The 2023 Bram Stoker Award winners were announced on June 1 during the Annual Bram Stoker Awards Banquet at StokerCon™ 2024 in San Diego.

THE 2023 BRAM STOKER AWARDS®

Superior Achievement in an Anthology

• Peele, Jordan, and Adams, John Joseph – Out There Screaming (Random House)

Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection

• Files, Gemma – Blood from the Air (Grimscribe Press)

Superior Achievement in a First Novel

• Carmen, Christa – The Daughters of Block Island (Thomas & Mercer)

Superior Achievement in a Graphic Novel

• Chu, Amy (author) and Lee, Soo (artist) – Carmilla: The First Vampire (Dark Horse)  

Superior Achievement in Long Fiction

• Jiang, Ai – Linghun (Dark Matter INK)

Superior Achievement in Long Nonfiction

• Hartmann, Sadie – 101 Horror Books to Read Before You’re Murdered (Page Street Publishing)

Superior Achievement in a Middle Grade Novel

• Senf, Lora – The Nighthouse Keeper (Atheneum Books for Young Readers)

Superior Achievement in a Novel

• Due, Tananarive – The Reformatory (Gallery/Saga Press/Titan)

Superior Achievement in Poetry

• Wytovich, Stephanie M. – On the Subject of Blackberries (Raw Dog Screaming Press)

Superior Achievement in a Screenplay

• Yamazaki, Takashi – Godzilla Minus One (Robot Communications, Toho Studios)

Superior Achievement in Short Fiction

• O’Quinn, Cindy – “Quondam” (The Nightmare Never Ends, Exploding Head Fiction)

Superior Achievement in Short Non-Fiction

• Bulkin, Nadia – “Becoming Ungovernable: Latah, Amok, and Disorder in Indonesia,” (Unquiet Spirits: Essays by Asian Women in Horror, Black Spot Books)

Superior Achievement in a Young Adult Novel

• Tran, Trang Thanh – She Is a Haunting (Bloomsbury YA)

OTHER AWARDS PRESENTED

SPECIALTY PRESS AWARD

• Thunderstorm Books

THE RICHARD LAYMON PRESIDENT’S AWARD

• Brian W. Matthews

THE KAREN LANSDALE SILVER HAMMER AWARD

• Lila Denning

MENTOR OF THE YEAR AWARD

• Lisa Wood

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS

• Mort Castle
• Cassandra Peterson.
• Steve Rasnic Tem