors | Jo Graham+Amy Griswold+Melissa Scott |
| Nominee | The Emperor's Agent | Jo Graham |
| Nominee | Cythera | Jo Graham |
| Nominee | Exorcising Aaron Nguyen | Lauren Harris |
| Nominee | Paint It Black | John G. Hartness |
| Nominee | The Way of the Blade | Stuart Jaffe |
| Nominee | Southern Belle | Stuart Jaffe |
| Nominee | Real Magic | Cameron Francis+Stuart Jaffe |
| Nominee | A Glimpse of Her Soul | Stuart Jaffe |
| Nominee | Rogue Descendant | Jenna Black |
| Nominee | Pull Down the Night | Nathan Kotecki |
| Nominee | The Lotus Effect | Bridgett Ladd |
| Nominee | Dawn of Dragons | James Maxey |
| Nominee | Keeper of the Black Stones | PT McHugh |
| Nominee | Lonely in the Heart of the World | Mindi Meltz |
| Nominee | The Returned | Jason Mott |
| Nominee | The Echo | Scott Nicholson |
| Nominee | First Light | Scott Nicholson |
| Nominee | McFall | Scott Nicholson |
| Nominee | The Scarecrow | Scott Nicholson |
| Nominee | Three | Jay Posey |
| Nominee | Spider Web | Scott Nicholson+J. R. Rain |
| Nominee | Shades of Earth | Beth Revis |
| Nominee | Steel Blues | Jo Graham+Melissa Scott |
| Nominee | Death by Silver | Amy Griswold+Melissa Scott |
| Nominee | Meat Camp | Chris DiLeo+Scott Nicholson |
| Nominee | The Grendel Affair | Lisa Shearin |
| Nominee | The Madman's Daughter | Megan Shepherd |
| Nominee | Nightmare of the Iguana | Ursula Vernon |
| Nominee | The Case of the Toxic Mutants | Ursula Vernon |
| Nominee | The Kings and Queens of Roam | Daniel Wallace (1959-) |
| Nominee | Nevermore | David Niall Wilson |
| Nominee | Killer Green | David Niall Wilson |