*      Bram Stoker Award Winners

 


New! Check out the BSAs WINNERS of the year 2000!


 

The Bram Stoker Awards for Superior Achievement are given annually by the Horror Writers Association (HWA). The winners are determined by vote of the Active members of HWA, and the awards themselves are presented at HWA's Annual Meeting and Awards Banquet.

 

The following is a list of winners in four of the most important categories for the last 12 years. All the listed works were published the year before they received the award.

 

 

 

Presented in 1988

 

Novel: (tie)         MISERY    Stephen King

                            SWAN SONG     Robert McCammon

 

First Novel:         THE MANSE      Lisa Cantrell

 

Short Story:         THE DEEP END          Robert McCammon

 

Collection:          THE ESSENTIAL ELLISON          Harlan Ellison

Presented in 1989

 

Novel:                 THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS             Thomas Harris

 

First Novel:         THE SUITING    Kelley Wild

 

Short Story:         THE NIGHT THEY MISSED

THE HORROR SHOW                   Joe R. Lansdale

        

Collection:          CHARLES BEAUMONT:

SELECTED STORIES           Charles Beaumont

Presented in 1990

 

Novel:                 CARRION COMFORT          Dan Simmons

 

First Novel:         SUNGLASSES AFTER DARK       Nancy Collins

 

Short Story:         EAT ME    Robert McCammon

 

Collection:          RICHARD MATHESON:

                            COLLECTED STORIES        Richard Matheson

Presented in 1991

 

Novel:                 MINE         Robert McCammon

 

First Novel:         THE REVELATION     Bentley little

 

Short Story:         THE CALLING   David B. Silva

 

Collection:          FOUR PAST MIDNIGHT      Stephen King

Presented in 1992

 

Novel:                 BOY'S LIFE        Robert McCammon

 

First Novel: (tie) THE CIPHER      Kathe Koja

                            PRODIGAL         Melanie Tem

 

Short Story:         LADY MADONNA      Nancy Holder

 

Collection:          PRAYERS TO BROKEN STONES         Dan Simmons

Presented in 1993

 

Novel:                 BLOOD OF THE LAMB       Thomas Monteleone

 

First Novel:         SIN EATER        Elizabeth Massie

 

Short Story:         THIS YEAR'S CLASS PICTURE   Dan Simmons

 

Collection:          MR FOX AND OTHER

FERAL TALES            Norman Partridge

Presented in 1994

 

Novel:                 THE THROAT             Peter Straub

 

First Novel:         THE THREAD THAT

                            BINDS THE BONES             Nina Kiriki Hoffman

 

Short Story:         I HEAR THE MERMAIDS SINGING      Nancy Holder

 

Collection:          ALONE WITH THE HORRORS    Ramsey Campbell

Presented in 1995

 

Novel:                 DEAD IN THE WATER        Nancy Holder

 

First Novel:         GRAVE MARKINGS   Michael Arnzin

 

Short Story: (tie) THE BOX           Jack Ketchum

                            CAFE ENDLESS: SPRING RAIN           Nancy Holder

 

Collection:          THE EARLY FEARS            Robert Bloch

Presented in 1996

 

Novel:                 ZOMBIE              Joyce Carol Oates

 

First Novel:         THE SAFETY OF UNKNOWN CITIES  Lucy Taylor

 

Short Story:         CHATTING WITH ANUBIS          Harlan Ellison

 

Collection:          THE PANIC HAND     Jonathan Carroll

Presented in 1997

 

Novel:                 THE GREEN MILE               Stephen King

 

First Novel:         CROTA               Owl Goingback

 

Short Story:         METALICA        P. D. Cacek

 

Collection:          THE NIGHTMARE FACTORY     Thomas Ligotti

Presented in 1998

 

Novel:                 CHILDREN OF THE DUSK  J.Berliner & G.Guthridge

 

First Novel:         LIVES OF THE MONSTER DOGS         Kirsten Bakis

 

Short Story:         RAT FOOD         Edo Van Belkom & David Nickle

 

Collection:          EXORCISMS AND ECSTASIES  K.E.Wagner & S.Jones

Presented in 1999

 

Novel:                 BAG OF BONES          Stephen King

 

First Novel:         DAWN SONG     Michael Marano

 

Short Story:         THE DEAD BOY

AT YOUR WINDOW            B. Holland Rogers

 

Collection:          BLACK BUTTERFLIES        John Shirley

 

 

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