Members May Recommend Works for Bram Stoker Award Consideration

The button has been reactivated and a handful of churlish vampire-toothed chipmunks are standing by to collect your recommendations. Only members may submit recommendations. Read the Award Etiquette page for tons of information on how to get your work or a recommended work tactfully to the right people. Follow this link to recommend works published in 2012: http://www.horror.org/private/stokers/.

Monster Librarian Reviews Vampire Novel of the Century Nominees

We thought you might be interested in looking at this information-rich overview of the nominees for the Horror Writers Association's Vampire Novel of the Century nominees. It begins like this: We at MonsterLibrarian.com are here to help you learn a little about these titles. Below you'll find reviews of each of the nominated books. Some of these are now out of print or difficult to find (The Soft Whisper of the Dead was a limited edition of only 2,800 copies), but if you search your existing collection, you may find these books are already on your shelves. Even if they…

Bram Stoker Award™ 2011 Final Ballot

The final ballot for the Horror Writers Association's Bram Stoker Awards™ for works published in 2011 has been compiled. The link to the ballot has been sent out to Active and Lifetime members via email. The deadline to submit your vote is March 04, 2012, midnight Pacific Coast time. NOVEL: Conlon, Christopher — A Matrix Of Angels Lamberson, Greg — Cosmic Forces Malfi, Ronald — Floating Staircase McKinney, Joe — Flesh Eaters O’Neill, Gene — Not Fade Away Thomas, Lee — The German FIRST NOVEL: Bird, Allyson — Isis Unbound Jacobs, John, Horner — Southern Gods Lee, Frazer — The…

2012 Bram Stoker Award™ Jury Chairs and Members Chosen

We're setting up for next year's awards. The following jury members will serve for the 2012 Bram Stoker Awards™. Works published in 2012 are eligible. Novel Chair: Martel Sardina stokernovel@horror.org Corrine De WinterDanielle KaheakuGuido HenkelGene Stewart First Novel Chair: Joe Nassise stokerfirstnovel@horror.org Janice Gable BashmanDavid WilbanksKirstyn McDermottSunni K. Brock Young Adult Chair: Lynne Hansen stokeryanovel@horror.org Joel SutherlandDotti EnderleMelissa MarrJeanne Stein Graphic Novels Chair: Ken Lille-Paetz stokergraphicnovel@horror.org Anne PettyNorman PrentissAaron SternsKaaron Warren Long Fiction Chair: Chris Welch stokerlongfic@horror.org Chris ShearerBrett TalleyRichard PayneDavid Searls Short Fiction Chair: Jason V. Brock stokershortfic@horror.org Talie HeleneJohn CozzoliBartiomiej PaszyikChad Helder Screenplays Chair: JG Faherty stokerscreenplay@horror.org David…

Nominees Announced for Vampire Novel of the Century Award

The Horror Writers Association (HWA), the international association of writers, publishing professionals, and supporters of horror literature, in conjunction with the Bram Stoker Family Estate and the Rosenbach Museum & Library, proudly announces the nominees for the Bram Stoker Vampire Novel of the Century Award. The award will be presented at the Bram Stoker Awards™ Banquet at the World Horror Convention in Salt Lake City, Utah, on March 31, 2012, upon the centenary of the death of Abraham (Bram) Stoker, the author of Dracula. From a field of more than 35 preliminary nominees, a jury of writers and scholars selected…

2011 Bram Stoker Award™ Preliminary Ballot Announced

For each category (Novel, First Novel, etc) there are potentially TWO ballots: one for the works that proceed from the recommendations ('Recs') ballot and one for the works that proceed from the Jury ballot. A short explanation of the system for determining for the Bram Stoker Awards™ ballots appears at: http://www.horror.org/stokers.htm. As the preliminary ballot is designed to produce three works for the final ballot in a category from each of the "Recs" and "Jury" ballots, if there are three or less works qualified in a category, they proceed directly to the final ballot. If you see four, five or…

HAUTALA and LANSDALE Win Lifetime Horror Awards

The Horror Writers Association has chosen two long-time icons of the genre to receive the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award (LAA) this year. The award, given in recognition of the recipient's overall body of work, will go to Rick Hautala and to Joe R. Lansdale. Under his own name, Rick Hautala has written nearly thirty novels, including the million-copy bestseller Nightstone, as well as Winter Wake, The Mountain King, and Little Brothers. He has published two short story collections: Bedbugs and Occasional Demons. A new collection, The Back of Beyond, is due soon. He has had over sixty short stories published…

KAREN LANSDALE to Receive The Richard Laymon President’s Award from Horror Writers Association

The Richard Laymon President's Award for Service was instituted in 2000 and is named in honor of Richard Laymon, who died in 2001 while serving as the Horror Writers Association President. The award is given by the HWA sitting President to a volunteer who has served HWA in an especially exemplary manner and has shown extraordinary dedication to the organization. HWA President Rocky Wood has chosen Karen Lansdale to receive the 2011 Richard Laymon Award. Karen is recognized as one of the Founders of the HWA; in fact, the award is for her dedication and hard work at that time.…

Guy Anthony DE MARCO to receive The Silver Hammer Award from HWA

The Horror Writers Association periodically gives The Silver Hammer Award to an HWA volunteer who has done a truly massive amount of work for our organization, often unsung and behind the scenes. It was instituted in 1996 and is decided by a vote of HWA's Board of Trustees. The award is so named because it represents the careful, steady, continuous work of building HWA's "house" -- the many institutional systems that keep the organization functioning on a day-to-day basis. The award itself is a chrome-plated hammer with an engraved plaque on the handle. The chrome hammer is also a satisfying…

Samhain Publishing is Platinum Sponsor of the 25th Annual Bram Stoker Awards™

The Horror Writers Association (HWA) is pleased to announce Samhain Publishing as the Platinum Sponsor for the 25th Annual Bram Stoker Awards Banquet. The Banquet will be held in conjunction with the World Horror Convention on 31 March 2012 with HWA’s Founders Joe and Karen Lansdale and Robert McCammon as Special Guests of Honor. Full details of both the Banquet and “Celebrate HWA Day” are at our dedicated website: http://www.stokers2012.org/. Don D'Auria, executive editor for Samhain Horror, will be representing the publisher at the World Horror Convention in Salt Lake City, Utah. “We're proud to support the Horror Writing community.…

Jeremy Wagner Sponsors the Bram Stoker Vampire Novel of the Century Award

The Horror Writers Association (HWA) is pleased to announce Jeremy Wagner as the sponsor for the Bram Stoker Vampire Novel of the Century Award. The Horror Writers Association (HWA), the horror genre’s peak body for writers and publishing professionals, will be giving the Bram Stoker Vampire Novel of the Century Award in conjunction with the Bram Stoker Family Estate and the Rosenbach Museum & Library. The award marks the centenary of the death in 1912 of Abraham (Bram) Stoker, the author of Dracula, and also celebrates the twenty-fifth anniversary of the association. Full details of both the banquet and "Celebrate…

2011 Bram Stoker Awards™ Ceremony On Youtube

The Horror Writers Association hold their Bram Stoker Award™ ceremony each year to honor outstanding achievements in writing. The awards were held in Long Island, NY. This video documents the event. It is part one of a four part series. The master of ceremonies for the event is Jeff Strand. >>> Go to the HWA Youtube collection.

25th Anniversary Bram Stoker Award Banquet & Celebrate HWA Day

from HWA President, Rocky Wood Sometime in 1984, Robert McCammon first mentioned the idea of forming an organization for professional writers of horror. He soon enlisted the assistance of Joe and Karen Lansdale, and together H.O.W.L. (Horror/Occult Writers League) was born. The organization held its first formal meeting in 1985, and shortly thereafter the name was changed to Horror Writers of America. However, it wasn't until March of 1987 that HWA (which officially changed its name to Horror Writers Assn. in 1993) was officially incorporated. Which means we're celebrating the 25th anniversary of HWA's incorporation in March of 2012! We're…

ANNOUNCEMENT: Bram Stoker Vampire Novel of the Century Award

The Horror Writers Association is the premiere writers’ organization in the horror genre, with almost 600 members. It has presented the Bram Stoker Awards in various categories since 1987. MEDIA QUERIES Direct media queries to: Rocky Wood (President, HWA) Leslie S. Klinger (Jury Chair) The Horror Writers Association (HWA) is proud to announce it will present the Bram Stoker Vampire Novel of the Century Award at the Bram Stoker Awards Banquet in 2012. The Banquet will be held at World Horror Convention in Salt Lake City on 31 March next year. The Award will mark the Centenary of Bram Stoker’s…

Bram Stoker Award 2010 Winners Announced

Superior Achievement in a NOVEL A DARK MATTER by Peter Straub (Doubleday/Orion) Superior Achievement in a FIRST NOVEL (Tie) BLACK AND ORANGE by Benjamin Kane Ethridge (Bad Moon Books) THE CASTLE OF LOS ANGELES by Lisa Morton (Gray Friar Press) Superior Achievement in LONG FICTION INVISIBLE FENCES by Norman Prentiss (Cemetery Dance) Superior Achievement in SHORT FICTION “The Folding Man” by Joe R. Lansdale (from HAUNTED LEGENDS) Superior Achievement in an ANTHOLOGY HAUNTED LEGENDS edited by Ellen Datlow and Nick Mamatas (Tor) Superior Achievement in a FICTION COLLECTION FULL DARK, NO STARS by Stephen King (Simon and Schuster) Superior Achievement…

Bram Stoker Award Nominees Announced

The HWA has released its list of nominees for the annual Bram Stoker Award for excellence in the horror genre. Nominees are being honored for work done in 2010, and the winners will be announced in June 2011. Congratulations and good luck to one and all. 2010 Bram Stoker Award Nominees & Winners [presented in 2011] Novel HORNS by Joe Hill ROT AND RUIN by Jonathan Maberry DEAD LOVE by Linda Watanabe McFerrin APOCALYPSE OF THE DEAD by Joe McKinney DWELLER by Jeff Strand A DARK MATTER by Peter Straub First Novel BLACK AND ORANGE by Benjamin Kane Ethridge A…

2011 Stoker Lifetime Achievement Award Recipients Chosen

Each year, the Horror Writers Association gives out the Bram Stoker Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2011, the winners are Ellen Datlow and Al Feldstein. Ellen Datlow Ellen Datlow is unquestionably one of the most influential editors in the history of the horror genre. Her long-running The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror (which she co-edited with Terri Windling, Kelly Link and Gavin J. Grant), and, more recently, The Best Horror of the Year, have helped define the art of horror writing since 1988. Other acclaimed works she’s edited include Inferno, Poe: 19 New Tales Inspired by Edgar Allan Poe, Darkness: Two…

Horror Writers Association Announces 2009 Stoker Winners

At long last, the anticipation is over. The Horror Writers Association has announced the winners of the 2009 Bram Stoker Awards at its annual Stoker Banquet held March 27th, 2010, as part of the World Horror Convention in Brighton, UK. Eight new bronze haunted-house statuettes were handed over to the writers responsible for creating superior works of horror last year. This year’s winners are: Superior Achievement in a NOVEL AUDREY’S DOOR by Sarah Langan (Harper) Superior Achievement in a FIRST NOVEL DAMNABLE by Hank Schwaeble (Jove) Superior Achievement in LONG FICTION THE LUCID DREAMING by Lisa Morton (Bad Moon Books) Superior…

Stoker Weekend 2009 – Simply the Best!

A message from HWA President Deborah LeBlanc: Last weekend's Stoker event was, in the words of the incomparable Tina Turner, "Simply the Best!" The lineup of special guests was to die for, the food at the banquet was spectacular, and the panels, workshops, and the awards ceremony were second to none. Oh, and the parties, folks, the parties! Huge thanks go to Heather Graham and Medallion Press for sponsoring the Gory Ghoul Ball and to Dark Scribe Press for sponsoring the Unspeakable 80's Pre-Stoker Banquet party! Congratulations to all of our Stoker winners, as well as our Lifetime Achievement Award…

Horror Writers Association Celebrates 2008 Stoker Winners!

At long last, the anticipation is over. The Horror Writers Association has announced the winners of the 2008 Bram Stoker Awards at its annual Stoker Banquet held Saturday, June 13th, 2009 as part of its Stoker Weekend in Burbank, California. Nine new bronze haunted-house statuettes were handed over to the writers responsible for creating superior works of horror last year. This year’s winners are: Superior Achievement in a NOVEL DUMA KEY by Stephen King (Scribner) Superior Achievement in a FIRST NOVEL THE GENTLING BOX by Lisa Mannetti (Dark Hart Press) Superior Achievement in LONG FICTION MIRANDA by John R. Little…