2005 Awards and Nominees for Works Published in 2004 ( denotes superior achievement) |
| Novel |
| The Wind Caller by P. D Cacek |
| The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower by Stephen King |
| Deep in the Darkness by Michael Laimo |
| In the Night Room by Peter Straub |
| First Novel |
| Covenant by John Everson (Tie) |
| Black Fire by James Kidman |
| Move Under Ground by Nick Mamatas |
| Stained by Lee Thomas (Tie) |
| Long Fiction |
| "The Turtle Boy" by Kealan-Patrick Burke |
| "Zora and the Zombie" by Andy Duncan |
| "Lisey and the Madman" by Stephen King |
| "Dead Man's Hand" by Tim Lebbon |
| "Northwest Passage" by Barbara Roden |
| Short Fiction |
| "Just Out of Reach" by Gary Braunbeck |
| "A Madness of Starlings" by Douglas Clegg |
| "Nimitseahpah" by Nancy Etchemendy |
| "Hunting Meth Zombies in the Great Nebraskan Wasteland" by John Farris |
| "Singing My Sister Down" by Margo Lanagan |
| "Guts" by Chuck Palahniuk |
| Fiction Collection |
| 100 Jolts: Shockingly Short Stories by Michael Arnzen |
| The Machinery of Night by Douglas Clegg |
| Demonized by Christopher Fowler |
| Fears Unnamed by Tim Lebbon |
| Fearful Symmetries by Thomas F. Monteleone |
| Anthology |
| Quietly Now edited by Kealan-Patrick Burke |
| The Many Faces of Van Helsing edited by Jeanne Cavelos |
| Shivers III edited by Richard Chizmar |
| The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror, 17th Annual edited by Ellen Datlow, Kelly Link and Gavin Grant |
| Acquainted with the Night edited by Barbara and Christopher Roden |
| Nonfiction |
| Ralan's SpecFic & Humor Webstravaganza by Ralan Conley |
| Hanging Out with the Dream King by Joseph McCabe |
| The Complete Idiot's Guide to Writing a Novel by Thomas F. Monteleone |
| Hellnotes edited by Judi Rohrig |
| The Road to the Dark Tower by Bev Vincent |
| Illustrated Narrative |
| Lost Loves by James Lowder |
| Aleister Arcane by Steve Niles |
| Heaven's Devils by Jai Nitz |
| Graphic Classics: Robert Louis Stevenson by Tom Pomplun |
| Screenplay |
| Hellboy by Guillermo Del Toro |
| Dawn of the Dead by James Gunn |
| Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind by Charlie Kaufman, Michel Gondry and Pierre Bismuth (Tie) |
| Shaun of the Dead by Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright (Tie) |
| Work for Young Readers |
| Abarat: Days of Magic, Nights of War by Clive Barker (Tie) |
| Oddest Yet by Steve Burt (Tie) |
| Robot Santa: The Further Adventures of Santa's Twin by Dean Koontz |
| Fall (Witch Season series) by Jeff Mariotte |
| Poetry Collection |
| The Women at the Funeral by Corrine De Winter |
| The Desert by Charlee Jacob |
| Men Are From Hell, Women Are From The Galaxy Of Death by Mark McLaughlin |
| Waiting my Turn to go Under the Knife by Tom Piccirilli |
| Alternative Forms |
| The Goreletter by Michael Arnzen |
| Flesh & Blood Magazine edited by Jack Fisher |
| The Devil's Wine edited by Tom Piccirilli |
| ChiZine edited by Brett Savory |
| Lifetime Achievement |
| Michael Moorcock |
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| 2004 Awards and Nominees for Works Published in 2003 ( denotes superior achievement) |
| Novel |
| The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla by Stephen King |
| Serenity Falls by James A. Moore |
| The Night Country by Stewart O'Nan |
| A Choir of Ill Children by Tom Piccirilli |
| lost boy lost girl by Peter Straub |
| First Novel |
| Wolf's Trap by William D. Gagliani |
| The Rising by Brian Keene |
| Monstrocity by Jeffrey Thomas |
| Veniss Underground by Jeff Vandermeer |
| Long Fiction |
| "The Necromancer" by Douglas Clegg |
| "Closing Time" by Jack Ketchum |
| "Fuckin' Lie Down Already" by Tom Piccirilli |
| "Louisiana Breakdown" by Lucius Shepard |
| "Roll Them Bones" by David Niall Wilson |
| Short Fiction |
| "Duty" by Gary A. Braunbeck |
| "The Last Supper" by Scott Edelman |
| "Harvey's Dream" by Stephen King |
| "The Haunting" by Joyce Carol Oates |
| "The Red Bow" by George Saunders |
| Fiction Collection |
| Graveyard People: The Collected Cedar Hill Stories Vol 1 by Gary A. Braunbeck |
| Told by the Dead by Ramsey Campbell |
| Bibliomancy by Elizabeth Hand |
| Peaceable Kingdom by Jack Ketchum |
| Fangs and Angel Wings by Karen Taylor |
| Anthology |
| Southern Blood: New Australian Tales of the Supernatural edited by Bill Congreve |
| Gathering The Bones edited by Jack Dann, Ramsey Campbell and Dennis Etchison |
| The Dark edited by Ellen Datlow |
| The Year's Best Fantasy & Horror: 16th Annual Collection edited by Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling |
| Borderlands 5 edited by Elizabeth and Thomas Monteleone |
| Nonfiction |
| Fear in a Handful of Dust by Gary A. Braunbeck |
| Ralan.com edited by Ralan Conley |
| Alan Moore: Portrait of an Extraordinary Gentleman, edited by Gary Spencer Millidge and Smoky Man |
| The Mothers and Fathers Italian Association by Thomas F. Monteleone |
| Hellnotes edited by Judi Rohrig |
| Illustrated Narrative |
| The Sandman: Endless Nights (collection) by Neil Gaiman |
| The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume Two by Alan Moore |
| Kolchak: "Devil in the Details" by Stefan Petrucha |
| Graphic Classics: Ambrose Bierce edited by Tom Pomplun |
| Vampire the Masqerade Giovanni -- The Machiavelli Conundrum by Robert Weinberg |
| Screenplay |
| Identity by Michael Cooney |
| Bubba Ho-Tep by Don Coscarelli |
| Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl by Ted Elliott & Terry Rossio |
| Work for Young Readers |
| Even Odder: More Stories To Chill The Heart by Steve Burt |
| The Oracle by Catherine Fisher |
| The Wolves in the Walls by Neil Gaiman |
| A Stir of Bones by Nina Kiriki Hoffman |
| Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J. K Rowling |
| Poetry Collection |
| Gorelets: Unpleasant Poems by Michael Arnzen |
| Pitchblende by Bruce Boston |
| Final Girl by Daphne Gottlieb |
| Cardinal Sins by Charlee Jacob |
| Professor LaGungo's Exotic Artifacts & Assorted Mystic Collectibles by Mark McLaughlin |
| Artist of Antithesis by Marge Simon |
| Alternative Forms |
| The Goreletter (email newsletter) by Michael Arnzen |
| From the Files of Matthew Gentech (role-playing game) by Bruce Ballon |
| Ghosts of Albion (webcast script) by Christopher Golden and Amber Benson |
| Horror World (webzine) edited by Nanci Kalanta and Ron Dickie |
| Lifetime Achievement |
| Martin H. Greenberg |
| Anne Rice |
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| 2003 Awards and Nominees for Works Published in 2002 ( denotes superior achievement) |
| Novel |
| The Hour Before Dark by Douglas Clegg |
| From a Buick 8 by Stephen King |
| Lullaby by Chuck Palahniuk |
| The Night Class by Tom Piccirilli |
| The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold |
| First Novel |
| The Blues Ain't Nothin' by Tina Jens |
| Atmosphere by Michael Laimo |
| The Red Church by Scott Nicholson |
| The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold |
| Long Fiction |
| "Cape Wrath" by Paul Finch |
| "Coraline" by Neil Gaiman |
| "El Dia De Los Muertos" by Brian A. Hopkins (Tie) |
| "My Work Is Not Yet Done" by Thomas Ligotti (Tie) |
| "The Origin" by David B. Silva |
| Short Fiction |
| "Disappearances" by Mort Castle |
| "The Green Man" by Christopher Fowler |
| "The Plague Species" by Charlee Jacob |
| "Details" by China Miéville |
| "The Misfit Child Grows Fat on Despair" by Tom Piccirilli |
| Fiction Collection |
| One More for the Road by Ray Bradbury |
| Nations of the Living, Nations of the Dead by Mort Castle |
| Knuckles and Tales by Nancy A. Collins |
| Everything's Eventual by Stephen King |
| The Collection by Bentley Little |
| Anthology |
| Shivers edited by Richard Chizmar |
| The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror, Fifteenth Annual Collection edited by Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling |
| The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, Volume 13 edited by Stephen Jones |
| The Darker Side edited by John Pelan |
| Children of Cthulhu edited by John Pelan and Benjamin Adams |
| Nonfiction |
| Supernatural Fiction Writers: Contemporary Fantasy and Horror by Richard Bleiler |
| Ramsey Campbell, Probably by Ramsey Campbell |
| Ralan.com edited by Ralan Conley |
| Jobs in Hell edited by Brian Keene and Kelly Laymon |
| Hellnotes edited by David B. Silva, Paul F. Olson, and Garrett Peck |
| Illustrated Narrative |
| Howard the Duck (Issues 1-6) by Steve Gerber |
| Fort: Prophet of the Unexplained (Issues 1-4) by Peter Lenkov |
| Nightside (Issues 1-4) by Robert Weinberg |
| Screenplay |
| Minority Report by Scott Frank and Jon Cohen (based on a story by Philip K. Dick) |
| Frailty by Brent Hanley |
| The Ring by Ehren Kruger (based on the novel by Koji Suzuki and on the motion picture by The Spiral Production Group) |
| Signs by M. Night Shyamalan |
| Work for Young Readers |
| Abarat by Clive Barker |
| Cat in Glass and Other Tales of the Unnatural by Nancy Etchemendy |
| Coraline by Neil Gaiman |
| Abu and the Seven Marvels by Richard Matheson and William Stout |
| Poetry Collection |
| Night Smoke by Bruce Boston and Marge Simon |
| Guises (Poetry Section "Night Unmasked") by Charlee Jacob |
| The Gossamer Eye by Mark McLaughlin, Rain Graves, and David Niall Wilson |
| This Cape Is Red Because I've Been Bleeding by Tom Piccirilli |
| Alternative Forms |
| Buckeye Jim in Egypt (audio script based on the Mort Castle story) by Mort Castle |
| Flesh and Blood (magazine) edited by Jack Fisher |
| The Tree Is My Hat (audio script based on the Gene Wolfe story) by Larry Santoro |
| Imagination Box (multimedia CD) by Steve and Melanie Tem |
| Lifetime Achievement |
| Stephen King |
| J.N. Williamson |
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| 2002 Awards and Nominees for Works Published in 2001 ( denotes superior achievement) |
| Novel |
| From the Dust Returned by Ray Bradbury |
| American Gods by Neil Gaiman |
| The Lost by Jack Ketchum |
| Black House by Stephen King & Peter Straub |
| First Novel |
| Phantom Feast by Diana Barron |
| Skating on the Edge by d.g.k. goldberg |
| Riverwatch by Joe Nassise |
| Deadliest of the Species by Michael Oliveri |
| Long Fiction |
| "From A to Z, in the Sarsaparilla Alphabet" by Harlan Ellison |
| "Demolition" by Nancy Etchemendy |
| "Earthworm Gods" by Brian Keene |
| "Northern Gothic" by Nick Mamatas |
| "In These Final Days of Sales" by Steve Rasnic Tem |
| Short Fiction |
| "I Am Your Need" by Mort Castle |
| "The Haunt" by Jack Ketchum |
| "Reconstructing Amy" by Tim Lebbon |
| "Whose Puppets, Best and Worst, Are We?" by David B. Silva |
| Fiction Collection |
| The Dark Fantastic by Ed Gorman |
| As the Sun Goes Down by Tim Lebbon |
| The Whisperer and Other Voices by Brian Lumley |
| The Man with the Barbed-Wire Fists by Norman Partridge |
| Anthology |
| Trick or Treat: A Collection of Halloween Novellas edited by Richard Chizmar |
| The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Fourteenth Annual Collection edited by Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling |
| Extremes 2: Fantasy and Horror from the Ends of the Earth edited by Brian A. Hopkins |
| The Best of Horrorfind edited by Brian Keene |
| Nonfiction |
| If Chins Could Kill: Confessions of a B Movie Actor by Bruce Campbell |
| Personal Demons edited by Brian A. Hopkins & Garrett Peck |
| Jobs in Hell edited by Brian Keene |
| Hellnotes by David B. Silva & Paul F. Olson |
| Illustrated Narrative |
| "Freezes Over" (Hellblazer 158-161) by Brian Azzarello |
| "The First Adventures of Miss Catterina Poe" (The Dreaming 56) by Caitlin R. Kiernan |
| Desperadoes: Quiet of the Grave by Jeff Mariotte |
| "Quiver" (Green Arrow 1-10) by Kevin Smith |
| Weird Western Tales by Various Authors |
| Screenplay |
| The Others by Alejandro Amenabar |
| The Fellowship of the Ring by Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson & Frances Walsh (based on the novel by J.R.R. Tolkien) |
| From Hell by Terry Hayes & Rafael Yglesias (based on a graphic novel by Alan Moore & Eddie Campbell) |
| Memento by Christopher & Jonathan Nolan |
| Work for Young Readers |
| Prowlers by Christopher Golden |
| The Willow Files 2 by Yvonne Navarro |
| Poetry Collection |
| Consumed, Reduced to Beautiful Grey Ashes by Linda Addison |
| White Space by Bruce Boston |
| What the Cacodaemon Whispered by Chad Hensley |
| Taunting the Minotaur by Charlee Jacob |
| Alternative Forms |
| Unseen Masters (gaming module) by Bruce Ballon |
| Dark Dreamers: Facing the Masters of Fear by Beth Gwinn & Stanley Wiater |
| Rue Morgue Magazine edited by Rod Gudino |
| Horrorfind (Internet magazine) by Brian Keene & Mike Roden |
| Gothic.net (Internet magazine) edited by Darren McKeeman |
| Lifetime Achievement |
| John Farris |
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| 2001 Awards and Nominees for Works Published in 2000 ( denotes superior achievement) |
| Novel |
| The Indifference of Heaven by Gary A. Braunbeck |
| Silent Children by Ramsey Campbell |
| The Licking Valley Coon Hunters Club by Brian A. Hopkins |
| The Traveling Vampire Show by Richard Laymon |
| The Deceased by Tom Piccirilli |
| First Novel |
| Nailed by the Heart by Simon Clark |
| House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski |
| The Licking Valley Coon Hunters Club by Brian A. Hopkins |
| Run by Douglas E. Winter |
| Long Fiction |
| "Riding the Bullet" by Stephen King |
| "In Shock" by Joyce Carol Oates |
| "God Screamed and Screamed, Then I Ate Him" by Lawrence P. Santoro |
| "The Man on the Ceiling" by Melanie and Steve Rasnic Tem |
| Short Fiction |
| "Dead Cat Bounce" by Gerard Daniel Houarner |
| "Gone" by Jack Ketchum |
| "Fallen Angel" by Robert J. Sawyer |
| "Mexican Moon" by Karen E. Taylor |
| Fiction Collection |
| Up, Out of Cities That Blow Hot and Cold by Charlee Jacob |
| Wind Over Heaven and Other Dark Tales by Bruce Holland Rogers |
| Magic Terror by Peter Straub |
| City Fishing by Steve Rasnic Tem |
| Anthology |
| The Year's Best Fantasy & Horror, 13th Annual Collection edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling |
| Brainbox: The Real Horror edited by Steve Eller |
| Extremes: Fantasy & Horror from the Ends of the Earth edited by Brian A. Hopkins |
| Bad News edited by Richard Laymon |
| Nonfiction |
| On Writing by Stephen King |
| Hellnotes by David B. Silva and Paul F. Olson |
| At the Foot of the Story Tree by Bill Sheehan |
| Horror of the 20th Century by Robert Weinberg |
| Illustrated Narrative |
| "Red Romance" (Flinch 11) by Joe R. Lansdale |
| The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (miniseries) by Alan Moore |
| Cable 79-84 by Robert Weinberg |
| "Spuds" (Night Terrors #1) by Bernie Wrightson |
| Screenplay |
| Requiem for a Dream by Darren Aronofsky and Hubert Selby, Jr. |
| Shadow of the Vampire by Steven Katz |
| The Cell by Mark Protosevich |
| Unbreakable by M. Night Shyamalan |
| Pitch Black by David Twohy and Ken and Jim Wheat |
| Work for Young Readers |
| The Power of Un by Nancy Etchemendy |
| Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling |
| Be Afraid! edited by Edo van Belkom |
| The Christmas Thingy by F. Paul Wilson |
| Poetry Collection |
| Paratabloids by Michael A. Arnzen |
| The Complete Accursed Wives by Bruce Boston |
| Burial Plot in Sagittarius by Sandy DeLuca |
| A Student of Hell by Tom Piccirilli |
| Other Media |
| Twilight Tales Reading Series produced by Tina L. Jens and Andrea Dubnick |
| Chiaroscuro (web site) edited by Steve Eller, Sandra Kasturi, Patricia Lee Macomber and Brett A. Savory |
| "Back to the Black Lagoon" (on The Creature from the Black Lagoon DVD) by David J. Skal |
| Gothic.Net (web site), edited by Darren McKeeman and Mehitobel Wilson |
| Lifetime Achievement |
| Nigel Kneale |
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