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Bram Stoker Awards 2007

The 2007 Bram Stoker Awards went to Five Strokes to Midnight by Gary Braunbeck and Hank Schwaeble (Anthology), Proverbs for Monsters by Michael A. Arnzen (Fiction Collection) and Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill (First Novel), with winners in 3 more categories. 28 books were nominated across 6 categories.

Winners

Anthology

  1. Five Strokes to Midnight by Gary Braunbeck and Hank Schwaeblesource (opens in a new tab)

Fiction Collection

  1. Proverbs for Monsters by Michael A. Arnzensource (opens in a new tab)

First Novel

  1. Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hillsource (opens in a new tab)

Nonfiction

  1. The Cryptopedia: A Dictionary of the Weird, Strange & Downright Bizarre by Jonathan Maberry and David F. Kramersource (opens in a new tab)

Novel

  1. The Missing by Sarah Langansource (opens in a new tab)

Poetry Collection

  1. Being Full of Light, Insubstantial by Linda Addisonsource (opens in a new tab)
  2. VECTORS: A Week in the Death of a Planet by Charlee Jacob and Marge Simonsource (opens in a new tab)

Nominees

Anthology

  1. At Ease with the Dead by Barbara and Christopher Rodensource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Dark Delicacies 2: Fear by Del Howison and Jeff Gelbsource (opens in a new tab)
  3. Inferno by Ellen Datlowsource (opens in a new tab)
  4. Midnight Premiere by Tom Piccirillisource (opens in a new tab)

Fiction Collection

  1. 5 Stories by Peter Straubsource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Defining Moments by David Niall Wilsonsource (opens in a new tab)
  3. Old Devil Moon by Christopher Fowlersource (opens in a new tab)
  4. The Imago Sequence by Laird Barronsource (opens in a new tab)

First Novel

  1. I Will Rise by Michael Louis Calvillosource (opens in a new tab)
  2. The Hollower by Mary SanGiovannisource (opens in a new tab)
  3. The Memory Tree by John R. Littlesource (opens in a new tab)

Nonfiction

  1. Encyclopedia Horrifica by Joshua Geesource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Storytellers Unplugged by Joe Nassise and David Niall Wilsonsource (opens in a new tab)
  3. The Portable Obituary: How the Famous, Rich & Powerful Really Died by Michael Largosource (opens in a new tab)

Novel

  1. Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hillsource (opens in a new tab)
  2. The Guardener’s Tale by Bruce Bostonsource (opens in a new tab)
  3. The Terror by Dan Simmonssource (opens in a new tab)
  4. The Witch’s Trinity by Erika Mailmansource (opens in a new tab)

Poetry Collection

  1. Heresy by Charlee Jacobsource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Ossuary by JoSelle Vanderhooftsource (opens in a new tab)
  3. Phantasmapedia by Mark McLaughlinsource (opens in a new tab)

About the Bram Stoker Awards

Year is the award year as HWA labels it: the year the works were published, one year before the ceremony (the 2024 Bram Stoker Awards were presented in June 2025). Book categories only, final-ballot nominees and winners from HWA's official winners/nominees pages at bramstokerawards.horror.org; preliminary ballots, Long Fiction, Short Fiction, Short Non-Fiction, and Screenplay are excluded. Young Adult Novel and Graphic Novel start in 2011 and Middle Grade Novel in 2022; earlier years are zero. Nonfiction includes Long Non-Fiction (the 2023+ name). HWA's 2009 page repeats Frozen Blood from the 2008 First Novel ballot; it is omitted and 2009 First Novel counts the four other nominees, matching Wikipedia.

Organization: Horror Writers Association. Years are award years, which can differ from publication years. Official site (opens in a new tab)

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