Why the Bram Stoker Award® Matters by Michael A. Arnzen Who among us does not recognize and covet the Bram Stoker Award® — the hallmark trophy of horror literature? For one thing, the Horror Writers Association has the coolest and perhaps heftiest statue ever created for writers, molded in the form of a haunted house complete with giant […]
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Since 2016, the Horror Writers Association has presented its own yearly convention: StokerCon™. The convention is held in a different city each year, runs 3-4 days, and includes Horror University (educational workshops), the Ann Radcliffe Academic Conference, the Final Frame Short Horror Film Competition, Librarian’s Day, Guests of Honor, panels, readings, a dealer’s room, parties, signings, and more. The highlight […]
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The below facts were compiled in 2018: The top number of nominations by any one author: Stephen King, with 32 total nominations. The top number of wins by any one author: Stephen King, with 12 total wins. The top number of losses by any one author: Stephen King, with 20 total losses. No author has won in more than six […]
Read moreThe 2023 Bram Stoker Awards® Final Ballot Superior Achievement in an Anthology Aquilone, James – Shakespeare Unleashed (Crystal Lake Publishing, Monstrous Books) Golden, Christopher, and Keene, Brian – The Drive-In: Multiplex (Pandi Press) Hawk, Shane and Van Alst, Jr., Theodore C. – Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology (Vintage) Peele, Jordan, and Adams, John Joseph – Out […]
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Each year, the Horror Writer’s Association presents the Bram Stoker Awards for Superior Achievement, named in honor of Bram Stoker, author of the seminal horror work, Dracula. The Bram Stoker Awards were instituted immediately after the organization’s incorporation in 1987. To ameliorate the competitive nature of any award system, the Bram Stoker Awards are given “for superior achievement,” not for […]
Read more1988 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 […]
Read more1989 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 […]
Read more1990 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 […]
Read more1991 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 […]
Read more1992 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 […]
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