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The Horror Writers Association published the final ballot for the Bram Stoker Award. Winners will be announced May 11. Stay tuned while we try to get as many of these read and reviewed before then as we can!<\/p>\n
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LOS ANGELES – Feb. 23, 2019 – PRLog — The Horror Writers Association announces the 2018 Bram Stoker Awards\u00ae Final Ballot. The HWA is the premier organization for writers of horror and dark fantasy. “This year’s nominees demonstrate a continued lineup of quality work in the horror genre,” said Lisa Morton, HWA President. “Our members and awards juries have again chosen truly outstanding works of literature, cinema, non-fiction, and poetry.”<\/p>\n
The presentation of the Bram Stoker Awards\u00ae will occur during the 4th annual StokerCon\u2122, to be held at the Amway Grand Plaza Hotel in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The gala presentation will happen on Saturday night, May 11th. Tickets to the banquet and the convention are on sale to the public at http:\/\/stokercon2019.org\/. The awards presentation will also be live-streamed online via the website.<\/p>\n
Named in honor of the author of the seminal horror novel Dracula, the Bram Stoker Awards\u00ae are presented annually for superior achievement in writing in eleven categories, including traditional works of various lengths, poetry, screenplays, and non-fiction. Previous winners include Stephen King, J.K. Rowling, George R. R. Martin, Joyce Carol Oates, and Neil Gaiman. The HWA is a nonprofit organization of writers and publishing professionals around the world, dedicated to promoting dark literature and the interests of those who write it. The HWA formed in 1985 with the help of many of the field’s greats, including Dean Koontz, Robert McCammon, and Joe R. Lansdale. The HWA is home to the prestigious Bram Stoker Award\u00ae and the annual StokerCon\u2122 horror convention.<\/p>\n
We proudly provide the list of talented nominees who reached the final ballot below for each category.<\/p>\n
Superior Achievement in a Novel<\/p>\n
Katsu, Alma \u2013 The Hunger (G.P. Putnam’s Sons)
\nMaberry, Jonathan \u2013 Glimpse (St. Martin’s Press)
\nMalerman, Josh \u2013 Unbury Carol (Del Rey)
\nStoker, Dacre and Barker, J.D. \u2013 Dracul (G.P. Putnam’s Sons)
\nTremblay, Paul \u2013 The Cabin at the End of the World (William Morrow)<\/p>\n
Superior Achievement in a First Novel<\/p>\n
Fine, Julia \u2013 What Should Be Wild (Harper)
\nGrau, T.E. \u2013 I Am the River (Lethe Press)
\nKiste, Gwendolyn \u2013 The Rust Maidens (Trepidatio Publishing)
\nStage, Zoje \u2013 Baby Teeth (St. Martin’s Press)
\nTremblay, Tony \u2013 The Moore House (Twisted Publishing)<\/p>\n
Superior Achievement in a Young Adult Novel<\/p>\n
Ireland, Justina \u2013 Dread Nation (Balzer + Bray)
\nLegrand, Claire \u2013 Sawkill Girls (Katherine Tegen Books)
\nMaberry, Jonathan \u2013 Broken Lands (Simon & Schuster)
\nSnyman, Monique \u2013 The Night Weaver (Gigi Publishing)
\nWhite, Kiersten \u2013 The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein (Delacorte Press)<\/p>\n
Superior Achievement in a Graphic Novel<\/p>\n
Ahmed, Saladin \u2013 Abbott (BOOM! Studios)
\nAzzarello, Brian \u2013 Moonshine Vol. 2: Misery Train (Image Comics)
\nBunn, Cullen \u2013 Bone Parish (BOOM! Studios)
\nLaValle, Victor \u2013 Victor LaValle’s Destroyer (BOOM! Studios)
\nLiu, Marjorie \u2013 Monstress Volume 3: Haven (Image Comics)<\/p>\n
Superior Achievement in Long Fiction<\/p>\n
Bailey, Michael \u2013 Our Children, Our Teachers (Written Backwards)
\nHill, Joe \u2013 You Are Released (Flight or Fright: 17 Turbulent Tales) (Scribner)
\nMalik, Usman T. \u2013 Dead Lovers on Each Blade, Hung (Nightmare Magazine Issue #74)
\nMason, Rena \u2013 The Devil’s Throat (Hellhole: An Anthology of Subterranean Terror) (Adrenaline Press)
\nSmith, Angela Yuriko \u2013 Bitter Suites (CreateSpace)<\/p>\n
Superior Achievement in Short Fiction<\/p>\n
Landry, Jess \u2013 “Mutter” (Fantastic Tales of Terror) (Crystal Lake Publishing)
\nMurray, Lee \u2013 “Dead End Town” (Cthulhu Deep Down Under Volume 2) (IFWG Publishing International)
\nNeugebauer, Annie \u2013 “Glove Box” (The Dark City Crime & Mystery Magazine Volume 3, Issue 4-July 2018)
\nTaff, John F.D. \u2013 “A Winter’s Tale” (Little Black Spots) (Grey Matter Press)
\nWard, Kyla Lee \u2013 “And in Her Eyes the City Drowned” (Weirdbook #39) (Wildside Press)<\/p>\n
Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection<\/p>\n
Files, Gemma \u2013 Spectral Evidence (Trepidatio Publishing)
\nGuignard, Eric J. \u2013 That Which Grows Wild (Cemetery Dance Publications)
\nIglesias, Gabino \u2013 Coyote Songs (Broken River Books)
\nSnyder, Lucy A. \u2013 Garden of Eldritch Delights (Raw Dog Screaming Press)
\nWaggoner, Tim \u2013 Dark and Distant Voices: A Story Collection (Nightscape Press)<\/p>\n
Superior Achievement in a Screenplay<\/p>\n
Aster, Ari \u2013 Hereditary (PalmStar Media)
\nAverill, Meredith \u2013 The Haunting of Hill House: The Bent-Neck Lady, Episode 01:05 (Amblin Television, FlanaganFilm, Paramount Television)
\nGarland, Alex \u2013 Annihilation (DNA Films, Paramount Pictures, Scott Rudin Productions, Skydance Media)
\nHeisserer, Eric \u2013 Bird Box (Bluegrass Films, Chris Morgan Productions, Universal Pictures)
\nWoods, Bryan, Beck, Scott, and Krasinski, John \u2013 A Quiet Place (Platinum Dunes, Sunday Night)<\/p>\n
Superior Achievement in an Anthology<\/p>\n
Chambers, James, Grey, April, and Masterson, Robert \u2013 A New York State of Fright: Horror Stories from the Empire State (Hippocampus Press)
\nDatlow, Ellen \u2013 The Devil and the Deep: Horror Stories of the Sea (Night Shade Books)
\nGuignard, Eric J. \u2013 A World of Horror (Dark Moon Books)
\nMurray, Lee \u2013 Hellhole: An Anthology of Subterranean Terror (Adrenaline Press)
\nWard, D. Alexander \u2013 Lost Highways: Dark Fictions from the Road (Crystal Lake Publishing)<\/p>\n
Superior Achievement in Non-Fiction<\/p>\n
Connolly, John \u2013 Horror Express (PS Publishing)
\nGambin, Lee \u2013 The Howling: Studies in the Horror Film (Centipede Press)
\nIngham, Howard David \u2013 We Don’t Go Back: A Watcher’s Guide to Folk Horror (Room 207 Press)
\nMynhardt, Joe and Johnson, Eugene \u2013 It’s Alive: Bringing Your Nightmares to Life (Crystal Lake Publishing)
\nWetmore Jr., Kevin J. \u2013 Uncovering Stranger Things: Essays on Eighties Nostalgia, Cynicism and Innocence in the Series (McFarland)<\/p>\n
Superior Achievement in a Poetry Collection<\/p>\n
Boston, Bruce \u2013 Artifacts (Independent Legions Publishing)
\nCowen, David E. \u2013 Bleeding Saffron (Weasel Press)
\nLynch, Donna \u2013 Witches (Raw Dog Screaming Press)
\nSimon, Marge and Manzetti, Alessandro \u2013 War (Crystal Lake Publishing)
\nTantlinger, Sara \u2013 The Devil’s Dreamland (Strangehouse Books)<\/p>\n
HWA is a nonprofit organization of writers and publishing professionals around the world, dedicated to promoting dark literature and the interests of those who write it. The HWA formed in 1985 with the help of many of the field’s greats, including Dean Koontz, Robert McCammon, and Joe Lansdale. Today, with over 1,500 members around the globe, it is the oldest and most respected professional organization for the much-loved writers who have brought you the most enjoyable sleepless nights of your life. The HWA is the home of the prestigious Bram Stoker Award\u00ae and the creator of the annual StokerCon\u2122 convention.<\/p>\n
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The Horror Writers Association published the final ballot for the Bram Stoker Award. Winners will be announced May 11. Stay tuned while we try to get as many of these read and reviewed before then as we can! *********************** LOS ANGELES – Feb. 23, 2019 – PRLog — The Horror Writers Association<\/p>\n