This year’s Bram Stoker Awards, presented by the Horror Writers Association, were livestreamed April 18, 2020. Each year, the HWA presents the Bram Stoker Awards for Superior Achievement in eleven categories.

Notes HWA President John Palisano:

“This year’s winners reflect a great showing of impressive works from a wide range of competitive finalists. This year’s winners truly represent a broad spectrum of titles in the horror and dark fantasy. HWA members and awards juries have again shown objectivity and dedication to the selection process for outstanding works of literature, cinema, non-fiction, and poetry.”

The livestream kicked off with Jeff Strand (I Have a Bad Feeling About This), ten-time master of ceremonies at the Bram Stoker Awards.

“I'm here to deliver a very important message,” he said. “I know that you’re watching this from the comfort of your own home, but that does not mean you can wear whatever you want. The formal dress code is still being strictly enforced. This is not a pants-free environment.”

Watch the video here. Scroll down to see the complete list of Bram Stoker Awards winners for titles released in 2019.

Superior Achievement in a Novel Winner
Owl Goingback
Coyote Rage (Independent Legions Publishing)

Superior Achievement in a First Novel Winner
Sarah Read
The Bone Weaver’s Orchard (Trepidatio Publishing)

Superior Achievement in a Young Adult Novel Winner
Nzondi
Oware Mosaic (Omnium Gatherum)

Superior Achievement in a Graphic Novel Winner

Neil Gaiman and Colleen Doran
Neil Gaiman’s Snow, Glass, Apples (Dark Horse Books)

Superior Achievement in Long Fiction Winner
Victor LaValle
“Up from Slavery” (Weird Tales Magazine #363) (Weird Tales Inc.)

Superior Achievement in Short Fiction Winner
Gwendolyn Kiste
“The Eight People Who Murdered Me (Excerpt from Lucy Westenra’s Diary)” (Nightmare Magazine Nov. 2019, Issue 86)

Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection Winner
Paul Tremblay
Growing Things and Other Stories (William Morrow)

Superior Achievement in a Screenplay Winner
Jordan Peele
Us (Monkeypaw Productions, Perfect World Pictures, Dentsu, Fuji Television Network, Universal Pictures)

Superior Achievement in an Anthology Winner
Ellen Datlow
Echoes: The Saga Anthology of Ghost Stories (Gallery/Saga Press)

Superior Achievement in Non-Fiction Winner
Lisa Kröger and Melanie R. Anderson
Monster, She Wrote: The Women Who Pioneered Horror and Speculative Fiction (Quirk Books)

Superior Achievement in Short Non-Fiction Winner
Gwendolyn Kiste
“Magic, Madness, and Women Who Creep: The Power of Individuality in the Work of Charlotte Perkins Gilman” (Vastarien: A Literary Journal Vol. 2, Issue 1)

Superior Achievement in a Poetry Collection Winner
Linda D. Addison and Alessandro Manzetti
The Place of Broken Things (Crystal Lake Publishing)

About the Bram Stoker Awards

Named in honor of the author of the seminal horror novel Dracula, the Bram Stoker Awards® are presented annually for superior writing in eleven categories including traditional fiction 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. Active and Lifetime members of the organization are eligible to vote for the winners in all categories.

To ameliorate the competitive nature of any award system, the Bram Stoker Awards are given “for superior achievement,” not for “best of the year,” and the rules are deliberately designed to make ties possible. The first awards were presented in 1988 (for works published in 1987) and they have been presented every year since. The award itself is an eight-inch replica of a fanciful haunted house, designed specifically for HWA by sculptor Steven Kirk. The door of the house opens to reveal a brass plaque engraved with the name of the winning work and its author. Visit the Bram Stoker Awards online at TheBramStokerAwards.com.

About the Horror Writers Association

THE HORROR WRITERS ASSOCIATION (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. Visit the organizeriton online at Horror.org.