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Bram Stoker Awards Finalists 2025

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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)

Bram Stoker Awards Finalists 2024

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The Horror Writers Association (HWA) has announced the finalists for the 2024 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 2024 Bram Stoker Awards® will be announced on June 14.

For more information check out the Bram Stoker Awards Website.

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

Superior Achievement in an Anthology

MOTHER KNOWS BEST: TALES OF HOMEMADE HORROR Edited by Lindy Ryan (DB 121509)

Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection

SUNNY PLACE FOR SHADY PEOPLE: STORIES by Mariana Enriquez and translated by Megan McDowell (DB 124501)
DEAD SPOT: STORIES OF LOST GIRLS by Angela Sylvaine (DB 122027)

Superior Achievement in a First Novel

MIDNIGHT ROOMS: A NOVEL by Donyae Coles (DB 123362)
THIS WRETCHED VALLEY by Jenny Kiefer (DB 118975)
EYES ARE THE BEST PART by Monika Kim (DB 123143)
BLESS YOUR HEART by Lindy Ryan (DB 120250)

Superior Achievement in Long Fiction

REST STOP by Nat Cassidy (DB 127384)

Superior Achievement in Long Nonfiction

HORROR FOR WEENIES: EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE FILMS YOU’RE TOO SCARED TO WATCH by Emily C. Hughes (DB 126004 IN PROCESS)

Superior Achievement in a Middle Grade Novel

CREEPENING OF DOGWOOD HOUSE by Eden Royce (DB 127129 IN PROCESS)

Superior Achievement in a Novel

HOUSE OF BONE AND RAIN: A BARRIO NOIR by Gabino Iglesias (DB 123652)
I WAS A TEENAGER SLASHER by Stephen Graham Jones (DB 123048, BR 25572 IN PROCESS)
INCIDENTS AROUND THE HOUSE by Josh Malerman (DB 122458)
HORROR MOVIE by Paul Tremblay (DB 122459, BR 25520 IN PROCESS)

Superior Achievement in a Young Adult Novel

CLOWN IN A CORNFIELD 3: CHURCH OF FRENDO by Adam Cesare (DB 124274, BR 25687 IN PROCESS)
PLACE FOR VANISHING by Ann Fraistat (DB 125643)
LOSTING FOUNTAIN by Lora Senf (DB 126838 IN PROCESS)

Bram Stoker Awards Finalists 2023

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The Horror Writers Association (HWA) has announced the finalists for the 2023 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 2023 Bram Stoker Awards® will be announced on June 1.

For more information, see the Awards website.

Here are the finalists for 2023 that are in the TBP collection.

Superior Achievement in an Anthology

NEVER WHISTLE AT NIGHT: AN INDIGENOUS DARK FICTION ANTHOLOGY Ed. by Shane Hawk and Theodore C. Van Last, Jr. (DB 117262)
OUT THERE SCREAMING: AN ANTHOLOGY OF NEW BLACK HORROR Ed. by Jordan Peele (DB 116396)

Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection

SPIN A BLACK YARN: NOVELLAS by Josh Malerman (DB 117976)

Superior Achievement in a First Novel

SPITE HOUSE by Johnny Compton (DB 115899)
EVERYTHING THE DARKNESS EATS by Eric LaRocca (DB 116576)
MAEVE FLY by C. J. Leede (DB 116087)
EDENVILLE by Sam Rebelein (IN PROCESS)

Superior Achievement in Long Fiction

 “Rumpus Room” (WISHING POOL AND OTHER STORIES) by Tananarive Due (DB 117607)

Superior Achievement in Long Nonfiction

BLACK GUY DIES FIRST: BLACK HORROR CINEMA FROM FODDER TO ASCAR by Robin R. Means Coleman (DB 117346)
101 HORROR BOOKS TO READ BEFORE YOU’RE MURDERED by Sadie Hartmann (DB 116186)

Superior Achievement in a Middle Grade Novel

FELICE AND THE WAILING WOMAN by Diana Lopez (IN PROCESS)

Superior Achievement in a Novel

REFORMATORY by Tananarive Due (DB 117786)
HOW TO SELL A HAUNTED HOUSE by Grady Hendrix (DB 112120, LB 14730)
LONE WOMEN by Victor LaValle (DB 114718)
BLACK RIVER ORCHARD by Chuck Wendig (DB 117649 IN PROCESS)

Superior Achievement in a Young Adult Novel

FUNERAL SONGS FOR DYING GIRLS by Cherie Dimaline (DB 114346)
FIND HIM WHERE YOU LEFT HIM DEAD by Kristen Simmons (DB 117813)
HARVEST HOUSE by Cynthia Leitich Smith (DB 114339)
CAMP DAMASCUS by Chuck Tingle (DB 117023)
SHE IS A HAUNTING by Trang Tranh Tran (DB 114283)