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Bram Stoker Award® Updates

2025 HWA Specialty Award Winners Announced

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The Horror Writers Association announces its 2025 Specialty Award Recipients! These awards will be presented during the Bram Stoker Awards Ceremony in Stamford, Connecticut this June. ...More...

Horror Writers Association Gets 10 Year Commitment from Pitt Library System for StokerCon

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The Horror Writers Association (HWA) and the University of Pittsburgh Library System (ULS) are excited to announce a new chapter in their collaboration leading up to StokerCon.  Building on their roles as Marquee Sponsor in 2023 and Raven Sponsor in 2024, the ULS has committed to a ground-breaking 10-year Legacy Sponsorship starting with StokerCon 2025.

THE 2023 BRAM STOKER AWARD® WINNERS

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SAN DIEGO, CA--The 2023 Bram Stoker Awards® took place on June 1, during the Annual Bram Stoker Awards® Banquet at StokerCon™ 2024. Winners received awards for superior achievement in the following categories:

2024 FINAL FRAME Finalists Announced

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2024 FINALISTS (in alphabetical order)

13th Night

Director: Benjamin Percy Writer: Benjamin Percy UNITED STATES / 2024 / 14:32 A father will do anything to save his daughter. Anything.

The Ninth Annual FINAL FRAME Horror Short Film Competition is proud to present our 2024 judges.

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A veritable whirlwind of talent, the competition judges for Final Frame represent the same tenacity, perseverance, ingenuity, and passion we see reflected in our finalists’ films. We can’t wait to have them preside over an evening of frights and freak-outs leading up to their selections for Grand Prize, Runner-Up, Best Writing in a Short Film, and more!

HWA SPECIALTY AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Columbus, OH – The Horror Writers Association (HWA) is pleased to announce the recipients of its Specialty Awards. These will be presented on June 1st, 2024, during the Bram Stoker Awards® Presentation at StokerCon®2024 in San Diego, CA.

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Columbus, OH – The Horror Writers Association (HWA) is pleased to announce the recipients of its Lifetime Achievement Award. These will be presented on June 1st, 2024, during the Bram Stoker Awards® Presentation at StokerCon®2024 in San Diego, CA.

Lifetime Achievement Award The recipients of the HWA’s Lifetime Achievement Award for 2024 are:

The 2023 Bram Stoker Awards® Final Ballot — CORRECTED

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IMPORTANT NOTE—BALLOT CORRECTION

The Bram Stoker Awards Committee must note a correction to the previously announced Final Ballot. It was recognized unfortunately late in the Awards process that CAMP DAMASCUS by Chuck Tingle, included in the Young Adult Novel category on the Preliminary Ballot, is not a young adult work. After careful discussion and review of the Preliminary Ballot voting, the Awards Committee has moved CAMP DAMASCUS to the Novel category, where it should have originally been included, resulting in six finalists in NOVEL. In the Young Adult Novel category, YOU’RE NOT SUPPOSED TO DIE TONIGHT by Kalynn Bayron has now been added as a finalist. This ballot adjustment has been made to allow for proper recognition of works in the Young Adult Novel category and to observe the overall results of votes on the Preliminary Ballot. We apologize for this error and invite anyone with questions to contact stokerchair@horror.org. ...More...

The 2023 Bram Stoker Awards® Final Ballot

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The Horror Writers Association (HWA) is pleased to announce the Final Ballot for the 2023 Bram Stoker Awards®. The HWA is the premier writers organization in the horror and dark fiction genre, with more than 2,000 members. We have presented the Bram Stoker Awards in various categories since 1987. ...More...

Horror Writers Association Releases the 2023 Bram Stoker Awards® Preliminary Ballot

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The Horror Writers Association (HWA) is pleased to announce the Preliminary Ballot for the 2023 Bram Stoker Awards®. The HWA is the premier writers organization in the horror and dark fiction genre, with more than 2,000 members. We have presented the Bram Stoker Awards in various categories since 1987. Works on this ballot are not referred to as “nominees” or “finalists.” Only works appearing on the Final Ballot may be referred to as “nominated works” and their authors as “finalists.” The HWA Board and the Bram Stoker Awards® Committee congratulate all those appearing on the Preliminary Ballot.

2020 Bram Stoker Awards® Winners Announced

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The Horror Writers Association (HWA), the premier organization of writers and publishers of horror and dark fantasy, announced this year’s Bram Stoker Awards® winners at a virtual ceremony during StokerCon™ 2021.

“This year’s winners reflect a deep range of works from a competitive field,” said John Palisano, HWA President. “The winners and finalists truly represent a broad spectrum of titles in horror and dark fantasy. HWA members and awards juries have shown dedication and objectivity to the selection process for outstanding works of literature, cinema, non-fiction, and poetry.”

We proudly provide the list of talented winners along with the finalist nominees.

To see the recipients of the other awards presented at the ceremony, visit The Bram Stoker Awards®.

2020 Bram Stoker Awards® Preliminary Ballot Announced

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The Horror Writers Association (HWA) is pleased to announce the Preliminary Ballot for the 2020 Bram Stoker Awards®. The HWA (see http://www.horror.org/) is the premier writers organization in the horror and dark fiction genre, with more than 1,700 members. We have presented the Bram Stoker Awards in various categories since 1987 (see http://www.thebramstokerawards.com/) ...More...

Winners — Bram Stoker Awards®

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The Horror Writers Association (HWA), the premier organization of writers and publishers of horror and dark fantasy, announces this year’s Bram Stoker Awards® winners after a ceremony held via Live Stream. “This year’s winners reflect a great showing of impressive works from a wide range of competitive finalists,” said John Palisano, HWA President. “This year’s winners truly represent a broad spectrum of titles in the horror and dark fantasy. HWA members and awards juries have again shown objectivity and dedication to the selection process for outstanding works of literature, cinema, non-fiction, and poetry.” ...More...

Streamed Readings Scheduled for April 18!

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BRAM STOKER AWARD™ READINGS SCHEDULE FOR APRIL 18 (ALL TIMES ARE PST)

Watch them on the HorrorWriters Youtube Channel.

3:30 p.m.

  • Ann Dávila Cardinal (Young Adult Novel) reading from Five Midnights
  • Liana Gardner (Young Adult Novel) reading from Speak No Evil

3:45 p.m.

  • John Langan (Fiction Collection) reading from Sefira and Other Betrayals

4:00 p.m.

  • Sarah Read (First Novel) reading from The Bone Weaver’s Orchard
  • Donna Lynch (Poetry Collection) reading from Choking Back the Devil
And more! Check out the entire list.

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