2011 Bram Stoker Awards

The past week-end, at the World Horror Convention held in Salt Lake City, Utah, the Horror Writers Association announced the winners of the 2011 Bram Stoker Awards:

Superior Achievement in a Novel: “Flesh Eaters” by Joe McKinney (Pinnacle Books)

Superior Achievement in a First Novel: “Isis Unbound” by Allyson Bird (Dark Regions Press)

Superior Achievement in a Young Adult Novel, (tie): “The Screaming Season” by Nancy Holder (Razorbill) & “Dust and Decay” by Jonathan Maberry (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers)

Superior Achievement in a Graphic Novel: “Neonomicon” by Alan Moore (Avatar Press)

Superior Achievement in Long Fiction: “The Ballad of Ballard and Sandrine” by Peter Straub (Conjunctions: 56)

Superior Achievement in Short Fiction: “Herman Wouk Is Still Alive” by Stephen King (The Atlantic Magazine, May 2011)

Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection: “The Corn Maiden and Other Nightmares” by Joyce Carol Oates (Mysterious Press)

Superior Achievement in an Anthology: “Demons: Encounters with the Devil and his Minions, Fallen Angels and the Possessed” edited by John Skipp (Black Dog and Leventhal)

Superior Achievement in Non-Fiction: “Stephen King: A Literary Companion” by Rocky Wood (McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers)

Superior Achievement in a Poetry Collection: “How to Recognize a Demon Has Become Your Friend” by Linda Addison (Necon Ebooks)

Superior Achievement in a Screenplay: American Horror Story, episode #12: “Afterbirth” by Jessica Sharzer (20th Century Fox Television)

Lifetime Achievement Awards: Rick Hautala and Joe R. Lansdale

Specialty Press Awards: Derrick Hussey of Hippocampus Press and Roy Robbins of Bad Moon Books

HWA, in conjunction with the Bram Stoker Family Estate and the Rosenbach Museum & Library, also presented the special one-time only Vampire Novel of the Century Award to Richard Matheson for his modern classic “I Am Legend”

Congratulations to all the winners!