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Bram Stoker Awards

What are the Bram Stoker Awards?

The Bram Stoker Awards are presented every year by the Horror Writers Association for superior achievement in horror literature.

The awards are given out every June.

https://www.thebramstokerawards.com/

Best Anthology

Black Cranes : Tales of Unquiet Women by Lee Murray (Editor); Geneve Flynn (Editor)
2020 winner
When Things Get Dark : Stories Inspired by Shirley Jackson by Ellen Datlow (Editor)
Call Number: ebook

2021 winner
Screams from the Dark : 29 Tales of Monsters and the Monstrous by Ellen Datlow (Editor)
Call Number: PS648.M54 S37 2023

2022 winner
Out There Screaming by Jordan Peele (Editor, Introduction by); John Joseph Adams (Editor); N. K. Jemisin (Contribution by); Rebecca Roanhorse (Contribution by); Tananarive Due (Contribution by); Nnedi Okorafor (Contribution by)
Call Number: ebook

2023 winner
Discontinue If Death Ensues by Carol Gyzander (Editor); Anna Taborska (Editor); Lee Murray (Contribution by); Cindy O'Quinn (Contribution by); Kyla Lee Ward (Contribution by)
2024 winner

Haunted Legends by Ellen Datlow; Nick Mamatas
2010 winner
Demons: Encounters with the Devil and his Minions, Fallen Angels and the Possessed by John Skipp (editor)
2011 winner
Shadow Show by Mort Castle, Sam Weller
2012 winner
After Death by Eric J. Guignard (Editor)
2013 winner
Fearful Symmetries by Ellen Datlow (Editor)
2014 winner
The Library of the Dead by Michael Bailey
2015 winner
Borderlands 6 by Thomas F. Monteleone, Olivia F. Monteleone
2016 winner
Behold!: Oddities, Curiosities & Undefinable Wonders by Doug Murano
2017 winner
The Devil and the Deep : Horror Stories of the Sea by Ellen Datlow (Editor)
2018 winner
Echoes : the Saga anthology of ghost stories by Ellen Datlow (Editor)
Call Number: PN6071.G45 E34 2019

2019 winner

The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror, 13th Annual Collection by Ellen Datlow (Editor); Terri Windling (Editor); James Frenkel (Editor)
2000 winner
Extremes 2: Fantasy and Horror from the Ends of the Earth by Brian A. Hopkins (editor)
2001 winner
The Darker Side by John Pelan (Editor)
2002 winner
Borderlands 5 by Elizabeth and Thomas Monteleone
2003 winner
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror, 17th Annual by Ellen Datlow (Editor); Kelly Link; Gavin J. Grant; James Frenkel (Editor)
2004 winner
Dark Delicacies by Del Howison (Editor); Geff Gelb (Editor)
2005 winner
Retro Pulp Tales by Joe Lansdale (Editor)
2006 winner (tie)
Mondo Zombie by John Skipp (Editor)
2006 winner (tie)
Five Strokes to Midnight by Gary Braunbeck and Hank Schwaeble
2007 winner
Unspeakable Horror by Vince A. Liaguno (editor), Chad Helder (editor)
2008 winner
He Is Legend : An Anthology Celebrating Richard Matheson by Christopher Conlon (Editor)
2009 winner

Horrors!: 365 Scary Stories by Stefan Dziemianowicz (editor), Martin H. Greenberg, (editor), Robert Weinberg (editor)
1998 winner
999 : new stories of horror and suspense by Al Sarrantonio
1999 winner

Best Fiction Collection by Year

Grotesque: Monster Stories by Lee Murray
2020 winner
In That Endlessness, Our End by Gemma Files
2021 winner
Breakable Things by Cassandra Khaw
Call Number: PR9530.9.K49 B74 2022

2022 winner
Blood from the Air by Gemma Files
2023 winner
Love Is a Crematorium and Other Tales by Mercedes M. Yardley
2024 winner

Full Dark, No Stars by Stephen King
2010 winner
The Corn Maiden and Other Nightmares by Joyce Carol Oates
2011 winner
New Moon on the Water by Mort Castle
2012 winner
The Beautiful Thing That Awaits Us All and Other Stories by Laird Barron
2013 winner
Soft Apocalypses by Lucy A. Snyder
2014 winner
While the Black Stars Burn by Lucy A. Snyder
2015 winner
The Doll-Master and Other Tales of Terror by Joyce Carol Oates
2016 winner
Strange Weather by Joe Hill
2017 winner
That Which Grows Wild by Eric J. Guignard
2018 winner
Growing Things and Other Stories by Paul Tremblay
2019 winner

Magic Terror by Peter Straub
2000 winner
The Man with the Barbed-Wire Fists by Norman Partridge
2001 winner
One More for the Road by Ray Bradbury
2002 winner
Peaceable Kingdom by Jack Ketchum
2003 winner
Fearful Symmetries by Thomas F. Monteleone
2004 winner
20th Century Ghosts by Joe Hill
2005 winner
Destinations Unknown by Gary A. Braunbeck
2006 winner
Proverbs for Monsters by Michael A. Arnzen
2007 winner
Just after Sunset by Stephen King
2008 winner
Taste of the Tenderloin by Gene O'Neill
2009 winner

Four Past Midnight by Stephen King
1990 winner
Prayers to Broken Stones by Dan Simmons
1991 winner
Mr. Fox and Other Feral Tales by Norman Partridge
1992 winner
Alone with the Horrors by Ramsey Campbell
1993 winner
The Early Fears by Robert Bloch
1994 winner
Panic Hand by Jonathan Carroll
1995 winner
The Nightmare Factory by Thomas Ligotti
1996 winner
Exorcisms and Ecstasies by Karl E. Wagner
1997 winner
Black Butterflies by John Shirley
1998 winner
The Nightmare Chronicles by Douglas Clegg
1999 winner

The Essential Ellison by Harlan Ellison
1987 winner
Charles Beaumont : Selected Stories by Charles Beaumont
1988 winner
Collected Stories by Richard Matheson
1989 winner

Best Graphic Novel / Illustrated Narrative

Mary Shelley Presents by Nancy Holder (author), Chiara Di Francia (artist), Amelia Woo (artist), Laurie Foster (inker), Sandra Molina (colorist), Saida Temofonte (letterer)
2020 winner
The Inhabitant of the Lake by Alessandro Manzetti (author), Stefano Cardoselli (author and artist)
Call Number: PN6767.M368 I54 2021

2021 winner
Kolchak : the Night Stalker : 50th Anniversary by James Aquilone (Editor)
2022 winner
Carmilla: the First Vampire by Amy Chu; Soo Lee (Illustrator); Sal Cipriano (Illustrator)
Call Number: PN6727.C4976 C36 2023

2023 winner
H. P. Lovecraft's the Call of Cthulhu by Gou Tanabe (Adapted by, Illustrator); Zack Davisson (Translator)
2024 winner

Neonomicon by Alan Moore; Jacen Burrows (Artist); Antony Johnston
2011 winner
Witch Hunts : A Graphic History of the Burning Times by Rocky Wood; Lisa Morton; Greg Chapman (Illustrator)
2012 winner
Alabaster : Wolves by Caitlin R. Kiernan
2013 winner
Bad Blood by Jonathan Maberry
2014 winner
Shadow Show: Stories in Celebration of Ray Bradbury by Sam Weller, Mort Castle, Chris Ryall, Carlos Guzman
2015 winner
Kolchak the Night Stalker: The Forgotten Lore of Edgar Allan Poe by James Chambers
2016 winner
Kindred : a Graphic Novel Adaptation by Octavia E. Butler; John Jennings (Illustrator); Damian Duffy (Adapted by); Nnedi Okorafor (Introduction by)
2017 winner
Victor Lavalle's Destroyer by Victor LaValle; Dietrich Smith (Illustrator)
2018 winner
Neil Gaiman's Snow, Glass, Apples by Neil Gaiman; Colleen Doran (Illustrator)
Call Number: PN6737.G3 S66 2019

2019 winner

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen by Alan Moore; Kevin O'Neill (Illustrator)
Call Number: PN6737.M66 L47 2011

2000 winner
Nightside by Robert Weinberg
2002 winner
The Sandman : Endless NIghts by Neil Gaiman
2003 winner
Heaven's Devils by Jai NItz
2004 winner

The Dream Hunters by Neil Gaiman
1999 winner

Best Middle Grade Novel by Year

2022-present

They Stole Our Hearts by Daniel Kraus
Call Number: PZ7.K8672 Thd 2022

2022 winner
The Nighthouse Keeper by Lora Senf
Call Number: PZ7.1.S45 Ni 2023

2023 winner
There's Something Sinister in Center Field by Robert Ottone
2024 winner (tie)
The Creepening of Dogwood House by Eden Royce
2024 winner (tie)

Best Non-Fiction by Year

Writing in the Dark by Tim Waggoner
2020 winner
Writers Workshop of Horror 2 by Michael Knost (Editor)
2021 winner
Writing in the Dark: the Workbook by Tim Waggoner
2022 winner
101 Horror Books to Read Before You're Murdered by Sadie Hartmann
Call Number: Z5917.H65 H37 2023

2023 winner
Horror for Weenies : everything you need to know about the films you're too scared to watch by Emily C. Hughes
2024 winner

To Each Their Darkness by Gary A. Braunbeck
2010 winner
Stephen King by Rocky Wood
2011 winner
Trick or Treat : a history of Halloween by Lisa Morton
Call Number: GT4965 .M67 2012

2012 winner
Nolan on Bradbury : Sixty Years of Writing about the Master of Science Fiction by William F. Nolan
2013 winner
Shooting Yourself in the Head for Fun and Profit : A Writer’s Survival Guide by Lucy Snyder
2014 winner
The Art of Horror by Stephen Jones (Editor)
2015 winner
Shirley Jackson : a rather haunted life by Ruth Franklin
Call Number: PS3519.A392 Z64 2016

2016 winner
Paperbacks from Hell l: The Twisted History of ‘70s and ‘80s Horror Fiction by Grady Hendrix
2017 winner
It’s Alive: Bringing Your Nightmares to Life by Joe Mynhardt, Eugene Johnson
2018 winner
Monster, She Wrote : the women who pioneered horror & speculative fiction by Lisa Kröger; Melanie R. Anderson
Call Number: PN56.H6 K76 2019

2019 winner

On Writing by Stephen King
Call Number: ebook and PS3561.I483 Z475 2010

2000 winner
Jobs in Hell by Brian Keene (editor)
2001 winner
Ramsey Campbell, Probably by Ramsey Campbell
2002 winner
The Mothers and Fathers Italian Association by Thomas F. Monteleone
2003 winner
Hellnotes by Judi Rohrig
2004 winner
Horror : Another 100 Best Books by Stephen Jones (Editor); Kim Newman (Editor); Peter Straub (Foreword by); Ramsey Campbell (Foreword by)
2005 winner
Final Exits : The Illustrated Encyclopedia of How We Die by Michael Largo
2006 winner (tie)
Gospel of the Living Dead : George Romero’s Visions of Hell on Earth by Kim Paffenroth
2006 winner (tie)
The Cryptopedia : A Dictionary of the Weird, Strange & Downright Bizarre by Jonathan Maberry; David F. Kramer
2007 winner
A Hallowe'en Anthology by Lisa Morton
2008 winner
Writers Workshop of Horror by Michael Knost (Editor)
2009 winner

Dark Dreamers by Stanley Wiater
1990 winner
Clive Barker’s Shadows of Eden by Stephen Jones
1991 winner
Cut! Horror Writers on Horror Film by Christopher Golden
1992 winner
Once Around the Bloch by Robert Bloch
1993 winner
The Supernatural Index by Mike Ashley; William G. Cantento
1995 winner
H. P. Lovecraft : a life by S. T. Joshi
1996 winner
Dark Thoughts: On Writing by Stanley Wiater
1997 winner
DarkEcho by Paula Guran
1999 winner

Mary Shelley by Muriel Spark
Call Number: PR5398 .S63 1987
Harlan Ellison's Watching by Harlan Ellison
1989 winner (tie)
Horror : the 100 best books by Stephen B. Jones; Kim Newman
1989 winner (tie)

Best Novel by Year

The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones
Call Number: PS3560.O5395 O55 2020

2020 winner
My Heart Is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones
Call Number: PS3560.O5395 M92 2021

2021 winner
The Devil Takes You Home by Gabino Iglesias
Call Number: PS3609.G64 D48 2022

2022 winner
The Reformatory by Tananarive Due
Call Number: ebook

2023 winner
The Haunting of Velkwood by Gwendolyn Kiste
2024 winner

A Dark Matter by Peter Straub
2010 winner
Flesh Eaters by Joe McKinney
2011 winner
The Drowning Girl by Caitlin R. Kiernan
2012 winner
Doctor Sleep by Stephen King
2013 winner
Blood Kin by Steve Rasnic Tem
2914 winner
A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay
Call Number: PS3620.R445 H43 2016

2015 winner
The Fisherman by John Langan
Call Number: PS3612.A5578 F57 2016

2016 winner
Ararat by Christopher Golden
Call Number: PS3557.O35927 A89 2018

2017 winner
The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay
Call Number: PS3620.R445 C33 2018

2018 winner
Coyote Rage by Owl Goingback
Call Number: PS3557.O3262 C69 2019

2019 winner

The Traveling Vampire Show by Richard Laymon
2000 winner
American Gods by Neil Gaiman
Call Number: PR6057.A319 A84 2011

2001 winner
The Night Class by Tom Piccirilli
2002 winner
Lost Boy, Lost Girl by Peter Straub
2003 winner
In the Night Room by Peter Straub
2004 winner
Dread in the Beast by Charlee Jacob
2005 winner (tie)
Creepers by David Morrell
2005 winner (tie)
Lisey's Story by Stephen King
2006 winner
The Missing by Sarah Langan
2007 winner
Duma Key by Stephen King
Call Number: PS3561 .I483 D86 2008

2008 winner
Audrey's Door by Sarah Langan
2009 winner

Mine by Robert McCammon
1990 winner
Boy's Life by Robert McCammon
1991 winner
Blood of the Lamb by Thomas F. Monteleone
1992 winner
The Throat by Peter Straub
1993 winner
Dead in the Water by Nancy Holder
1994 winner
Zombie by Joyce Carol Oates
1995 winner
The Green Mile by Stephen King
1996 winner
Children of the Dusk by Janet Berliner
1997 winner
Bag of Bones by Stephen King
Call Number: PS3561.I483 B34 1998

1998 winner
Mr. X by Peter Straub
1999 winner

Misery by Stephen King
1987 winner (tie)
Swan Song by Robert McCammon
1987 winner (tie)
The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris
Call Number: PS3558.A6558 S5 1988

1988 winner
Carrion Comfort by Dan Simmons
1989 winner

Best Poetry

A Collection of Dreamscapes by Christina Sng
2020 winner
Tortured Willows : Bent. Bowed. Unbroken. by Lee Murray; Geneve Flynn; Christina Sng; Angela Yuriko Smith
Call Number: PN6109.9 .M87 2021

2021 winner
Crime Scene by Cynthia Pelayo
Call Number: PS3616.E3584 C75 2022

2022 winner
On the Subject of Blackberries by Stephanie M. Wytovich
Call Number: PS3623.Y78 O5 2023

2023 winner
Mexicans on the Moon : speculative poetry from a possible future by Pedro Iniguez
2024 winner

Dark Matters by Bruce Boston
2010 winner
How to Recognize A Demon Has Become Your Friend by Linda Addison
2011 winner
Vampires, Zombies, and Wanton Souls by Marge Simon; Sandy DeLuca (Illustrator)
2012 winner
Four Elements by Marge Simon; Linda Addison; Charlee Jacob; Rain Graves; Daniele Serra (Artist)
2013 winner
Forgiving Judas by Tom Piccirilli
2014 winner
Eden Underground by Alessandro Manzetti
2015 winner
Brothel by Stephanie M. Wytovich
2016 winner
A Collection of Nightmares by Christina Sng
2017 winner
The Devil's Dreamland by Sara Tantlinger
2018 winner
The Place of Broken Things by Linda D. Addison; Alessandro Manzetti
2019 winner

A Student of Hell by Tom Piccirilli
2000 winner
Consumed, Reduced to Beautiful Grey Ashes by Linda Addison
2001 winner
The Gossamer Eye by Mark McLaughlin, Rain Graves, and David Niall Wilson
2002 winner
Pitchblende by Bruce Boston
2003 winner
The Women at the Funeral by Corrine De Winter
2004 winner
Freakcidents by Michael A. Arnzen
2005 winner (tie)
Sineater by Charlee Jacob
2005 winner (tie)
Shades Fantastic by Bruce Boston
2006 winner
Being Full of Light, Insubstantial by Linda D. Addison
2007 winner (tie)
Vectors : A Week in the Death of a Planet by Charlee Jacob; Marge Simon
2007 winner (tie)
The Nightmare Collection by Bruce Boston
2008 winner
Chimeric Machines by Lucy A. Snyder
2009 winner

Best Young Adult Novel / Work for Young Readers

Clown in a Cornfield by Adam Cesare
2020 winner
The River Has Teeth by Erica Waters
Call Number: PZ7.1.W3964 R58 2021

2021 winner
The Triangle by Robert P. Ottone
2022 winner
She Is a Haunting by Trang Thanh Tran
Call Number: PZ7.1.T725 S54 2024

2023 winner
Clown in a Cornfield 3 : the Church of Frendo by Adam Cesare
2024 winner

The Screaming Season by Nancy Holder
2011 winner (tie)
Dust and Decay by Jonathan Maberry
2011 winner (tie)
Flesh and Bone by Jonathan Maberry
2012 winner
Dog Days by Joe McKinney
2013 winner
Phoenix Island by John Dixon
2014 winner
Devil's Pocket by John Dixon
2015 winner
Snowed by Maria Alexander
2016 winner
The Last Harvest by Kim Liggett
2017 winner
The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein by Kiersten White
2018 winner
Oware Mosaic by Nzondi
2019 winner

Power of Un by Nancy Etchemendy
2000 winner
The Willow Files by Yvonne Navarro
2001 winner
Coraline by Neil Gaiman
2002 winner
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J. K. Rowling
Call Number: PZ7.R79835 Halm 2003

2003 winner
Abarat: Days of Magic, Nights of War by Clive Barker
2004 winner (tie)
Oddest Yet by Steve Burt
2004 winner (tie)

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J. K. Rowling
Call Number: PZ7.R79835 Har 1999

1999 winner