Category: First Novel

Nominations: Rabbits (Del Rey), First Novel, 2021

Nominations: When the Reckoning Comes (Harper Perennial), First Novel, 2021

Nominations: Tidepool (The Parliament House), First Novel, 2021 BIO: Nicole Willson writes horror and dark fantasy. Her debut novel Tidepool (Parliament House Press) came out in August 2021, and her short fiction has appeared in publications by Cemetery Gates Media and hinged.press on Medium. She has attended the Borderlands Press Writers Boot Camp, the Futurescapes Writers’ Workshop, and the Fearscapes Writers’ Workshop. […]

Nominations: Helminth (Omnium Gatherum), First Novel, 2021 BIO: S. Alessandro Martinez is an author of Mexican and Spanish descent, and a native Southern Californian with Autism/Asperger’s who writes horror and fantasy for adults and children. His writings have appeared in several magazines and anthologies such as Sanitarium, Jitter, Deadman’s Tome, and Indiana Horror Review. He enjoys writing about all sorts […]

NOMINATIONS: True Story (Viking), First Novel, 2020 BIO: Kate Reed Petty’s debut novel, “True Story,” was a New York Times Review of Books “Editor’s Choice.” Her fiction and essays have been published by ZZYZZYVA, Electric Literature, and American Short Fiction online, among other places, and her short films have appeared on Narrative and at the 2019 Maryland Film Festival. She […]

NOMINATIONS: Tome (The Writing Collective), First Novel, 2020 BIO: Ross Jeffery is the author of Juniper, Tome and Tethered. His short fiction has appeared in various print anthologies whilst also having a whole host of short / flash fiction littering the internet in a number of online journals. Ross is also executive director at STORGY Magazine.  Ross lives in Bristol with his […]

NOMINATIONS: The Return (Berkley), First Novel, 2020 BIO: Rachel Harrison was born and raised in the weird state of New Jersey. She received her Bachelor’s in Writing for Film & Television from Emerson College. After graduating, she worked on TV game shows, in publishing, and for a big bank. She lives in New York with her husband and their cat/overlord. […]