At this year’s StokerCon convention, in the glitz and glamour of Las Vegas, the Horror Writers Association – the premier organization of writers and publishers of horror and dark fantasy – announced the winners of the 2015 Bram Stoker Awards (named in honor of the author of the seminal horror novel, Dracula).
The winners and finalists included:
SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN A NOVEL
WINNER:A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay
The Scarlet Gospels by Clive Barker
The Deep by Michaelbrent Collings
The Cure by JG Faherty
Black Tide by Patrick Freivald
SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN A FIRST NOVEL
WINNER: Suicide by Nicole Cushing
Shutter by Courtney Alameda
We Are Monsters by Brian Kirk
Hannahwhere by John McIlveen
Riding the Centipede by John Claude Smith
SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN A YOUNG ADULT NOVEL
WINNER:Devil’s Pocket by John Dixon
Never Let Me Sleep by Jennifer Brozek
The Ridealong by Michaelbrent Collings
Hallowed by Tonya Hurley
The Shadow Cabinet by Maureen Johnson
End Times at Ridgemont High by Ian Welke
SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN A GRAPHIC NOVELl
WINNER:Shadow Show: Stories in Celebration of Ray Bradbury, edited by Sam Weller, Mort Castle, Chris Ryall and Carlos Guzman
Harrow County, Vol. 1: Countless Haints by Cullen Bunn
Hellbound by Victor Gischler
Outcast, Vol. 1: A Darkness Surrounds Him by Robert Kirkman
Wytches, Vol. 1 by Scott Snyder
SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN LONG FICTION
WINNER: “Little Dead Red” by Mercedes M. Yardley (Grimm Mistresses)
“Paper Cuts” by Gary A. Braunbeck (Seize the Night)
The Box Jumper by Lisa Mannetti
“Special Collections” by Norman Partridge (The Library of the Dead)
“Becoming Invisible, Becoming Seen” by Scott Edelman (Dark Discoveries #30)
SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN SHORT FICTION
WINNER: “Happy Joe’s Rest Stop” by John Palisano (18 Wheels of Horror)
“All the Day You’ll Have Good Luck” by Kate Jonez (Black Static #47)
The Algernon Effect by Gene O’Neill
“Sing Me Your Scars” by Damien Angelica Walters (Sing Me Your Scars)
“Hungry Daughters of Starving Mothers” by Alyssa Wong (Nightmare Magazine #37)
SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN A SCREENPLAY
WINNER:It Follows by David Robert Mitchell
Crimson Peak by Guillermo del Toro and Matthew Robbins
Penny Dreadful: “And Hell Itself My Only Foe” by John Logan
Penny Dreadful: “Nightcomers” by John Logan
What We Do in the Shadows by Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement
SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN AN ANTHOLOGY
WINNER:The Library of the Dead, edited by Michael Bailey
The Doll Collection: Seventeen Brand-New Tales of Dolls, edited by Ellen Datlow
Seize the Night, edited by Christopher Golden
nEvermore!, edited by Nancy Kilpatrick and Caro Soles
The X-Files: Trust No One, edited by Jonathan Maberry
Midian Unmade, edited by Joseph Nassise and Del Howison
SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN A FICTION COLLECTION
WINNER:While the Black Stars Burn by Lucy A. Snyder
Halfway Down the Stairs by Gary A. Braunbeck
The Mirrors by Nicole Cushing
The Dark at the End of the Tunnel by Taylor Grant
The Hitchhiking Effect by Gene O’Neill
SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN NON-FICTION
WINNER:The Art of Horror by Stephen Jones
The Unique Legacy of Weird Tales: The Evolution of Modern Fantasy and Horror, edited by Justin Everett and Jeffrey H. Shanks
Author’s Guide to Marketing with Teeth by Michael Knost
Horror 201: The Silver Scream, edited by Joe Mynhardt and Emma Audsley
Studies in the Horror Film: Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining by Danel Olson
SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN A POETRY COLLECTION
WINNER:Eden Underground by Alessandro Manzetti
Resonance Dark and Light by Bruce Boston
Dark Energies by Ann Schwader
Naughty Ladies by Marge Simon
An Exorcism of Angels by Stephanie M. Wytovich
Additionally, the following awards (which had been announced earlier) were presented to their respective recipients:
Lifetime Achievement Award– Alan Moore and George A. Romero
Silver Hammer Award– Michael Knost
Specialty Press Award– Borderlands Press
Mentor of the Year Award– Tim Waggoner
Richard Laymon President’s Award– Patrick Freivald and Andrew Wolter
