{"id":160403,"date":"2025-06-16T09:10:12","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T16:10:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/locusmag.com\/?p=160403"},"modified":"2025-06-16T09:10:12","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T16:10:12","slug":"2024-stoker-awards-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/locusmag.com\/2025\/06\/2024-stoker-awards-winners\/","title":{"rendered":"2024 Stoker Awards Winners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-90837 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/locusmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/bsalogo-300x300-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Bram Stoker Awards\" width=\"45%\" \/>The Horror Writers Association (HWA) has announced the winners of the 2024 Bram Stoker Awards at an awards banquet during StokerCon 2025, held June 12-15, 2025 in Stamford CT and streamed virtually on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CneldBC5fS4\">YouTube<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Superior Achievement in a Novel<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"mynomorebulletlist\">\n<ul>\n<li>WINNER: <a href=\"http:\/\/Bookshop.org\/a\/18487\/9781982172374\"><strong>The Haunting of Velkwood<\/strong><\/a>, Gwendolyn Kiste (Saga)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/Bookshop.org\/a\/18487\/9780316427012\"><strong>House of Bone and Rain<\/strong><\/a>, Gabino Iglesias (Mulholland)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/Bookshop.org\/a\/18487\/9781668022245\"><strong>I Was a Teenage Slasher<\/strong><\/a>, Stephen Graham Jones (Saga)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/Bookshop.org\/a\/18487\/9780593723128\"><strong>Incidents Around the House<\/strong><\/a>, Josh Malerman (Del Rey)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/Bookshop.org\/a\/18487\/9780063070011\"><strong>Horror Movie<\/strong><\/a>, Paul Tremblay (William Morrow)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Superior Achievement in a First Novel<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>WINNER: <a href=\"http:\/\/Bookshop.org\/a\/18487\/9781645661238\"><strong>The Eyes Are the Best Part<\/strong><\/a>, Monika Kim (Erewhon)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/Bookshop.org\/a\/18487\/9780063228092\"><strong>Midnight Rooms<\/strong><\/a>, Donyae Coles (Amistad)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/Bookshop.org\/a\/18487\/9781587679728\"><strong>Hollow Girls<\/strong><\/a>, Jessica Drake-Thomas (Cemetery Dance)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/Bookshop.org\/a\/18487\/9781683693680\"><strong>This Wretched Valley<\/strong><\/a>, Jenny Kiefer (Quirk)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/Bookshop.org\/a\/18487\/9781250888884\"><strong>Bless Your Heart<\/strong><\/a>, Lindy Ryan (Minotaur Books)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Superior Achievement in a Middle Grade Novel<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>WINNER (TIE): <a href=\"http:\/\/Bookshop.org\/a\/18487\/9798326923301\"><strong>There\u2019s Something Sinister in Center Field<\/strong><\/a>, Robert P. Ottone (Cemetery Gates)<\/li>\n<li>WINNER (TIE): <a href=\"http:\/\/Bookshop.org\/a\/18487\/9780063251403\"><strong>The Creepening of Dogwood House<\/strong><\/a>, Eden Royce (Walden Pond)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/Bookshop.org\/a\/18487\/9780593624920\"><strong>The Curse of Eelgrass Bog<\/strong><\/a>, Mary Averling (Razorbill)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/Bookshop.org\/a\/18487\/9781639932320\"><strong>The Witch in the Woods<\/strong><\/a>, Michaelbrent Collings (Shadow Mountain)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/Bookshop.org\/a\/18487\/9780063285545\"><strong>The No-Brainer\u2019s Guide to Decomposition<\/strong><\/a>, Adrianna Cuevas (HarperCollins Children\u2019s)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Superior Achievement in a Young Adult Novel<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>WINNER: <a href=\"http:\/\/Bookshop.org\/a\/18487\/9780063325012\"><strong>Clown in a Cornfield 3: The Church of Frendo<\/strong><\/a>, Adam Cesare (HarperCollins Children\u2019s)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/Bookshop.org\/a\/18487\/9780593382240\"><strong>A Place for Vanishing<\/strong><\/a>, Ann Fraistat (Delacorte)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/Bookshop.org\/a\/18487\/9780593619391\"><strong>Come Out, Come Out<\/strong><\/a>, Natalie C. Parker (G.P. Putnam Son\u2019s)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/Bookshop.org\/a\/18487\/9781454955290\"><strong>The Losting Fountain<\/strong><\/a>, Lora Senf (Union Square)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/Bookshop.org\/a\/18487\/9781665922456\"><strong>The Blonde Dies First<\/strong><\/a>, Joelle Wellington (Simon &amp; Schuster)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Superior Achievement in Long Fiction<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>WINNER: <a href=\"http:\/\/Bookshop.org\/a\/18487\/9781803369624\"><strong>Coup de Gr\u00e2ce<\/strong><\/a>, Sofia Ajram (Titan)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/Bookshop.org\/a\/18487\/9781959565369\"><strong>Rest Stop<\/strong><\/a>, Nat Cassidy (Shortwave)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/Bookshop.org\/a\/18487\/9798988128649\"><strong>Kill Your Darling<\/strong><\/a>, Clay McLeod Chapman (Bad Hand)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/Bookshop.org\/a\/18487\/9781803366647\">\u201cAll The Parts of You That Won\u2019t Easily Burn\u201d,<\/a> Eric LaRocca (<strong>This Skin Was Once Mine and Other Disturbances<\/strong>)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/Bookshop.org\/a\/18487\/9781947879690\"><strong>Hollow Tongue<\/strong><\/a>, Eden Royce (Raw Dog Screaming)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"mynomorebullets\">\n<p><strong>Superior Achievement in Short Fiction<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>WINNER: \u201cVersus Versus\u201d, Laird Barron (<strong>Long Division: Stories of Social Decay, Societal Collapse, and Bad Manners<\/strong>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cAnd She Had Been So Reasonable\u201d, Rachel Bolton (<em>Apex<\/em> , Nov. 2024)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cTo the Wolves\u201d, Sasha Brown (<em>Weird Horror<\/em>, Fall 2024)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cTen Thousand Crawling Children\u201d, R. A. Busby (<em>Nightmare Magazine,<\/em> January 2024)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cShe Sheds Her Skin\u201d, Raven Jabukowski (<em>Nightmare Magazine<\/em> November 2024)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>WINNER: <a href=\"http:\/\/Bookshop.org\/a\/18487\/9781587679940\"><strong>Love is a Crematorium and Other Tales<\/strong><\/a>, Mercedes M. Yardley (Cemetery Dance)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/Bookshop.org\/a\/18487\/9798218036065\"><strong>Not a Speck of Light<\/strong><\/a>, Laird Barron (Bad Hand)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/Bookshop.org\/a\/18487\/9780593733257\"><strong>A Sunny Place for Shady People<\/strong><\/a>, Mariana Enriquez (Penguin)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/Bookshop.org\/a\/18487\/9781958598276\"><strong>The Dead Spot: Stories of Lost Girls<\/strong><\/a>, Angela Sylvaine (Dark Matter Ink)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/Bookshop.org\/a\/18487\/9781960724205\"><strong>Old Monsters Never Die<\/strong><\/a>, Tim Waggoner (Winding Road Stories)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Superior Achievement in an Anthology<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>WINNER: <a href=\"http:\/\/Bookshop.org\/a\/18487\/9781804179376\"><strong>Discontinue If Death Ensues: Tales from the Tipping Point<\/strong><\/a>, Carol Gyzander &amp; Anna Taborska (Flame Tree)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/Bookshop.org\/a\/18487\/9781943720958\"><strong>Bury Your Gays: An Anthology of Tragic Queer Horror<\/strong><\/a>, Sofia Ajram (Ghoulish Books)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/Bookshop.org\/a\/18487\/9780762483198\"><strong>We Mostly Come Out at Night: 15 Queer Tales of Monsters, Angels &amp; Other Creatures<\/strong><\/a>, Rob Costello (Running Press)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/Bookshop.org\/a\/18487\/9798988128670\"><strong>Long Division: Stories of Social Decay, Societal Collapse and Bad Manners<\/strong><\/a>, Doug Murano &amp; Michael Bailey (Bad Hand)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/Bookshop.org\/a\/18487\/9781645481393\"><strong>Mother Knows Best: Tales of Homemade Horror: A Women in Horror Anthology<\/strong><\/a>, Lindy Ryan (Black Spot)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Superior Achievement in Long Non-Fiction<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>WINNER: <a href=\"http:\/\/Bookshop.org\/a\/18487\/9781683694250\"><strong>Horror for Weenies: Everything You Need to Know About the Films You\u2019re Too Scared to Watch<\/strong><\/a>, Emily C. Hughes (Quirk)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.faber.co.uk\/product\/9780571385768-feeding-the-monster-2\/\"><strong>Feeding the Monster: Why Horror Has a Hold on Us<\/strong><\/a>, Anna Bogutskaya (Faber &amp; Faber)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/Bookshop.org\/a\/18487\/9781643753560\"><strong>American Scary: A History of Horror, from Salem to Stephen King and Beyond<\/strong><\/a>, Jeremy Dauber (Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/Bookshop.org\/a\/18487\/9781915316295\"><strong>I Spit on Your Celluloid: The History of Women Directing Horror Movies<\/strong><\/a>, Heidi Honeycutt (HeadPress)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/Bookshop.org\/a\/18487\/9798881901462\"><strong>No More Haunted Dolls: Horror Fiction that Transcends the Tropes<\/strong><\/a>, Cassandra O\u2019Sullivan Sachar, ed. (Vernon)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Superior Achievement in Short Non-Fiction<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>WINNER: \u201cBlacks in Film and Cultivated Bias\u201d, Lisa Wood (<strong>No More Haunted Dolls: Horror Fiction that Transcends the Tropes<\/strong>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cScreamin\u2019 in the Rain: The Orchestration of Catharsis in William Castle\u2019s The Tingler\u201d, Michael Arnzen (<strong>What Sleeps Beneath<\/strong>)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThe Horror of Donna Berzatto and Her Feast of the Seven Fishes\u201d, Vince Liaguno (<strong>You\u2019re Not Alone in the Dark<\/strong>)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cHidden Histories: The Many Ghosts of Disney\u2019s Haunted Mansion\u201d, Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock (<strong>Disney Gothic: Dark Shadows in the House of Mouse<\/strong>)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cJackson and Haunting of the Stage\u201d, Kevin J. Wetmore, Jr. (<em>Journal of Shirley Jackson Studies<\/em>, Vol. 2 No. 1)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Superior Achievement in Poetry<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>WINNER: <a href=\"http:\/\/Bookshop.org\/a\/18487\/9798989630806\"><strong>Mexicans on the Moon: Speculative Poetry from a Possible Future<\/strong><\/a>, Pedro Iniguez (Space Cowboy)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/Bookshop.org\/a\/18487\/9781964398051\"><strong>The Dark Between the Twilight<\/strong><\/a>, Jamal Hodge (Crystal Lake)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thecubapress.nz\/shop\/fox-spirit-on-a-distant-cloud\/?srsltid=AfmBOoqhSCt_BwVMEk5kon9jMpRUvKnIjdG85Nu9musDo7nTxxidE52a\"><strong>Fox Spirit on a Distant Cloud<\/strong><\/a>, Lee Murray (The Cuba Press)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/Bookshop.org\/a\/18487\/9798990327719\"><strong>Melancholia: A Book of Dark Poetry<\/strong><\/a>, Sumiko Saulson (Bludgeoned Girls)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Imitation-Life-Poems-Marie-Wood\/dp\/B0CZY2J2TD\"><strong>Imitation of Life<\/strong><\/a>, L. Marie Wood (Falstaff)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Superior Achievement in a Graphic Novel<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>WINNER: <a href=\"http:\/\/Bookshop.org\/a\/18487\/9781506741406\"><strong>H. P. Lovecraft\u2019s The Call of Cthulhu<\/strong><\/a>, Gou Tanabe (Dark Horse)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/Bookshop.org\/a\/18487\/9780062685124\"><strong>The Fox Maidens<\/strong><\/a>, Robin Ha (HarperCollins Children\u2019s)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/Bookshop.org\/a\/18487\/9781683969358\"><strong>Tender<\/strong><\/a>, Beth Hetland (Fantagraphics)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/Bookshop.org\/a\/18487\/9798887241081\"><strong>Beneath The Trees Where Nobody Sees<\/strong><\/a>, Patrick Horvath (Penguin Random House)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcj.com\/reviews\/chrysanthemum-under-the-waves\/\"><strong>Chrysanthemum Under The Waves<\/strong><\/a>, Maggie Umber (Maggie Umber)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Superior Achievement in a Screenplay<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>WINNER: <strong><em>The Substance<\/em><\/strong>, Coralie Fargeat (Working Title Film, Good Story, Blacksmith)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>Heretic<\/em><\/strong>, Scott Beck &amp; Bryan Woods (A24, Shiny Penny, Beck\/Woods)<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Nosferatu<\/em><\/strong>, Robert Eggers, Henrik Galeen, &amp; Bram Stoker (Focus Features, Maiden Voyage Pictures, Studio 8)<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Longlegs<\/em><\/strong>, Osgood Perkins (C2 Motion Picture Group, Creature Features, Oddfellow Entertainment)<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>I Saw the TV Glow<\/em><\/strong>, Jane Schoenbrun (A24, Fruit Tree, Smudge Films)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As <a href=\"https:\/\/locusmag.com\/2025\/04\/2025-hwa-specialty-awards\/\">previously announced<\/a>, Mocha Memoirs is the recipient of the Specialty Press Award, the Richard Laymon President\u2019s Award went to Maxwell I. Gold, Jonathan Lees won the Karen Lansdale Silver Hammer Award, Gretchen McNeil was named Mentor of the Year Award, and this year\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/locusmag.com\/2025\/04\/2025-hwa-lifetime-achievement-awards\/\">Lifetime Achievement Award<\/a> winners were David Cronenberg and Del &amp; Sue Howison. All winners were honored on June 14 at the StokerCon 2025 awards banquet.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, see the Stoker Awards <a href=\"https:\/\/bramstokerawards.horror.org\/\">website<\/a> or the awards livestream on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CneldBC5fS4\">YouTube<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/locusmag.com\/donate\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-90429 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/locusmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/greenDonateNow.png\" alt=\"Locus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy\" width=\"200\" \/><\/a><strong>While you are here,<\/strong> please take a moment to support <em>Locus<\/em> with a one-time or recurring donation. We rely on reader donations to keep the magazine and site going, and would like to keep the site paywall free, but <strong>WE NEED YOUR FINANCIAL SUPPORT<\/strong> to continue quality coverage of the science fiction and fantasy field.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9Locus Magazine. Copyrighted material may not be republished without permission of LSFF.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Horror Writers Association (HWA) has announced the winners of the 2024 Bram Stoker Awards at an awards banquet during StokerCon 2025, held June 12-15, 2025 in Stamford CT and streamed virtually on YouTube.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Superior Achievement in a Novel<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>WINNER: <strong>The Haunting of Velkwood<\/strong>, Gwendolyn Kiste (Saga)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>House of Bone and Rain<\/strong>, Gabino Iglesias (Mulholland)<\/li>\n<li><strong>I Was a Teenage Slasher<\/strong>, Stephen Graham Jones (Saga)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Incidents Around the<\/strong> <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/locusmag.com\/2025\/06\/2024-stoker-awards-winners\/\">&hellip;Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":90837,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5,1],"tags":[],"issue":[],"class_list":["post-160403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-awards","category-news"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9B2Rc-FJ9","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/locusmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/bsalogo-300x300.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/locusmag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/locusmag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/locusmag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/locusmag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/locusmag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=160403"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/locusmag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160403\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":160410,"href":"https:\/\/locusmag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160403\/revisions\/160410"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/locusmag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/locusmag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=160403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/locusmag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=160403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/locusmag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=160403"},{"taxonomy":"issue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/locusmag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issue?post=160403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}