The Stoker Award Winners!

We’re a little bit late with this news flash, dear readers, but that should not in any way mitigate your–or our–excitement over announcing the winners of the 2016 Bram Stoker A
wards, presented by the Horror Writers Association!

The Stoker Awards celebrate the best in horror writing across genres, from novels to short stories to non-fiction to poetry.  As Lisa Morton, President of the HWA (and multiple Stoker-Award Winner in her own right) observed, “The winners for this year’s awards unquestionably represent the continued high-level state of the art in horror writing…Our members and awards juries were dedicated to the selection process for outstanding works of literature, cinema, non-fiction, and poetry.”

The Stoker Awards also, arguably, have the coolest statues.  Seriously, look at this thing:

 

It’s a adorably terrifying haunted house, and the front door opens to reveal the plaque with the winner’s name and book title.  I don’t know of too many other awards that are not only so genre-specific, but interactive, as well, so big kudos to the HWA.

And now, without further ado, here are your list of winners!  A note: Some of these materials are from online or niche publishers, so wherever possible, we’ve provided Library links.  Where library links are not available, the Goodreads page has been linked:

Superior Achievement in a Novel

The Fisherman by John Langan

Superior Achievement in a First Novel

Haven by Tom Deady (<– Local author alert!)

Superior Achievement in a Young Adult Novel

Snowed by Maria Alexander

Superior Achievement in a Graphic Novel

Kolchak the Night Stalker: The Forgotten Lore of Edgar Allan Poe by James Chambers

Superior Achievement in Long Fiction

The Winter Box by Tim Waggoner (ebook only)

Superior Achievement in Short Fiction

The Crawl Space” by Joyce Carol Oates (published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine Volume #2016/Issue#8, but also in the anthology in the above link)

Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection

The Doll-Master and Other Tales of Terror by Joyce Carol Oates

Superior Achievement in a Screenplay

The Witch by Robert Eggers

Superior Achievement in an Anthology

Borderlands 6, Edited by Thomas F. Monteleone and Olivia F. Monteleone

Superior Achievement in Non-Fiction

Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life by Ruth Franklin

Superior Achievement in a Poetry Collection

Brothel by Stephanie M. Wytovich