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Bram Stoker

The Bram Stoker Awards are given annually by the Horror Writers Association, to acknowledge excellence in horror writing.

Lifetime Achievement Awards

2001
Nigel Kneale (winner)

2000
Edward Gorey (winner)
Charles L Grant (winner)

Best Novel Awards

2007
Virus by Sarah Langan (winner)

2006
Prodigal Blues by Gary A Braunbeck
Lisey's Story by Stephen King
Ghost Road Blues by Jonathan Maberry
Headstone City by Tom Piccirilli
Pressure by Jeff Strand

2005
Dread in the Beast: The Novel by Charlee Jacob
November Mourns by Tom Piccirilli
Creepers by David Morrell
Keepers by Gary A Braunbeck

2004
Deep in the Darkness by Michael Laimo
The Dark Tower by Stephen King
The Wind Caller by Patricia D Cacek
In the Night Room by Peter Straub (winner)

2003
From a Buick 8 by Stephen King
The Hour Before Dark by Douglas Clegg
Lullaby by Chuck Palahniuk
The Night Class by Tom Piccirilli (winner)

2002
From the Dust Returned: A Family Remembrance by Ray Bradbury
Black House by Stephen King and Peter Straub
The Lost by Jack Ketchum
American Gods by Neil Gaiman (winner)

2001
Silent Children by Ramsey Campbell
The Licking Valley Coon Hunters Club by Brian A Hopkins
The Indifference of Heaven by Gary A Braunbeck
The Deceased by Tom Piccirilli
The Travelling Vampire Show by Richard Laymon (winner)

2000
Hexes by Tom Piccirilli
Hannibal by Thomas Harris
Darker Than Night by Owl Goingback
Mr. X by Peter Straub (winner)

1999
Fog Heart by Thomas Tessier
Darker Angels by S P Somtow
Fear Nothing by Dean Koontz
Bag of Bones by Stephen King (winner)

1998
The Church of Dead Girls by Stephen Dobyns
My Soul to Keep by Tananarive Due
Earthquake Weather by Tim Powers
Children of the Dusk by Janet Berliner (winner)

1997
The Hellfire Club by Peter Straub
Crota by Owl Goingback
Exquisite Corpse by Poppy Z Brite
The Green Mile by Stephen King (winner)

1996
Widow by Billie Sue Mosiman
Deadrush by Yvonne Navarro
Bone Music by Alan Rodgers
Zombie by Michael Slade (winner)

1995
The Butcher Boy by Patrick McCabe
Insomnia by Stephen King
From the Teeth of Angels by Jonathan Carroll
The Alienist by Caleb Carr
Dead in the Water by Stuart Woods (winner)

1994
Blackburn by Bradley Denton
The Throat by Peter Straub (winner)

1993
Hideaway by Dean Koontz
Death Grip by Brian Hodge
Homecoming by Matthew J Costello
Children of the Night by Dan Simmons
The Blood of the Lamb by Thomas F Monteleone (winner)

1992
The Waste Lands by Stephen King
Needful Things by Stephen King
The M.D.: A Horror Story by Thomas M Disch
Summer of Night by Dan Simmons
Boy's Life by Robert R McCammon (winner)

1991
Savage Season by Joe R Lansdale
Reign by Chet Williamson
Funland by Richard Laymon
Mine by Robert R McCammon (winner)

1990
The Wolf's Hour by Robert R McCammon
Midnight by Dean Koontz
In a Dark Dream by Charles L Grant
Geek Love by Katherine Dunn
Carrion Comfort by Dan Simmons (winner)

1989
Stinger by Robert R McCammon
Flesh by Richard Laymon
The Queen of the Damned by Anne Rice
The Drive-In by Joe R Lansdale
Black Wind by F Paul Wilson
The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris (winner)

1988
Unassigned Territory by Kem Nunn
Live Girls by Ray Garton
Ash Wednesday by Chet Williamson
Misery by Stephen King (winner)
Swan Song by Robert R McCammon (winner)

Best First Novel Awards

2007
Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill (winner)

2006
Bloodstone by Nate Kenyon
The Keeper by Sarah Langan
The Harrowing by Alexandra Sokoloff
Ghost Road Blues by Jonathan Maberry (winner)

2005
The Hides by Kealan Patrick Burke
Siren Promised by Alan M Clark and Jeremy Robert Johnson
Scarecrow Gods by Weston Ochse

2004
Covenant by John Everson
Black Fire by James Kidman
Move Under Ground by Nick Mamatas
Stained by Lee Thomas

2003
The Red Church by Scott Nicholson
The Blues Ain't Nothing by Tina Jens
Atmosphere by Michael Laimo
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold (winner)

2002
Phantom Feast by Diana Barron
Skating on the Edge by D G K Goldberg
Riverwatch by Joseph Nassise
Deadliest of the Species by Michael Oliveri (winner)

2001
House of Leaves by Mark Z Danielewski
Run by Douglas E Winter
Nailed by the Heart by Simon Clark
The Licking Valley Coon Hunters Club by Brian A Hopkins (winner)

2000
Every Dead Thing by John Connolly
King Rat by China Miéville
Widow's Walk by Steve Beai
Wither by J G Passarella (winner)

1999
Silk by Caitlín R Kiernan
This Symbiotic Fascination by Charlee Jacob
Night Prayers: A Vampire Novel by Patricia D Cacek
Dawn Song by Michael Marano (winner)

1998
The Inquisitor by Mary Murrey
Drawn to the Grave by Mary Ann Mitchell
Hungry Eyes by Barry Hoffman
The Art of Arrow Cutting by Stephen Dedman
Lives of the Monster Dogs by Kirsten Bakis (winner)

1997
Dead Heat by Del Stone Jr
Horror Show by Greg Kihn
Flute Song by Donald R Burleson
Crota by Owl Goingback (winner)

1996
Diary of a Vampire by Gary Bowen
The Between by Tananarive Due
Madeleine's Ghost by Robert Giradi
Wyrm Wolf by Edo van Belkom
The Safety of Unknown Cities by Lucy Taylor (winner)

1995
The Black Mariah by Jay R Bonansinga
Deadweight by Robert Devereaux
Near Death by Nancy Kilpatrick
Grave Markings by Michael A Arnzen (winner)

1994
Wet Work by Philip Nutman
Suckers by Anne Billson
Created By by Richard Christian Matheson
The Thread That Binds the Bones by Nina Kiriki Hoffman (winner)

1993
Less Than Human by Gary Raisor
Beauty by Brian D'Amato
Lost Souls by Poppy Z Brite
The Holy Terror by Wayne Allen Sallee
Sineater by Elizabeth Massie (winner)

1992
Prodigal by Melanie Tem
Unearthed by Ashley McConnell
Wilderness by Dennis Danvers
Winter Scream by Chris Curry (Tamara Thorne) and L Dean James
The Cipher by Kathe Koja (winner)

1991
Nightblood by T Chris Martindale
Dark Father by Tom Piccirilli
Blood of the Children by Alan Rodgers
The Revelation by Bentley Little (winner)

1990
The Dwelling by Tom Elliot
Laying The Music To Rest by Dean Wesley Smith
Goat Dance by Douglas Clegg
The Lilith Factor by Jean Paiva
Sunglasses after Dark by Nancy A Collins (winner)

1989
Cities of the Dead by Michael Paine
Resurrection, Inc. by Kevin J Anderson
Deliver Us from Evil by Allen Lee Harris
Demon Night by J Michael Straczynski
Fear Book by John L Byrne
The Suiting by Kelley Wilde (winner)

1988
The Damnation Game by Clive Barker
Slob by Rex Miller
The Harvest Bride by Tony Richards
Excavation by Steve Rasnic Tem
The Manse by Lisa W Cantrell (winner)

Best Collection Awards

2003
Everything's Eventual: 14 Dark Tales by Stephen King
Nations of the Living, Nations of the Dead by Mort Castle
Knuckles and Tales by Nancy A Collins
The Collection by Bentley Little
One More for the Road by Ray Bradbury

2002
As the Sun Goes Down by Tim Lebbon
The Dark Fantastic by Ed Gorman
The Whisperer and Other Voices by Brian Lumley
The Man with the Barbed Wire Fists by Norman Partridge

2001
City Fishing by Steve Rasnic Tem
Up, Out of Cities That Blow Hot and Cold by Charlee Jacob
Wind Over Heaven and Other Dark Tales by Bruce Holland Rogers
Magic Terror by Peter Straub

2000
Deep into that Darkness Peering by Tom Piccirilli
Hearts in Atlantis by Stephen King
Death Drives a Semi by Edo van Belkom
The Nightmare Chronicles by Douglas Clegg

1999
Leavings by Patricia D Cacek
Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fictions and Illusions by Neil Gaiman
The Cleft and Other Odd Tales by Gahan Wilson
Black Butterflies: A Flock on the Dark Side by John Shirley

1998
Things Left Behind by Gary A Braunbeck
The Throne of Bones by Brian McNaughton
Painted in Blood by Lucy Taylor
Exorcisms and Ecstasies by Karl Edward Wagner

1997
The Convulsion Factory by Brian Hodge
Shadow Dreams by Elizabeth Massie
With Wounds Still Wet by Wayne Allen Sallee
The Pavilion of Frozen Women by S P Somtow
The Nightmare Factory by Thomas Ligotti

1996
The Black Carousel by Charles L Grant
Cages by Ed Gorman
Strange Highways by Dean Koontz
The Panic Hand by Jonathan Carroll

1995
Born Bad by Andrew Vachss
The Flesh Artist by Lucy Taylor
Writer of the Purple Rage by Joe R Lansdale
The Early Fears by Robert Bloch

1994
A Good, Secret Place by Richard Laymon
Close to the Bone by Lucy Taylor
LoveDeath by Dan Simmons
Nightmares and Dreamscapes by Stephen King
Alone with the Horrors by Ramsey Campbell

1993
Fantastic Tales by I U Tarchetti
Nightmare Flower by Elizabeth Engstrom
Mr Fox and Other Feral Tales by Norman Partridge

1992
Waking Nightmares by Ramsey Campbell
The Naked Flesh of Feeling by J N Williamson
Sex Punks and Savage Sagas by Richard Sutphin
Prayers to Broken Stones by Dan Simmons

1991
Houses without Doors by Peter Straub
The Brains of Rats by Michael Blumlein
Prayers to Broken Stones by Dan Simmons
Four Past Midnight by Stephen King

1990
By Bizarre Hands by Joe R Lansdale
Blue World by Robert R McCammon
Patterns by Pat Cadigan
Soft and Others by F Paul Wilson
Richard Matheson: Collected Stories by Richard Matheson

1989
Blood and Water: And Other Tales by Patrick McGrath
The Toynbee Convector by Ray Bradbury
The Blood Kiss by Dennis Etchison
Angry Candy by Harlan Ellison
Scare Tactics by John Farris
Charles Beaumont Selected Stories by Charles Beaumont

1988
Midnight Pleasures by Robert Bloch
Scared Stiff by Ramsey Campbell
Strange Monsters Of The Recent Past by Howard Waldrop
The Essential Ellison: A 35 Year Retrospective by Harlan Ellison

Best Novella Awards

1994
Caroline and Caleb by Richard Gilliam
Flashback by Dan Simmons
Mefisto In Onyx by Harlan Ellison
The Night We Buried Road Dog by Jack Cady (winner)

Best Novellette Awards

2001
In Shock by Joyce Carol Oates
God Screamed and Screamed, Then I Ate Him by Lawrence P Santoro
Riding the Bullet by Stephen King
The Man on the Ceiling by Melanie Tem and Steve Rasnic Tem

2000
Right to Life by Jack Ketchum
Dread in the Beast by Charlee Jacob
Mad Dog Summer by Joe R Lansdale (winner)
Five Days in April by Brian A Hopkins (winner)

1999
Leavings by Patricia D Cacek
As Above, So Below by John M Ford
What Would You Do for Love? by John Shirley
Mr. Clubb and Mr. Cuff by Peter Straub (winner)

1998
The Word by Ramsey Campbell
Everything's Eventual by Stephen King
Coppola's Dracula by Kim Newman
The Zombies of Madison County by Douglas E Winter
The Big Blow by Joe R Lansdale (winner)

1997
Kilroy Was Here by Jack Cady
The Thing from Lover's Lane by Nancy A Collins
Brimstone and Salt by S P Somtow

1996
Baby Girl Diamond by Adam-Troy Castro
Looking for Mr Flip by Thomas F Monteleone
Lover Doll by Wayne Allen Sallee
Lunch at the Gotham Cafe by Stephen King (winner)

1995
Sometimes, in the Rain by Charles L Grant
Buba Ho-tep by Joe R Lansdale
The Alchemy of the Throat by Brian Hodge
The Siren of Swan Quarter by William Trotter
The Scent of Vinegar by Robert Bloch (winner)

1994
Colour by Michael Moorcock
Darker Angels by S P Somtow
Death on the Nile by Connie Willis
Death in Bangkok by Dan Simmons (winner)

1993
Nothing Will Hurt You by David Morrell
The Shrine by David Morrell
For You, the Living by Wayne Allen Sallee
Aliens: Tribes by Stephen Bissette (winner)
The Events Concerning a Nude Fold-Out Found in a Harlequin Romance by Joe R Lansdale (winner)

1992
Fetish by Edward Bryant
Death Leaves an Echo by Charles de Lint
Advocates by Suzy McKee Charnas and Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
Magpie by Stephen Gallagher
The Beautiful Uncut Hair of Graves by David Morrell (winner)

1991
Bestseller by Michael Blumlein
Entropy's Bed at Midnight by Dan Simmons
Pelts by F Paul Wilson
The Langoliers by Stephen King
Stephen by Elizabeth Massie (winner)

1990
The Confessions of St. James by Chet Williamson
At First Just Ghostly by Karl Edward Wagner
Phantom by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
On the Far Side of the Cadillac Desert with Dead Folks by Joe R Lansdale (winner)

1989
The Skin Trade by George R R Martin
The Function of Dream Sleep by Harlan Ellison
The Juniper Tree by Peter Straub
The Night Flier by Stephen King
Horrorshow by John Farris
Orange Is for Anguish, Blue Is for Insanity by David Morrell (winner)

1988
Pamela's Get by David J Schow
Resurrec Tech by S P Somtow
The Pear-Shaped Man by George R R Martin (winner)
The Boy Who Came Back from the Dead by Alan Rodgers (winner)

Best Short Story Awards

2001
Mexican Moon by Karen E Taylor
Gone by Jack Ketchum
Fallen Angel by Robert J Sawyer
Dead Cat Bounce by Gerard Daniel Houarner

2000
Halloween Street by Steve Rasnic Tem
The Entertainment by Ramsey Campbell
The Grave by Patricia D Cacek
Aftershock by F Paul Wilson (winner)

1999
Blues-Born by Tina L Jens
Autopsy Room Four by Stephen King
The Rug by Edo van Belkom
The Dead Boy at Your Window by Bruce Holland Rogers (winner)

1998
I Am Infinite; I Contain Multitudes by Douglas Clegg
A Plague on Both Your Houses by Scott Edelman
Madame Babylon by Brian Hodge
Rat Food by David Nickle and Edo van Belkom (winner)

1997
The Slobbering Tongue that Ate the Frightfully Huge Woman by Robert Devereaux
The House of Mourning by Brian Stableford
The Secret Shih Tan by Graham Masterton
Plan 10 from Inner Space by Karl Edward Wagner
Metalica by Patricia D Cacek (winner)

1996
Becky Lives by Harry Crews
The Bungalow House by Thomas Ligotti
The Death of the Novel by William Browning Spencer
Chatting with Anubis by Harlan Ellison (winner)

1995
Mr Torso by Edward Lee
Things of Which We Do Not Speak by Lucy Taylor
The Box by Jack Ketchum (winner)
Cafe Endless: Spring Rain by Nancy Holder (winner)

1994
Death Fiend Guerillas by William S Burroughs
Distances by Sherman Alexie
The Dog Park by Dennis Etchison
Pain Grin by Wayne Allen Sallee
I Hear the Mermaids Singing by Nancy Holder (winner)

1993
Farm Wife by Nancy Kilpatrick
Did They Get You to Trade? by Karl Edward Wagner
Come One, Come All by Gahan Wilson
Bright Lights, Big Zombie by Douglas E Winter
This Year's Class Picture by Dan Simmons (winner)

1992
The Ash of Memory, the Dust of Desire by Poppy Z Brite
Love Doll: A Fable by Joe R Lansdale
The Braille Encyclopedia by Grant Morrison
Wolf Winter by Maxine O'Callaghan
Richard's Head by Al Sarrantonio
Lady Madonna by Nancy Holder (winner)

1991
Back Windows by Steve Rasnic Tem
But You'll Never Follow Me by Karl Edward Wagner
From the Papers of Helmut Hecker by Chet Williamson
The Loneliest Number by Edward Bryant
The Calling by David B Silva (winner)

1990
A Sad Last Love at the Diner of the Damned by Edward Bryant
Bodies and Heads by Steve Rasnic Tem
Each Night, Each Year by Kathryn Ptacek
'Yore Skin's Jes's Soft 'n Purdy,' He Said by Chet Williamson
Eat Me by Robert R McCammon (winner)

1989
The Young Thing at the Top of the Stairs by Ray Bradbury
The Music of the Dark Time by Chet Williamson
Jack's Decline by Lucius Shepard
Nobody Lives There Now by Carol Orlock
Night They Missed the Horror Show by Joe R Lansdale (winner)

1988
Friend's Best Man by Jonathan Carroll
This Old Man by Charles L Grant
Day-Tay-Vao by F Paul Wilson
Traps by F Paul Wilson
The Deep End by Robert R McCammon (winner)