Splatterpunk Award founders Wrath James White and Brian Keene announced the winners of the 2023 Splatterpunk Awards during Killercon on August 12.
The duo founded the Splatterpunk Awards in 2017 to honor superior achievement in the literary subgenres of Splatterpunk and Extreme Horror fiction for novel, novella, short story, collection, and anthology categories. They also created the J. F. Gonzalez Lifetime Achievement Award, to honor individuals who, like Gonzalez, have made a significant impact on the Splatterpunk and Extreme Horror field.
Last night Wrath James White surprised Keene by presenting him with a J.F. Gonzalez Lifetime Achievement Award, given in addition to Monica O’Rourke’s previously announced honor.
BEST NOVEL
- Playground by Aron Beauregard (Independently Published)
BEST NOVELLA
- Plastic Monsters by Daniel J. Volpe (Independently Published)
BEST SHORT STORY
- “Jinx” by Bridgett Nelson (from A Bouquet of Viscera)
BEST COLLECTION
- A Bouquet of Viscera by Bridgett Nelson (Independently Published)
BEST ANTHOLOGY
- Camp Slasher Lake, Volume 1 edited by D.W. Hitz and Candace Nola (Fedowar Press)
J. F. GONZALEZ LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
- Monica J. O’Rourke
- Brian Keene
The previous J. F. Gonzalez Lifetime Achievement Award recipients are David J. Schow, David G. Barnett, Edward Lee, John Skipp, and Clive Barker.
At last night’s ceremony they announced that next year’s J. F. Gonzalez Lifetime Achievement Award honorees will be Craig Spector and Ray Garton.
They also named new inductees to the Hall of Legends, a physical memorial set up at each Killercon “featuring artifacts and ephemera related to the honorees, as well as a chronicle of their individual achievements, and an eternal flame burning for each. It is to serve as a place where genre fans both young and old can pay their respects and learn more about the creators who have shaped the field.”
HALL OF LEGENDS INDUCTEE
- Jay Wilburn
The previous Hall of Legends inductees are Richard Laymon, Jack Ketchum, Charlee Jacob, J. F. Gonzalez, David G. Barnett, John Pelan, and Gak.
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Jay Wilburn was a great guy who was sadly plagued by health issues and died way too young.
I love the breaking with tradition to give Brian Keene an unexpected award. (I’m sure some people are going to argue about that, and it will be fun to see them lose.)
I also think the Hall of Legends was a great idea. Too many of the legends in the field died before they could get a Lifetime Achievement Award. (Fck cancer but also fck heart attacks, car crashes, and other horrible things.)