Bram Stoker Award for Best First Novel

The Bram Stoker Award for First Novel is an award presented by the Horror Writers Association (HWA) for "superior achievement" in horror writing for an author's first horror novel.

Winners and nominees

Nancy A. Collins with her 1988 Bram Stoker Award
Bram Stoker Award for Best First Novel [1][2][3]
Year Recipient Title Citation
1987 Lisa Cantrell The Manse Winner
Clive Barker The Damnation Game nominee
Rex Miller Slob Nominee
Tony Richards The Harvest Bride Nominee
Steve Rasnic Tem Excavation Nominee
1988 Kelley Wilde The Suiting by Kelley Wilde Winner
Michael Paine Cities of the Dead nominee
Kevin J. Anderson Resurrection, Inc. Nominee
Allen Lee Harris Deliver Us From Evil Nominee
J. Michael Straczynski Demon Night Nominee
John L. Byrne Fear Book Nominee
1989 Nancy A. Collins Sunglasses After Dark Winner
Tom Elliott (JW Paine) The Dwelling nominee
Douglas Clegg Goat Dance Nominee
Dean Wesley Smith Laying The Music To Rest Nominee
Jean Paiva The Lilith Factor Nominee
1990 Bentley Little The Revelation Winner
Alan Rodgers Blood of the Children nominee
Tom Piccirilli Dark Father Nominee
T. Chris Martindale Nightblood Nominee
1991 Kathe Koja The Cipher (tie) Winner
Melanie Tem Prodigal (tie) Winner
Chris Curry & L. Dean James Winter Scream Nominee
Dennis Danvers Wilderness Nominee
Ashley McConnell Unearthed Nominee
1992 Elizabeth Massie Sineater Winner
Poppy Z. Brite Lost Souls Nominee
Brian D'Amato Beauty Nominee
Gary Raisor Less Than Human Nominee
Wayne Allen Salee The Holy Terror Nominee
1993 Nina Kiriki Hoffman The Thread that Binds the Bones Winner
Yvonne Navarro Afterage Nominee
Richard Christian Matheson Created By Nominee
Anne Billson Suckers Nominee
Philip Nutman Wet Work Nominee
1994 Michael Arnzen Grave Markings Winner
Jay R. Bonansinga The Black Mariah Nominee
Robert Devereaux Deadweight Nominee
Nancy Kilpatrick Near Death Nominee
1995 Lucy Taylor The Safety of Unknown Cities Winner
Gary Bowen Diary of a Vampire Nominee
Tananarive Due The Between Nominee
Robert Girardi Madeleine's Ghost Nominee
Edo van Belkom Wyrm Wolf Nominee
1996 Owl Goingback Crota Winner
Donald R. Burleson Flute Song Nominee
Greg Kihn Horror Show Nominee
Del Stone Dead Heat Nominee
1997 Kirsten Bakis Lives of the Monster Dogs Winner
Stephen Dedman The Art of Arrow Cutting Nominee
Barry Hoffman Hungry Eyes Nominee
Mary Ann Mitchell Drawn to the Grave Nominee
Mary Murrey The Inquisitor Nominee
1998 Michael Marano Dawn Song Winner
P.D. Cacek Night Prayers Nominee
Charlee Jacob This Symbiotic Fascination Nominee
Caitlin R. Kiernan Silk Nominee
1999 J.G. Passarella Wither Winner
Steve Beai Widow's Walk Nominee
John Connolly Every Dead Thing Nominee
China Miéville King Rat Nominee
2000 Brian A. Hopkins The Licking Valley Coon Hunters Club Winner
Simon Clark Nailed by the Heart Nominee
Mark Z. Danielewski House of Leaves Nominee
Douglas E. Winter Run Nominee
2001 Michael Oliveri Deadliest of the Species Winner
Diana Barron Phantom Feast Nominee
d.g.k. goldberg Skating on the Edge Nominee
Joe Nassise Riverwatch Nominee
2002 Alice Sebold The Lovely Bones Winner
Tina Jens The Blues Ain't Nothing Nominee
Michael Laimo Atmosphere Nominee
Scott Nicholson The Red Church Nominee
2003 Brian Keene The Rising Winner
William D. Gagliani Wolf's Trap Nominee
Jeffrey Thomas Monstrocity Nominee
Jeff Vandermeer Veniss Underground Nominee
2004 John Everson Covenant (tie) Winner
Lee Thomas Stained (tie) Winner
James Kidman Black Fire Nominee
Nick Mamatas Move Under Ground Nominee
2005 Weston Ochse Scarecrow Gods Winner
Kealan Patrick Burke The Hides Nominee
Alan M. Clark and Jeremy Robert Johnson Siren Promised Nominee
2006 Jonathan Maberry Ghost Road Blues Winner
Sarah Langan The Keeper Nominee
Nate Kenyon Bloodstone Nominee
Alexandra Sokoloff The Harrowing Nominee
2007 Joe Hill Heart-Shaped Box Winner
Michael Louis Calvillo I Will Rise Nominee
John R. Little The Memory Tree Nominee
Mary SanGiovanni The Hollower Nominee
2008 Lisa Mannetti The Gentling Box Winner
Christopher Conlon Midnight on Mourn Street Nominee
Michael McCarty and Mark McLaughlin Monster Behind the Wheel Nominee
David Oppegaard The Suicide Collectors Nominee
Joel A. Sutherland Frozen Blood Nominee
2009 Hank Schwaeble Damnable Winner
S. G. Browne Breathers Nominee
Daniel G. Keohane Solomon's Grave Nominee
Paul Tremblay The Little Sleep Nominee
2010 Benjamin Kane Ethridge Black & Orange (tie) Winner
Lisa Morton The Castle of Los Angeles (tie) Winner
Gemma Files A Book of Tongues Nominee
Lucy A. Snyder Spellbent Nominee
2011 Allyson Bird Isis Unbound Winner
John Hornor Jacobs Southern Gods Nominee
Frazer Lee The Lamplighters Nominee
Thomas Roche] The Panama Laugh Nominee
Brett J. Talley That Which Should Not Be Nominee
2012 L. L. Soares Life Rage Winner
Michael Boccacino Charlotte Markham and the House of Darkling Nominee
Deborah Coates Wide Open Nominee
Charles Day The Legend of the Pumpkin Thief Nominee
Peter Dudar A Requiem for Dead Flies Nominee
Richard Gropp Bad Glass Nominee
2013 Rena Mason The Evolutionist Winner
Kate Jonez Candy House Nominee
John Mantooth The Year of the Storm Nominee
Jonathan Moore Redheads Nominee
Royce Prouty Stoker’s Manuscript Nominee
2014 Maria Alexander Mr. Wicker[4] Winner
J. D. Barker Forsaken Nominee
David Cronenberg Consumed Nominee
Michael Knost Return of the Mothman Nominee
Josh Malerman Bird Box Nominee
2015 Nicole Cushing Mr. Suicide[5] Winner
Courtney Alameda Shutter Nominee
Brian Kirk We Are Monsters Nominee
John McIlveen Hannahwhere Nominee
John Claude Smith] Riding the Centipede Nominee
2016 Tom Deady Haven Winner
Barbara Barnett The Apothecary’s Curse Nominee
Greg Chapman Hollow House Nominee
Michelle Garza & Melissa Lason Mayan Blue Nominee
Stephanie M. Wytovich The Eighth Nominee
2017 Robert Payne Cabeen Cold Cuts Winner
Andy Davidson In The Valley Of the Sun Nominee
Matt Hayward What Do Monsters Fear? Nominee
Jeremy Hepler The Boulevard Monster Nominee
Scott Thomas Kill Creek Nominee
2018 Gwendolyn Kiste The Rust Maidens Winner
Julia Fine What Should Be Wild Nominee
T.E. Grau I Am the River Nominee
Zoje Stage Baby Teeth Nominee
Tony Tremblay The Moore House Nominee
2019 Sarah Read The Bone Weaver's Orchard Winner
Gemma Amor Dear Laura Nominee
Eric J. Guignard Doorways to the Deadeye Nominee
Michelle Renee Lane Invisible Chains Nominee
Caitlin Starling The Luminous Dead Nominee
2020 EV Knight The Fourth Whore Winner
Polly Hall The Taxidermist’s Lover Nominee
Rachel Harrison The Return Nominee
Ross Jeffery Tome Nominee
Kate Reed Petty True Story Nominee

References

  1. "Past Bram Stoker Nominees & Winners". www.horror.org. Archived from the original on October 9, 2014. Retrieved May 29, 2021.
  2. "The 2013 Bram Stoker Awards® Winners". www.horror.org. Archived from the original on May 30, 2014. Retrieved May 29, 2021.
  3. "The Bram Stoker Awards 2020 – The Bram Stoker Awards". Retrieved 2021-05-29.
  4. "2014 Bram Stoker Award® Winners Announced".
  5. "2015 Bram Stoker Awards® Winners". horror.org. 15 May 2016. Retrieved 2017-03-21.
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