The Bram Stoker Awards

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The Bram Stoker Award is a recognition presented annually by the Horror Writers Association (HWA) for "superior achievement" in dark fantasy and horror writing. The Awards were established in 1987 and have been presented annually. The awards will be presented in April 2021.

This is a challenge to read the nominees. Rank your favorites against the judges. Choose one category or choose them all! There is no time limit on this challenge.

This year's nominees are:

Superior Achievement in a Novel
The Boatman's Daughter by Andy Davidson
What Hell May Come by Rex Hurst
The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones
The Deep by Alma Katsu
Devil's Creek by Todd Keisling
Lake of Darkness by Scott Kenemore
Malorie by Josh Malerman
Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
The American by Jeffrey Thomas
Gone to See the River Man by Kristopher Triana

Superior Achievement in a First Novel
Belle Vue by C.S. Alleyne
The Bright Lands by John Fram
The Taxidermist's Lover by Polly Hall
The Return by Rachel Harrison
Tome by Ross Jeffery
The Fourth Whore by E.V. Knight
Fairest Flesh by K.P. Kulski
The Night Will Find Us by Matthew Lyons
The Seventh Mansion by Maryse Meijer
True Story by Kate Reed Petty

Superior Achievement in a Young Adult Novel
Clown in a Cornfield by Adam Cesare
Wranglestone by Darren Charlton
Category Five by Ann Dávila Cardinal
Bent Heavens by Daniel Kraus
Mayhem by Estelle Laure
Fractured Tide by Leslie Lutz
Girls Save the World in This One by Ash Parsons
The Bone Carver by Monique Snyman
Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas
Ghost Wood Song by Erica Waters

[Kathy]

Kathy's Ranking for Best Novel:
1. The Deep by Alma Katsu. 4 stars.
2. Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia. 4 stars.
3. The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones. 3 stars.

Superior Achievement in a Young Adult Novel

1. Clown in a Cornfield by Adam Cesare. 3.75 stars.

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Abbie’s Ranking

Mexican Gothic 4.5 stars
The Deep 4 stars
Devil's Creek 3.5 stars
The Boatman's Daughter 3 stars
The Only Good Indians 3 stars
What Hell May Come 3 stars
Malorie 3 stars
Belle Vue 3 stars
The Bright Lands 1 star

[Louise]

Louise's Ranking

Superior Achievement in a Novel
The Boatman's Daughter by Andy Davidson
What Hell May Come by Rex Hurst
The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones 11/24 3*
The Deep -5/6 4*
Devil's Creek ku
Lake of Darkness by Scott Kenemore
Malorie - 4/11 4*
Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
The American by Jeffrey Thomas
Gone to See the River Man by Kristopher Triana

Superior Achievement in a First Novel
Belle Vue by C.S. Alleyne
The Bright Lands by John Fram
The Taxidermist's Lover by Polly Hall
The Return by Rachel Harrison
Tome by Ross Jeffery
The Fourth Whore by E.V. Knight
Fairest Flesh by K.P. Kulski
The Night Will Find Us by Matthew Lyons
The Seventh Mansion by Maryse Meijer
True Story by Kate Reed Petty


Superior Achievement in a Young Adult Novel
Clown in a Cornfield by Adam Cesare
Wranglestone by Darren Charlton
Category Five by Ann Dávila Cardinal
Bent Heavens by Daniel Kraus
Mayhem by Estelle Laure
Fractured Tide by Leslie Lutz
Girls Save the World in This One by Ash Parsons
The Bone Carver by Monique Snyman
Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas
Ghost Wood Song by Erica Waters 12/10 4*

[Kathy]

2021 Bram Stoker Winners

Superior Achievement in a Novel: The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones
Superior Achievement in a First Novel: The Fourth Whore by E.V. Knight
Superior Achievement in a Young Adult Novel: Clown in a Cornfield by Adam Cesare

[Jammin Jenny]

2021 Bram Stoker Nominees


Superior Achievement in a Novel
The Boatman's Daughter by Andy Davidson
What Hell May Come by Rex Hurst
The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones
The Deep by Alma Katsu
Devil's Creek by Todd Keisling
Lake of Darkness by Scott Kenemore
Malorie by Josh Malerman
Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
The American by Jeffrey Thomas
Gone to See the River Man by Kristopher Triana

Superior Achievement in a First Novel
Belle Vue by C.S. Alleyne
The Bright Lands by John Fram
The Taxidermist's Lover by Polly Hall
The Return by Rachel Harrison
Tome by Ross Jeffery
The Fourth Whore by E.V. Knight
Fairest Flesh by K.P. Kulski
The Night Will Find Us by Matthew Lyons
The Seventh Mansion by Maryse Meijer
True Story by Kate Reed Petty

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The Bram Stoker Award is a recognition presented annually by the Horror Writers Association (HWA) for "superior achievement" in dark fantasy and horror writing. The Awards were established in 1987 and have been presented annually. The awards will be presented in April 2022.

This is a challenge to read the nominees. Rank your favorites against the judges. Choose one category or choose them all! There is no time limit on this challenge.

This year's nominees are:

Superior Achievement in a Novel
The Queen of the Cicadas by V. Castro
The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix
My Heart Is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones
Children of Chicago by Cynthia Pelayo
The Book of Accidents by Chuck Wendig

Superior Achievement in a First Novel
Helminth by S. Alessandro Martinez
When the Reckoning Comes by LaTanya McQueen
Rabbits by Terry Miles
Queen of Teeth by Hailey Piper
The Forest by Lisa Quigley
Tidepool by Nicole Willson

Superior Achievement in a Young Adult Novel
All These Bodies by Kendare Blake
The Book of the Baku by R.L. Boyle
Bad Witch Burning by Jessica Lewis
House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland
The River Has Teeth by Erica Waters

[Kathy]

Only read two so far. These are my ratings:

Superior Novel
The Book of Accidents by Chuck Wendig. 5 stars. I spent my high school years in the same area that this novel occurs. His descriptions of the rock fields (terminal moraine, where the glaciers stopped and dumped tons of rocks) is so correct! Cool pictures of rock fields - https://www.google.com/maps/uv?pb=!1s...
The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix. 4 stars. I am a huge fan of Grady Hendrix, and this is not one of his better books. You need to be a follower of slasher films to get all the nuisances in this book about final survivors. I am not!

First Novel:
Rabbits by Terry Miles. 4 stars. An interesting game that plays with multiverse theory. As a long-time geocache player, I appreciate this story. Although, I have never tumbled into another dimension - that I know of!

[Kathy]

2022 Bram Stoker Winners:

Superior Achievement in a Novel: My Heart Is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones. This author is on a roll. He won last year's prize with The Only Good Indians.
Superior Achievement in a First Novel: Queen of Teeth by Hailey Piper
Superior Achievement in a Young Adult Novel: The River Has Teeth by Erica Waters

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The 2022 Bram Stoker Award is a recognition presented annually by the Horror Writers Association (HWA) for "superior achievement" in dark fantasy and horror writing. The Awards were established in 1987 and have been presented annually. The awards will be presented in April 2023.

This is a challenge to read the nominees. Rank your favorites against the judges. Choose one category or choose them all! There is no time limit on this challenge.

This year's nominees are:

Superior Achievement in a Novel:

The Devil Takes You Home by Gabino Iglesias
The Fervor by Alma Katsu
Reluctant Immortals by Gwendolyn Kiste
Daphne by Josh Malerman
Sundial by Catriona Ward

Superior Achievement in a First Novel:

Jackal by Erin E. Adams
The Hacienda by Isabel Cañas
Black Tide by K.C. Jones
Beulah by Christi Nogle
All the White Spaces by Ally Wilkes

Superior Achievement in a Young Adult Novel:

What We Harvest by Ann Fraistat
The Weight of Blood by Tiffany D. Jackson
These Fleeting Shadows by Kate Alice Marshall
The Triangle by Robert P. Ottone
Gallant by V.E. Schwab
Burn Down, Rise Up by Vincent Tirado