The Horror Writers Association announced the winners of the 2016 Bram SToker Awards® on April 29 at StokerCon in Long Beach, CA.
Superior Achievement in a Novel
- Langan, John – The Fisherman (Word Horde)
Superior Achievement in a First Novel
- Deady, Tom – Haven (Cemetery Dance Publications)
Superior Achievement in a Young Adult Novel
- Alexander, Maria – Snowed (Raw Dog Screaming Press)
Superior Achievement in a Graphic Novel
- Chambers, James – Kolchak the Night Stalker: The Forgotten Lore of Edgar Allan Poe (Moonstone)
Superior Achievement in Long Fiction
- Waggoner, Tim – The Winter Box (DarkFuse)
Superior Achievement in Short Fiction
- Oates, Joyce Carol – The Crawl Space (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine Volume #2016/Issue#8) (Dell Magazines)
Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection
- Oates, Joyce Carol – The Doll-Master and Other Tales of Terror (Mysterious Press)
Superior Achievement in a Screenplay
- Eggers, Robert – The VVitch (Parts and Labor, RT Features, Rooks Nest Entertainment, Code Red Productions, Scythia Films, Maiden Voyage Pictures, Mott Street Pictures, Pulse Films, and Very Special Projects)
Superior Achievement in an Anthology
- Monteleone, Thomas F. and Monteleone, Oliva F. – Borderlands 6 (Samhain Publishing, Ltd.)
Superior Achievement in Non-Fiction
- Franklin, Ruth – Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life (Liveright Publishing Corporation)
Superior Achievement in a Poetry Collection
- Wytovich, Stephanie M. – Brothel (Raw Dog Screaming Press)
Other HWA Awards
Mentor of the Year Award
- Linda Addison
Silver Hammer Award
- James Chambers
Specialty Press Award
- Kate Jonez of Omnium Gatherum
Lifetime Achievement Award
- Dennis Etchison
- Thomas F. Monteleone