Tuesday, April 01, 2008

Stoking the Horror Genre

The winners of the annual Bram Stoker Awards were announced yesterday, March 30, during the Horror Writers Association banquet at the World Horror Convention in Salt Lake City, Utah. It was nice to see author Joe Hill following in his famous father’s footsteps.Here’s a complete list of the victors:

Superior Achievement in a Novel: The Missing, by Sarah Langan (Harper)

Superior Achievement in a First Novel: Heart-Shaped Box, by Joe Hill (Morrow)

Superior Achievement in Long Fiction: Afterward, There Will Be a Hallway, by Gary Braunbeck (Five Strokes to Midnight)

Superior Achievement in Short Fiction: The Gentle Brush of Wings, by David Niall Wilson (Defining Moments)

Superior Achievement in a Collection: (tie) Proverbs for Monsters, by Michael A. Arnzen (Dark Regions Press), and 5 Stories, by Peter Straub (Borderlands)

Superior Achievement in an Anthology: Five Strokes to Midnight, edited by Gary Braunbeck and Hank Schwaeble (Haunted Pelican Press)

Superior Achievement in Non-fiction: The Cryptopedia: A Dictionary of the Weird, Strange & Downright Bizarre, by Jonathan Maberry and David F. Kramer (Citadel Press / Kensington)

Superior Achievement in Poetry: (tie) Being Full of Light, Insubstantial, by Linda Addison (Space and Time), and Vectors: A Week in the Death of a Planet, by Charlee Jacob and Marge Simon (Dark Regions Press)

Lifetime Achievement Award: John Carpenter and Robert Weinberg

Richard Laymon President’s Award: Mark Worthen, Stephen Dorato, and Christopher Fulbright

A full rundown of nominees in all categories can be found here. Click here to see Sarah Langan accept her Stoker Award from F. Paul Wilson and Simon Clark. And look here and here for more footage.

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