Past Award Nominees and Winners
Following is a list of all Bram Stoker Award nominees and
winners, arranged chronologically. Bram Stoker Awards are presented
during the year following the publication of the eligible works. To
view nominees published in a particular year, click the
corresponding link below.
| 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 |
| 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
| 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016
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Superior Achievement in a Novel
Winner: Langan, John – The Fisherman (Word Horde)
Also nominated:
Hand, Elizabeth – Hard Light: A Cass Neary Crime Novel (Minotaur Books)
Jones, Stephen Graham – Mongrels (William Morrow)
MacLeod, Bracken – Stranded: A Novel (Tor Books)
Tremblay, Paul – Disappearance at Devil’s Rock (William Morrow)
Superior Achievement in a First Novel
Winner: Deady, Tom – Haven (Cemetery Dance Publications)
Also nominated:
Barnett, Barbara – The Apothecary’s Curse (Pyr Books)
Chapman, Greg – Hollow House (Omnium Gatherum Media)
Garza, Michelle and Lason, Melissa – Mayan Blue (Sinister Grin Press)
Wytovich, Stephanie – The Eighth (Dark Regions Press)
Superior Achievement in a Young Adult Novel
Winner: Alexander, Maria – Snowed (Raw Dog Screaming Press)
Also nominated:
Brozek, Jennifer – Last Days of Salton Academy (Ragnarok Publishing)
Cosimano, Elle – Holding Smoke (Hyperion-Disney)
Roberts, Jeyn – When They Fade (Knopf Books for Young Readers)
Sirowy, Alexandra – The Telling (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers)
Superior Achievement in a Graphic Novel
Winner: Chambers, James – Kolchak the Night Stalker: The Forgotten Lore of Edgar Allan Poe (Moonstone)
Also nominated:
Bunn, Cullen – Blood Feud (Oni Press)
de Campi, Alex – No Mercy, Vol. 2 (Image Comics)
Kirkman, Robert – Outcast by Kirkman&Azaceta, Vol 3 This Little Light (Image Comics)
Miller, Mark Alan and Lansdale, Joe R. –The Steam Man (Dark Horse Books)
Moore, Alan – Providence, Act 1 (Avatar Press)
Superior Achievement in Long Fiction
Winner: Waggoner, Tim – The Winter Box (DarkFuse)
Also nominated:
Cushing, Nicole – The Sadist’s Bible (01Publishing)
Edelman, Scott – That Perilous Stuff (Chiral Mad 3) (Written Backwards)
LaValle, Victor – The Ballad of Black Tom (Tor.com)
Malerman, Josh – The Jupiter Drop (You, Human) (Dark Regions Press)
Superior Achievement in Short Fiction
Winner: Oates, Joyce Carol – The Crawl Space (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine Volume #2016/Issue#8) (Dell Magazines)
Also nominated:
Bailey, Michael – Time is a Face on the Water (Borderlands 6) (Borderlands Press)
Bodner, Hal – A Rift in Reflection (Chiral Mad 3) (Written Backwards)
Golden, Christopher – The Bad Hour (What the #@&% is That?) (Saga Press)
Mannetti, Lisa – ArbeitMacht Frei(Gutted: Beautiful Horror Stories) (Crystal Lake Publishing)
Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection
Winner: Oates, Joyce Carol – The Doll-Master and Other Tales of Terror (Mysterious Press)
Also nominated:
Barron, Laird – Swift to Chase (JournalStone)
Chizmar, Richard – A Long December (Subterranean Press)
O’Neill, Gene – Lethal Birds (Omnium Gatherum Media)
Schwaeble, Hank – American Nocturne (Cohesion Press)
Superior Achievement in a Screenplay
Winner: Eggers, Robert – The VVitch (Parts and Labor, RT Features, Rooks Nest Entertainment, Code Red Productions, Scythia Films, Maiden Voyage Pictures, Mott Street Pictures, Pulse Films, and Very Special Projects)
Also nominated:
Campbell, Josh, Chazelle, Damien, and Stuecken, Matthew – 10 Cloverfield Lane (Paramount Pictures)
Duffer, Matt and Duffer, Ross – Stranger Things: The Vanishing of Will Byers (Episode 01: Chapter One) (21 Laps Entertainment, Monkey Massacre)
Duffer, Matt and Duffer, Ross – Stranger Things: The Upside Down (Episode 01: Chapter Eight) (21 Laps Entertainment, Monkey Massacre)
Logan, John – Penny Dreadful: A Blade of Grass (Episode 03:04) Showtime Presents in association with SKY, Desert Wolf Productions, Neal Street Productions)
Superior Achievement in an Anthology
Winner: Monteleone, Thomas F. and Monteleone, Oliva F. – Borderlands 6 (Samhain Publishing, Ltd.)
Also nominated:
Bailey, Michael – Chiral Mad 3 (Written Backwards)
Manzetti, Alessandro – The Beauty of Death (Independent Legions Publishing)
Mosiman, Billie Sue – Fright Mare-Women Write Horror (DM Publishing)
Murano, Doug and Ward, D. Alexander – Gutted: Beautiful Horror Stories (Crystal Lake Publishing)
Superior Achievement in Non-Fiction
Winner: Franklin, Ruth – Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life (Liveright Publishing Corporation)
Also nominated:
Olson, Danel P. – Guillermo del Toro’s “The Devil’s Backbone” and “Pan’s Labyrinth”: Studies in the Horror Film (Centipede Press)
Poole, W. Scott – In the Mountains of Madness: The Life, Death and Extraordinary Afterlife of H. P. Lovecraft (Soft Skull Press)
Skal, David J. – Something in the Blood: The Untold Story of Bram Stoker, the Man Who Wrote
Dracula (Liveright Publishing Corporation)
Tibbetts, John – The Gothic Worlds of Peter Straub (McFarland)
Superior Achievement in a Poetry Collection
Winner: Wytovich, Stephanie M. – Brothel (Raw Dog Screaming Press)
Also nominated:
Boston, Bruce and Manzetti, Alessandro – Sacrificial Nights (KippleOfficinaLibraria)
Collings, Michael R. – Corona Obscura: Poems Dark and Elemental (self-published)
Gailey, Jeannine Hall – Field Guide to the End of the World: Poems (Moon City Press)
Simon, Marge – Small Spirits (Midnight Town Media)
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2015 Bram Stoker Award Nominees & Winners
[presented in 2016]
| Novel | Winner: Paul Tremblay – A Head Full of Ghosts (William Morrow)
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| First Novel | Winner: Nicole Cushing – Mr. Suicide (Word Horde)
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| Young Adult Novel | Winner: John Dixon – Devil’s Pocket (Simon & Schuster)
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| Graphic Novel | Winner: Sam Weller, Mort Castle, Chris Ryall, & Carlos Guzman (editors) – Shadow Show: Stories in Celebration of Ray Bradbury (IDW Publishing)
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| Long Fiction | Winner: Mercedes M. Yardley – Little Dead Red (Grimm Mistresses) (Ragnarok Publications)
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| Short Fiction | Winner: John Palisano – Happy Joe’s Rest Stop (18 Wheels of Horror) (Big Time Books)
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| Screenplay | Winner: David Robert Mitchell – It Follows (Northern Lights Films)
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| Anthology | Winner: Michael Bailey – The Library of the Dead (Written Backwards)
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| Fiction Collection | Winner: Lucy A. Snyder – While the Black Stars Burn (Raw Dog Screaming Press)
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| Non-Fiction | Winner: Stephen Jones – The Art of Horror (Applause Theatre & Cinema Books)
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| Poetry Collection | Winner: Alessandro Manzetti – Eden Underground (Crystal Lake Publishing)
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| Lifetime Achievement Award: Alan Moore & George A. Romero | |
| Silver Hammer Award: Michael Knost | |
| Specialty Press Award: Borderlands Press | |
| Mentor of the Year Award: Tim Waggoner | |
| Richard Laymon President’s Award: Patrick Freivald & Andrew Wolter | |
| The presentation of the Bram Stoker Awards® took place during the inaugural StokerCon in Las Vegas, Nevada on the evening of Saturday, May 14, 2016. | |
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2014 Bram Stoker Award Nominees & Winners
[presented in 2015]
First NovelMaria Alexander – Mr. Wicker (Raw Dog Screaming Press) winner
Also nominated:
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- J.D. Barker –
Forsaken
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- (Hampton Creek Press)
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- David Cronenberg –
Consumed
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- (Scribner)
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- Michael Knost –
Return of the Mothman
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- (Woodland Press)
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- Josh Malerman –
Bird Box
- (Harper Collins)
Young Adult NovelJohn Dixon – Phoenix Island (Simon & Schuster/Gallery Books) winner
Also nominated:
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- Jake Bible –
Intentional Haunting
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- (Permuted Press)
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- Kami Garcia –
Unmarked (The Legion Series Book 2)
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- (Little Brown Books for Young Readers)
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- Tonya Hurley –
Passionaries
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- (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers)
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- Peter Adam Salomon –
All Those Broken Angels
- (Flux)
Graphic NovelJonathan Maberry – Bad Blood (Dark Horse Books) winner
Also nominated:
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- Emily Carroll –
Through the Woods
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- (Margaret K. McElderry Books)
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- Joe Hill –
Locke and Key, Vol. 6
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- (IDW Publishing)
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- Joe R. Lansdale and Daniele Serra –
I Tell You It’s Love
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- (Short, Scary Tales Publications)
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- Paul Tobin –
The Witcher
- (Dark Horse Books)
Long FictionJoe R. Lansdale – “Fishing for Dinosaurs” (Limbus, Inc., Book II) (JournalStone) winner
Also nominated:
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- Taylor Grant – “The Infected” (
Cemetery Dance
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- #71) (Cemetery Dance)
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- Eric J. Guignard – “Dreams of a Little Suicide” (
Hell Comes to Hollywood II: Twenty-Two More Tales of Tinseltown Terror (Volume 2)
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- ) (Big Time Books)
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- Jonathan Maberry – “Three Guys Walk into a Bar” (
Limbus, Inc., Book II
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- ) (JournalStone)
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- Joe McKinney – “Lost and Found” (
Limbus, Inc., Book II
- ) (JournalStone)
Short FictionUsman T. Malik – “The Vaporization Enthalpy of a Peculiar Pakistani Family” (Qualia Nous) (Written Backwards) – winner (TIE)
Also nominated:
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- Hal Bodner – “Hot Tub” (
Hell Comes to Hollywood II: Twenty-Two More Tales of Tinseltown Terror (Volume 2)
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- ) (Big Time Books)
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- Sydney Leigh – “Baby’s Breath” (
Bugs: Tales That Slither, Creep, and Crawl
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- ) (Great Old Ones Publishing)
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- Rena Mason – “Ruminations” (Qualia Nous) (
Written Backwards
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- ) –
winner (TIE)
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- John Palisano – “Splinterette” (
Widowmakers: A Benefit Anthology of Dark Fiction
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- ) (Widowmaker Press)
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- Damien Angelica Walters – “The Floating Girls: A Documentary” (
Jamais Vu, Issue Three
- ) (Post Mortem Press)
ScreenplayJennifer Kent – The Babadook (Causeway Films) winner
Also nominated:
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- Scott M. Gimple –
The Walking Dead
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- : “The Grove”, episode 4:14 (AMC)
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- John Logan –
Penny Dreadful
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- : “Séance” (Desert Wolf Productions/Neal Street Productions)
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- Steven Moffat –
Doctor Who
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- : “Listen” (British Broadcasting Corporation)
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- James Wong –
American Horror Story: Coven
- : “The Magical Delights of Stevie Nicks” (FX Network)
AnthologyEllen Datlow – Fearful Symmetries (ChiZine Publications) winner
Also nominated:
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- Michael Bailey –
Qualia Nous
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- (Written Backwards)
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- Jason V Brock –
A Darke Phantastique
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- (Cycatrix Press)
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- Chuck Palahniuk, Richard Thomas, and Dennis Widmyer –
Burnt Tongues
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- (Medallion Press)
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- Brett J. Talley –
Limbus, Inc., Book II
- (JournalStone)
Fiction CollectionLucy A. Snyder – Soft Apocalypses (Raw Dog Screaming Press) winner
Also nominated:
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- Stephen Graham Jones –
After the People Lights Have Gone Off
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- (Dark House Press)
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- John R. Little –
Little by Little
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- (Bad Moon Books)
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- Helen Marshall –
Gifts for the One Who Comes After
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- (ChiZine Publications)
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- John F.D. Taff –
The End in All Beginnings
- (Grey Matter Press)
Non-FictionLucy A. Snyder – Shooting Yourself in the Head For Fun and Profit: A Writer’s Survival Guide (Post Mortem Press) winner
Also nominated:
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- Jason V Brock –
Disorders of Magnitude
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- (Rowman & Littlefield)
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- S.T. Joshi –
Lovecraft and a World in Transition
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- (Hippocampus Press)
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- Leslie S. Klinger –
The New Annotated H.P. Lovecraft
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- (Liveright Publishing Corp., a division of W.W. Norton & Co.)
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- Joe Mynhardt and Emma Audsley –
Horror 101: The Way Forward
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- (Crystal Lake Publishing)
Poetry CollectionTom Piccirilli – Forgiving Judas (Crossroad Press) winner
Also nominated:
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- Robert Payne Cabeen –
Fearworms: Selected Poems
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- (Fanboy Comics)
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- Corrine De Winter and Alessandro Manzetti –
Venus Intervention
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- (Kipple Officina Libraria)
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- Marge Simon and Mary Turzillo –
Sweet Poison
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- (Dark Renaissance Books)
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- Stephanie Wytovich –
Mourning Jewelry
- (Raw Dog Screaming Press)
| Novel | Steve Rasnic Tem – Blood Kin (Solaris Books) winnerAlso nominated:
Suffer the Children
Jade Sky
Beautiful You
The Vines
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| Specialty Press Award | ChiZine |
| Lifetime Achievement | Jack Ketchum & Tanith Lee |
| Richard Laymon President’s Award |
Tom Calen, Brock Cooper, and Doug Murano |
| Silver Hammer | Rena Mason |
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2013 Bram Stoker Award Nominees & Winners
[presented in 2014]
First NovelKate Jonez – Candy House (Evil Jester Press)
John Mantooth – The Year of the Storm (Berkley Trade)
Rena Mason – The Evolutionist (Nightscape Press) winner
Jonathan Moore – Redheads (Samhain Publishing)
Royce Prouty – Stoker’s Manuscript (G.P. Putnam’s Sons)
| Novel | Joe Hill – NOS4A2 (William Morrow) Stephen King – Doctor Sleep (Scribner) winner Lisa Morton – Malediction (Evil Jester Press) Sarah Pinborough and F. Paul Wilson – A Necessary End (Thunderstorm/Maelstrom Press) Christopher Rice – The Heavens Rise (Gallery Books) |
| Young Adult Novel | Patrick Freivald – Special Dead (JournalStone) Kami Garcia – Unbreakable (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers) Geoffrey Girard – Project Cain (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers) Joe McKinney – Dog Days (JournalStone) winner Cat Winters – In the Shadow of Blackbirds (Harry N. Abrams) |
| Graphic Novel | Ed Brubaker – Fatale Book Three: West of Hell (Image Comics) Caitlin R. Kiernan – Alabaster: Wolves (Dark Horse Comics) winner Brandon Seifert – Witch Doctor, Vol. 2: Mal Practice (Image Comics) Cameron Stewart – Sin Titulo (Dark Horse Comics) Paul Tobin – Colder (Dark Horse Comics) |
| Long Fiction | Dale Bailey – “The Bluehole” (The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, May/June 2013) Gary Braunbeck – “The Great Pity” (Chiral Mad 2, Written Backwards) winner Benjamin K. Ethridge – “The Slaughter Man” (Limbus, Inc., JournalStone) Gregory Frost – “No Others Are Genuine” (Asimov’s Science Fiction, Oct./Nov. 2013) Greg F. Gifune – House of Rain (DarkFuse) Rena Mason – East End Girls (JournalStone) |
| Short Fiction | Superior Achievement in Short FictionMichael Bailey – “Primal Tongue” (Zippered Flesh 2, Smart Rhino Publications) Patrick Freivald – “Snapshot” (Blood & Roses, Scarlett River Press) David Gerrold – “Night Train to Paris” (The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Jan./Feb. 2013) winner Lisa Mannetti – “The Hunger Artist” (Zippered Flesh 2, Smart Rhino Publications) John Palisano – “The Geminis” (Chiral Mad 2, Written Backwards) Michael Reaves – “Code 666” (The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, March/April 2013) |
| Screenplay | Fabien Adda and Fabrice Gobert – The Returned: “The Horde” (Ramaco Media I, Castelao Pictures) Brad Falchuk – American Horror Story: Asylum: “Spilt Milk” (Brad Falchuk Teley-Vision, Ryan Murphy Productions) Bryan Fuller – Hannibal: “Apéritif” (Dino De Laurentiis Company, Living Dead Guy Productions, AXN: Original X Production, Gaumont International Television) Daniel Knauf – Dracula: “A Whiff of Sulfur” (Flame Ventures, Playground, Universal Television, Carnival Films) Glen Mazzara – The Walking Dead: “Welcome to the Tombs” (AMC TV) winner |
| Anthology | R.J. Cavender and Boyd E. Harris (ed.) – Horror Library: Volume 5 (Cutting Block Press) Eric J. Guignard (ed.) – After Death… (Dark Moon Books) winner Michael Knost and Nancy Eden Siegel (ed.) – Barbers & Beauties (Hummingbird House Press) Joseph S. Pulver, Sr. (ed.) – The Grimscribe’s Puppets (Miskatonic River Press) Anthony Rivera and Sharon Lawson (ed.) – Dark Visions: A Collection of Modern Horror, Volume One (Grey Matter Press) |
| Fiction Collection | Nathan Ballingrud – North American Lake Monsters: Stories (Small Beer Press) Laird Barron – The Beautiful Thing That Awaits Us All and Other Stories (Night Shade Books) winner James Dorr – The Tears of Isis (Perpetual Motion Machine Publishing) Caitlin R. Kiernan – The Ape’s Wife and Other Stories (Subterranean) Gene O’Neill – Dance of the Blue Lady (Bad Moon Books) S. P. Somtow – Bible Stories for Secular Humanists (Diplodocus Press) |
| Non-Fiction | Barbara Brodman and James E. Doan (ed.) – Images of the Modern Vampire: The Hip and the Atavistic (Fairleigh Dickinson) Gary William Crawford (ed.) – Ramsey Campbell: Critical Essays on the Modern Master of Horror (Scarecrow Press) William F. Nolan – Nolan on Bradbury: Sixty Years of Writing about the Master of Science Fiction (Hippocampus Press) winner Jarkko Toikkanen – The Intermedial Experience of Horror: Suspended Failures (Palgrave Macmillan) Robert H. Waugh (ed.) – Lovecraft and Influence: His Predecessors and Successors (Scarecrow Press) |
| Poetry Collection | Bruce Boston – Dark Roads: Selected Long Poems 1971-2012 (Dark Renaissance Books) Helen Marshall – The Sex Lives of Monsters (Kelp Queen Press) Marge Simon and Sandy DeLuca – Dangerous Dreams (Elektrik Milk Bath Press) Marge Simon, Rain Graves, Charlee Jacob, and Linda Addison – Four Elements (Bad Moon Books/Evil Jester Press) winner Stephanie M. Wytovich – Hysteria: A Collection of Madness (Raw Dog Screaming Press) |
| Specialty Press Award | Gray Friar Press |
| Lifetime Achievement | Stephen Jones & R. L. Stine |
| Richard Laymon President’s Award |
J.G. Faherty |
| Silver Hammer | Norman Rubenstein |
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2012 Bram Stoker Award Nominees & Winners
[presented in 2013]
First NovelBoccacino, Michael – Charlotte Markham and the House of Darkling (William Morrow)
Coates, Deborah – Wide Open (Tor Books)
Day, Charles – The Legend of the Pumpkin Thief (Noble YA Publishers LLC)
Dudar, Peter – A Requiem for Dead Flies (Nightscape Press)
Gropp, Richard – Bad Glass (Ballantine/Del Rey)
Soares, L.L. – Life Rage (Nightscape Press) winnerNonfictionCollings, Michael – Writing Darkness (CreateSpace)
Klinger, Leslie S. – The Annotated Sandman, Volume 1 (Vertigo)
Morton, Lisa – Trick or Treat: A History of Halloween (Reaktion Books) winner
Paffenroth, Kim, and John W. Morehead – The Undead and Theology (Pickwick Publications)
Phillips, Kendall R. – Dark Directions: Romero, Craven, Carpenter, and the Modern Horror Film (Southern Illinois University Press)PoetryAddison, Linda, and Stephen M. Wilson – Dark Duet (NECON eBooks)
Boston, Bruce, and Gary William Crawford – Notes from the Shadow City (Dark Regions Press)
Collings, Michael – A Verse to Horrors (Amazon Digital Services)
Simon, Marge – Vampires, Zombies & Wanton Souls (Elektrik Milk Bath Press) winner
Turzillo, Mary A. – Lovers & Killers (Dark Regions)
| Novel | Ethridge, Benjamin Kane – Bottled Abyss (Redrum Horror) Everson, John – NightWhere (Samhain Publishing) Kiernan, Caitlin R. – The Drowning Girl (Roc) winner Little, Bentley – The Haunted (Signet) McKinney, Joe – Inheritance (Evil Jester Press) |
| Young Adult Novel | Bray, Libba – The Diviners (Little Brown) Lyga, Barry – I Hunt Killers (Little Brown) Maberry, Jonathan – Flesh & Bone (Simon & Schuster) winner McCarty, Michael – I Kissed A Ghoul (Noble Romance Publishing) Stiefvater, Maggie – The Raven Boys (Scholastic Press) Strand, Jeff – A Bad Day for Voodoo (Sourcebooks) |
| Graphic Novel | Bunn, Cullen – The Sixth Gun Volume 3: Bound (Oni Press) Moore, Terry – Rachel Rising Vol. 1: The Shadow of Death (Abstract Studio) Thornton, Ravi – The Tale of Brin and Bent and Minno Marylebone (Jonathan Cape) Wacks, Peter J., and Guy Anthony De Marco – Behind These Eyes (Villainous Press) Wood, Rocky, and Lisa Morton – Witch Hunts: A Graphic History of the Burning Times (McFarland) winner |
| Long Fiction | Burke, Kealan Patrick – Thirty Miles South of Dry County (Delirium Books) Ketchum, Jack, and Lucky McKee – I’m Not Sam (Sinister Grin Press) McKinney, Joe, and Michael McCarty – Lost Girl of the Lake (Bad Moon Books) O’Neill, Gene – The Blue Heron (Dark Regions Press) winner Prentiss, Norman – The Fleshless Man (Delirium Books) |
| Short Fiction | Boston, Bruce – “Surrounded by the Mutant Rain Forest” (Daily Science Fiction) McKinney, Joe – “Bury My Heart at Marvin Gardens” (Best of Dark Moon Digest, Dark Moon Books) Ochse, Weston – “Righteous” (Psychos, Black Dog and Leventhall Publication) Palisano, John – “Available Light” (Lovecraft eZine, March 2012) Snyder, Lucy – “Magdala Amygdala” (Dark Faith: Invocations, Apex Book Company) winner |
| Screenplay | Goldman, Jane – The Woman in Black (Cross Creek Pictures) Kim, Sang Kyu – The Walking Dead, “Killer Within” (AMC TV) Minear, Tim – American Horror Story: Asylum, “Dark Cousin” (Brad Falchuk Teley-Vision, Ryan Murphy Productions) Ross, Gary, Suzanne Collins, and Billy Ray – The Hunger Games (Lionsgate, Color Force) Whedon, Joss, and Drew Goddard – The Cabin in the Woods (Mutant Enemy Productions, Lionsgate) winner |
| Anthology | Castle, Mort, and Sam Weller – Shadow Show (HarperCollins) winner Guignard, Eric J. – Dark Tales of Lost Civilizations (Dark Moon Books) Miller, Eric – Hell Comes to Hollywood (Big Time Books) Scioneaux, Mark C., R.J. Cavender, and Robert S. Wilson – Horror for Good: A Charitable Anthology (Cutting Block Press) Swanson, Stan – Slices of Flesh (Dark Moon Books) |
| Collection | Carroll, Jonathan – Woman Who Married a Cloud: Collected Stories (Subterranean Press) Castle, Mort – New Moon on the Water (Dark Regions) winner (tie) Hand, Elizabeth – Errantry: Strange Stories (Small Beer Press) Hirshberg, Glen – The Janus Tree (Subterranean Press) Oates, Joyce Carol – Black Dahlia and White Rose: Stories (Ecco) winner (tie) |
| Specialty Press Award | Centipede Press |
| Lifetime Achievement | Clive Barker & Robert R. McCammon |
| Richard Laymon President’s Award |
James Chambers |
| Silver Hammer | Charles Day |
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2011 Bram Stoker Award Nominees & Winners
[presented in 2012]
First NovelIsis Unbound by Allyson Bird, winner
Southern Gods by John Hornor Jacobs
The Lamplighters by Frazer Lee
The Panama Laugh by Thomas Roche
That Which Should Not Be by Brett J. TalleyNonfictionHalloween Nation: Behind the Scenes of America’s
Fright Night by Lesley Pratt Bannatyne
Reflections in a Glass Darkly: Essays on J. Sheridan Le Fanu edited by Gary William Crawford, Jim Rockhill and Brian J. Showers
Starve Better by Nick Mamatas
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Zombies by Matt Mogk
The Gothic Imagination by John C. Tibbetts
Stephen King: A Literary Companion by Rocky Wood, winnerPoetryHow to Recognize a Demon Has Become Your Friend by Linda Addison, winner
At Louche Ends: Poetry for the Decadent, the Damned & the
Absinthe-Minded by Maria Alexander
Surrealities by Bruce Boston
Shroud of Night by G. O. Clark
The Mad Hattery by Marge Simon
Unearthly Delights by Marge Simon
| Novel | A Matrix Of Angels by Christopher Conlon Cosmic Forces by Greg Lamberson Floating Staircase by Ronald Malfi Flesh Eaters by Joe McKinney, winner Not Fade Away by Gene O’Neill The German by Lee Thomas |
| Young Adult Novel | Ghosts of Coronado Bay, A Maya Blair Mystery by J. G. Faherty The Screaming Season by Nancy Holder, winner (tie) Rotters by Daniel Kraus Dust and Decay by Jonathan Maberry, winner (tie) A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness This Dark Endeavor: The Apprenticeship of Victor Frankenstein by Kenneth Oppel |
| Graphic Novel | Anya’s Ghost by Vera Brosgol Locke & Key Volume 4 by Joe Hill Green River Killer by Jeff Jensen Marvel Universe vs. Wolverine by Jonathan Maberry Baltimore Volume I: The Plague Ships by Mike Mignola and Christopher Golden Neonomicon by Alan Moore, winner |
| Long Fiction | 7 Brains by Michael Louis Calvillo “Roots and All” by Brian Hodge (A Book of Horrors) “The Colliers’ Venus (1893)” by Caitlin R. Kiernan (Naked City: New Tales of Urban Fantasy) Ursa Major by John R. Little Rusting Chickens by Gene O’Neill “The Ballad of Ballard and Sandrine” by Peter Straub (Conjunctions: 56), winner |
| Short Fiction | “Her Husband’s Hands” by Adam-Troy Castro (Lightspeed Magazine, October 2011) “Herman Wouk Is Still Alive” by Stephen King (The Atlantic Magazine, May 2011), winner “Hypergraphia” by Ken Lillie-Paetz (The Uninvited #1) “Graffiti Sonata” by Gene O’Neill (Dark Discoveries #18) “Home” by George Saunders (The New Yorker Magazine, June 13, 2011) “All You Can Do Is Breathe” by Kaaron Warren (Blood and Other Cravings |
| Screenplay | True Blood, episode #44: “Spellbound” by Alan Ball The Walking Dead, episode #13: “Pretty Much Dead Already” by Scott M. Gimple The Walking Dead, episode #9: “Save the Last One” by Scott M. Gimple Priest by Cory Goodman The Adjustment Bureau by George Nolfi American Horror Story, episode #12: “Afterbirth” by Jessica Sharzer, winner |
| Anthology | NEHW Presents: Epitaphs edited by Tracy L. Carbone Ghosts By Gaslight edited by Jack Dann and Nick Gevers Blood And Other Cravings edited by Ellen Datlow Supernatural Noir edited by Ellen Datlow Tattered Souls 2 edited by Frank J. Hutton Demons: Encounters with the Devil and his Minions, Fallen Angels and the Possessed edited by John Skipp, winner |
| Collection | Voices: Tales of Horror by Lawrence C. Connolly Red Gloves by Christopher Fowler Two Worlds and In Between: The Best of Caitlin R. Kiernan (Volume One) by Caitlin R. Kiernan Monsters of L.A. by Lisa Morton The Corn Maiden and Other Nightmares by Joyce Carol Oates, winner Multiplex Fandango by Weston Ochse |
| Specialty Press Award | Bad Moon Books and Hippocampus Press (tie) |
| Lifetime Achievement | Rick Hautala, Joe Lansdale |
| Richard Laymon President’s Award |
Karen Lansdale |
| Silver Hammer | Guy Anthony DeMarco |
2010 Bram Stoker Award Nominees & Winners
[presented in 2011]
First NovelBLACK AND ORANGE by Benjamin Kane Ethridge (winner, tie)
A BOOK OF TONGUES by Gemma Files
CASTLE OF LOS ANGELES by Lisa Morton (winner, tie)
SPELLBENT by Lucy SnyderNonfictionTO EACH THEIR DARKNESS by Gary A. Braunbeck (winner)
THE CONSPIRACY AGAINST THE HUMAN RACE by Thomas Ligotti
WANTED UNDEAD OR ALIVE by Jonathan Maberry and Janice Gable Bashman
LISTEN TO THE ECHOES: THE RAY BRADBURY INTERVIEWS by Sam WellerPoetryDARK MATTERS by Bruce Boston (winner)
WILD HUNT OF THE STARS by Ann K. Schwader
DIARY OF A GENTLEMAN DIABOLIST by Robin Spriggs
VICIOUS ROMANTIC by Wrath James White
| 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 (winner) |
| Long Fiction | THE PAINTED DARKNESS by Brian James Freeman DISSOLUTION by Lisa Mannetti MONSTERS AMONG US by Kirstyn McDermott THE SAMHANACH by Lisa Morton INVISIBLE FENCES by Norman Prentiss (winner) |
| Short Fiction | RETURN TO MARIABRONN by Gary Braunbeck THE FOLDING MAN by Joe R. Lansdale (winner) 1925: A FALL RIVER HALLOWEEN by Lisa Mannetti IN THE MIDDLE OF POPLAR STREET by Nate Southard FINAL DRAFT by Mark W. Worthen |
| Anthology | DARK FAITH edited by Maurice Broaddus and Jerry Gordon HORROR LIBRARY IV edited by R.J. Cavender and, Boyd E. Harris MACABRE: A JOURNEY THROUGH AUSTRALIA’S DARKEST FEARS edited by Angela Challis and Marty Young HAUNTED LEGENDS edited by Ellen Datlow and Nick Mamatas (winner) THE NEW DEAD edited by Christopher Golden |
| Collection | OCCULTATION by Laird Barron BLOOD AND GRISTLE by Michael Louis Calvillo FULL DARK, NO STARS by Stephen King (winner) THE ONES THAT GOT AWAY by Stephen Graham Jones A HOST OF SHADOWS by Harry Shannon |
| Specialty Press Award | Dark Regions Press |
| Lifetime Achievement | Ellen Datlow, Al Feldstein |
| Richard Laymon President’s Award |
Michael Colangelo |
| Silver Hammer | Angel Leigh McCoy |
2009 Bram Stoker Award Nominees & Winners
[presented in 2010]
NonfictionWRITERS WORKSHOP OF HORROR by Michael Knost, Winner
WRITERS WORKSHOP OF HORROR by Michael Knost
CINEMA KNIFE FIGHT by L. L. Soares and Michael Arruda
STEPHEN KING: THE NON-FICTION by Rocky Wood and Justin BrookPoetryDOUBLE VISIONS by Bruce Boston
NORTH LEFT OF EARTH by Bruce Boston
BARFODDER by Rain Graves
CHIMERIC MACHINES by Lucy A. Snyder, Winner
| Novel | AUDREY’S DOOR by Sarah Langan, Winner PATIENT ZERO by Jonathan Maberry QUARANTINED by Joe McKinney CURSED by Jeremy Shipp |
| First Novel | BREATHERS by S. G. Browne SOLOMON’S GRAVE by Daniel G. Keohane DAMNABLE by Hank Schwaeble, Winner THE LITTLE SLEEP by Paul Tremblay Frozen Blood by Joel A. Sutherland |
| Long Fiction | DREAMING ROBOT MONSTER by Mort Castle THE HUNGER OF EMPTY VESSELS by Scott Edelman THE LUCID DREAMING by Lisa Morton, Winner DOC GOOD’S TRAVELING SHOW by Gene O’Neill |
| Short Fiction | KEEPING WATCH by Nate Kenyon THE CROSSING OF ALDO RAY by Weston Ochse IN THE PORCHES OF MY EARS by Norman Prentiss, Winner THE NIGHT NURSE by Harry Shannon (Horror |
| Anthology | HE IS LEGEND: AN ANTHOLOGY CELEBRATING RICHARD MATHESON edited by Christopher Conlon, Winner LOVECRAFT UNBOUND edited by Ellen Datlow POE edited by Ellen Datlow MIDNIGHT WALK edited by Lisa Morton |
| Collection | MARTYRS AND MONSTERS by Robert Dunbar GOT TO KILL THEM ALL AND OTHER STORIES by Dennis Etchison A TASTE OF TENDERLOIN by Gene O’Neill, Winner IN THE CLOSET, UNDER THE BED by Lee Thomas |
| Specialty Press Award | Tartarus Press |
| Lifetime Achievement | Brian Lumley, William F. Nolan. |
| Richard Laymon President’s Award |
Vince A. Liaguno |
| Silver Hammer | Kathryn Ptacek |
2008 Bram Stoker Award Nominees & Winners
[presented in 2009]
NonfictionA Hallowe’en Anthology by Lisa Morton, Winner
Cheap Scares by Gregory Lamberson
Zombie CSU by Jonathan Maberry
The Book of Lists: Horror by Amy Wallace, Del Howison, and Scott BradleyPoetryThe Nightmare Collection by Bruce Boston, Winner
The Phantom World by Gary William Crawford
Virgin of the Apocalypse by Corrine De Winter
Attack of the Two-Headed Poetry Monster by Mark McLaughlin and Michael McCarty
| Novel | Duma Key by Stephen King, Winner Coffin County by Gary Braunbeck The Reach by Nate Kenyon Johnny Gruesome by Gregory Lamberson |
| First Novel | The Gentling Box by Lisa Mannetti, Winner Midight on Mourn Street by Christopher Conlon Monster Behind the Wheel by Michael McCarty and Mark McLaughlin The Suicide Collectors by David Oppegaard Frozen Blood by Joel A. Sutherland |
| Long Fiction | Miranda by John R. Little, Winner The Shallow End of the Pool by Adam-Troy Castro Redemption Roadshow by Weston Ochse The Confessions of St. Zach by Gene O’Neill |
| Short Fiction | “The Lost” by Sarah Langan, Winner “Petrified” by Scott Edelman “The Dude Who Collected Lovecraft” by Nick Mamatas, and Tim Pratt Evidence of Love in A Case of Abandonment by M. Rickert Turtle by Lee Thomas |
| Anthology | Unspeakable Horror edited by Vince A. Liaguno and Chad Helder, Winner Like a Chinese Tattoo edited by Bill Breedlove Horror Library, Vol. 3 edited by R. J. Cavender Beneath the Surface edited by Tim Deal |
| Collection | Just after Sunset by Stephen King, Winner The Number 121 to Pennsylvania by Kealan Patrick Burke Mama’s Boy and Other Dark Tales by Fran Friel Mr. Gaunt and Other Uneasy Encounters by John Langan Gleefully Macabre Tales by Jeff Strand |
| Specialty Press Award | Bloodletting Press |
| Lifetime Achievement | F. Paul Wilson, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro |
| Richard Laymon President’s Award |
John Little |
| Silver Hammer | Sephera Giron |
2007 Bram Stoker Award Nominees & Winners
[presented in 2008]
| Novel | The Missing by Sarah Langan, Winner The Guardener’s Tale by Bruce Boston Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill The Witch’s Trinity by Erika Mailman The Terror by Dan Simmons |
| First Novel | Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill, Winner I Will Rise by Michael Louis Calvillo The Memory Tree by John R. Little The Hollower by Mary SanGiovanni |
| Long Fiction | Afterward, There Will Be a Hallway by Gary Braunbeck, Winner Almost the Last Story by Almost the Last Man by Scott Edelman General Slocum’s Gold by Nicholas Kaufmann The Tenth Muse by William Browning Spencer An Apiary of White Bees” by Lee Thomas |
| Short Fiction | “The Gentle Brush of Wings” by David Niall Wilson, Winner “The Death Wagon Rolls on by” by C. Dean Andersson “Letting Go” by John Everson “The Teacher” by Paul G. Tremblay “There’s No Light between Floors” by Paul G. Tremblay “Closet Dreams” by Lisa Tuttle |
| Anthology | Five Strokes to Midnight edited by Gary Braunbeck and Hank Schwaeble, Winner Inferno edited by Ellen Datlow Dark Delicacies 2: Fear edited by Del Howison & Jeff Gelb Midnight Premiere edited by Tom Piccirilli At Ease with the Dead edited by Barbara & Christopher Roden |
| Collection | Proverbs for Monsters by Michael A. Arnzen, Winner The Imago Sequence by Laird Barron Old Devil Moon by Christopher Fowler 5 Stories by Peter Straub Defining Moments by David Niall Wilson |
| Nonfiction | The Cryptopedia: A Dictionary of the Weird, Strange & Downright Bizarre by Jonathan Maberry & David F. Kramer, Winner Encyclopedia Horrifica by Joshua Gee The Portable Obituary: How the Famous, Rich & Powerful Really Died by Michael Largo Storytellers Unplugged by Joe Nassise and David Niall Wilson |
| Poetry | Being Full of Light, Insubstantial by Linda Addison, Winner (Tie) VECTORS: A Week in the Death of a Planet by Charlee Jacob & Marge Simon, Winner (Tie) Heresy by Charlee Jacob Phantasmapedia by Mark McLaughlin Ossuary by JoSelle Vanderhooft |
| Specialty Press Award | none awarded this year |
| Lifetime Achievement | John Carpenter, Robert Weinberg |
| Richard Laymon President’s Award |
Stephen Dorato, Christopher Fulbright, Mark Worthen |
| Silver Hammer Award | none awarded this year |
2006 Bram Stoker Award Nominees & Winners
[presented in 2007]
| Novel | Lisey’s Story by Stephen King, Winner Prodigal Blues by Gary A. Braunbeck Ghost Road Blues by Jonathan Maberry Headstone City by Tom Piccirilli Pressure by Jeff Strand |
| First Novel | Ghost Road Blues by Jonathan Maberry, Winner Bloodstone by Nate Kenyon The Keeper by Sarah Langan The Harrowing by Alexandra Sokoloff |
| Long Fiction | Dark Harvest by Norman Partridge, Winner “Hallucigenia” by Laird Barron Mama’s Boy by Fran Friel Bloodstained Oz by Christopher Golden and James A. Moore “Clubland Heroes” by Kim Newman |
| Short Story | “Tested” by Lisa Morton, Winner “FYI” by Mort Castle “Feeding the Dead Inside” by Yvonne Navarro “Balance” by Gene O’Neill “31/10” by Stephen Volk |
| Anthology | Retro Pulp Tales edited by Joe Lansdale, Winner (Tie) Mondo Zombie edited by John Skipp, Winner (Tie) Alone on the Darkside edited by John Pelan Aegri Somnia: The Apex Featured Writer Anthology edited by Jason Sizemore and Gil Ainsworth |
| Collection | Destinations Unknown by Gary Braunbeck, Winner Basic Black: Tales of Appropriate Fear by Terry Dowling The Empire of Ice Cream by Jeffrey Ford The Commandments by Angeline Hawkes American Morons by Glen Hirshberg |
| Nonfiction | Final Exits: The Illustrated Encyclopedia of How We Die by Michael Largo, Winner (Tie) Gospel of the Living Dead: George Romero’s Visions of Hell on Earth by Kim Paffenroth, Winner (Tie) Cinema Macabre edited by Mark Morris Stephen King: Uncollected, Unpublished by Rocky Wood |
| Poetry | Shades Fantastic by Bruce Boston, Winner Valentine: Short Love Poems by Corrine de Winter The Troublesome Amputee by John Edward Lawson Songs of a Sorceress by Bobbi Sinha-Morey |
| Specialty Press Award | PS Publishing |
| Lifetime Achievement | Thomas Harris |
| Richard Laymon President’s Award |
Lisa Morton |
| Silver Hammer Award | Donna K. Fitch |
2005 Bram Stoker Award Nominees & Winners
[presented in 2006]
| Novel | Creepers by David Morrell, Winner (Tie) Dread in the Beast by Charlee Jacob, Winner (Tie) Keepers by Gary Braunbeck November Mourns by Tom Piccirilli |
| First Novel | Scarecrow Gods by Weston Ochse, Winner The Hides by Kealan Patrick Burke Siren Promised by Alan M. Clark & Jeremy Robert Johnson |
| Long Fiction | “Best New Horror” by Joe Hill, Winner “Some Zombie Contingency Plans” by Kelly Link “The Things They Left Behind” by Stephen King In the Midnight Museum by Gary Braunbeck |
| Short Fiction | We Now Pause for Station Identification by Gary Braunbeck, Winner “As Others See Us” by Mort Castle “Haeckel’s Tale” by Clive Barker “Invisible” by Steve Rasnic Tem “Times of Atonement” by Yvonne Navarro |
| Fiction Collection | 20th Century Ghosts by Joe Hill, Winner Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk Looking for Jake by China Mieville Magic for Beginners by Kelly Link |
| Anthology | Dark Delicacies: Original Tales of Terror and the Macabre edited by Del Howison & Jeff Gelb, Winner Corpse Blossoms edited by Julie & R.J. Sevin Outsiders edited by Nancy Holder & Nancy Kilpatrick Weird Shadows Over Innsmouth edited by Stephen Jones |
| Nonfiction | Horror: Another 100 Best Books by Stephen Jones & Kim Newman, Winner The Bradbury Chronicles by Sam Weller Morbid Curiosity #9 by Loren Rhoades More Giants of the Genre edited by Michael McCarty Why Buffy Matters: The Art of Buffy the Vampire Slayer by Rhonda Wilcox |
| Poetry Collection | Freakcidents by Michael A. Arnzen, Winner (Tie) Sineater by Charlee Jacob, Winner (Tie) Seasons: A Series of Poems Based on the Life and Death of Edgar Allan Poe by Daniel Shields The Shadow City by Gary W. Crawford |
| Specialty Press Award | Necessary Evil Press |
| Lifetime Achievement | Peter Straub |
| Richard Laymon President’s Award |
Lisa Morton |
2004 Bram Stoker Award Nominees & Winners
[presented in 2005]
| Novel | The Wind Caller by P. D Cacek The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower by Stephen King Deep in the Darkness by Michael Laimo In the Night Room by Peter Straub, Winner |
| First Novel | Covenant by John Everson, Winner (Tie) Black Fire by James Kidman Move Under Ground by Nick Mamatas Stained by Lee Thomas, Winner (Tie) |
| Long Fiction | “The Turtle Boy” by Kealan-Patrick Burke, Winner “Zora and the Zombie” by Andy Duncan “Lisey and the Madman” by Stephen King Dead Man’s Hand by Tim Lebbon “Northwest Passage” by Barbara Roden |
| Short Fiction | “Just Out of Reach” by Gary Braunbeck “A Madness of Starlings” by Douglas Clegg “Nimitseahpah” by Nancy Etchemendy, Winner “Hunting Meth Zombies in the Great Nebraskan Wasteland” by John Farris “Singing My Sister Down” by Margo Lanagan “Guts” by Chuck Palahniuk |
| Fiction Collection | 100 Jolts: Shockingly Short Stories by Michael Arnzen The Machinery of Night by Douglas Clegg Demonized by Christopher Fowler Fears Unnamed by Tim Lebbon Fearful Symmetries by Thomas F. Monteleone, Winner |
| Anthology | Quietly Now edited by Kealan-Patrick Burke The Many Faces of Van Helsing edited by Jeanne Cavelos Shivers III edited by Richard Chizmar The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror, 17th Annual edited by Ellen Datlow, Kelly Link and Gavin Grant, Winner Acquainted with the Night edited by Barbara and Christopher Roden |
| Nonfiction | Ralan’s SpecFic & Humor Webstravaganza by Ralan Conley Hanging Out with the Dream King by Joseph McCabe The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Writing a Novel by Thomas F. Monteleone Hellnotes edited by Judi Rohrig, Winner The Road to the Dark Tower by Bev Vincent |
| Illustrated Narrative | Lost Loves by James Lowder Aleister Arcane by Steve Niles Heaven’s Devils by Jai Nitz, Winner Graphic Classics: Robert Louis Stevenson by Tom Pomplun |
| Screenplay | Hellboy by Guillermo Del Toro Dawn of the Dead by James Gunn Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind by Charlie Kaufman, Michel Gondry and Pierre Bismuth, Winner (Tie) Shaun of the Dead by Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright, Winner (Tie) |
| Work for Young Readers | Abarat: Days of Magic, Nights of War by Clive Barker, Winner (Tie) Oddest Yet by Steve Burt, Winner (Tie) Robot Santa: The Further Adventures of Santa’s Twin by Dean Koontz Fall (Witch Season series) by Jeff Mariotte |
| Poetry Collection | The Women at the Funeral by Corrine De Winter, Winner The Desert by Charlee Jacob Men Are From Hell, Women Are From The Galaxy Of Death by Mark McLaughlin Waiting my Turn to go Under the Knife by Tom Piccirilli |
| Alternative Forms | The Goreletter by Michael Arnzen Flesh & Blood Magazine edited by Jack Fisher The Devil’s Wine edited by Tom Piccirilli, Winner ChiZine edited by Brett Savory |
| Lifetime Achievement | Michael Moorcock |
2003 Bram Stoker Award Nominees & Winners
[presented in 2004]
| Novel | The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla by Stephen King Serenity Falls by James A. Moore The Night Country by Stewart O’Nan A Choir of Ill Children by Tom Piccirilli lost boy lost girl by Peter Straub, Winner |
| First Novel | Wolf’s Trap by William D. Gagliani The Rising by Brian Keene, Winner Monstrocity by Jeffrey Thomas Veniss Underground by Jeff Vandermeer |
| Long Fiction | The Necromancer by Douglas Clegg “Closing Time” by Jack Ketchum, Winner Fuckin’ Lie Down Already by Tom Piccirilli Louisiana Breakdown by Lucius Shepard Roll Them Bones by David Niall Wilson |
| Short Fiction | “Duty” by Gary A. Braunbeck, Winner “The Last Supper” by Scott Edelman “Harvey’s Dream” by Stephen King “The Haunting” by Joyce Carol Oates “The Red Bow” by George Saunders |
| Fiction Collection | Graveyard People: The Collected Cedar Hill Stories Vol 1 by Gary A. Braunbeck Told by the Dead by Ramsey Campbell Bibliomancy by Elizabeth Hand Peaceable Kingdom by Jack Ketchum, Winner Fangs and Angel Wings by Karen Taylor |
| Anthology | Southern Blood: New Australian Tales of the Supernatural edited by Bill Congreve Gathering The Bones edited by Jack Dann, Ramsey Campbell and Dennis Etchison The Dark edited by Ellen Datlow The Year’s Best Fantasy & Horror: 16th Annual Collection edited by Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling Borderlands 5 edited by Elizabeth and Thomas Monteleone, Winner |
| Nonfiction | Fear in a Handful of Dust by Gary A. Braunbeck Ralan.com edited by Ralan Conley Alan Moore: Portrait of an Extraordinary Gentleman, edited by Gary Spencer Millidge and Smoky Man The Mothers and Fathers Italian Association by Thomas F. Monteleone, Winner Hellnotes edited by Judi Rohrig |
| Illustrated Narrative | The Sandman: Endless Nights (collection) by Neil Gaiman, Winner The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume Two by Alan Moore Kolchak: “Devil in the Details” by Stefan Petrucha Graphic Classics: Ambrose Bierce edited by Tom Pomplun Vampire the Masqerade Giovanni — The Machiavelli Conundrum by Robert Weinberg |
| Screenplay | Identity by Michael Cooney Bubba Ho-Tep by Don Coscarelli, Winner Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl by Ted Elliott & Terry Rossio |
| Work for Young Readers | Even Odder: More Stories To Chill The Heart by Steve Burt The Oracle by Catherine Fisher The Wolves in the Walls by Neil Gaiman A Stir of Bones by Nina Kiriki Hoffman Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J. K Rowling, Winner |
| Poetry Collection | Gorelets: Unpleasant Poems by Michael Arnzen Pitchblende by Bruce Boston, Winner Final Girl by Daphne Gottlieb Cardinal Sins by Charlee Jacob Professor LaGungo’s Exotic Artifacts & Assorted Mystic Collectibles by Mark McLaughlin Artist of Antithesis by Marge Simon |
| Alternative Forms | The Goreletter (email newsletter) by Michael Arnzen, Winner From the Files of Matthew Gentech (role-playing game) by Bruce Ballon Ghosts of Albion (webcast script) by Christopher Golden and Amber Benson Horror World (webzine) edited by Nanci Kalanta and Ron Dickie |
| Lifetime Achievement | Martin H. Greenberg Anne Rice |
2002 Bram Stoker Award Nominees & Winners
[presented in 2003]
| Novel | The Hour Before Dark by Douglas Clegg From a Buick 8 by Stephen King Lullaby by Chuck Palahniuk The Night Class by Tom Piccirilli, Winner The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold |
| First Novel | The Blues Ain’t Nothin’ by Tina Jens Atmosphere by Michael Laimo The Red Church by Scott Nicholson The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold, Winner |
| Long Fiction | Cape Wrath by Paul Finch Coraline by Neil Gaiman El Dia De Los Muertos by Brian A. Hopkins, Winner (Tie) “My Work Is Not Yet Done” by Thomas Ligotti, Winner (Tie) “The Origin” by David B. Silva |
| Short Fiction | “Disappearances” by Mort Castle “The Green Man” by Christopher Fowler “The Plague Species” by Charlee Jacob “Details” by China Miéville “The Misfit Child Grows Fat on Despair” by Tom Piccirilli, Winner |
| Fiction Collection | One More for the Road by Ray Bradbury, Winner Nations of the Living, Nations of the Dead by Mort Castle Knuckles and Tales by Nancy A. Collins Everything’s Eventual by Stephen King The Collection by Bentley Little |
| Anthology | Shivers edited by Richard Chizmar The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror, Fifteenth Annual Collection edited by Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, Volume 13 edited by Stephen Jones The Darker Side edited by John Pelan, Winner Children of Cthulhu edited by John Pelan and Benjamin Adams |
| Nonfiction | Supernatural Fiction Writers: Contemporary Fantasy and Horror by Richard Bleiler Ramsey Campbell, Probably by Ramsey Campbell, Winner Ralan.com edited by Ralan Conley Jobs in Hell edited by Brian Keene and Kelly Laymon Hellnotes edited by David B. Silva, Paul F. Olson, and Garrett Peck |
| Illustrated Narrative | Howard the Duck (Issues 1-6) by Steve Gerber Fort: Prophet of the Unexplained (Issues 1-4) by Peter Lenkov Nightside (Issues 1-4) by Robert Weinberg, Winner |
| Screenplay | Minority Report by Scott Frank and Jon Cohen (based on a story by Philip K. Dick) Frailty by Brent Hanley, Winner The Ring by Ehren Kruger (based on the novel by Koji Suzuki and on the motion picture by The Spiral Production Group) Signs by M. Night Shyamalan |
| Work for Young Readers | Abarat by Clive Barker Cat in Glass and Other Tales of the Unnatural by Nancy Etchemendy Coraline by Neil Gaiman, Winner Abu and the Seven Marvels by Richard Matheson and William Stout |
| Poetry Collection | Night Smoke by Bruce Boston and Marge Simon Guises (Poetry Section “Night Unmasked”) by Charlee Jacob The Gossamer Eye by Mark McLaughlin, Rain Graves, and David Niall Wilson, Winner This Cape Is Red Because I’ve Been Bleeding by Tom Piccirilli |
| Alternative Forms | Buckeye Jim in Egypt (audio script based on the Mort Castle story) by Mort Castle Flesh and Blood (magazine) edited by Jack Fisher The Tree Is My Hat (audio script based on the Gene Wolfe story) by Larry Santoro Imagination Box (multimedia CD) by Steve and Melanie Tem, Winner |
| Lifetime Achievement | Stephen King J.N. Williamson |
2001 Bram Stoker Award Nominees & Winners
[presented in 2002]
| Novel | From the Dust Returned by Ray Bradbury American Gods by Neil Gaiman, Winner The Lost by Jack Ketchum Black House by Stephen King & Peter Straub |
| First Novel | Phantom Feast by Diana Barron Skating on the Edge by d.g.k. goldberg Riverwatch by Joe Nassise Deadliest of the Species by Michael Oliveri, Winner |
| Long Fiction | “From A to Z, in the Sarsaparilla Alphabet” by Harlan Ellison “Demolition” by Nancy Etchemendy “Earthworm Gods” by Brian Keene Northern Gothic by Nick Mamatas In These Final Days of Sales by Steve Rasnic Tem, Winner |
| Short Fiction | “I Am Your Need” by Mort Castle “The Haunt” by Jack Ketchum “Reconstructing Amy” by Tim Lebbon, Winner “Whose Puppets, Best and Worst, Are We?” by David B. Silva |
| Fiction Collection | The Dark Fantastic by Ed Gorman As the Sun Goes Down by Tim Lebbon The Whisperer and Other Voices by Brian Lumley The Man with the Barbed-Wire Fists by Norman Partridge, Winner |
| Anthology | Trick or Treat: A Collection of Halloween Novellas edited by Richard Chizmar The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror Fourteenth Annual Collection edited by Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling Extremes 2: Fantasy and Horror from the Ends of the Earth edited by Brian A. Hopkins, Winner The Best of Horrorfind edited by Brian Keene |
| Nonfiction | If Chins Could Kill: Confessions of a B Movie Actor by Bruce Campbell Personal Demons edited by Brian A. Hopkins & Garrett Peck Jobs in Hell edited by Brian Keene, Winner Hellnotes by David B. Silva & Paul F. Olson |
| Illustrated Narrative | “Freezes Over” (Hellblazer 158-161) by Brian Azzarello “The First Adventures of Miss Catterina Poe” (The Dreaming 56) by Caitlin R. Kiernan Desperadoes: Quiet of the Grave by Jeff Mariotte “Quiver” (Green Arrow 1-10) by Kevin Smith Weird Western Tales by Various Authors |
| Screenplay | The Others by Alejandro Amenabar The Fellowship of the Ring by Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson & Frances Walsh (based on the novel by J.R.R. Tolkien) From Hell by Terry Hayes & Rafael Yglesias (based on a graphic novel by Alan Moore & Eddie Campbell) Memento by Christopher & Jonathan Nolan, Winner |
| Work for Young Readers | Prowlers by Christopher Golden The Willow Files 2 by Yvonne Navarro, Winner |
| Poetry Collection | Consumed, Reduced to Beautiful Grey Ashes by Linda Addison, Winner White Space by Bruce Boston What the Cacodaemon Whispered by Chad Hensley Taunting the Minotaur by Charlee Jacob |
| Alternative Forms | Unseen Masters (gaming module) by Bruce Ballon Dark Dreamers: Facing the Masters of Fear by Beth Gwinn & Stanley Wiater, Winner Rue Morgue Magazine edited by Rod Gudino Horrorfind (Internet magazine) by Brian Keene & Mike Roden Gothic.net (Internet magazine) edited by Darren McKeeman |
| Lifetime Achievement | John Farris |
2000 Bram Stoker Award Nominees & Winners
[presented in 2001]
| Novel | The Indifference of Heaven by Gary A. Braunbeck Silent Children by Ramsey Campbell The Licking Valley Coon Hunters Club by Brian A. Hopkins The Traveling Vampire Show by Richard Laymon, Winner The Deceased by Tom Piccirilli |
| First Novel | Nailed by the Heart by Simon Clark House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski The Licking Valley Coon Hunters Club by Brian A. Hopkins, Winner Run by Douglas E. Winter |
| Long Fiction | Riding the Bullet by Stephen King “In Shock” by Joyce Carol Oates “God Screamed and Screamed, Then I Ate Him” by Lawrence P. Santoro The Man on the Ceiling by Melanie and Steve Rasnic Tem, Winner |
| Short Fiction | Dead Cat Bounce by Gerard Daniel Houarner “Gone” by Jack Ketchum, Winner “Fallen Angel” by Robert J. Sawyer “Mexican Moon” by Karen E. Taylor |
| Fiction Collection | Up, Out of Cities That Blow Hot and Cold by Charlee Jacob Wind Over Heaven and Other Dark Tales by Bruce Holland Rogers Magic Terror by Peter Straub, Winner City Fishing by Steve Rasnic Tem |
| Anthology | The Year’s Best Fantasy & Horror, 13th Annual Collection edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling, Winner Brainbox: The Real Horror edited by Steve Eller Extremes: Fantasy & Horror from the Ends of the Earth edited by Brian A. Hopkins Bad News edited by Richard Laymon |
| Nonfiction | On Writing by Stephen King, Winner Hellnotes by David B. Silva and Paul F. Olson At the Foot of the Story Tree by Bill Sheehan Horror of the 20th Century by Robert Weinberg |
| Illustrated Narrative | “Red Romance” (Flinch 11) by Joe R. Lansdale The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (miniseries) by Alan Moore, Winner Cable 79-84 by Robert Weinberg “Spuds” (Night Terrors #1) by Bernie Wrightson |
| Screenplay | Requiem for a Dream by Darren Aronofsky and Hubert Selby, Jr. Shadow of the Vampire by Steven Katz, Winner The Cell by Mark Protosevich Unbreakable by M. Night Shyamalan Pitch Black by David Twohy and Ken and Jim Wheat |
| Work for Young Readers | The Power of Un by Nancy Etchemendy, Winner Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling Be Afraid! edited by Edo van Belkom The Christmas Thingy by F. Paul Wilson |
| Poetry Collection | Paratabloids by Michael A. Arnzen The Complete Accursed Wives by Bruce Boston Burial Plot in Sagittarius by Sandy DeLuca A Student of Hell by Tom Piccirilli, Winner |
| Other Media | Twilight Tales Reading Series produced by Tina L. Jens and Andrea Dubnick Chiaroscuro (web site) edited by Steve Eller, Sandra Kasturi, Patricia Lee Macomber and Brett A. Savory, Winner “Back to the Black Lagoon” (on The Creature from the Black Lagoon DVD) by David J. Skal Gothic.Net (web site), edited by Darren McKeeman and Mehitobel Wilson |
| Lifetime Achievement | Nigel Kneale |
1999 Bram Stoker Award Nominees & Winners
[presented in 2000]
| Novel | Darker than Night by Owl Goingback Hannibal by Thomas Harris Low Men in Yellow Coats by Stephen King Hexes by Tom Piccirilli Mr. X by Peter Straub, Winner |
| First Novel | Widow’s Walk by Steve Beai Every Dead Thing by John Connolly King Rat by China Miéville Wither by J.G. Passarella, Winner |
| Long Fiction | “Five Days in April” by Brian A. Hopkins, Winner (Tie) “Dread in the Beast” by Charlee Jacob Right to Life by Jack Ketchum “Mad Dog Summer” by Joe R. Lansdale, Winner (Tie) |
| Short Fiction | “The Grave” by P.D. Cacek “The Entertainment” by Ramsey Campbell “Halloween Street” by Steve Rasnic Tem “Aftershock” by F. Paul Wilson, Winner |
| Fiction Collection | Death Drives a Semi by Edo van Belkom The Nightmare Chronicles by Douglas Clegg, Winner Hearts in Atlantis by Stephen King Deep into that Darkness Peering by Tom Piccirilli |
| Anthology | The Year’s Best Fantasy & Horror, Twelfth Annual Collection edited by Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 10 edited by Stephen Jones The Last Continent: New Tales of Zothique edited by John Pelan 999: New Stories of Horror and Suspense edited by Al Sarrantonio, Winner |
| Nonfiction | DarkEcho edited by Paula Guran, Winner The Essential Monster Movie Guide by Stephen Jones Vincent Price: A Daughter’s Biography by Victoria Price Hellnotes edited by David B. Silva & Paul F. Olson |
| Illustrated Narrative | Sandman: The Dream Hunters by Neil Gaiman, Winner Jonah Hex: Shadows West #1 by Joe R. Lansdale Hellboy: Box Full of Evil by Mike Mignola Faust: Book of M by David Quinn |
| Screenplay | The Green Mile by Frank Darabont The Blair Witch Project by Daniel Myrick & Eduardo Sanchez Sixth Sense by M. Night Shyamalan, Winner Buffy the Vampire Slayer, “Hush,” by Joss Whedon |
| Work for Young Readers | Something Lumber This Way Comes by Joe R. Lansdale Creepy Susie and 13 Other Tragic Tales for Troubled Children by Angus Oblong Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling, Winner |
| Other Media | I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream (Audio) by Harlan Ellison, Winner Masters of Terror (Website) by Andy Fairclough Gothic Net (Website) by Seth Lindberg Conspiracies (Audio CD of F. Paul Wilson story) by WyrdSisterS ProductionS |
| Lifetime Achievement | Edward Gorey Charles L. Grant |
1998 Bram Stoker Award Nominees & Winners
[presented in 1999]
| Novel | Bag of Bones, by Stephen King, Winner Fear Nothing by Dean Koontz Darker Angels by S.P. Somtow Fog Heart by Thomas Tessier |
| First Novel | Night Prayers by P.D. Cacek This Symbiotic Fascination by Charlee Jacob Silk by Caitlin R. Kiernan Dawn Song by Michael Marano, Winner |
| Long Fiction | “Leavings” by P.D. Cacek “As Above, So Below” by Brian Hodge “What Would You Do for Love?” by John Shirley “Mr. Clubb and Mr. Cuff” by Peter Straub, Winner |
| Short Fiction | “Blues-Born” by Tina L. Jens “Autopsy Room Four” by Stephen King “The Dead Boy at Your Window” by Bruce Holland Rogers, Winner “The Rug” by Edo van Belkom |
| Fiction Collection | Leavings by P.D. Cacek Smoke and Mirrors by Neil Gaiman Black Butterflies by John Shirley, Winner The Cleft and Other Odd Tales by Gahan Wilson |
| Anthology | Robert Bloch’s Psychos by Robert Bloch, ed. Best of Cemetery Dance by Richard Chizmar, ed. The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror (11th Annual Collection) by Ellen Datlow, ed. & Terri Windling, ed. Horrors!: 365 Scary Stories by Stefan Dziemianowicz, ed., Martin H. Greenberg, ed. & Robert Weinberg, ed., Winner |
| Nonfiction | Gothic Horror: A Reader’s Guide from Poe to King and Beyond by Clive Bloom, ed. The Science of the X-Files by Jeanne Cavelos DarkEcho Newsletter, Vol. 5, #1-50 by Paula Guran, ed., Winner A Writer’s Tale by Richard Laymon |
| Illustrated Narrative | Sergio Aragones’ Dia de las Muertos (Day of the Dead) by Sergio Aragones & Mark Evanier Preacher by Garth Ennis The Son of Man (Hellblazer #129 — 133) by Garth Ennis The Dreaming: Trial and Error by Len Wein No Award, Winner |
| Screenplay | Gods and Monsters by Bill Condon, Winner (Tie) Fallen by Nicholas Kazan “Somehow Satan Got Behind Me” (Millenium, May1) by Darin Morgan Dark City by Alex Proyas, David Goyer, & Lem Dobbs, Winner (Tie) |
| Work for Young Readers | “Bigger than Death” by Nancy Etchemendy, Winner The Dollhouse that Time Forgot (Eerie Indiana #11) by Mike Ford The Angel Chronicles: A Novelization (Buffy the Vampire Slayer Vol. 1) by Nancy Holder Hungry Ghosts: A Novelization (The X-Files No. 9) by Ellen Steiber |
| Other Media | Universal Horror (TV documentary) by Kevin Brownlow The Misfits: American Psycho (music video) by John Cafiero John Carpenter’s Vampires (original motion picture soundtrack) by John Carpenter Gothic at Midnight: A Tribute to the Masters of the Macabre (audio anthology) by Joshua Kane No Award, Winner |
| Lifetime Achievement | Ramsey Campbell Roger Corman |
1997 Bram Stoker Award Nominees & Winners
[presented in 1998]
| Novel | Children of the Dusk by Janet Berliner & George Guthridge, Winner The Church of Dead Girls by Stephen Dobyns My Soul to Keep by Tananarive Due Earthquake Weather by Tim Powers |
| First Novel | Lives of the Monster Dogs by Kirsten Bakis, Winner The Art of Arrow Cutting by Stephen Dedman Hungry Eyes by Barry Hoffman Drawn to the Grave by Mary Ann Mitchell The Inquisitor by Mary Murrey |
| Long Fiction | “The Big Blow” by Joe R. Lansdale, Winner “The Word” by Ramsey Campbell “Everything’s Eventual” by Stephen King “Coppola’s Dracula” by Kim Newman “The Zombies of Madison County” by Douglas E. Winter |
| Short Fiction | “Rat Food” by Edo van Belkom & David Nickle, Winner “I Am Infinite, I Contain Multitudes” by Douglas Clegg “A Plague on Both Your Houses” by Scott Edelman “Madame Babylon” by Brian Hodge |
| Fiction Collection | Exorcisms and Ecstasies by Karl Edward Wagner, Winner Things Left Behind by Gary A. Braunbeck The Throne of Bones by Brian McNaughton Painted in Blood by Lucy Taylor |
| Nonfiction | Dark Thoughts: On Writing by Stanley Wiater, Winner The Encyclopedia of Fantasy by John Clute & John Grant The Hammer Story by Marcus Hearn & Alan Barnes Clive Barker’s A-Z of Horror by Stephen Jones Video Watchdog by Tim Lucas, ed. Dean Koontz: A Writer’s Biography by Katherine Ramsland |
| Lifetime Achievement | William Peter Blatty Jack Williamson |
1996 Bram Stoker Award Nominees & Winners
[presented in 1997]
| Novel | Exquisite Corpse by Poppy Z. Brite Crota by Owl Goingback The Green Mile by Stephen King, Winner The Hellfire Club by Peter Straub |
| First Novel | Flute Song by Donald Burleson Crota by Owl Goingback, Winner Horror Show by Greg Kihn Dead Heat by Del Stone |
| Long Fiction | “Kilroy Was Here” by Jack Cady “The Thing from Lover’s Lane” by Nancy Collins “The Red Tower” by Thomas Ligotti, Winner “Brimstone and Salt” by S.P. Somtow |
| Short Fiction | “Metalica” by P.D. Cacek, Winner “The Slobbering Tongue That Ate the Frightfully Huge Woman” by Robert Devereaux “The Secret Shih Tan” by Graham Masterton “The House of Mourning” by Brian Stableford “Plan 10 from Inner Space” by Karl Edward Wagner |
| Fiction Collection | The Convulsion Factory by Brian Hodge The Nightmare Factory by Thomas Ligotti, Winner Shadow Dreams by Elizabeth Massie With Wounds Still Wet by Wayne Allen Sallee The Pavilion of Frozen Women by S.P. Somtow |
| Nonfiction | Bram Stoker: A Biography of the Author of Dracula by Barbara Belford The Great Pulp Heroes by Don Hutchison The Illustrated Werewolf Movie Guide by Stephen Jones H.P. Lovecraft: A Life by S.T. Joshi, Winner V is for Vampire, by David Skal |
| Lifetime Achievement | Ira Levin Forrest J. Ackerman |
1995 Bram Stoker Award Nominees & Winners
[presented in 1996]
| Novel | Widow by Billie Sue Mosiman Deadrush by Yvonne Navarro Zombie by Joyce Carol Oates, Winner Bone Music by Alan Rodgers |
| First Novel | Diary of a Vampire by Gary Bowen The Between by Tananarive Due Madeleine’s Ghost by Robert Girardi The Safety of Unknown Cities by Lucy Taylor, Winner Wyrm Wolf by Edo van Belkom |
| Long Fiction | “Baby Girl Diamond” by Adam-Troy Castro “Lunch at the Gotham Cafe” by Stephen King, Winner “Looking for Mr Flip” by Thomas F. Monteleone “Lover Doll” by Wayne Allen Sallee |
| Short Fiction | “Becky Lives” by Harry Crews “Chatting With Anubis” by Harlan Ellison, Winner “The Bungalow House” by Thomas Ligotti “The Death of the Novel” by William Browning Spencer |
| Fiction Collection | The Panic Hand by Jonathan Carroll, Winner Cages by Ed Gorman The Black Carousel by Charles Grant |
| Nonfiction | The Supernatural Index by Michael Ashley & William Contento, Winner Psycho: Behind the Scenes of the Classic Thriller by Janet Leigh & Christopher Nickens An Encyclopedia of Claims, Frauds, and Hoaxes of the Occult and Supernatural by James Randi Immoral Tales: European Sex & Horror Movies 506-1984 by Cathal Tohill & Pete Tombs |
| Lifetime Achievement | Harlan Ellison |
1994 Bram Stoker Award Nominees & Winners
[presented in 1995]
| Novel | The Alienist by Caleb Carr From the Teeth of Angels by Jonathan Carroll Dead in the Water by Nancy Holder, Winner Insomnia by Stephen King The Butcher Boy by Patrick McCabe |
| First Novel | Grave Markings by Michael A. Arnzen, Winner The Black Mariah by Jay Bonansinga Deadweight by Robert Devereaux Near Death by Nancy Kilpatrick |
| Long Fiction | “The Scent of Vinegar,” by Robert Bloch, Winner “Sometimes in the Rain” by Charles L. Grant “The Alchemy of the Throat” by Brian Hodge “Bubba Ho-Tep” by Joe R. Lansdale “The Siren of Swan Quarter” by William Trotter |
| Short Fiction | “Cafe Endless: Spring Rain” by Nancy Holder, Winner (Tie) “The Box” by Jack Ketchum, Winner (Tie) “Mr. Torso” by Edward Lee “Things of Which We Do Not Speak” by Lucy Taylor |
| Fiction Collection | The Early Fears by Robert Bloch, Winner Writer of the Purple Rage by Joe R. Lansdale The Flesh Artist by Lucy Taylor Born Bad by Andrew Vachss |
| Lifetime Achievement | Christopher Lee |
1993 Bram Stoker Award Nominees & Winners
[presented in 1994]
| Novel | Anno Dracula by Kim Newman Blackburn by Bradley Denton Drawing Blood by Poppy Z. Brite The Summoning by Bentley Little The Throat by Peter Straub, Winner |
| First Novel | Afterage by Yvonne Navarro Created By by Richard Christian Matheson Suckers by Anne Billson The Thread that Binds the Bones by Nina Kiriki Hoffman, Winner Wet Work by Philip Nutman |
| Novella | “Caroline and Caleb” by Richard Gilliam “Flashback” by Dan Simmons “Mefisto in Onyx” by Harlan Ellison, Winner (Tie) “The Night We Buried Road Dog” by Jack Cady, Winner (Tie) |
| Novelet | “Colour” by Michael Moorcock “Darker Angels” by S.P. Somtow “Death in Bangkok” by Dan Simmons, Winner “Death on the Nile” by Connie Willis |
| Short Fiction | “Death Fiend Guerrillas” by William S. Burroughs “Distances” by Sherman Alexie “The Dog Park” by Dennis Etchison “I Hear the Mermaids Singing” by Nancy Holder, Winner “Pain Grin” by Wayne Allen Sallee |
| Fiction Collection | Alone with the Horrors by Ramsey Campbell, Winner Close to the Bone by Lucy Taylor A Good and Secret Place by Richard Laymon Lovedeath by Dan Simmons Nightmares and Dreamscapes by Stephen King |
| Nonfiction | The Diary of Jack the Ripper by Shirley Harrison & Michael Barrett The Monster Show by David J. Skal Once Around the Bloch by Robert Bloch, Winner |
| Other Media | Jonah Hex: Two-Gun Mojo by Joe R. Lansdale, Winner The Seventh Guest by Matthew J. Costello Hellblazer by Garth Ennis Jurassic Park (screenplay) by Michael Crichton & David Koepp The Sandman by Neil Gaiman |
| Lifetime Achievement | Joyce Carol Oates |
| Special Trustees Award | Vincent Price |
1992 Bram Stoker Award Nominees & Winners
[presented in 1993]
| Novel | Homecoming by Matthew Costello Deathgrip by Brian Hodge Hideaway by Dean R. Koontz Blood of the Lamb by Thomas F. Monteleone, Winner Children of the Night by Dan Simmons |
| First Novel | Lost Souls by Poppy Z. Brite Beauty by Brian D’Amato Sineater by Elizabeth Massie, Winner Less Than Human by Gary Raisor The Holy Terror by Wayne Allen Sallee |
| Long Fiction | “Aliens: Tribes” by Stephen Bissette, Winner (Tie) “The Events Concerning a Nude Fold-Out Found in a Harlequin Romance” by Joe R. Lansdale, Winner (Tie) “Nothing Will Hurt You”” by David Morrell “The Shrine” by David Morrell “For You, the Living” by Wayne Allen Sallee |
| Short Fiction | “Farm Wife” by Nancy Kilpatrick “This Year’s Class Picture” by Dan Simmons, Winner “Did They Get You to Trade?” by Karl Edward Wagner “Come One, Come All” by Gahan Wilson “Bright Lights, Big Zombie” by Douglas E. Winter |
| Fiction Collection | Mr. Fox and Other Feral Tales by Norman Partridge, Winner Nightmare Flower by Elizabeth Engstrom Fantastic Tales by I.U. Tarchetti Men, Women, and Chainsaws by Carol J. Clover |
| Nonfiction | Cut! Horror Writers on Horror Film by Christopher Golden, Winner Young Adult Horror Fiction by Cosette Kies Scare Tactics by John Russo Dark Visions by Stanley Wiater |
| Lifetime Achievement | Ray Russell |
1991 Bram Stoker Award Nominees & Winners
[presented in 1992]
| Novel | The M.D. by Thomas M. Disch Needful Things by Stephen King Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands by Stephen King Boy’s Life by Robert R. McCammon, Winner Summer of Night by Dan Simmons |
| First Novel | Winter Scream by Chris Curry & L. Dean James Wilderness by Dennis Danvers The Cipher by Kathe Koja, Winner (Tie) Unearthed by Ashley McConnell Prodigal by Melanie Tem, Winner (Tie) |
| Long Fiction | “Fetish” by Edward Bryant “Death Leaves an Echo” by Charles de Lint “Advocates” by Suzy McKee Charnas & Chelsea Quinn Yarbro “Magpie” by Stephen Gallagher “The Beautiful Uncut Hair of Graves” by David Morrell, Winner |
| Short Fiction | “The Ash of Memory, the Dust of Desire” by Poppy Z. Brite “Lady Madonna” by Nancy Holder, Winner “Love Doll: A Fable” by Joe R. Lansdale “The Braille Encyclopaedia,” by Grant Morrison “Wolf Winter” by Maxine O’Callaghan “Richard’s Head” by Al Sarrantonio |
| Fiction Collection | Waking Nightmares by Ramsey Campbell Prayers to Broken Stones by Dan Simmons, Winner Sex Punks and Savage Sagas by Richard Sutphen Naked Flesh of Feeling, by J.N. Williamson |
| Nonfiction | Vampires Among Us by Rosemary Ellen Guillen Clive Barker’s Shadows of Eden by Stephen Jones, Winner Prism of Night: A Biography of Anne Rice by Katherine Ramsland The Shape Under the Sheet: The Complete Stephen King Encyclopedia by Stephen J. Spignesi |
| Lifetime Achievement | Gahan Wilson |
1990 Bram Stoker Award Nominees & Winners
[presented in 1991]
| Novel | Savage Season by Joe R. Lansdale Funland by Richard Laymon Mine by Robert R. McCammon, Winner Reign by Chet Williamson |
| First Novel | The Revelation by Bentley Little, Winner Nightblood by T. Chris Martindale Dark Father by Tom Piccirilli Blood of the Children by Alan Rodgers |
| Long Fiction | “Bestseller” by Michael Blumlein “The Langoliers” by Stephen King “Stephen” by Elizabeth Massie, Winner “Entropy’s Bed at Midnight” by Dan Simmons “Pelts” by F. Paul Wilson |
| Short Fiction | “The Loneliest Number” by Edward Bryant “The Calling” by David B. Silva, Winner “Back Windows” by Steve Rasnic Tem “But You’ll Never Follow Me” by Karl Edward Wagner “From the Papers of Helmut Hecher” by Chet Williamson |
| Fiction Collection | The Brains of Rats by Michael Blumlein Four Past Midnight by Stephen King, Winner Prayers to Broken Stones by Dan Simmons Houses Without Doors by Peter Straub |
| Nonfiction | Horror Literature: A Reader’s Guide by Neil Barron Joe Bob Goes Back to the Drive-In by Joe Bob Briggs The Weird Tale by S.T. Joshi Hollywood Gothic by David J. Skal Dark Dreamers by Stanley Wiater, Winner |
| Lifetime Achievement | Hugh B. Cave Richard Matheson |
1989 Bram Stoker Award Nominees & Winners
[presented in 1990]
| Novel | Geek Love by Katherine Dunn In A Dark Dream by Charles L. Grant Midnight by Dean R. Koontz The Wolf’s Hour by Robert R. McCammon Carrion Comfort by Dan Simmons, Winner |
| First Novel | Goat Dance by Douglas Clegg Sunglasses After Dark by Nancy A. Collins, Winner The Dwelling by Tom Elliott The Lilith Factor by Jean Paiva Laying the Music to Rest by Dean Wesley Smith |
| Long Fiction | “On the Far Side of the Cadillac Desert With Dead Folks” by Joe R. Lansdale, Winner “Phantom” by Kristine Kathryn Rusch “At First Just Ghostly” by Karl Edward Wagner “The Confessions of St. James” by Chet Williamson |
| Short Fiction | “A Sad Last Love at the Diner of the Damned” by Edward Bryant “Eat Me” by Robert R. McCammon, Winner “Each Night, Each Year” by Kathryn Ptacek “Bodies and Heads” by Steve Rasnic Tem “Yore Skin’s Jes’ So Soft ‘n Purdy,’ He Said” by Chet Williamson |
| Fiction Collection | Patterns by Pat Cadigan By Bizarre Hands by Joe R. Lansdale Collected Stories by Richard Matheson, Winner Blue World by Robert R. McCammon Soft and Others by F. Paul Wilson |
| Nonfiction | H.P. Lovecraft by Peter Cannon American Vampires: Fans, Victims, Practitioners by Norine Dresser Harlan Ellison’s Watching by Harlan Ellison, Winner (Tie) Horror: The 100 Best Books by Stephen Jones & Kim Newman, Winner (Tie) Horror: A Connoisseur’s Guide to Literature and Film by Leonard Wolf |
| Lifetime Achievement | Robert Bloch |
1988 Bram Stoker Award Nominees & Winners
[presented in 1989]
| Novel | The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris, Winner The Drive-In by Joe R. Lansdale Flesh by Richard Laymon Stinger by Robert R. McCammon Queen of the Damned by Anne Rice Black Wind by F. Paul Wilson |
| First Novel | Resurrection, Inc. by Kevin J. Anderson Fear Book by John L. Byrne Deliver Us from Evil by Alan Lee Harris Cities of the Dead by Michael Paine Demon Night by J. Michael Straczynski The Suiting by Kelley Wilde, Winner |
| Long Fiction | “The Function of Dream Sleep” by Harlan Ellison “Horrorshow” by John Farris “The Night Flier” by Stephen King “The Skin Trade” by George R.R. Martin “Orange is for Anguish, Blue for Insanity” by David Morrell, Winner “The Juniper Tree” by Peter Straub |
| Short Fiction | “The Thing at the Top of the Stairs” by Ray Bradbury “She’s a Young Thing and Cannot Leave Her Mother” by Harlan Ellison “The Night They Missed the Horror Show” by Joe R. Lansdale, Winner “Nobody Lives There Now” by Carol Orlock “Jack’s Decline” by Lucius Shepard “The Music of the Dark Time” by Chet Williamson |
| Fiction Collection | Charles Beaumont: Selected Stories by Charles Beaumont, Winner The Toynbee Convector by Ray Bradbury Angry Candy by Harlan Ellison The Blood Kiss by Dennis Etchison Scare Tactics by John Farris Blood and Water and Other Tales by Patrick McGrath |
| Lifetime Achievement | Ray Bradbury Ronald Chetwynd-Hayes |
1987 Bram Stoker Award Nominees & Winners
[presented in 1988]
| Novel | Live Girls by Ray Garton Misery by Stephen King, Winner (Tie) Swan Song by Robert R. McCammon, Winner (Tie) Unassigned Territory by Kem Nunn Ash Wednesday by Chet Williamson |
| First Novel | The Damnation Game by Clive Barker The Manse by Lisa Cantrell, Winner Slob by Rex Miller The Harvest Bride by Tony Richards Excavation by Steve Rasnic Tem |
| Long Fiction | “The Pear-Shaped Man” by George R.R. Martin, Winner (Tie) “The Boy Who Came Back from the Dead” by Alan Rodgers, Winner (Tie) “Pamela’s Get” by David J. Schow “Resurrec Tech” by S.P. Somtow |
| Short Fiction | “Friend’s Best Man” by Jonathan Carroll “This Old Man” by Charles L. Grant “The Deep End” by Robert R. McCammon, Winner “Dat-Tay-Vao” by F. Paul Wilson “Traps” by F. Paul Wilson |
| Fiction Collection | Midnight Pleasures by Robert Bloch Scared Stiff by Ramsey Campbell The Essential Ellison by Harlan Ellison, Winner Why Not You and I? by Karl Edward Wagner All About Strange Monsters of the Recent Past by Howard Waldrop |
| Nonfiction | Joe Bob Goes to the Drive-In by Joe Bob Briggs The Zombies that Ate Pittsburgh by Paul A. Gagne Mary Shelley by Muriel Spark, Winner |
| Lifetime Achievement | Fritz Leiber Frank Belknap Long Clifford D. Simak |
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