2010 Bram Stoker Award Winners

The World Horror Convention was held over the weekend in Brighton and the 2010 Bram Stoker Award Winners were announced.  

 

Best Novel: Audrey’s Door by Sarah Langan

 

 

Best First Novel: Damnable by Hank Schwaeble

2010 Bram Stoker Preliminary Ballot

 

 

Horror Writers Association announces 2010 Stoker Preliminary:

The following works have been recommended for inclusion in the preliminary ballot for this year’s Stoker Awards. In the coming weeks, the votes will be cast and counted, after which, the nominees will be announced.

Superior Achievement in a NOVEL

VIPERS by Lawrence C. Connolly 

SIREN by John Everson 

HORNS by Joe Hill 

IT CAME FROM DEL RIO by Stephen Graham Jones 

SPARROW ROCK by Nate Kenyon 

DESPERATE SOULS by Gregory Lamberson 

THE FRENZY WAY by Gregory Lamberson 

ROT AND RUIN by Jonathan Maberry 

APOCALYPSE OF THE DEAD by Joe McKinney 

EMPIRE OF SALT by Weston Ochse 

DWELLER by Jeff Strand 

A DARK MATTER by Peter Straub 

Superior Achievement in a FIRST NOVEL

MR. SHIVERS by Robert Jackson Bennett 

FREEK CAMP by Steve Burt 

THE MAN OF MYSTERY HILL by Tracy L. Carbone 

BLACK AND ORANGE by Benjamin Kane Ethridge 

CARNIVAL OF FEAR by J.G. Faherty 

A BOOK OF TONGUES by Gemma Files 

AT THE END OF CHURCH STREET by Gregory Hall 

MADIGAN MINE by Kirstyn McDermott 

CASTLE OF LOS ANGELES by Lisa Morton 

SPELLBENT by Lucy Snyder 

Superior Achievement in LONG FICTION

THE DOCTOR, THE KID, AND THE GHOSTS IN THE LAKE by Mort Castle 

REQUIEM FOR THE BURNING GOD by Shane Jiraiya Cummings

THE PAINTED DARKNESS by Brian James Freeman

CHASING THE DRAGON by Nicholas Kaufmann 

DREAMS IN BLACK AND WHITE by John R. Little 

DISSOLUTION by Lisa Mannetti 

BLEMISH by Joe McKinney 

THE SAMHANACH by Lisa Morton 

JADE by Gene O’Neill 

INVISIBLE FENCES by Norman Prentiss

 

The Stoker Awards, like the Oscars, are non-juried awards. Any work of Horror first published in the English language may be considered for a Stoker during the year of its publication. The HWA membership at large recommends worthy works for consideration. A preliminary ballot is compiled using a formula based on recommendations. Two rounds of voting by our Active members determine first the finalists, and then the winners. The winners are announced and the awards presented at a gala banquet held in conjunction with HWA’s annual conference, usually in June.

Stay tuned to find out who makes it onto the 2010 nominations list.

http://www.horror.org/news-2010stokerprelim.htm

http://www.horror.org/stokers.htm

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