The 2022 Bram Stoker Award winners

From left to right: Robert P. Ottone, Christi Nogle, Alma Katsu, Gabino Iglesias, Lee Murray, Tim Waggoner, Elizabeth Massie, Daniel Kraus, Cynthia Pelayo, Ellen Datlow, Joe Lansdale, James Aquilone, and Meghan Arcuri.

The 2022 Bram Stoker Award winners were announced on June 17 during the Annual Bram Stoker Awards Banquet at StokerCon™ 2023 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 

2022 BRAM STOKER AWARDS®  

Superior Achievement in a Novel

  • Iglesias, Gabino – The Devil Takes You Home (Mullholland Press)

Superior Achievement in a First Novel

  • Nogle, Christi – Beulah(Cemetery Gates Media)

Superior Achievement in a Middle Grade Novel

  • Kraus, Daniel – They Stole Our Hearts (Henry Holt and Co.)

Superior Achievement in a Graphic Novel

  • Aquilone, James (editor) – Kolchak: The Night Stalker: 50th Anniversary (Moonstone Books)

Superior Achievement in a Young Adult Novel

  • Ottone, Robert P. – The Triangle (Raven Tale Publishing)

Superior Achievement in Long Fiction

  • Katsu, Alma – The Wehrwolf (Amazon Original Stories)

Superior Achievement in Short Fiction

  • Yardley, Mercedes M. – “Fracture” (Mother: Tales of Love and Terror) (Weird Little Worlds)

Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection

  • Khaw, Cassandra – Breakable Things (Undertow Publications)

Superior Achievement in a Screenplay

[TIE]

  • Derrickson, Scott and Cargill, C. Robert – The Black Phone (Blumhouse Productions, Crooked Highway, Universal Pictures)
  • Duffer Brothers, The – Stranger Things: Episode 04.01 “Chapter One: The Hellfire Club” (21 Laps Entertainment, Monkey Massacre, Netflix, Upside Down Pictures)

Superior Achievement in a Poetry Collection

  • Pelayo, Cynthia – Crime Scene (Raw Dog Screaming Press)

Superior Achievement in an Anthology

  • Datlow, Ellen – Screams from the Dark: 29 Tales of Monsters and the Monstrous (Tor Nightfire)

Superior Achievement in Non–Fiction

  • Waggoner, Tim – Writing in the Dark: The Workbook (Guide Dog Books)

Superior Achievement in Short Non–Fiction

  • Murray, Lee – “I Don’t Read Horror (& Other Weird Tales)” (Interstellar Flight Magazine) (Interstellar Flight Press)

Also presented at the ceremony:

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD 

  • Elizabeth Massie
  • Nuzo Onoh
  • John Saul

SPECIALTY PRESS AWARD

  • Undertow Publications

THE RICHARD LAYMON PRESIDENT’S AWARD

  • Meghan Arcuri

THE KAREN LANSDALE SILVER HAMMER AWARD

  • Karen Lansdale

MENTOR OF THE YEAR AWARD

  • David Jeffery