The Horror Writers Association (HWA) has announced the finalists for the 2025 Bram Stoker Awards for Superior Achievement. The HWA is the premier writers’ organization in the horror and dark fiction genre, and they have presented the Bram Stoker Awards in various categories since 1987. The 2025 Bram Stoker Awards® will be announced during StokerCon 2026, to be held June 4-7, 2026 in Pittsburgh PA.

For more information check out the Bram Stoker Awards Website.

Here are the finalists for 2024 that are in the TBP collection.

Superior Achievement in an Anthology

END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT: NEW TALES OF STEPHEN KING’S THE STAND edited by Christopher Golden and Brian Keene (DB 132544, BR 26600 IN PROCESS)

Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection

ACQUIRED TASTE: CHILLING STORIES by Clay McLeod Chapman (DB 134413 IN PROCESS)

TEENAGE GIRLS CAN BE DEMONS by Hailey Piper (IN PROCESS)

Superior Achievement in a First Novel

MOONFLOW by Bitter Karella (DB 132423)

FACELESS THING WE ADORE by Hester Steel (DB 132173 IN PROCESS)

LISTEN TO YOUR SISTER by Neena Viel (DB 127453)

OCTOBER FILM HAUNT by Michael Wehunt (DB 133147)

Superior Achievement in a Middle Grade Novel

MYSTERY JAMES DIGS HER OWN GRAVE by Ally Russell (DB 132671)

Superior Achievement in a Novel

WITCHCRAFT FOR WAYWARD GIRLS by Grady Hendrix (DB 126950, BR 25753, LB 0002960)

KING SORROW by Joe Hill (DB 133680 IN PROCESS)

BUFFALO HUNTER HUNTER by Stephen Graham Jones (DB 128581, BR 26200 IN PROCESS)

BEWITCHING by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (DB 131290, LB 0005631)

GIRL IN THE CREEK by Wendy N. Wagner (DB 131011)

Superior Achievement in a Young Adult Novel

SHINY HAPPY PEOPLE by Clay McLeod Chapman (DB 133187)

BEAUTIFUL BRUTAL BODIES by Linda Cheng (DB 133643 IN PROCESS)

WE’RE NOT SAFE HERE by Rin Chupeco (IN PROCESS)

SILENCED by Diana Rodriguez Wallach (DB 132665)

GIRL WALKS INTO THE FOREST by Madeleine Roux (DB 130503, BR 26404 IN PROCESS)