Bram Stoker Award Winners
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.
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
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