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.
Best Anthology
Black Cranes : Tales of Unquiet Women by 2020 winner
Screams from the Dark : 29 Tales of Monsters and the Monstrous by Call Number: PS648.M54 S37 20232022 winner
Haunted Legends by 2010 winner- Demons: Encounters with the Devil and his Minions, Fallen Angels and the Possessed by2011 winner
- Shadow Show by2012 winner
After Death by 2013 winner
Fearful Symmetries by 2014 winner- The Library of the Dead by2015 winner
- Borderlands 6 by2016 winner
- Behold!: Oddities, Curiosities & Undefinable Wonders by2017 winner
The Devil and the Deep : Horror Stories of the Sea by 2018 winner
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror, 13th Annual Collection by 2000 winner- Extremes 2: Fantasy and Horror from the Ends of the Earth by2001 winner
The Darker Side by 2002 winner- Borderlands 5 by2003 winner
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror, 17th Annual by 2004 winner
Dark Delicacies by 2005 winner
Retro Pulp Tales by 2006 winner (tie)
Mondo Zombie by 2006 winner (tie)- Five Strokes to Midnight by2007 winner
- Unspeakable Horror by2008 winner
He Is Legend : An Anthology Celebrating Richard Matheson by 2009 winner
- Horrors!: 365 Scary Stories by1998 winner
999 : new stories of horror and suspense by 1999 winner
Best Fiction Collection by Year
- Grotesque: Monster Stories by2020 winner
In That Endlessness, Our End by 2021 winner
Blood from the Air by 2023 winner
Full Dark, No Stars by 2010 winner
The Corn Maiden and Other Nightmares by 2011 winner
New Moon on the Water by 2012 winner- The Beautiful Thing That Awaits Us All and Other Stories by2013 winner
Soft Apocalypses by 2014 winner
While the Black Stars Burn by 2015 winner
The Doll-Master and Other Tales of Terror by 2016 winner
Strange Weather by 2017 winner- That Which Grows Wild by2018 winner
Growing Things and Other Stories by 2019 winner
Magic Terror by 2000 winner
The Man with the Barbed-Wire Fists by 2001 winner
One More for the Road by 2002 winner- Peaceable Kingdom by2003 winner
Fearful Symmetries by 2004 winner
20th Century Ghosts by 2005 winner
Destinations Unknown by 2006 winner- Proverbs for Monsters by2007 winner
Just after Sunset by 2008 winner
Taste of the Tenderloin by 2009 winner
Four Past Midnight by 1990 winner
Prayers to Broken Stones by 1991 winner
Mr. Fox and Other Feral Tales by 1992 winner
Alone with the Horrors by 1993 winner- The Early Fears by1994 winner
Panic Hand by 1995 winner
The Nightmare Factory by 1996 winner
Exorcisms and Ecstasies by 1997 winner
Black Butterflies by 1998 winner
The Nightmare Chronicles by 1999 winner
The Essential Ellison by 1987 winner- Charles Beaumont : Selected Stories by1988 winner
Collected Stories by 1989 winner
Best Graphic Novel / Illustrated Narrative
- Mary Shelley Presents by2020 winner
Kolchak : the Night Stalker : 50th Anniversary by 2022 winner
Neonomicon by 2011 winner
Witch Hunts : A Graphic History of the Burning Times by 2012 winner
Alabaster : Wolves by 2013 winner
Bad Blood by 2014 winner- Shadow Show: Stories in Celebration of Ray Bradbury by2015 winner
- Kolchak the Night Stalker: The Forgotten Lore of Edgar Allan Poe by2016 winner
Kindred : a Graphic Novel Adaptation by 2017 winner
Victor Lavalle's Destroyer by 2018 winner
- Nightside by2002 winner
The Sandman : Endless NIghts by 2003 winner- Heaven's Devils by2004 winner
The Dream Hunters by 1999 winner
Best Middle Grade Novel by Year
Best Non-Fiction by Year
Writing in the Dark by 2020 winner
Writers Workshop of Horror 2 by 2021 winner
Writing in the Dark: the Workbook by 2022 winner
To Each Their Darkness by 2010 winner
Stephen King by 2011 winner
Nolan on Bradbury : Sixty Years of Writing about the Master of Science Fiction by 2013 winner
Shooting Yourself in the Head for Fun and Profit : A Writer’s Survival Guide by 2014 winner
The Art of Horror by 2015 winner
Paperbacks from Hell l: The Twisted History of ‘70s and ‘80s Horror Fiction by 2017 winner- It’s Alive: Bringing Your Nightmares to Life by2018 winner
Monster, She Wrote : the women who pioneered horror & speculative fiction by Call Number: PN56.H6 K76 20192019 winner
- Jobs in Hell by2001 winner
Ramsey Campbell, Probably by 2002 winner
The Mothers and Fathers Italian Association by 2003 winner- Hellnotes by2004 winner
Horror : Another 100 Best Books by 2005 winner
Final Exits : The Illustrated Encyclopedia of How We Die by 2006 winner (tie)
Gospel of the Living Dead : George Romero’s Visions of Hell on Earth by 2006 winner (tie)
The Cryptopedia : A Dictionary of the Weird, Strange & Downright Bizarre by 2007 winner
A Hallowe'en Anthology by 2008 winner
Writers Workshop of Horror by 2009 winner
Dark Dreamers by 1990 winner- Clive Barker’s Shadows of Eden by1991 winner
- Cut! Horror Writers on Horror Film by1992 winner
Once Around the Bloch by 1993 winner
The Supernatural Index by 1995 winner
H. P. Lovecraft : a life by 1996 winner- Dark Thoughts: On Writing by1997 winner
- DarkEcho by1999 winner
Mary Shelley by Call Number: PR5398 .S63 1987
Harlan Ellison's Watching by 1989 winner (tie)
Horror : the 100 best books by 1989 winner (tie)
Best Novel by Year
A Dark Matter by 2010 winner
Flesh Eaters by 2011 winner
The Drowning Girl by 2012 winner
Doctor Sleep by 2013 winner
Blood Kin by 2914 winner
The Traveling Vampire Show by 2000 winner
The Night Class by 2002 winner
Lost Boy, Lost Girl by 2003 winner
In the Night Room by 2004 winner
Dread in the Beast by 2005 winner (tie)
Creepers by 2005 winner (tie)
Lisey's Story by 2006 winner
The Missing by 2007 winner
Audrey's Door by 2009 winner
Mine by 1990 winner
Boy's Life by 1991 winner
Blood of the Lamb by 1992 winner
The Throat by 1993 winner
Dead in the Water by 1994 winner
Zombie by 1995 winner
The Green Mile by 1996 winner
Children of the Dusk by 1997 winner
Mr. X by 1999 winner
Misery by 1987 winner (tie)
Swan Song by 1987 winner (tie)
Carrion Comfort by 1989 winner
Best Poetry
A Collection of Dreamscapes by 2020 winner
Dark Matters by 2010 winner
How to Recognize A Demon Has Become Your Friend by 2011 winner
Vampires, Zombies, and Wanton Souls by 2012 winner
Four Elements by 2013 winner
Forgiving Judas by 2014 winner
Eden Underground by 2015 winner
Brothel by 2016 winner
A Collection of Nightmares by 2017 winner
The Devil's Dreamland by 2018 winner
The Place of Broken Things by 2019 winner
- A Student of Hell by2000 winner
- Consumed, Reduced to Beautiful Grey Ashes by2001 winner
- The Gossamer Eye by2002 winner
- Pitchblende by2003 winner
- The Women at the Funeral by2004 winner
- Freakcidents by2005 winner (tie)
- Sineater by2005 winner (tie)
- Shades Fantastic by2006 winner
Being Full of Light, Insubstantial by 2007 winner (tie)- Vectors : A Week in the Death of a Planet by2007 winner (tie)
The Nightmare Collection by 2008 winner
Chimeric Machines by 2009 winner
Best Young Adult Novel / Work for Young Readers
Clown in a Cornfield by 2020 winner- The Triangle by2022 winner
The Screaming Season by 2011 winner (tie)
Dust and Decay by 2011 winner (tie)
Flesh and Bone by 2012 winner
Dog Days by 2013 winner
Phoenix Island by 2014 winner
Devil's Pocket by 2015 winner
Snowed by 2016 winner
The Last Harvest by 2017 winner
The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein by 2018 winner
Oware Mosaic by 2019 winner
Power of Un by 2000 winner
The Willow Files by 2001 winner
Coraline by 2002 winner
Abarat: Days of Magic, Nights of War by 2004 winner (tie)- Oddest Yet by2004 winner (tie)
