Eligibility Year:
2004
August Derleth Award (novel)
Anthology
- Winner: The Alsiso Project, Andrew Hook, ed. (Elastic Press)
- Acquainted with the Night, Barbara Roden & Christopher Roden, eds. (Ash-Tree Press)
- The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume Fifteen, Stephen Jones, ed. (Robinson; Carroll & Graf)
- The Thackery T. Lambshead Pocket Guide to Eccentric & Discredited Diseases, Jeff VanderMeer & Mark Roberts, eds. (Tor UK)
- The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Seventeenth Annual Collection, Ellen Datlow, Kelly Link & Gavin J. Grant, eds. (St. Martin's)
Short Fiction
- Winner: “Black Static”, Paul Meloy (The Third Alternative #40)
- “The Black Phone”, Joe Hill (The Third Alternative #39)
- “The Problem of Susan”, Neil Gaiman (Flights: Extreme Visions of Fantasy)
- “Roads Were Burning”, Adam Roberts (Postscripts #1)
- “You Will Hear the Locust Sing”, Joe Hill (The Third Alternative #37)
Karl Edward Wagner Award (special Award)