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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1988
Unassigned Territory by Kem Nunn
Ash Wednesday by Chet Williamson
Live Girls by Ray Garton
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
The Harrowing by Alexandra Sokoloff
Bloodstone by Nate Kenyon
The Keeper by Sarah Langan
Ghost Road Blues by Jonathan Maberry (winner)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Best Collection Awards

2003
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
The Whisperer and Other Voices by Brian Lumley
As the Sun Goes Down by Tim Lebbon
The Dark Fantastic by Ed Gorman
The Man with the Barbed Wire Fists by Norman Partridge

2001
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
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

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
The Toynbee Convector by Ray Bradbury
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 [short story] by Dan Simmons
Mefisto In Onyx [short story] by Harlan Ellison
The Night We Buried Road Dog [short story] 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 [short story] by Stephen King
The Man on the Ceiling [short story] by Melanie Tem and Steve Rasnic Tem

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

1999
Leavings [short story] 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 [short story] by Stephen King
Coppola's Dracula by Kim Newman
The Zombies of Madison County by Douglas E Winter
The Big Blow [short story] 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 R Trotter
The Scent of Vinegar by Robert Bloch (winner)

1994
Colour by Michael Moorcock
Darker Angels [short story] 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 [short story] 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 [short story] by Dan Simmons
Pelts by F Paul Wilson
The Langoliers [short story] by Stephen King
Stephen [short story] 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 [short story] 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 [short story] 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)