4th Black Quill Awards nominations

Dark Scribe Magazine has announced the nominations for the 4th Black Quill Awards. As Dark Scribe Magazine used us in the previous three years of the awards each of the 7 categories will have two winners, one voted by the editors and contributors of Dark Scribe Magazine, Editor’s Choice, and one voted by the readers, Reader’s Choice. Therefore we can cast our vote too, using the form made available by Dark Scribe Magazine on their website. The eligible works were published between November 1st, 2009 and October 31st, 2010. The voting ends on January 21st, 2011 and the winners of the Black Quill Awards will be announced on February 1st, 2011.

DARK GENRE NOVEL OF THE YEAR:

- “A Dark Matter” by Peter Straub (Doubleday/Orion)
- “Kraken” by China Miéville (Pan Macmillan/Del Rey)
- “Sparrow Rock” by Nate Kenyon (Leisure/Bad Moon Books)
- “The Caretaker of Lorne Field” by David Zeltserman (Overlook Hardcover)
- “The Passage” by Justin Cronin (Orion/Ballantine)
- “Under the Dome” by Stephen King (Hodder/Scribner)

BEST SMALL PRESS CHILL:

- “A Book of Tongues” by Gemma Files (ChiZine Publications)
- “Dreams in Black and White” by John R. Little (Morning Star)
- “Invisible Fences” by Norman Prentiss (Cemetery Dance)
- “The Castle of Los Angeles” by Lisa Morton (Gray Friar Press)
- “The Wolf at the Door” by Jameson Currier (Chelsea Street Editions)

BEST DARK GENRE FICTION COLLECTION:

- “Blood and Gristle” by Michael Louis Calvillo (Bad Moon Books)
- “In the Mean Time” by Paul Tremblay (ChiZine Publications)
- “Little Things” by John R. Little (Bad Moon Books)
- “Occultation” by Laird Barron (Night Shade Books)
- “Summer, Fireworks, and My Corpse” by Otsuichi (VIZ Media LLC)

BEST DARK GENRE ANTHOLOGY:

- “Dark Faith” edited by Maurice Broaddus and Jerry Gordon (Apex Publications)
- “Dead Set: A Zombie Anthology” edited by Michelle McCrary and Joe McKinney (23 House)
- “Haunted Legends” edited by Ellen Datlow and Nick Mamatas (Tor)
- “Horror Library IV” edited by RJ Cavender and Boyd E. Harris (Cutting Block Press)
- “When The Night Comes Down” edited by Bill Breedlove (Dark Arts Books)

BEST DARK GENRE BOOK OF NON-FICTION:

- “Horrors: Great Stories of Fear and Their Creators” by Rocky Wood (McFarland)
- “I Am Providence: The Life and Times of HP Lovecraft” by S.T. Joshi (Hippocampus Press)
- “Night of the Living Dead: Behind the Scenes of the Most Terrifying Zombie Movie Ever” by Joe Kane (Citadel)
- “The Conspiracy Against the Human Race” by Thomas Ligotti (Hippocampus Press)
- “Thrillers: 100 Must Reads” edited by David Morrell and Hank Wagner (Oceanview Publishing)

BEST DARK SCRIBBLE:

- “Bully” by Jack Ketchum (Postscripts 22/23)
- “Goblin Boy” by Rick Hautula (Cemetery Dance #63)
- “Secretario” by Catherynne M. Valente (Weird Tales, Summer 2010)
- “The Things” by Peter Watts (Clarkesworld, January 2010)
- “We” by Bentley Little (Cemetery Dance #64)

BEST DARK GENRE BOOK TRAILER: (you can view all the book trailers on the nominations’ page on the Dark Scribe Magazine website)

- “Neverland” by Douglas Clegg / Produced by Circle of Seven Productions
- “Radiant Shadows” by Melissa Marr / Produced by Circle of Seven Productions
- “Specters in Coal Dust” edited by Michael Knost / Produced by Michael Knost & Black Water Films
- “Under the Dome” by Stephen King / Produced by Scribner Marketing
- “Unhappy Endings” by Brian Keene / Produced by Delirium Books

Congratulations and good luck to all the nominees!