Bram Stoker Awards

The Horror Writers Association (HWA) gives the Bram Stoker Awards for Superior Achievement annually. 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.


2003 (presented in 2004)
Novel lost boy lost girl by Peter Straub (Random House)

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First Novel The Rising by Brian Keene (Leisure Books)

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Collection Peaceable Kingdom by Jack Ketchum (Leisure Books)

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Anthology Borderlands 5 edited by Elizabeth and Thomas Monteleone (Borderlands Press)

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Nonfiction The Mothers and Fathers Italian Association by Thomas F. Monteleone (Borderlands Press)

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Illustrated Narrative The Sandman: Endless Nights by Neil Gaiman

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Screenplay Bubba Ho-Tep by Don Coscarelli (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)

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Work for Young Readers Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J. K Rowling (Scholastic)

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Poetry Collection Pitchblende by Bruce Boston (Dark Regions Press)

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Alternative Forms The Goreletter (email newsletter) by Michael Arnzen

Lifetime Achievement Award

Martin H. Greenberg, Anne Rice


2002 (presented in 2003)
Novel The Night Class by Tom Piccirilli (Leisure)

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First Novel The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold (Little, Brown)

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Collection One More for the Road by Ray Bradbury (Morrow)

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Anthology The Darker Side edited by John Pelan (Roc)

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Nonfiction Ramsey Campbell, Probably by Ramsey Campbell (PS Publishing)

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Screenplay Frailty by Brent Hanley (Lion's Gate Films)

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Work for Young Readers Coraline by Neil Gaiman (HarperCollins)

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Poetry Collection The Gossamer Eye by Mark McLaughlin, Rain Graves, and David Niall Wilson (Meisha Merlin)

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Alternative Forms Imagination Box (multimedia CD) by Steve and Melanie Tem (Lone Wolf Publications)

Lifetime Achievement Award

Stephen King, J.N. Williamson


2001 (presented in 2002)
Novel American Gods by Neil Gaiman

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First Novel Deadliest of the Species by Michael Oliveri

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Collection The Man with the Barbed-Wire Fists by Norman Partridge

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Anthology Extremes 2: Fantasy and Horror from the Ends of the Earth edited by Brian A. Hopkins

Nonfiction Jobs in Hell edited by Brian Keene

Screenplay Memento by Christopher & Jonathan Nolan

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Work for Young Readers The Willow Files 2 by Yvonne Navarro

Poetry Collection Consumed, Reduced to Beautiful Grey Ashes by Linda Addison

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Alternative Forms Dark Dreamers: Facing the Masters of Fear by Beth Gwinn & Stanley Wiater

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Lifetime Achievement Award

John Farris


2000
Novel The Traveling Vampire Show by Richard Laymon

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First Novel The Licking Valley Coon Hunters Club by Brian A. Hopkins

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Collection Magic Terror by Peter Straub

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Anthology The Year's Best Fantasy & Horror, 13th Annual Collection edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling

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Nonfiction On Writing by Stephen King

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1999
Novel Mr. X by Peter Straub

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First Novel Wither by J.G. Passarella

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Collection The Nightmare Chronicles by Douglas Clegg

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Anthology 999: New Stories of Horror and Suspense edited by Al Sarrantonio

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Nonfiction DarkEcho edited by Paula Guran


1998
Novel Bag of Bones by Stephen King

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First Novel Dawn Song by Michael Marano

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Collection Black Butterflies by John Shirley

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Anthology Horrors!: 365 Scary Stories edited by Stefan Dziemianowicz, Martin H. Greenberg & Robert Weinberg

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Nonfiction DarkEcho Newsletter, Vol. 5, #1-50 by Paula Guran


1997
Novel Children of the Dusk by Janet Berliner & George Guthridge

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First Novel Lives of the Monster Dogs by Kirsten Bakis

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Collection Exorcisms and Ecstasies by Karl Edward Wagner

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Nonfiction Dark Thoughts: On Writing by Stanley Wiater

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1996
Novel The Green Mile by Stephen King

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First Novel Crota by Owl Goingback

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Collection The Nightmare Factory by Thomas Ligotti, Poppy Z. Brite

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1995
Novel Zombie by Joyce Carol Oates

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First Novel The Safety of Unknown Cities by Lucy Taylor

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Collection The Panic Hand by Jonathan Carroll

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1994
Novel Dead in the Water by Nancy Holder

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First Novel Grave Markings by Michael Arnzen

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Collection The Early Fears by Robert Bloch

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1993
Novel The Throat by Peter Straub

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First Novel The Thread that Binds the Bones by Nina Kiriki Hoffman

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Collection Alone With The Horrors by Ramsey Campbell

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1992
Novel Blood of the Lamb by Thomas F. Monteleone

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First Novel Sineater by Elizabeth Massie

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Collection Mr Fox and Other Feral Tales by Norman Partridge

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1991
Novel Boy's Life by Robert R. McCammon

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First Novel .. Tie The Cipher by Kathe Koja

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First Novel .. Tie Prodigal by Melanie Tem

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Collection Prayers to Broken Stones by Dan Simmons

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1990
Novel Mine by Robert R. McCammon

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First Novel The Revelation by Bentley Little

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Collection Four Past Midnight by Stephen King

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1989
Novel Carrion Comfort by Dan Simmons

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First Novel Sunglasses After Dark by Nancy A. Collins

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Collection Richard Matheson: Collected Stories by Richard Matheson

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1988
Novel The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris

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First Novel The Suiting by Kelley Wilde

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Collection Charles Beaumont: Selected Stories by Charles Beaumont

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1987
Novel .. Tie Misery by Stephen King

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Novel .. Tie Swan Song by Robert R. McCammon

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First Novel The Manse by Lisa Cantrell

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Collection The Essential Ellison by Harlan Ellison

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