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The Bram Stoker Awards are given out each year by members of the Horror Writers Association. The initial list was provided by HWA president Lawrence Watt-Evans.

Bram Stoker Awards, Listed by the Year

Winners 1987 1988 1989
Nominees 1987 1988 1989
Winners 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
Nominees 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
Winners 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Nominees 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Winners 2010 2011
Nominees 2011

1987 Bram Stoker Award Winners

1987 Bram Stoker Award Nominees.

Novel: Misery by Stephen King and Swan Song by Robert R. McCammon (tie)

First Novel: The Manse by Lisa Cantrell

Novelette: "The Pear-Shaped Man" by George R.R. Martin and "The Boy Who Came Back From the Dead" by Alan Rodgers (tie)

Short Story: "The Deep End" by Robert R. McCammon

Collection: The Essential Ellison by Harlan Ellison

Non-Fiction: Mary Shelley by Muriel Spark

Life Achievement: Fritz Leiber, Frank Belknap Long, Clifford D. Simak


1988 Bram Stoker Award Winners

1988 Bram Stoker Award Nominees.

Novel: The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris

First Novel: The Suiting by Kelley Wilde

Novelette: "Orange is for Anguish, Blue for Insanity" by David Morrell

Short Story: "Night They Missed the Horror Show" by Joe R. Lansdale

Collection: Charles Beaumont: Selected Stories by Charles Beaumont

Life Achievement: Ray Bradbury, Ronald Chetwynd-Hayes


1989 Bram Stoker Award Winners

1989 Bram Stoker Award Nominees.

Novel: Carrion Comfort by Dan Simmons

First Novel: Sunglasses After Dark by Nancy A. Collins

Novelette: "On the Far Side of the Cadillac Desert With Dead Folks" by Joe R. Lansdale

Short Story: "Eat Me" by Robert R. McCammon

Collection: Richard Matheson: Collected Stories by Richard Matheson

Non-Fiction: Harlan Ellison's Watching by Harlan Ellison and Horror: The 100 Best Books Stephen Jones & Kim Newman (tie)


1990 Bram Stoker Award Winners

1990 Bram Stoker Award Nominees.

Novel: Mine by Robert R. McCammon

First Novel: The Revelation by Bentley Little

Novelette: "Stephen" by Elizabeth Massie

Short Story: "The Calling" by David B. Silva

Collection: Four Past Midnight by Stephen King

Non-Fiction: Dark Dreamers by Stanley Wiater

Life Achievement: Hugh B. Cave, Richard Matheson


1991 Bram Stoker Award Winners

1991 Bram Stoker Award Nominees.

Novel: Boy's Life by Robert R. McCammon

First Novel: The Cipher by Kathe Koja and Prodigal by Melanie Tem (tie)

Novelette: "The Beautiful Uncut Hair of Graves" by David Morrell

Short Story: "Lady Madonna" by Nancy Holder

Collection: Prayers to Broken Stones by Dan Simmons

Non-Fiction: Clive Barker's Shadows in Eden by Stephen Jones

Life Achievement: Gahan Wilson


1992 Bram Stoker Award Winners

The 1992 Stokers were given out at the Horror Writers Convention, March 1993, Stamford, CT.

1992 Bram Stoker Award Nominees.

Novel: Blood of the Lamb by Thomas F. Monteleone

First Novel: Sineater by Elizabeth Massie

Novelette: "Aliens: Tribes" by Stephen Bissette and "The Events Concerning a Nude Fold-Out Found in a Harlequin Romance" by Joe R. Lansdale (tie)

Short Story: "This Year's Class Picture" by Dan Simmons

Collection: Mr Fox and Other Feral Tales by Norman Partridge

Non-Fiction: Cut! Horror Writers on Horror Filmby Christopher Golden

Life Achievement: Ray Russell


1993 Bram Stoker Award Winners

1993 Bram Stoker Award Nominees.

Novel: The Throat by Peter Straub

First Novel: The Thread that Binds the Bones by Nina Kiriki Hoffman

Novella: "The Night We Buried Road Dog" by Jack Cady and "Mefisto in Onyx" by Harlan Ellison (tie)

Novelette: "Death in Bangkok" by Dan Simmons

Short Story: "I Hear the Mermaids Singing" by Nancy Holder

Collection: Alone With The Horrors by Ramsey Campbell

Non-Fiction: Once Around the Bloch by Robert Bloch

Other Media: Jonah Hex: Two Gun Mojo by Joe R. Lansdale

Life Achievement: Joyce Carol Oates

Special Trustees Award: Vincent Price


1994 Bram Stoker Award Winners

1994 Bram Stoker Award Nominees.

Novel: Dead in the Water by Nancy Holder

First Novel: Grave Markings by Michael Arnzen

Novelette: "The Scent of Vinegar" Robert Bloch

Short Story: "The Box" by Jack Ketchum and "Cafe Endless: Spring Rain" by Nancy Holder (tie)

Collection: The Early Fears by Robert Bloch

Life Achievement: Christopher Lee


1995 Bram Stoker Award Winners

1995 Bram Stoker Award Nominees.

Novel: Zombie by Joyce Carol Oates

First Novel: The Safety of Unknown Cities by Lucy Taylor

Novelette: "Lunch at the Gotham Cafe" by Stephen King

Short Story: "Chatting With Anubis" by Harlan Ellison

Collection: The Panic Hand by Jonathan Carroll

Nonfiction: The Supernatural Index by Michael Ashley & William Contento

Life Achievement: Harlan Ellison


1996 Bram Stoker Award Winners

The 1996 Stokers were given out at the Horror Writers Convention, May 1997, Niagara Falls, NY.

1996 Bram Stoker Award Nominees.

Novel: The Green Mile by Stephen King (Signet)

First Novel: Crota by Owl Goingback (Donald Fine)

Novelette: "The Red Tower" by Thomas Ligotti (The Nightmare Factory)

Short Story: "metalica" by P.D. Cacek (Hot Blood: Fear the Fever)

Collection: The Nightmare Factory by Thomas Ligotti (Carroll & Graf)

Nonfiction: H.P. Lovecraft: A Life by S.T. Joshi (Necronomicon Press)

Life Achievement: Ira Levin, Forrey Ackerman.


1997 Bram Stoker Award Winners

The 1997 Stokers were given out at the Stoker Awards Weekend, June 6, 1998, New York, NY.

1997 Bram Stoker Award Nominees.

Novel: Children of the Dusk by Janet Berliner & George Guthrdge

First Novel: Lives of the Monster Dogs by Kirsten Bakis

Novelette: "The Big Blow" by Joe R.Lansdale

Short Story: "Rat Food" by Edo van Belkom & David Nickle

Collection: Exorcisms and Ecstasies by Karl Edward Wagner, ed Stephen Jones

Nonfiction: Dark Thoughts: On Writing by Stanley Wiater

Life Achievement: William Peter Blatty, Jack Williamson


1998 Bram Stoker Award Winners

1998 Bram Stoker Award Nominees.

Novel: Bag of Bones by Stephen King (Scribner)

First Novel: Dawn Song by Michael Marano (Tor Books)

Long Fiction: "Mr. Clubb and Mr. Cuff" by Peter Straub (Murder for Revenge, Delacorte Press)

Short Fiction: "The Dead Boy at Your Window" by Bruce Holland Rogers (The North American Review, Nov/Dec 98)

Fiction Collection: Black Butterflies by John Shirley (Mark V. Ziesing)

Anthology: Horrors! 365 Scary Stories edited by Stefan Dziemianowicz, Martin H. Greenberg & Robert Weinberg (Barnes & Noble Books)

Nonfiction: DarkEcho Newsletter Vol. 5, #1-50, edited by Paula Guran (DarkEcho)

Comic Book, Graphic Novel, or Other Illustrative Narrative: No Award

Screenplay: Gods and Monsters written by Bill Condon (Lion's Gate Films) and Dark City written by Alex Proyas (New Line Cinema)

Work for Young Readers: "Bigger than Death" by Nancy Etchemendy (Cricket Magazine, March 98)

Other Media: No Award


1999 Bram Stoker Award Winners

1999 Bram Stoker Award Nominees.

Novel: Mr. X by Peter Straub

First Novel: Wither by J.G. Passarella

Long Fiction: "Five Days in April" by Brian A. Hopkins
"Mad Dog Summer" by Joe R. Lansdale

Short Fiction: "Aftershock" by F. Paul Wilson

Fiction Collection: The Nightmare Chronicles by Douglas Clegg

Anthology: 999: New Stories of Horror and Suspense edited by Al Sarrantonio

Nonfiction: DarkEcho Newsletter written and edited by Paula Guran

Comic Book, Graphic Novel, or Other Illustrative Narrative: Sandman: The Dream Hunters by Neil Gaiman

Screenplay: Sixth Sense written by M. Night Shyamalan

Work for Young Readers: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J. K. Rowling

Other Media: I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream (audio) by Harlan Ellison

Lifetime Achievement Award Edward Gorey and Charles L. Grant


2000 Bram Stoker Award Winners

The Bram Stoker Awards were presented May 26th, 2001 at the World Horror Convention in Seattle, Washington. 2000 Bram Stoker Award Nominees.

Novel: The Traveling Vampire Show by Richard Laymon

First Novel: The Licking Valley Coon Hunters Club by Brian A. Hopkins

Long Fiction: The Man on the Ceiling by Melanie and Steve Rasnic Tem

Short Fiction: "Gone," by Jack Ketchum Fiction

Collection: Magic Terror by Peter Straub

Anthology: The Year's Best Fantasy & Horror, 13th Annual Collection edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling

Nonfiction: On Writing by Stephen King

Illustrated Narrative: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (miniseries), by Alan Moore

Screenplay: Shadow of the Vampire by Steven Katz

Work for Young Readers: The Power of Un by Nancy Etchemendy

Poetry Collection: A Student of Hell, by Tom Piccirilli

Other Media: Chiaroscuro edited by Patricia Lee Macomber, Steve Eller, Sandra Kasturi, and Brett A. Savory

Lifetime Achievement Award: Nigel Kneale

Trustees' Award for Specialty Press Excellence: Subterranean Press, William K. Schafer


2001 Bram Stoker Award Winners

The 2002 Stoker Banquet and HWA Annual Meeting were held in New York, June 7-9. 2001 Bram Stoker Award Nominees.

Novel: American Gods by Neil Gaiman

First Novel: Deadliest of the Species by Michael Oliveri

Long Fiction: In These Final Days of Sales by Steve Rasnic Tem

Short Fiction: "Reconstructing Amy" by Tim Lebbon

Collection: The Man with the Barbed-Wire Fists by Norman Partridge

Anthology: Extremes 2: Fantasy and Horror from the Ends of the Earth edited by Brian A. Hopkins

Nonfiction: Jobs in Hell

Illustrated Narrative: No Award

Screenplay: Memento by Christopher & Jonathan Nolan

Work for Young Readers: The Willo Files 2 by Yvonne Navarro

Poetry Collection: Consumed, Reduced to Beautiful Grey Ashes by Linda Addison

Other Media: Dark Dreamers: Facing the Masters of Fear by Beth Gwinn & Stanley Wiater

Lifetime Achievement Award: John Farris


2002 Bram Stoker Award Winners

The 2003 Stoker Banquet was held Saturday, June 8. 2002 Bram Stoker Award Nominees.

Novel: The Night Class by Tom Piccirilli

First Novel: The Lovely Bones by Alice Seybold

Long Fiction: "El Dia de Los Muertos" by Brian A. Hopkins
'"My Work Is Not Yet Done"' by Thomas Ligotti

Short Fiction: "The Misfit Child Grows Fat on Despair" by Tom Piccirilli

Collection: One More for the Road by Ray Bradbury

Anthology: The Darker Side edited by John Pelan

Nonfiction: Ramsey Campbell, Probably by Ramsey Campbell

Illustrated Narrative: Nightside (issues 104) by Robert Weinberg

Screenplay: Frailty by Brent Hanley

Work for Young Readers: Coraline by Neil Gaiman

Poetry Collection: The Gossamer Eye by Mark McLaughlin, Rain Graves and David Niall Wilson

Alternative Forms: Imagination Box (multimedia CD) by Steve and Melanie Tem

Lifetime Achievement Award: Stephen King and Jerry Williamson


2003 Bram Stoker Award Winners

The 2004 Stoker Banquet was held Friday, June 5. 2003 Bram Stoker Award Nominees.

Novel: lost boy lost girl by Peter Straub

First Novel: The Rising by Brian Keene

Long Fiction: "Closing Time" by Jack Ketchum

Short Fiction: "Duty" by Gary A. Braunbeck

Fiction Collection: Peaceable Kingdom by Jack Ketchum

Anthology: Borderlands 5 edited by Elizabeth and Thomas Monteleone

Nonfiction: The Mothers and Fathers Italian Association by Thomas F. Monteleone

Illustrated Narrative: The Sandman: Endless Nights (collection) by Neil Gaiman

Screenplay: Bubba Ho-Tep by Don Coscarelli

Work for Young Readers: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J. K Rowling

Poetry Collection: Pitchblende by Bruce Boston

Alternative Forms: The Goreletter (E-mail newsletter) by Michael Arnzen

Lifetime Achievement Award: Martin H. Greenberg, Anne Rice


2004 Bram Stoker Award Winners

The Stoker Awards were given out at the HWA Conference in Los Angeles over the weekend of June 24-26, 2005.
2004 Bram Stoker Award Nominees

Novel: In the Night Room by Peter Straub

First Novel: (tie) Covenant by John Everson and Stained by Lee Thomas

Long Fiction: "The Turtle Boy" by Kealan-Patrick Burke

Short Fiction: "Nimitseahpah" by Nancy Etchemendy

Fiction Collection: Fearful Symmetries by Thomas F. Monteleone

Anthology: The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror, 17th Annual edited by Ellen Datlow, Kelly Link and Gavin Grant

Nonfiction: Hellnotes edited by Judi Rohrig

Illustrated Narrative: Heaven's Devils by Jai Nitz

Screenplay: (tie) Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind by Charlie Kaufman, Michel Gondry and Pierre Bismuth Winner and Shaun of the Dead by Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright Winner (Tie)

Work for Young Readers: (tie) Abarat: Days of Magic, Nights of War by Clive Barker Winner and Oddest Yet by Steve Burt Winner

Poetry Collection: The Women at the Funeral by Corrine De Winter

Alternative Forms: The Devil's Wine edited by Tom Piccirilli

Lifetime Achievement Award: Michael Moorcock


2005 Bram Stoker Award Winners

The Stoker Awards were given out at the HWA Conference in Newark, NJ on June 17, 2006.
2005 Bram Stoker Award Nominees

Novel: (tie) Creepers by David Morrell and Dread in the Beast by Charlee Jacob

First Novel: Scarecrow Gods by Weston Ochse

Long Fiction: "Best New Horror" by Joe Hill

Short Fiction: "We Now Pause for Station Identification" by Gary Braunbeck

Fiction Collection: Twentieth Century Ghosts by Joe Hill

Anthology: Dark Delicacies edited by Jeff Gelb and Del Howison

Nonfiction: Horror: Another 100 Best Books by Stephen Jones and Kim Newman

Poetry Collection: (tie) Freakcidents by Michael A. Arnzen and Sineater by Charlee Jacob

Speciality Press Award: Necessary Evil Press

Richard Laymon (President's Award): Lisa Morton

Lifetime Achievement Award: Peter Straub


2006 Bram Stoker Award Winners

The Stoker Awards were given out at the HWA Conference in Toronto, Ontario on March 31, 2007.
2006 Bram Stoker Award Nominees

Novel: Lisey's Story by Stephen King (Scribner)

First Novel: Ghost Road Blues by Jonathan Maberry (Pinnacle)

Long Fiction: "Dark Harvest" by Norman Partridge (Cemetery Dance)

Short Fiction: "Tested" by Lisa Morton (Cemetery Dance)

Fiction Collection: Destinations Unknown by Gary Braunbeck (Cemetery Dance)

Anthology: (tie) Retro Pulp Tales edited by Joe Lansdale (Subterranean) and
Mondo Zombie edited by John Skipp (Cemetery Dance)

Nonfiction: (tie) Final Exits: The Illustrated Encyclopedia of How We Die by Michael Largo (Harper) and
Gospel of the Living Dead: George Romero's Visions of Hell on Earth by Kim Paffenroth (Baylor Press)

Poetry Collection: Shades Fantastic by Bruce Boston (Gromagon Press)

Speciality Press Award: PS Publishing

Lifetime Achievement Award: Thomas Harris


2007 Bram Stoker Award Winners

The Stoker Awards were given out at the 2008 HWA Conference in Salt Lake City, UT on March 30, 2008.
2007 Bram Stoker Award Nominees

Novel: The Missing by Sarah Langan

First Novel: Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill

Long Fiction: "Afterward, There Will Be A Hallway" by Gary Braunbeck

Short Fiction: "The Gentle Brush of Wings " by David Niall Wilson

Fiction Collection: (Tie) Proverbs for Monsters by Michael A. Arnzen
5 Stories by Peter Straub

Anthology: Five Strokes to Midnight edited by Gary Braunbeck and Hank Schwaeble

Nonfiction: THE CRYPTOPEDIA: A Dictionary of the Weird, Strange & Downright Bizarre by Jonathan Maberry & David F. Kramer

Poetry Collection: (Tie) Being Full of Light, Insubstantial by Linda Addison
VECTORS: A Week in the Death of a Planet by Charlee Jacob & Marge Simon

Lifetime Achievement Award: John Carpenter, Robert Weinberg Richard Laymon

President's Award: Mark Worthen, Stephen Dorato, Christopher Fulbright


2008 Bram Stoker Award Winners

The Bram Stoker Awards for 2008 were announced on June 13, 2009 during the Stoker Award weekend in Burbank, CA.
Stoker Nominees.

Novel: Duma Key by Stephen King (Scribner)

First Novel: The Gentling Box Lisa Mannetti (Dark Hart)

Long Fiction: "Miranda" by John R. Little (Bad Moon)

Short Fiction: "The Lost" by Sarah Langan (Cemetery Dance)

Fiction Collection: Just After Sunset Stephen King (Scribner)

Anthology: Unspeakable Horror Vince A. Liaguno & Chad Helder, eds. (Dark Scribe)

Non-Fiction: A Hallowe'en Anthology Lisa Morton, ed. (McFarland)

Poetry: The Nightmare Collection Bruce Boston (Dark Regions)

Lifetime Achievement Awards: F. Paul Wilson and Chelsea Quinn Yarbro

Specialty Press Award: Larry Roberts of Bloodletting Press

The Silver Hammer Award for Outstanding Service to HWA: Sephera Giron

President's Richard Laymon Service Award: for John R. Little


2009 Bram Stoker Award Winners

Superior Achievement in a Novel: Audrey's Door Sarah Langan (Harper)

Superior Achievement in a First Novel: Damnable Hank Schwaeble (Jove)

Superior Achievement in Long Fiction: The Lucid Dreaming Lisa Morton (Bad Moon Books)

Superior Achievement in Short Fiction: "In the Porches of My Ears" by Norman Prentiss (Postscripts 18)

Superior Achievement in an Anthology: He Is Legend edited by Christopher Conlon (Gauntlet Press)

Superior Achievement in a Collection: A Taste of Tenderloin Gene O'Neill (Apex Book Company)

Superior Achievement in Nonfiction: Writers Workshop of Horror Michael Knost (Woodland Press)

Superior Achievement in Poetry: Chimeric Machines Lucy A. Snyder (Creative Guy Publishing)

Lifetime Achievement Award: Brian Lumley and William F. Nolan
Specialty Press Award: Ray Russell and Rosalie Parker of Tartarus Press
Silver Hammer Award: Kathryn Ptacek
President's Richard Laymon Service Award: Vince A. Liaguno


2010 Bram Stoker Award Winners

Novel: A Dark Matter by Peter Straub

First Novel (tie): Black and Orange by Benjamin Kane Ethridge
Castle of Los Angeles/i> by Lisa Morton

Long Fiction: "Invisible Fences" by Norman Prentiss

Short Fiction: "The Folding Man" by Joe R. Lansdale

Anthology: Haunted Legends edited by Ellen Datlow and Nick Mamatas

Fiction Collection: Full Dark, No Stars by Stephen King (Simon and Schuster)

Nonfiction: To Each Their Darkness by Gary Braunbeck

Poetry Collection: Dark Matters by Bruce Boston

Lifetime Achievement Award: Ellen Datlow, Al Feldstein

The Silver Hammer Award: Angel Leigh McCoy

Richard Laymon President's Award: Michael Colangelo

Specialty Press Award: Dark Regions Press


2011 Bram Stoker Award Winners

2011 nominees

Superior Achievement in a Novel: Flesh Eaters Joe McKinney (Pinnacle Books)

Superior Achievement in a First Novel: Isis Unbound Allyson Bird (Dark Regions Press)

Superior Achievement in a Young Adult Novel: The Screaming Season Nancy Holder (Razorbill) and Dust and Decay Jonathan Maberry (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers)

Superior Achievement in a Graphic Novel: Neonomicon by Alan Moore (Avatar Press)

Superior Achievement in Long Fiction: "The Ballad of Ballard and Sandrine" Peter Straub (Conjunctions: 56)

Superior Achievement in Short Fiction: "Herman Wouk Is Still Alive" Stephen King (The Atlantic Magazine, May 2011)

Superior Achievement in a Screenplay: American Horror Story, episode #12: "Afterbirth" Jessica Sharzer (20th Century Fox Television)

Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection: The Corn Maiden and Other Nightmares Joyce Carol Oates (Mysterious Press)

Superior Achievement in an Anthology: Demons: Encounters with the Devil and his Minions, Fallen Angels and the Possessed edited by John Skipp (Black Dog and Leventhal)

Superior Achievement in Non-Fiction: Stephen King: A Literary Companion Rocky Wood (McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers)

Superior Achievement in a Poetry Collection: How to Recognize a Demon Has Become Your Friend by Linda Addison (Necon Ebooks)

Specialty Press Award: Bad Moon Books and Hippocampus Press (tie)
Lifetime Achievement: Rick Hautala, Joe Lansdale, Richard Laymon
President's Award: Karen Lansdale
Silver Hammer: Guy Anthony DeMarco