Winners of the inaugural Splatterpunk Awards were announced at KillerCon in Austin, TX, August 24-26.

BEST NOVEL

• WHITE TRASH GOTHIC by Edward Lee (Deadite Press)

BEST NOVELLA

• HEADER 3 by Edward Lee and Ryan Harding (Necro Publications)

BEST SHORT STORY

• “The Tipping Point” by Jeff Strand, from Everything Has Teeth (Thunderstorm Books)

BEST COLLECTION

• GORILLA IN MY ROOM by Jack Ketchum (Cemetery Dance Publications)

BEST ANTHOLOGY

• SPLATTERPUNK FIGHTING BACK, edited by Jack Bantry and Kit Power (Splatterpunk Zine)

Also announced was the inaugural winner of the —

J.F. Gonzalez Lifetime Achievement Award

• David J. Schow

The nominees were selected by Splatterpunk Awards jurors: David J. Schow, Gerard Houarner, Monica J. O’Rourke, Mike Lombardo, and Tod Clark. Jurors were ineligible for consideration for a Splatterpunk Award in any category.

The award trophy doesn’t fail to live up to the name —

The newly-inaugurated Splatterpunk Award, courtesy Killercon, and made as a 3-way tribute to Mike Parks, Bernie Wrightson & Thomas Kuntz. pic.twitter.com/4BTqeSIOYF

— David J. Schow (@DavidJSchow) August 27, 2018

[Via Doris V. Sutherland.]