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Superior Achievement in a Novel
THE GUARDENER'S TALE by Bruce Boston (Sam’s Dot
Publishing)
HEART-SHAPED BOX by Joe Hill (William Morrow)
THE MISSING by Sarah Langan (Harper)
THE TERROR by Dan Simmons (Little, Brown)
Superior Achievement in a First Novel
HEART-SHAPED BOX by Joe Hill (William Morrow)
I WILL RISE by Michael Calvillo (Lachesis Publishing)
THE MEMORY TREE by John R. Little (Nocturne Press)
THE WITCH'S TRINITY by Erika Mailman (Crown)
THE HOLLOWER by Mary SanGiovanni (Leisure Books)
Superior Achievement in Long Fiction
AFTERWARD, THERE WILL BE A HALLWAY by Gary Braunbeck
(Five Strokes to Midnight)
ALMOST THE LAST STORY BY ALMOST THE LAST MAN by Scott
Edelman (Postscripts)
GENERAL SLOCUM'S GOLD by Nicholas Kaufmann (Burning
Effigy Press)
THE TENTH MUSE by William Browning Spencer
AN APIARY OF WHITE BEES by Lee Thomas (Inferno)
Superior Achievement in Short Fiction
THE DEATH WAGON ROLLS ON BY by C. Dean Andersson
(Cemetery Dance #57)
LETTING GO by John Everson (Needles and Sins)
THE TEACHER by Paul G. Tremblay (Chizine)
THERE'S NO LIGHT BETWEEN FLOORS by Paul G. Tremblay
(Clarkesworld)
CLOSET DREAMS by Lisa Tuttle (Postscripts #10)
THE GENTLE BRUSH OF WINGS by David Niall Wilson
(Defining Moments)
Superior Achievement in an Anthology
FIVE STROKES TO MIDNIGHT edited by Gary Braunbeck and
Hank Schwaeble (Haunted Pelican Press)
INFERNO edited by Ellen Datlow (Tor)
DARK DELICACIES 2: FEAR edited by Del Howison & Jeff
Gelb (Carroll & Graf/Avalon)
MIDNIGHT PREMIERE edited by Tom Piccirilli (Cemetery
Dance Publications)
AT EASE WITH THE DEAD edited by Barbara & Christopher
Roden (Ash-Tree Press)
Superior Achievement in a Collection
PROVERBS FOR MONSTERS by Michael A. Arnzen (Dark
Regions Press)
THE IMAGO SEQUENCE by Laird Barron (Night Shade Books)
OLD DEVIL MOON by Christopher Fowler (Serpent’s Tail)
5 STORIES by Peter Straub (Borderlands)
DEFINING MOMENTS by David Niall Wilson (Sarob Press)
Superior Achievement in Nonfiction
ENCYCLOPEDIA HORRIFICA by Joshua Gee (Scholastic)
THE PORTABLE OBITUARY: HOW THE FAMOUS, RICH, AND
POWERFUL REALLY DIED by Michael Largo (Harper)
THE CRYPTOPEDIA: A Dictionary of the Weird, Strange &
Downright Bizarre by Jonathan Maberry & David F.
Kramer (Citadel Press / Kensington)
STORYTELLERS UNPLUGGED by Joe Nassise and David Niall
Wilson (Storytellers Unplugged)
Superior Achievement in Poetry
BEING FULL OF LIGHT, INSUBSTANTIAL by Linda Addison
(Space and Time)
HERESY by Charlee Jacob (Bedlam Press [Necro
Publications])
VECTORS: A WEEK IN THE DEATH OF A PLANET by Charlee
Jacob & Marge Simon (Dark Regions Press)
PHANTASMAPEDIA by Mark McLaughlin (Dead Letter Press)
OSSUARY by JoSelle Vanderhooft (Sam’s Dot Publishing)
* TWO GENRE ICONS AWARDED LIFETIME HORROR AWARD
The Horror Writers Association will award two Lifetime
Achievement Awards at this year’s World Horror
Convention and Bram Stoker Awards Banquet.
Writer/director/producer/composer John Carpenter
exploded onto the horror scene with his 1978 classic
“Halloween,” a film that held the title of most
successful independent release for two decades. His
other notable films include “The Thing,” “The Fog,”
“Escape from New York,” “In the Mouth of Madness” and
“Vampires,” as well as many others. Carpenter has come
to be known as one of the most influential horror
filmmakers of all time. He is currently in production
on his newest project, called “The Prince.”
Eleven years before Carpenter’s “Halloween” was
released, Robert Weinberg sold his first short story.
He was a junior in college at the time, and hasn’t
stopped writing since. A founding member of HWA,
Weinberg is a two-time winner of World Fantasy Award
and a renowned expert in many genres, having edited
over 100 books in the fields of horror, fantasy,
science fiction, young adult, western and mystery.
Weinberg also has worked as a writing instructor and
served as HWA vice president for two terms.
HWA President Deborah LeBlanc said, “We are proud to
honor these two men with the Lifetime Achievement
Award. Bob Weinberg’s contribution to the genre goes
much deeper than his obvious body of published work,
as he has always been a reliable, invaluable resource
to HWA, and ever-willing to offer advice to our young
writers.
“John Carpenter revolutionized the horror film,”
LeBlanc continued. “The influence of ‘Halloween’
surpasses the boundaries of film, touching literature,
comics, non-fiction, and nearly every other aspect of
the horror genre. The creation of Michael Myers and
his iconic theme music alone would be enough to earn
him this award. The fact he has been a consistent and
innovative force in the genre is just icing on the
cake.”
The Lifetime Achievement Award is the most prestigious
of the Bram Stoker Awards, given by the HWA in
acknowledgment of superior achievement not just in a
single work but over an entire career. Past Lifetime
Achievement Award winners include such noted authors
as Stephen King, Anne Rice, Joyce Carole Oates, Ray
Bradbury, and Peter Straub. Winners must have
exhibited a profound, positive impact on the fields of
horror and dark fantasy, and be at least sixty years
of age or have been published for a minimum of
thirty-five years. Last year’s winner was author
Thomas Harris.
THE GUARDENER'S TALE by Bruce Boston (Sam’s Dot
Publishing)
HEART-SHAPED BOX by Joe Hill (William Morrow)
THE MISSING by Sarah Langan (Harper)
THE TERROR by Dan Simmons (Little, Brown)
Superior Achievement in a First Novel
HEART-SHAPED BOX by Joe Hill (William Morrow)
I WILL RISE by Michael Calvillo (Lachesis Publishing)
THE MEMORY TREE by John R. Little (Nocturne Press)
THE WITCH'S TRINITY by Erika Mailman (Crown)
THE HOLLOWER by Mary SanGiovanni (Leisure Books)
Superior Achievement in Long Fiction
AFTERWARD, THERE WILL BE A HALLWAY by Gary Braunbeck
(Five Strokes to Midnight)
ALMOST THE LAST STORY BY ALMOST THE LAST MAN by Scott
Edelman (Postscripts)
GENERAL SLOCUM'S GOLD by Nicholas Kaufmann (Burning
Effigy Press)
THE TENTH MUSE by William Browning Spencer
AN APIARY OF WHITE BEES by Lee Thomas (Inferno)
Superior Achievement in Short Fiction
THE DEATH WAGON ROLLS ON BY by C. Dean Andersson
(Cemetery Dance #57)
LETTING GO by John Everson (Needles and Sins)
THE TEACHER by Paul G. Tremblay (Chizine)
THERE'S NO LIGHT BETWEEN FLOORS by Paul G. Tremblay
(Clarkesworld)
CLOSET DREAMS by Lisa Tuttle (Postscripts #10)
THE GENTLE BRUSH OF WINGS by David Niall Wilson
(Defining Moments)
Superior Achievement in an Anthology
FIVE STROKES TO MIDNIGHT edited by Gary Braunbeck and
Hank Schwaeble (Haunted Pelican Press)
INFERNO edited by Ellen Datlow (Tor)
DARK DELICACIES 2: FEAR edited by Del Howison & Jeff
Gelb (Carroll & Graf/Avalon)
MIDNIGHT PREMIERE edited by Tom Piccirilli (Cemetery
Dance Publications)
AT EASE WITH THE DEAD edited by Barbara & Christopher
Roden (Ash-Tree Press)
Superior Achievement in a Collection
PROVERBS FOR MONSTERS by Michael A. Arnzen (Dark
Regions Press)
THE IMAGO SEQUENCE by Laird Barron (Night Shade Books)
OLD DEVIL MOON by Christopher Fowler (Serpent’s Tail)
5 STORIES by Peter Straub (Borderlands)
DEFINING MOMENTS by David Niall Wilson (Sarob Press)
Superior Achievement in Nonfiction
ENCYCLOPEDIA HORRIFICA by Joshua Gee (Scholastic)
THE PORTABLE OBITUARY: HOW THE FAMOUS, RICH, AND
POWERFUL REALLY DIED by Michael Largo (Harper)
THE CRYPTOPEDIA: A Dictionary of the Weird, Strange &
Downright Bizarre by Jonathan Maberry & David F.
Kramer (Citadel Press / Kensington)
STORYTELLERS UNPLUGGED by Joe Nassise and David Niall
Wilson (Storytellers Unplugged)
Superior Achievement in Poetry
BEING FULL OF LIGHT, INSUBSTANTIAL by Linda Addison
(Space and Time)
HERESY by Charlee Jacob (Bedlam Press [Necro
Publications])
VECTORS: A WEEK IN THE DEATH OF A PLANET by Charlee
Jacob & Marge Simon (Dark Regions Press)
PHANTASMAPEDIA by Mark McLaughlin (Dead Letter Press)
OSSUARY by JoSelle Vanderhooft (Sam’s Dot Publishing)
* TWO GENRE ICONS AWARDED LIFETIME HORROR AWARD
The Horror Writers Association will award two Lifetime
Achievement Awards at this year’s World Horror
Convention and Bram Stoker Awards Banquet.
Writer/director/producer/composer John Carpenter
exploded onto the horror scene with his 1978 classic
“Halloween,” a film that held the title of most
successful independent release for two decades. His
other notable films include “The Thing,” “The Fog,”
“Escape from New York,” “In the Mouth of Madness” and
“Vampires,” as well as many others. Carpenter has come
to be known as one of the most influential horror
filmmakers of all time. He is currently in production
on his newest project, called “The Prince.”
Eleven years before Carpenter’s “Halloween” was
released, Robert Weinberg sold his first short story.
He was a junior in college at the time, and hasn’t
stopped writing since. A founding member of HWA,
Weinberg is a two-time winner of World Fantasy Award
and a renowned expert in many genres, having edited
over 100 books in the fields of horror, fantasy,
science fiction, young adult, western and mystery.
Weinberg also has worked as a writing instructor and
served as HWA vice president for two terms.
HWA President Deborah LeBlanc said, “We are proud to
honor these two men with the Lifetime Achievement
Award. Bob Weinberg’s contribution to the genre goes
much deeper than his obvious body of published work,
as he has always been a reliable, invaluable resource
to HWA, and ever-willing to offer advice to our young
writers.
“John Carpenter revolutionized the horror film,”
LeBlanc continued. “The influence of ‘Halloween’
surpasses the boundaries of film, touching literature,
comics, non-fiction, and nearly every other aspect of
the horror genre. The creation of Michael Myers and
his iconic theme music alone would be enough to earn
him this award. The fact he has been a consistent and
innovative force in the genre is just icing on the
cake.”
The Lifetime Achievement Award is the most prestigious
of the Bram Stoker Awards, given by the HWA in
acknowledgment of superior achievement not just in a
single work but over an entire career. Past Lifetime
Achievement Award winners include such noted authors
as Stephen King, Anne Rice, Joyce Carole Oates, Ray
Bradbury, and Peter Straub. Winners must have
exhibited a profound, positive impact on the fields of
horror and dark fantasy, and be at least sixty years
of age or have been published for a minimum of
thirty-five years. Last year’s winner was author
Thomas Harris.