Bram Stoker Awards Winners By Year
science fiction awards database
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— 2025 — | |
| lifetime achievement | Del Howison & Sue Howison |
| lifetime achievement | David Cronenberg |
| novel | The Haunting of Velkwood, Gwendolyn Kiste |
| first novel | The Eyes Are the Best Part, Monika Kim |
| young adult novel | Clown in a Cornfield 3: The Church of Frendo, Adam Cesare |
| middle grade novel | (tie) The Creeping of Dogwood House, Eden Royce |
| middle grade novel | (tie) There's Something Sinister in Center Field, Robert P. Ottone |
| long fiction | Coup de Grâce, Sofia Ajram |
| short fiction | “Versus Versus”, Laird Barron |
| fiction collection | Love is a Crematorium and Other Tales, Mercedes M. Yardley |
| anthology | Discontinue If Death Ensues: Tales from the Tipping Point, Carol Gyzander & Anna Taborska, eds. |
| long non-fiction | Horror for Weenies: Everything You Need to Know About the Films You’re Too Scared to Watch, Emily C. Hughes |
| short non-fiction | “Blacks in Film and Cultivated Bias”, Lisa Wood |
| graphic novel | H.P. Lovecraft's The Call of Cthulhu, Gou Tanabe |
| screenplay | The Substance, Coralie Fargeat |
| poetry | Mexicans on the Moon: Speculative Poetry from a Possible Future, Pedro Iniguez |
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— 2024 — | |
| lifetime achievement | Cassandra Peterson |
| lifetime achievement | Steve Rasnic Tem |
| lifetime achievement | Mort Castle |
| novel | The Reformatory, Tananarive Due |
| first novel | The Daughters of Block Island, Christa Carmen |
| young adult novel | She Is a Haunting, Trang Thanh Tran |
| middle grade novel | The Nighthouse Keeper, Lora Senf |
| long fiction | “Linghun”, Ai Jiang |
| short fiction | “Quondam”, Cindy O'Quinn |
| collection | Blood from the Air, Gemma Files |
| anthology | Out There Screaming, Jordan Peele & John Joseph Adams, eds. |
| long non-fiction | 101 Horror Books to Read Before You're Murdered, Sadie Hartmann |
| short non-fiction | “Becoming Ungovernable: Latah, Amok, and Disorder in Indonesia”, Nadia Bulkin |
| graphic novel | Carmilla: The First Vampire, Amy Chu, art by Soo Lee |
| screenplay | Godzilla Minus One, Takashi Yamazaki |
| poetry | On the Subject of Blackberries, Stephanie M. Wytovich |
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— 2023 — | |
| lifetime achievement | Nuzo Onoh |
| lifetime achievement | Elizabeth Massie |
| lifetime achievement | John Saul |
| novel | The Devil Takes You Home, Gabino Iglesias |
| first novel | Beulah, Christi Nogle |
| young adult novel | The Triangle, Robert P. Ottone |
| middle grade novel | They Stole Our Hearts, Daniel Kraus |
| long fiction | The Wehrwolf, Alma Katsu |
| short fiction | “Fracture”, Mercedes M. Yardley |
| collection | Breakable Things, Cassandra Khaw |
| anthology | Screams from the Dark: 29 Tales of Monsters and the Monstrous, Ellen Datlow, ed. |
| nonfiction | Writing in the Dark: The Workbook, Tim Waggoner |
| short nonfiction | “I Don't Read Horror (& Other Weird Tales)”, Lee Murray |
| graphic novel | Kolchak: The Night Stalker: 50th Anniversary, James Aquilone, ed. |
| screenplay | (tie) The Black Phone, Scott Derrickson & C. Robert Cargill |
| screenplay | (tie) Stranger Things: “s4e1: Chapter One: The Hellfire Club”, The Duffer Brothers |
| poetry collection | Crime Scene, Cynthia Pelayo |
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— 2022 — | |
| lifetime achievement | Koji Suzuki |
| lifetime achievement | Nancy Holder |
| lifetime achievement | Jo Fletcher |
| novel | My Heart Is a Chainsaw, Stephen Graham Jones |
| first novel | Queen of Teeth, Hailey Piper |
| young-adult novel | The River Has Teeth, Erica Waters |
| long fiction | “Twentieth Anniversary Screening”, Jeff Strand |
| short fiction | “Permanent Damage”, Lee Murray |
| collection | In That Endlessness, Our End, Gemma Files |
| anthology | When Things Get Dark: Stories Inspired by Shirley Jackson, Ellen Datlow, ed. |
| nonfiction | Writers Workshop of Horror 2, Michael Knost |
| short nonfiction | “Horror Writers: Architects of Hope”, Angela Yuriko Smith |
| graphic novel | The Inhabitant of the Lake, Alessandro Manzetti & Stefano Cardoselli |
| screenplay | Midnight Mass: “s1e6: Book VI: Acts of the Apostles”, Mike Flanagan, James Flanagan & Jeff Howard |
| Poetry Collection | Tortured Willows: Bent. Bowed. Unbroken., Christina Sng, Angela Yuriko Smith, Lee Murray & Geneve Flynn |
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— 2021 — | |
| lifetime achievement | Carol J. Clover |
| lifetime achievement | Marge Simon |
| lifetime achievement | Jewelle Gomez |
| novel | The Only Good Indians, Stephen Graham Jones |
| first novel | The Fourth Whore, EV Knight |
| young-adult novel | Clown in a Cornfield, Adam Cesare |
| long fiction | Night of the Mannequins, Stephen Graham Jones |
| short fiction | “One Last Transformation”, Josh Malerman |
| collection | Grotesque: Monster Stories, Lee Murray |
| anthology | Black Cranes: Tales of Unquiet Women, Geneve Flynn & Lee Murray, eds. |
| nonfiction | Writing in the Dark, Tim Waggoner |
| short nonfiction | “Speaking of Horror”, Tim Waggoner |
| graphic novel | Mary Shelley Presents, Nancy Holder, Chiara Di Francia & Amelia Woo |
| screenplay | The Invisible Man, Leigh Whannell |
| Poetry Collection | A Collection of Dreamscapes, Christina Sng |
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— 2020 — | |
| novel | Coyote Rage, Owl Goingback |
| first novel | The Bone Weaver's Orchard, Sarah Read |
| young-adult novel | Oware Mosaic, Nzondi |
| long fiction | “Up from Slavery”, Victor LaValle |
| short fiction | “The Eight People Who Murdered Me (Excerpt from Lucy Westenra's Diary)”, Gwendolyn Kiste |
| collection | Growing Things and Other Stories, Paul Tremblay |
| anthology | Echoes: The Saga Anthology of Ghost Stories, Ellen Datlow, ed. |
| nonfiction | Monster, She Wrote: The Women Who Pioneered Horror and Speculative Fiction, Lisa Kröger & Melanie R. Anderson |
| short nonfiction | “Magic, Madness, and Women Who Creep: The Power of Individuality in the Work of Charlotte Perkins Gilman”, Gwendolyn Kiste |
| graphic novel | Neil Gaiman's Snow, Glass, Apples, Neil Gaiman & Colleen Doran |
| screenplay | Us, Jordan Peele |
| poetry collection | The Place of Broken Things, Linda D. Addison & Alessandro Manzetti |
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— 2019 — | |
| lifetime achievement | Graham Masterton |
| novel | The Cabin at the End of the World, Paul Tremblay |
| first novel | The Rust Maidens, Gwendolyn Kiste |
| young-adult novel | The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein, Kiersten White |
| long fiction | “The Devil's Throat”, Rena Mason |
| short fiction | “Mutter”, Jess Landry |
| collection | That Which Grows Wild, Eric J. Guignard |
| anthology | The Devil and the Deep, Ellen Datlow, ed. |
| nonfiction | It's Alive: Bringing Your Nightmares to Life, Joe Mynhardt & Eugene Johnson |
| graphic novel | Victor LaValle's Destroyer, Victor LaValle, Dietrich Smith & Joana Lafuente |
| screenplay | The Haunting of Hill House: “The Bent-Neck Lady”, Meredith Averill |
| poetry collection | The Devil's Dreamland, Sara Tantlinger |
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— 2018 — | |
| lifetime achievement | Linda Addison |
| novel | Ararat, Christopher Golden |
| first novel | Cold Cuts, Robert Payne Cabeen |
| young-adult novel | The Last Harvest, Kim Liggett |
| long fiction | Mapping the Interior, Stephen Graham Jones |
| short fiction | “Apocalypse Then”, Lisa Mannetti |
| collection | Strange Weather, Joe Hill |
| anthology | Behold!: Oddities, Curiosities and Undefinable Wonders, Doug Murano, ed. |
| nonfiction | Paperbacks from Hell, Grady Hendrix |
| graphic novel | Kindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation, Damian Duffy & Octavia E. Butler |
| screenplay | Get Out, Jordan Peele |
| poetry collection | A Collection of Nightmares, Christina Sng |
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— 2017 — | |
| lifetime achievement | Thomas F. Monteleone |
| lifetime achievement | Dennis Etchison |
| novel | The Fisherman, John Langan |
| first novel | Haven, Tom Deady |
| young-adult novel | Snowed, Maria Alexander |
| long fiction | The Winter Box, Tim Waggoner |
| short fiction | “The Crawl Space”, Joyce Carol Oates |
| collection | The Doll-Master and Other Tales of Terror, Joyce Carol Oates |
| anthology | Borderlands 6, Oliva F. Monteleone & Thomas F. Monteleone, eds. |
| nonfiction | Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life, Ruth Franklin |
| graphic novel | Kolchak the Night Stalker: The Forgotten Lore of Edgar Allan Poe, James Chambers |
| screenplay | The Witch, Robert Eggers |
| poetry collection | Brothel, Stephanie M. Wytovich |
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— 2016 — | |
| lifetime achievement | Alan Moore |
| lifetime achievement | George A. Romero |
| novel | A Head Full of Ghosts, Paul Tremblay |
| first novel | Mr. Suicide, Nicole Cushing |
| young-adult novel | Devil's Pocket, John Dixon |
| long fiction | “Little Dead Red”, Mercedes M. Yardley |
| short fiction | “Happy Joe's Rest Stop”, John Palisano |
| collection | While the Black Stars Burn, Lucy A. Snyder |
| anthology | The Library of the Dead, Michael Bailey, ed. |
| nonfiction | The Art of Horror, Stephen Jones |
| graphic novel | Shadow Show: Stories in Celebration of Ray Bradbury, Sam Weller & Mort Castle, eds. |
| screenplay | It Follows, David Robert Mitchell |
| poetry collection | Eden Underground, Alessandro Manzetti |
| specialty press award | Borderlands Press |
| Richard Laymon (president's award) | Patrick Freivald & Andrew Wolter |
| Silver Hammer Award | Michael Knost |
| Mentor Award | Tim Waggoner |
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— 2015 — | |
| lifetime achievement | Tanith Lee |
| lifetime achievement | Jack Ketchum |
| novel | Blood Kin, Steve Rasnic Tem |
| first novel | Mr. Wicker, Maria Alexander |
| young-adult novel | Phoenix Island, John Dixon |
| long fiction | “Fishing for Dinosaurs”, Joe R. Lansdale |
| short fiction | (tie) “Ruminations”, Rena Mason |
| short fiction | (tie) “The Vaporization Enthalpy of a Peculiar Pakistani Family”, Usman T. Malik |
| collection | Soft Apocalypses, Lucy A. Snyder |
| anthology | Fearful Symmetries, Ellen Datlow, ed. |
| nonfiction | Shooting Yourself in the Head for Fun and Profit: A Writer's Survival Guide, Lucy A. Snyder |
| graphic novel | Bad Blood, Jonathan Maberry & Tyler Crook |
| screenplay | The Babadook, Jennifer Kent |
| poetry collection | Forgiving Judas, Tom Piccirilli |
| specialty press award | ChiZine Publications |
| Richard Laymon (president's award) | Tom Calen, Brock Cooper & Doug Murano |
| Silver Hammer Award | Rena Mason |
| Mentor Award | Kathryn Ptacek |
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— 2014 — | |
| lifetime achievement | R. L. Stine |
| lifetime achievement | Stephen Jones |
| novel | Doctor Sleep, Stephen King |
| first novel | The Evolutionist, Rena Mason |
| young-adult novel | Dog Days, Joe McKinney |
| long fiction | “The Great Pity”, Gary Braunbeck |
| short fiction | “Night Train to Paris”, David Gerrold |
| collection | The Beautiful Thing That Awaits Us All and Other Stories, Laird Barron |
| anthology | After Death..., Eric J. Guignard, ed. |
| nonfiction | Nolan on Bradbury: Sixty Years of Writing about the Master of Science Fiction, William F. Nolan |
| graphic novel | Alabaster: Wolves, Caitlín R. Kiernan |
| screenplay | The Walking Dead: “Welcome to the Tombs”, Glen Mazzara |
| poetry collection | Four Elements, Marge Simon, Rain Graves, Charlee Jacob & Linda Addison |
| specialty press award | Gray Friar Press |
| Richard Laymon (president's award) | J. G. Faherty |
| Silver Hammer Award | Norman Rubenstein |
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— 2013 — | |
| lifetime achievement | Robert McCammon |
| lifetime achievement | Clive Barker |
| novel | The Drowning Girl, Caitlín R. Kiernan |
| first novel | Life Rage, L. L. Soares |
| young-adult novel | Flesh & Bone, Jonathan Maberry |
| long fiction | The Blue Heron, Gene O'Neill |
| short fiction | “Magdala Amygdala”, Lucy A. Snyder |
| collection | (tie) Black Dahlia and White Rose: Stories, Joyce Carol Oates |
| collection | (tie) New Moon on the Water, Mort Castle |
| anthology | Shadow Show, Mort Castle & Sam Weller, eds. |
| nonfiction | Trick or Treat: A History of Halloween, Lisa Morton |
| graphic novel | Witch Hunts: A Graphic History of the Burning Times, Rocky Wood & Lisa Morton |
| screenplay | The Cabin in the Woods, Joss Whedon & Drew Goddard |
| poetry collection | Vampires, Zombies & Wanton Souls, Marge Simon |
| specialty press award | Jerad Walters, for Centipede Press |
| Richard Laymon (president's award) | James Chambers |
| Silver Hammer Award | Charles Day, for outstanding service to HWA |
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— 2012 — | |
| lifetime achievement | Rick Hautala |
| lifetime achievement | Joe R. Lansdale |
| novel | Flesh Eaters, Joe McKinney |
| first novel | Isis Unbound, Allyson Bird |
| young-adult novel | (tie) Dust & Decay, Jonathan Maberry |
| young-adult novel | (tie) The Screaming Season, Nancy Holder |
| long fiction | “The Ballad of Ballard and Sandrine”, Peter Straub |
| short fiction | “Herman Wouk Is Still Alive”, Stephen King |
| collection | The Corn Maiden and Other Nightmares, Joyce Carol Oates |
| anthology | Demons: Encounters with the Devil and His Minions, Fallen Angels, and the Possessed, John Skipp, ed. |
| nonfiction | Stephen King: A Literary Companion, Rocky Wood |
| graphic novel | Neonomicon, Alan Moore |
| screenplay | American Horror Story: “Afterbirth”, Jessica Sharzer |
| poetry collection | How to Recognize a Demon Has Become Your Friend, Linda Addison |
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— 2011 — | |
| lifetime achievement | Ellen Datlow |
| lifetime achievement | Al Feldstein |
| novel | A Dark Matter, Peter Straub |
| first novel | (tie) Black and Orange, Benjamin Kane Ethridge |
| first novel | (tie) Castle of Los Angeles, Lisa Morton |
| long fiction | Invisible Fences, Norman Prentiss |
| short fiction | “The Folding Man”, Joe R. Lansdale |
| collection | Full Dark, No Stars, Stephen King |
| anthology | Haunted Legends, Ellen Datlow & Nick Mamatas, eds. |
| nonfiction | To Each Their Darkness, Gary A. Braunbeck |
| poetry collection | Dark Matters, Bruce Boston |
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— 2010 — | |
| lifetime achievement | Brian Lumley |
| lifetime achievement | William F. Nolan |
| novel | Audrey's Door, Sarah Langan |
| first novel | Damnable, Hank Schwaeble |
| long fiction | The Lucid Dreaming, Lisa Morton |
| short fiction | “In the Porches of My Ears”, Norman Prentiss |
| fiction collection | A Taste of Tenderloin, Gene O'Neill |
| anthology | He Is Legend: An Anthology Celebrating Richard Matheson, Christopher Conlon, ed. |
| nonfiction | Writers Workshop of Horror, Michael Knost |
| poetry | Chimeric Machines, Lucy A. Snyder |
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— 2009 — | |
| lifetime achievement | Chelsea Quinn Yarbro |
| lifetime achievement | F. Paul Wilson |
| novel | Duma Key, Stephen King |
| first novel | The Gentling Box, Lisa Mannetti |
| long fiction | Miranda, John R. Little |
| short fiction | The Lost, Sarah Langan |
| fiction collection | Just After Sunset, Stephen King |
| anthology | Unspeakable Horror, Vince A. Liaguno & Chad Helder, eds. |
| nonfiction | A Hallowe'en Anthology, Lisa Morton |
| poetry | The Nightmare Collection, Bruce Boston |
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— 2008 — | |
| lifetime achievement | Robert Weinberg |
| lifetime achievement | John Carpenter |
| novel | The Missing, Sarah Langan |
| first novel | Heart-Shaped Box, Joe Hill |
| long fiction | “Afterward, There Will Be a Hallway”, Gary Braunbeck |
| short fiction | “The Gentle Brush of Wings”, David Niall Wilson |
| collection | (tie) Proverbs for Monsters, Michael A. Arnzen |
| collection | (tie) 5 Stories, Peter Straub |
| anthology | Five Strokes to Midnight, Gary Braunbeck & Hank Schwaeble, eds. |
| nonfiction | The Cryptopedia: A Dictionary of the Weird, Strange & Downright Bizarre, Jonathan Maberry & David F. Kramer |
| poetry | (tie) Vectors: A Week in the Death of a Planet, Charlee Jacob & Marge Simon |
| poetry | (tie) Being Full of Light, Insubstantial, Linda Addison |
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— 2007 — | |
| lifetime achievement | Thomas Harris |
| novel | Lisey's Story, Stephen King |
| first novel | Ghost Road Blues, Jonathan Maberry |
| long fiction | Dark Harvest, Norman Partridge |
| short fiction | “Tested”, Lisa Morton |
| collection | Destinations Unknown, Gary A. Braunbeck |
| anthology | (tie) Mondo Zombie, John Skipp, ed. |
| anthology | (tie) Retro Pulp Tales, Joe R. Lansdale, ed. |
| nonfiction | (tie) Gospel of the Living Dead: George Romero's Visions of Hell on Earth, Kim Paffenroth |
| nonfiction | (tie) Final Exits: The Illustrated Encyclopedia of How We Die, Michael Largo |
| poetry | Shades Fantastic, Bruce Boston |
| specialty press award | PS Publishing |
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— 2006 — | |
| lifetime achievement | Peter Straub |
| novel | (tie) Dread in the Beast, Charlee Jacob |
| novel | (tie) Creepers, David Morrell |
| first novel | Scarecrow Gods, Weston Ochse |
| long fiction | “Best New Horror”, Joe Hill |
| short fiction | We Now Pause for Station Identification, Gary Braunbeck |
| fiction collection | 20th Century Ghosts, Joe Hill |
| anthology | Dark Delicacies, Del Howison & Jeff Gelb, eds. |
| nonfiction | Horror: Another 100 Best Books, Stephen Jones & Kim Newman |
| poetry collection | (tie) Sineater, Charlee Jacob |
| poetry collection | (tie) Freakcidents, Michael Arnzen |
| specialty press award | Necessary Evil Press |
| Richard Laymon (president's award) | Lisa Morton |
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— 2005 — | |
| lifetime achievement | Michael Moorcock |
| novel | In the Night Room, Peter Straub |
| first novel | (tie) Stained, Lee Thomas |
| first novel | (tie) Covenant, John Everson |
| long fiction | “The Turtle Boy”, Kealan-Patrick Burke |
| short fiction | “Nimitseahpah”, Nancy Etchemendy |
| fiction collection | Fearful Symmetries, Thomas F. Monteleone |
| anthology | The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Seventeenth Annual Collection, Ellen Datlow, Kelly Link & Gavin J. Grant, eds. |
| nonfiction | Hellnotes, Judi Rohrig |
| illustrated narrative | Heaven's Devils, Jai Nitz |
| screenplay | (tie) Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Charlie Kaufman, Michel Gondry & Pierre Bismuth |
| screenplay | (tie) Shaun of the Dead, Simon Pegg & Edgar Wright |
| work for younger readers | (tie) Abarat: Days of Magic, Nights of War, Clive Barker |
| work for younger readers | (tie) Oddest Yet, Steve Burt |
| poetry collection | The Women at the Funeral, Corrine De Winter |
| alternative forms | The Devil's Wine, Tom Piccirilli |
| specialty press award | Delirium Books, Shane Ryan Staley |
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— 2004 — | |
| life achievement | Martin H. Greenberg |
| life achievement | Anne Rice |
| novel | lost boy lost girl, Peter Straub |
| first novel | The Rising, Brian Keene |
| long fiction | “Closing Time”, Jack Ketchum |
| short fiction | “Duty”, Gary A. Braunbeck |
| fiction collection | Peaceable Kingdom, Jack Ketchum |
| anthology | Borderlands 5, Elizabeth Monteleone & Thomas F. Monteleone, eds. |
| nonfiction | The Mothers and Fathers Italian Association, Thomas F. Monteleone |
| illustrated narrative | The Sandman: Endless Nights, Neil Gaiman |
| screenplay | Bubba Ho-Tep, Don Coscarelli |
| work for younger readers | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, J. K. Rowling |
| poetry collection | Pitchblende, Bruce Boston |
| alternative forms | The Goreletter (http://www.gorelets.com), Michael Arnzen |
| specialty press award | Earthling Publications, Paul Miller |
| trustee award | Robert Weinberg |
| president's award | Lee Thomas |
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— 2003 — | |
| life achievement | Stephen King |
| life achievement | J. N. Williamson |
| novel | The Night Class, Tom Piccirilli |
| first novel | The Lovely Bones, Alice Sebold |
| long fiction | (tie) El Dia de los Muertos, Brian A. Hopkins |
| long fiction | (tie) “My Work Is Not Yet Done”, Thomas Ligotti |
| short fiction | “The Misfit Child Grows Fat on Despair”, Tom Piccirilli |
| fiction collection | One More for the Road, Ray Bradbury |
| anthology | The Darker Side: Generations of Horror, John Pelan, ed. |
| nonfiction | Ramsey Campbell, Probably: Essays on Horror and Sundry Fantasies, Ramsey Campbell |
| illustrated narrative | Nightside Issues 1-4, Robert Weinberg |
| screenplay | Frailty, Brant Hanley |
| work for younger readers | Coraline, Neil Gaiman |
| poetry collection | The Gossamer Eye, Mark McLaughlin, Rain Graves & David Niall Wilson |
| alternative forms | “Imagination Box”, Steve Rasnic Tem & Melanie Tem |
| specialty press award | Night Shade Books, Jason Williams & Jeremy Lassen |
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— 2002 — | |
| life achievement | John Farris |
| novel | American Gods, Neil Gaiman |
| first novel | Deadliest of the Species, Michael Oliveri |
| long fiction | In These Final Days of Sales, Steve Rasnic Tem |
| short fiction | “Reconstructing Amy”, Tim Lebbon |
| fiction collection | The Man with the Barbed-Wire Fists, Norman Partridge |
| anthology | Extremes 2: Fantasy and Horror from the Ends of the Earth, Brian A. Hopkins, ed. |
| nonfiction | Jobs in Hell, Brian Keene, ed. |
| illustrated narrative | no award |
| screenplay | Memento, Christopher Nolan & Jonathan Nolan |
| work for younger readers | The Willow Files 2, Yvonne Navarro |
| poetry collection | Consumed, Reduced to Beautiful Grey Ashes, Linda Addison |
| alternative forms | Dark Dreamers: Facing the Masters of Fear, Beth Gwinn & Stanley Wiater |
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— 2001 — | |
| lifetime achievement | Nigel Kneale |
| novel | The Traveling Vampire Show, Richard Laymon |
| first novel | The Licking Valley Coon Hunters Club, Brian A. Hopkins |
| long fiction | The Man on the Ceiling, Steve Rasnic Tem & Melanie Tem |
| short fiction | “Gone”, Jack Ketchum |
| fiction collection | Magic Terror: Seven Tales, Peter Straub |
| anthology | The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Thirteenth Annual Collection, Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, eds. |
| nonfiction | On Writing, Stephen King |
| illustrated narrative | The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Alan Moore |
| screenplay | Shadow of the Vampire, Steven Katz |
| work for younger readers | The Power of UN, Nancy Etchemendy |
| poetry collection | A Student of Hell, Tom Piccirilli |
| other media | Chiaroscuro, Patricia Lee Macomber, Steve Eller, Sandra Kasturi & Brett A. Savory |
| specialty press award | Subterranean Press, William K. Schafer |
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— 2000 — | |
| life achievement | Edward Gorey |
| life achievement | Charles L. Grant |
| novel | Mr. X, Peter Straub |
| first novel | Wither, J. G. Passarella |
| long fiction | (tie) “Five Days in April”, Brian A. Hopkins |
| long fiction | (tie) “Mad Dog Summer”, Joe R. Lansdale |
| short fiction | “Aftershock”, F. Paul Wilson |
| collection | The Nightmare Chronicles, Douglas Clegg |
| anthology | 999: New Stories of Horror and Suspense, Al Sarrantonio, ed. |
| nonfiction | DarkEcho, Paula Guran, ed. |
| comic book, graphic novel, or other illustrated narrative | The Sandman: The Dream Hunters, Neil Gaiman, illustrated by Yoshitaka Amano |
| screenplay | The Sixth Sense, M. Night Shyamalan |
| work for younger readers | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, J. K. Rowling |
| other media | I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream (audio), Harlan Ellison |
| specialty press award | Ash-Tree Press, Barbara Roden & Christopher Roden |
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— 1999 — | |
| life achievement | Roger Corman |
| life achievement | Ramsey Campbell |
| novel | Bag of Bones, Stephen King |
| first novel | Dawn Song, Michael Marano |
| long fiction | “Mr. Clubb and Mr. Cuff”, Peter Straub |
| short fiction | “The Dead Boy at Your Window”, Bruce Holland Rogers |
| collection | Black Butterflies: A Flock on the Dark Side, John Shirley |
| anthology | Horrors! 365 Scary Stories, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, eds. |
| nonfiction | DarkEcho Vol. 5 #1-50, Paula Guran, ed. |
| comic book, graphic novel, or other illustrated narrative | no award |
| screenplay | (tie) Dark City, Alex Proyas |
| screenplay | (tie) Gods and Monsters, Bill Condon |
| work for younger readers | “Bigger Than Death”, Nancy Etchemendy |
| other media | no award |
| specialty press award | Gauntlet Publications, Barry Hoffman |
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— 1998 — | |
| life achievement | Jack Williamson |
| life achievement | William Peter Blatty |
| novel | Children of the Dusk, Janet Berliner & George Guthridge |
| first novel | Lives of the Monster Dogs, Kirsten Bakis |
| long fiction/novelette | “The Big Blow”, Joe R. Lansdale |
| short story | “Rat Food”, Edo van Belkom & David Nickle |
| collection | Exorcisms and Ecstasies, Karl Edward Wagner |
| nonfiction | Dark Thoughts: On Writing, Stanley Wiater |
| specialty press award | Cemetery Dance, Richard Chizmar |
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— 1997 — | |
| life achievement | Ira Levin |
| life achievement | Forrest J Ackerman |
| novel | The Green Mile, Stephen King |
| first novel | Crota, Owl Goingback |
| novelette | “The Red Tower”, Thomas Ligotti |
| short story | “Metalica”, P. D. Cacek |
| collection | The Nightmare Factory, Thomas Ligotti |
| nonfiction | H.P. Lovecraft: A Life, S. T. Joshi |
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— 1996 — | |
| life achievement | Harlan Ellison |
| novel | Zombie, Joyce Carol Oates |
| first novel | The Safety of Unknown Cities, Lucy Taylor |
| novelette | “Lunch at the Gotham Café”, Stephen King |
| short story | “Chatting with Anubis”, Harlan Ellison |
| collection | The Panic Hand, Jonathan Carroll |
| nonfiction | The Supernatural Index, Mike Ashley & William G. Contento |
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— 1995 — | |
| life achievement | Christopher Lee |
| novel | Dead in the Water, Nancy Holder |
| first novel | Grave Markings, Michael Arnzen |
| novelette | “The Scent Of Vinegar”, Robert Bloch |
| short story | (tie) “Cafe Endless: Spring Rain”, Nancy Holder |
| short story | (tie) “The Box”, Jack Ketchum |
| collection | The Early Fears, Robert Bloch |
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— 1994 — | |
| life achievement | Joyce Carol Oates |
| novel | The Throat, Peter Straub |
| first novel | The Thread That Binds the Bones, Nina Kiriki Hoffman |
| novella | (tie) Mefisto in Onyx, Harlan Ellison |
| novella | (tie) “The Night We Buried Road Dog”, Jack Cady |
| novelette | “Death in Bangkok”, Dan Simmons |
| short story | “I Hear the Mermaids Singing”, Nancy Holder |
| collection | Alone with the Horrors, Ramsey Campbell |
| nonfiction book | Once Around the Bloch: An Unauthorized Autobiography, Robert Bloch |
| other media | Jonah Hex: Two Gun Mojo, Joe R. Lansdale |
| special trustee award | Vincent Price |
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— 1993 — | |
| life achievement | Ray Russell |
| novel | Blood of the Lamb, Thomas F. Monteleone |
| first novel | Sineater, Elizabeth Massie |
| novelette | (tie) “The Events Concerning a Nude Fold-Out Found in a Harlequin Romance”, Joe R. Lansdale |
| novelette | (tie) “Aliens: Tribes”, Stephen Bissette |
| short story | “This Year's Class Picture”, Dan Simmons |
| collection | Mr. Fox and Other Feral Tales, Norman Partridge |
| nonfiction book | Cut! Horror Writers on Horror Film, Christopher Golden, ed. |
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— 1992 — | |
| life achievement | Gahan Wilson |
| novel | Boy's Life, Robert R. McCammon |
| first novel | (tie) Prodigal, Melanie Tem |
| first novel | (tie) The Cipher, Kathe Koja |
| novella/novelette | “The Beautiful Uncut Hair of Graves”, David Morrell |
| short story | “Lady Madonna”, Nancy Holder |
| collection | Prayers to Broken Stones, Dan Simmons |
| nonfiction book | Clive Barker's Shadows in Eden, Stephen Jones, ed. |
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— 1991 — | |
| life achievement | Richard Matheson |
| life achievement | Hugh B. Cave |
| novel | Mine, Robert R. McCammon |
| first novel | The Revelation, Bentley Little |
| novella/novelette | “Stephen”, Elizabeth Massie |
| short story | “The Calling”, David B. Silva |
| collection | Four Past Midnight, Stephen King |
| nonfiction book | Dark Dreamers: Conversations with the Masters of Horror, Stanley Wiater |
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— 1990 — | |
| novel | Carrion Comfort, Dan Simmons |
| first novel | Sunglasses After Dark, Nancy A. Collins |
| novella/novelette | “On the Far Side of the Cadillac Desert with Dead Folks”, Joe R. Lansdale |
| short story | “Eat Me”, Robert R. McCammon |
| collection | Richard Matheson: Collected Stories, Richard Matheson |
| nonfiction book | (tie) Harlan Ellison's Watching, Harlan Ellison |
| nonfiction book | (tie) Horror: 100 Best Books, Stephen Jones & Kim Newman |
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— 1989 — | |
| life achievement | Ray Bradbury |
| life achievement | R. Chetwynd-Hayes |
| novel | The Silence of the Lambs, Thomas Harris |
| first novel | The Suiting, Kelley Wilde |
| novelette | “Orange Is For Anguish, Blue Is for Insanity”, David Morrell |
| short story | “Night They Missed the Horror Show”, Joe R. Lansdale |
| collection | Charles Beaumont: Selected Stories, Charles Beaumont, edited by Roger Anker |
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— 1988 — | |
| life achievement | Clifford D. Simak |
| life achievement | Fritz Leiber |
| life achievement | Frank Belknap Long |
| novel | (tie) Misery, Stephen King |
| novel | (tie) Swan Song, Robert R. McCammon |
| first novel | The Manse, Lisa W. Cantrell |
| novelette | (tie) “The Pear-Shaped Man”, George R. R. Martin |
| novelette | (tie) “The Boy Who Came Back from the Dead”, Alan Rodgers |
| short story | “The Deep End”, Robert R. McCammon |
| collection | The Essential Ellison, Harlan Ellison |
| nonfiction book | Mary Shelley, Muriel Spark |
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