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)
