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Bram Stoker Awards 2019

The 2019 Bram Stoker Awards went to Echoes: The Saga Anthology of Ghost Stories by Ellen Datlow (Anthology), Growing Things and Other Stories by Paul Tremblay (Fiction Collection) and The Bone Weaver’s Orchard by Sarah Read (First Novel), with winners in 5 more categories. 42 books were nominated across 8 categories.

Winners

Anthology

  1. Echoes: The Saga Anthology of Ghost Stories by Ellen Datlowsource (opens in a new tab)

Fiction Collection

  1. Growing Things and Other Stories by Paul Tremblaysource (opens in a new tab)

First Novel

  1. The Bone Weaver’s Orchard by Sarah Readsource (opens in a new tab)

Graphic Novel

  1. Neil Gaiman’s Snow, Glass, Apples by Colleen Doran and Neil Gaimansource (opens in a new tab)

Nonfiction

  1. Monster, She Wrote: The Women Who Pioneered Horror and Speculative Fiction by Lisa Kröger and Melanie R. Andersonsource (opens in a new tab)

Novel

  1. Coyote Rage by Owl Goingbacksource (opens in a new tab)

Poetry Collection

  1. The Place of Broken Things by Linda D. Addison and Alessandro Manzettisource (opens in a new tab)

Young Adult Novel

  1. Oware Mosaic by Nzondisource (opens in a new tab)

Nominees

Anthology

  1. A Secret Guide to Fighting Elder Gods by Jennifer Brozeksource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Nox Pareidolia by Robert S. Wilsonsource (opens in a new tab)
  3. Pop the Clutch: Thrilling Tales of Rockabilly, Monsters, and Hot Rod Horror by Eric J. Guignardsource (opens in a new tab)
  4. The Twisted Book of Shadows by Christopher Golden and James A. Mooresource (opens in a new tab)

Fiction Collection

  1. Exhalation: Stories by Ted Chiangsource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Lady Bits by Kate Jonezsource (opens in a new tab)
  3. Out of Water by Sarah Readsource (opens in a new tab)
  4. Sefira and Other Betrayals by John Langansource (opens in a new tab)

First Novel

  1. Dear Laura by Gemma Amorsource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Doorways to the Deadeye by Eric J. Guignardsource (opens in a new tab)
  3. Invisible Chains by Michelle Renee Lanesource (opens in a new tab)
  4. The Luminous Dead by Caitlin Starlingsource (opens in a new tab)

Graphic Novel

  1. Bone Parish Vol. 2 by Cullen Bunnsource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Calcutta Horror by Alessandro Manzettisource (opens in a new tab)
  3. H.P. Lovecraft’s At the Mountains of Madness Volume 1 by Gou Tanabesource (opens in a new tab)
  4. Monstress Volume 4: The Chosen by Marjorie Liusource (opens in a new tab)

Nonfiction

  1. Gender, Sexuality, and Queerness in American Horror Story: Critical Essays by Harriet E.H. Earlesource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Horror and Religion: New Literary Approaches to Theology, Race, and Sexuality by Eleanor Beal and Jonathan Greenawaysource (opens in a new tab)
  3. Masks in Horror Cinema: Eyes Without Faces by Alexandra Heller-Nicholassource (opens in a new tab)
  4. Shapeshifters: A History by John B. Kachubasource (opens in a new tab)

Novel

  1. Inspection by Josh Malermansource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Into the Ashes by Lee Murraysource (opens in a new tab)
  3. The Worst is Yet to Come by S.P. Miskowskisource (opens in a new tab)
  4. Wanderers by Chuck Wendigsource (opens in a new tab)

Poetry Collection

  1. Choking Back the Devil by Donna Lynchsource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Dragonfly and Other Songs of Mourning by Michelle Scalisesource (opens in a new tab)
  3. Mary Shelley Makes a Monster by Octavia Cadesource (opens in a new tab)
  4. The Apocalyptic Mannequin by Stephanie M. Wytovichsource (opens in a new tab)
  5. The Demeter Diaries by Marge Simon and Bryan D. Dietrichsource (opens in a new tab)

Young Adult Novel

  1. Eight Minutes, Thirty-Two Seconds by Peter Adam Salomonsource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Five Midnights by Ann Dávila Cardinalsource (opens in a new tab)
  3. Here There Are Monsters by Amelinda Bérubésource (opens in a new tab)
  4. Rules for Vanishing by Kate Alice Marshallsource (opens in a new tab)
  5. Speak No Evil by Liana Gardnersource (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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