Horror fans take note! The Bram Stoker Awards were handed out by The Horror Writers Association (“a worldwide organization of writers and publishing professionals dedicated to promoting the interests of writers of Horror and Dark Fantasy”) last month. The Stoker Awards, which were first presented in 1988, are named in honor of Bram Stoker, author of Dracula (1897). Stokers are given “for superior achievement” in the following categories: Novel, First Novel, Short Fiction, Long Fiction, Fiction Collection, Poetry Collection, Anthology, Nonfiction, Illustrated Narrative, Screenplay, Work for Young Readers, and Other Media. Occasionally, Lifetime Achievement Stokers are also presented to those “whose entire body of work has substantially influenced Horror.” This year, Michael Moorcock, author of many works of horror and dark fantasy, received a Lifetime Achievement Stoker.
The Winners
Novel
In the Night Room by Peter Straub
Short Fiction
“Nimitseahpah” by Nancy Etchemendy
Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, January 2004
Fiction Collection
Fearful Symmetries : A Short Story Collection by Thomas F. Monteleone
Anthology
The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror, 17th Annual edited by Ellen Datlow
Nonfiction
Hellnotes edited by Judi Rohrig
Screenplay (tie)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind by Charlie Kaufman, Michel Gondry, and Pierre Bismuth
Shaun of the Dead by Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright
Illustrated Narrative (comic)
Heaven’s Devil by Jai Nitz
Poetry Collection
The Women at the Funeral by Corrine De Winter
Alternative Forms
The Devil’s Wine edited by Tom Piccirilli
Work for Young Readers (tie)
Abarat: Days of Magic, Nights of War by Clive Barker
Oddest Yet by Steve Burt
Lifetime Achievement Award
Michael Moorcock
