Bram Stoker Award

De Bram Stoker Award is een literatuurprijs voor het genre horror & dark fantasy die jaarlijks wordt uitgereikt door de Horror Writers Association (HWA) tijdens de World Horror Convention.

The Horror Writers Association (HWA) is een wereldwijde organisatie van schrijvers en uitgevers die zich tot doel heeft gesteld het genre horror & dark fantasy te promoten en het schrijven hiervan te stimuleren. Het HWA werd eind jaren 80 opgericht, met behulp van onder meer de schrijvers Dean Koontz, Robert R. McCammon en Joe R. Lansdale. De prijs is vernoemd naar schrijver Bram Stoker, auteur van onder meer Dracula.

Vandaag de dag met meer dan 1.000 leden van over de gehele wereld, is het de meest gerespecteerde literatuurgenre-organisatie onder de horrorschrijvers en -uitgevers. Het HWA organiseert jaarlijks de World Horror Convention, waarbij de Bram Stoker Award wordt uitgereikt. De jury hiervoor wordt voor elke conventie samengesteld uit haar leden.

• Novel (1987–)
• First Novel (1987–)
• Young Adult Novel (2011–)
• Graphic Novel (2011–)
• Long Fiction (1987–)
• Short Fiction (1987–)
• Anthology (1998–)
• Fiction Collection (1998–)
• Poetry Collection (2000–)
• Non-Fiction (1987–)
• Short Non-Fiction (2019–)
• Screenplay (1998–2004, 2011–)
• Lifetime Achievement (1987–)

• 2022 The Devil Takes You Home - Gabino Iglesias
• 2021 My Heart is a Chainsaw - Stephen Graham Jones
• 2020 The Only Good Indians - Stephen Graham Jones
• 2019 Coyote Rage - Owl Goingback
• 2018 The Cabin at the End of the World - Paul G. Tremblay
• 2017 Ararat - Christopher Golden
• 2016 The Fisherman - John Langan
• 2015 A Head Full of Ghosts - Paul G. Tremblay
• 2014 Blood Kin - Steve Rasnic Tem
• 2013 Dr. Sleep - Stephen King
• 2012 The Drowning Girl - Caitlin R. Kiernan
• 2011 Flesh Eaters - Joe McKinney
• 2010 A Dark Matter - Peter Straub
• 2009 Audrey's Door - Sarah Langan
• 2008 Sarah Langan - Stephen King
• 2007 The Missing - Sarah Langan
• 2006 Lisey's Story - Stephen King
• 2005 Dread in the Beast - Charlee Jacob (ex aequo)
• 2005 Creepers - David Morrell (ex aequo)
• 2004 In the Night Room - Peter Straub
• 2003 Lost Boy, Lost Girl - Peter Straub
• 2002 The Night Class - Tom Piccirilli
• 2001 American Gods - Neil Gaiman
• 2000 The Traveling Vampire Show - Richard Laymon
• 1999 Mr. X - Peter Straub
• 1998 Bag of Bones - Stephen King
• 1997 Children of the Dusk - Janet Berliner en George Guthridge
• 1996 The Green Mile - Stephen King
• 1995 Zombie - Joyce Carol Oates
• 1994 Dead in the Water - Nancy Holder
• 1993 The Throat - Peter Straub
• 1992 Blood of the Lamb - Thomas F. Monteleone
• 1991 Boy's Life - Robert R. McCammon
• 1990 Mine - Robert R. McCammon
• 1989 Carrion Comfort - Dan Simmons
• 1988 The Silence of the Lambs - Thomas Harris
• 1987 Swan Song - Robert R. McCammon (ex aequo)
• 1987 Misery - Stephen King (ex aequo)

• 2022 Beulah - Christi Nogle
• 2021 Queen of Teeth - Hailey Piper
• 2020 The Fourth Whore - EV Knight
• 2019 The Bone Weaver's Orchard - Sarah Read
• 2018 The Rust Maidens - Gwendolyn Kiste
• 2017 Cold Cuts - Robert Payne Cabeen
• 2016 Haven - Tom Deady
• 2015 Mr. Suicide - Nicole Cushing
• 2014 Mr. Wicker - Maria Alexander
• 2013 The Evolutionist - Rena Mason
• 2012 Life Rage - L.L. Soares
• 2011 Isis Unbound - Allyson Bird
• 2010 The Castle of Los Angeles - Lisa Morton
• 2010 Black & Orange - Benjamin Kane Ethridge
• 2009 Damnable - Hank Schwaeble
• 2008 The Gentling Box - Lisa Mannetti
• 2007 Heart-Shaped Box - Joe Hill
• 2006 Ghost Road Blues - Jonathan Maberry
• 2005 Scarecrow Gods - Weston Ochse
• 2004 Stained - Lee Thomas (ex aequo)
• 2004 Covenant - John Everson (ex aequo)
• 2003 The Rising - Brian Keene
• 2002 The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold
• 2001 Deadliest of the Species - Michael Oliveri
• 2000 The Licking Valley Coon Hunters Club - Brian A. Hopkins
• 1999 Wither - J.G. Passarella
• 1998 Dawn Song - Michael Marano
• 1997 Lives of the Monster Dogs - Kirsten Bakis
• 1996 Crota - Owl Goingback
• 1995 The Safety of Unknown Cities - Lucy Taylor
• 1994 Grave Markings - Michael Arnzen
• 1993 The Thread that Binds the Bones - Nina Kiriki Hoffman
• 1992 Sineater - Elizabeth Massie
• 1991 Prodigal - Melanie Tem (ex aequo)
• 1991 The Cipher - Kathe Koja (ex aequo)
• 1990 The Revelation - Bentley Little
• 1989 Sunglasses After Dark - Nancy A. Collins
• 1988 The Suiting - Kelley Wilde
• 1987 The Manse - Lisa Cantrell

• 2022 The Triangle - Robert P. Ottone
• 2021 The River Has Teeth - Erica Waters
• 2020 Clown in a Cornfield - Adam Cesare
• 2019 Oware Mosaic - Nzondi
• 2018 The Dark Descendent of Elizabeth Frankenstein - Kiersten White
• 2017 The Last Harvest - Kim Liggett
• 2016 Snowed - Maria Alexander
• 2015 Devil's Pocket - John Dixon
• 2014 Phoenix Island - John Dixon
• 2013 Dog Days - Joe McKinney
• 2012 Flesh and Bone - Jonathan Maberry
• 2011 Dust and Decay' - Jonathan Maberry
• 2011 The Screaming Season' - Nancy Holder

• 2022 Kolchak: The Night Stalker: 50th Anniversary - James Aquilone
• 2021 The Inhabitant of the Lake - Stefano Cardoselli en Alessandro Manzetti
• 2020 Mary Shelley Presents - Chiara Di Francia, Nancy Holder en Amelia Woo
• 2019 Snow, Glass, Apples - Colleen Doran en Neil Gaiman
• 2018 Victor LaValle's Destroyer - Joana Lafuente, Victor LaValle en Dietrich Smith
• 2017 Kindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation - Octavia E. Butler en Damian Duffy
• 2016 Kolchak the Night Stalker: The Forgotten Lore of Edgar Allan Poe - James Chambers
• 2015 Shadow Show: Stories in Celebration of Ray Bradbury - Mort Castle, Carlos Guzman, Chris Ryall en Sam Weller
• 2014 Bad Blood - Tyler Crook en Jonathan Maberry
• 2013 Alabaster: Wolves - Caitlin R. Kiernan
• 2012 Witch Hunts: A Graphic History of the Burning Times - Lisa Morton en Rocky Wood
• 2011 Neonomicon - Alan Moore

• 2022 And in Her Smile, the World - Rebecca J. Allred en Gordon B. White
• 2021 Twentieth Anniversary Screening - Jeff Strand
• 2020 Night of the Mannequins - Stephen Graham Jones
• 2019 Up from Slavery - Victor LaValle
• 2018 The Devil's Throat - Rena Mason
• 2017 Mapping the Interior - Stephen Graham Jones
• 2016 The Winter Box - Tim Waggoner
• 2015 Little Dead Red - Mercedes M. Yardley
• 2014 Fishing for Dinosaurs - Joe R. Lansdale
• 2013 The Great Pity - Gary Braunbeck
• 2012 The Blue Heron - Gene O'Neill
• 2011 The Ballad of Ballard and Sandrine - Peter Straub
• 2010 Invisible Fences - Norman Prentiss
• 2009 The Lucid Dreaming - Lisa Morton
• 2008 Miranda - John R. Little
• 2007 Afterward, There Will Be A Hallway - Gary Braunbeck
• 2006 Dark Harvest - Norman Partridge
• 2005 Best New Horror - Joe Hill
• 2004 The Turtle Boy - Kealan Patrick Burke
• 2003 Closing Time - Jack Ketchum
• 2002 My Work is Not Yet Done - Thomas Ligotti (ex aequo)
• 2002 El Dia de Los Muertos - Brian A. Hopkins (ex aequo)
• 2001 In These Final Days of Sales - Tim Lebbon
• 2000 The Man on the Ceiling - Melanie Tem en Steve Rasnic Tem
• 1999 Mad Dog Summer - Joe R. Lansdale (ex aequo)
• 1999 Five Days in April - Brian A. Hopkins (ex aequo)
• 1998 Mr. Clubb and Mr. Cuff - Peter Straub
• 1997 The Big Blow - Joe R. Lansdale
• 1996 The Red Tower - Thomas Ligotti
• 1995 Lunch at the Gotham Cafe - Stephen King
• 1994 The Scent of Vinegar - Robert Bloch
• 1993 The Night We Buried Road Dog - Jack Cady^[2]
• 1993 Mefisto in Onyx - Harlan Ellison
• 1993 Death in Bangkok - Dan Simmons
• 1992 The Events Concerning a Nude Fold-Out Found in a Harlequin Romance - Joe R. Lansdale (ex aequo)
• 1992 Alien: Tribes - Stephen Bissette (ex aequo)
• 1991 The Beautiful Uncut Hair of Graves - David Morrell
• 1990 Stephen - Elizabeth Massie
• 1989 On the Far Side of the Cadillac Desert With Dead Folks - Joe R. Lansdale
• 1988 Orange is for Anguish, Blue for Insanity - David Morrell
• 1987 The Boy Who Came Back From The Dead - Alan Rodgers (ex aequo)
• 1987 The Pear-Shaped Man - George R. R. Martin (ex aequo)

• 2022 Breakable Things - Cassandra Khaw
• 2021 In That Endlessness, Our End - Gemma Files
• 2020 Grotesque: Monster Stories - Lee Murray
• 2019 Growing Things and Other Stories - Paul Tremblay
• 2018 That Which Grows Wild - Eric J. Guignard
• 2017 Strange Weather - Joe Hill
• 2016 The Doll-Master and Other Tales of Terror - Joyce Carol Oates
• 2015 While the Black Stars Burn - Lucy A. Snyder
• 2014 Soft Apocalypses - Lucy A. Snyder
• 2013 The Beautiful Thing That Awaits Us All and Other Stories - Laird Barron
• 2012 Black Dahlia and White Rose: Stories - Joyce Carol Oates (ex aequo)
• 2012 New Moon on the Water - Mort Castle (ex aequo)
• 2011 The Corn Maiden and Other Nightmares - Joyce Carol Oates
• 2010 Full Dark, No Stars - Stephen King
• 2009 A Taste of Tenderloin - Gene O'Neill
• 2008 Just After Sunset - Stephen King
• 2007 5 Stories - Peter Straub (ex aequo)
• 2007 Proverbs for Monsters - Michael A. Arnzen (ex aequo)
• 2006 Destinations Unknown - Gary A. Braunbeck
• 2005 20th Century Ghosts - Joe Hill
• 2004 Fearful Symmetries - Thomas F. Monteleone
• 2003 Peaceable Kingdom - Jack Ketchum
• 2002 One More for the Road - Ray Bradbury
• 2001 The Man with the Barbed-Wire Fists - Norman Partridge
• 2000 Magic Terror - Peter Straub
• 1999 The Nightmare Chronicles - Douglas Clegg
• 1998 Black Butterflies - John Shirley
• 1997 Exorcisms and Ecstasies - Karl Edward Wagner
• 1996 The Nightmare Factory - Thomas Ligotti
• 1995 The Panic Hand - Jonathan Carroll
• 1994 The Early Fears - Robert Bloch
• 1993 Alone With The Horrors - Ramsey Campbell
• 1992 Mr. Fox and Other Feral Tales - Norman Partridge
• 1991 Prayers to Broken Stones - Dan Simmons
• 1990 Four Past Midnight - Stephen King
• 1989 Richard Matheson: Collected Stories - Richard Matheson
• 1988 Charles Beaumont: Selected Stories - Charles Beaumont
• 1987 The Essential Ellison - Harlan Ellison

• 2022 The Black Phone - Scott Derrickson en C. Robert Cargill (ex aequo)
• 2022 Chapter One: The Hellfire Club^[4] - Matt en Ross Duffer (ex aequo)
• 2021 Book VI: Acts of the Apostles ^[5] - Mike Flanagan, James Flanagan en Jeff Howard
• 2020 The Invisible Man - Leigh Whannell
• 2019 Us - Jordan Peele
• 2018 The Bent-Neck Lady ^[6] - Meredith Averill
• 2017 Get Out - Jordan Peele
• 2016 The Witch - Robert Eggers
• 2015 It Follows - David Robert Mitchell
• 2014 The Babadook - Jennifer Kent
• 2013 Welcome to the Tombs ^[7] - Glen Mazzara
• 2012 The Cabin in the Woods - Joss Whedon en Drew Goddard
• 2011 Afterbirth ^[8]- Jessica Sharzer
• 2005 Shaun of the Dead - Simon Pegg en Edgar Wright (ex aequo)
• 2004 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Charlie Kaufman, Michel Gondry en Pierre Bismuth (ex aequo)
• 2003 Bubba Ho-Tep - Don Coscarelli
• 2002 Frailty - Brent Hanley
• 2001 Memento - Christopher en Jonathan Nolan
• 2000 Shadow of the Vampire - Steven Katz
• 1999 The Sixth Sense - M. Night Shyamalan
• 1998 Gods and Monsters - Bill Condon (ex aequo)
• 1998 Dark City - Alex Proyas (ex aequo)

Een kandidaat voor een Lifetime Achievement Award moet in het jaar van de uitreiking minimaal zestig zijn, nog in leven zijn en minimal 35 jaar daarvoor zijn of haar eerste horrorwerk hebben voortgebracht. Een Lifetime Achievement Award kan ook naar iemand anders dan een schrijver binnen het horrorgenre gaan, zoals een regisseur of acteur. Winnaars hebben niet zelden eerder legio Bram Stoker Awards gewonnen, zoals in het geval van Bloch, Ellison, King, Straub en Lansdale:

Winnaars:

• 2022 John Saul– Nuzo Onoh
• 2021 Jo Fletcher – Nancy Holder– Koji Suzuki
• 2020 Carol J. Clover – Jewelle Gomez– Jewelle Gomez
• 2019 Owl Goingback – Thomas Ligotti
• 2018 Graham Masterton
• 2017 Linda Addison
• 2016 Dennis Etchison – Thomas Monteleone
• 2015 Alan Moore – George A. Romero
• 2014 Jack Ketchum – Tanith Lee
• 2013 R. L. Stine - Stephen Jones
• 2012 Clive Barker - Robert McCammon
• 2011 Rick Hautala - Joe R. Lansdale
• 2010 Ellen Datlow - Al Feldstein
• 2009 Brian Lumley - William F. Nolan
• 2008 F. Paul Wilson - Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
• 2007 John Carpenter - Robert Weinberg
• 2006 Thomas Harris
• 2005 Peter Straub
• 2004 Michael Moorcock
• 2003 Anne Rice - Martin H. Greenberg
• 2002 Stephen King - J.N. Williamson
• 2001 John Farris
• 2000 Nigel Kneale
• 1999 Edward Gorey - Charles L. Grant
• 1998 Ramsey Campbell - Roger Corman
• 1997 William Peter Blatty - Jack Williamson
• 1996 Ira Levin - Forrest J. Ackerman
• 1995 Harlan Ellison
• 1994 Christopher Lee
• 1993 Joyce Carol Oates
• 1992 Ray Russell
• 1991 Gahan Wilson
• 1990 Hugh B. Cave - Richard Matheson
• 1989 Robert Bloch
• 1988 Ray Bradbury - Ronald Chetwynd-Hayes
• 1987 Fritz Leiber - Frank Belknap Long; Clifford D. Simak

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