Horror Writers Association names 2007 Stoker winners

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The World Horror Convention is always fun. For some of the genre’s brightest stars, the convention was even sweeter tonight as the Horror Writers Association handed out the coveted Bram Stoker Awards recognizing superior works of dark fiction published in 2007.

Eight bronze haunted castle statuettes were awarded at this year’s World Horror Convention, held in Salt Lake City, Utah. This year’s winners are:

Superior Achievement in a NOVEL
The Missing by Sarah Langan

Superior Achievement in a FIRST NOVEL
Heart-shaped Box by Joe Hill

Superior Achievement in LONG FICTION
“Afterward, There Will be a Hallway” by Gary A. Braunbeck

Superior Achievement in SHORT FICTION
“The Gentle Brush of Wings” by David Niall Wilson

Superior Achievement in an ANTHOLOGY
Five Strokes to Midnight by Gary A. Braunbeck and Hank Schwaeble

Superior Achievement in a COLLECTION (tie)
Proverbs for Monsters by Michael A. Arnzen
5 Stories by Peter Straub

Superior Achievement in NONFICTION
The Cryptopedia by Jonathan Mayberry and David F. Kramer

Superior Achievement in POETRY (tie)
Being Full of Light, Insubstantial by Linda Addison
Vectors: A Week in the Death of a Planet by Charlee Jacob and Marge Simon

Works can be recommended by any member of the HWA. Members with Active status then vote works onto a preliminary ballot. From there the field is narrowed to the final ballot and Active members choose the winners from that. The award is named for Bram Stoker, best known as the author of Dracula, published in 1897.

Deborah LeBlanc, HWA president, said, “We saw a lot of great work published in 2007. Whether the reader was after long fiction, short fiction, poetry or non-fiction, he had a wealth of good material to choose from. Narrowing the field down and finally choosing the work that is superior in its category is a year long process that our members take very seriously.”

LeBlanc added, “The Horror Writers Association is very proud to award the Bram Stoker Awards to this year’s winners. In some cases we recognized established professionals, while in others we applauded the work of lesser known authors. We hope winning this award will tell them their hard work is appreciated, and encourage them to keep producing great literature in the horror genre.”

HWA also presented its annual Lifetime Achievement Award. Two winners were named this year. They are legendary film director John Carpenter and author Robert Weinberg.

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Note: Both the conference and the banquet are open to the public.

More information on the Horror Writers Association is at www.horror.org. More information on the World Horror Convention is available at www.worldhorrorconvention.com.