The winners of the Vincent Preis 2022 and Rein A. Zondergeld Preis for German horror literature were announced on May 12.

A total of 63 people voted and cast 490 votes.

Thanks to Cora Buhlert for providing the English translations.

VINCENT PREIS 2022

Best Novel – National

• Thomas Lohwasser, Vanessa Kaiser, Thomas Karg – Die Erben Abaddons: Verfall (The Heirs of Abaddon: Decay), Torsten Low

Best International Literary Work

• Michael Schmidt & Matthias Käther (eds.) – Fantastic Pulp 3, Blitz Verlag

Best Short Story

• Oliver Müller – “Im Namen der heiligen Jungfrau Maria” (“In the Name of the Holy Virgin Mary”) in Dark Empire

Best Anthology/Magazine

• Vanessa Kaiser und Thomas Karg (eds.) – Mysterien der See (Mysteries of the Sea), Torsten Low

Best Short Story Collection

• Christian Günther – Geschichten vom Ende der Welt (Stories of the End of the World), BOD

Best Horror Artwork

• Mark Freier – Mysterien der See (Mysteries of the Sea)

Best Horror Dime Novel

These are monthly or weekly 64-page fiction magazines in A5 format, which are sold at newsstands. They come in a variety of genres and are either long-running series centered around a single character (John Sinclair and Professor Zamorra are both occult detectives) or anthology series offering different stories every issue such as Gespenster-Krimi. 

• Oliver Müller – “Mourning Doll – Trost aus der Hölle”, John Sinclair 2293 (“Mourning Doll – Comfort from Hell”, John Sinclair 2293)

Special Award

• Eric Hantsch for many years of organizing the Vincent-Preis, for his work as an editor and publisher and his services to fandom and classic.

2022 REIN A. ZONDERGELD – PREIS for secondary and tertiary literary contributions to the fantasy genre

Best Non-Fiction Book

• Jörg Kleuden (eds.) –  Cthulhu Libria Neo 4; Aus grausigen Tiefen (Cthulhu Libria Neo 4; From grisly depths),Blitz Verlag

Best Short Non-Fiction

• Nadine Muriel – “Abspann” in Das geheime Sanatorium (“End Credits” in The Secret Sanatorium)