"The annual for superior achievement in horror literature. Named in honor of the author of the seminal horror novel Dracula, the Stokers are presented for superior writing in eight categories including traditional fiction of various lengths, poetry, and non-fiction. In addition, HWA presents an annual Lifetime Achievement Award to a living person who has made significant contributions to the writing of Horror and Dark Fantasy over the course of a lifetime."
Here are a few of the winners in our collection.
Superior Achievement in a Novel
Blood Kin by Steve Rasnic Tem
"A dark Southern Gothic vision of ghosts, witchcraft, secret powers, snake-handling, kudzu, Melungeons, and the Great Depression. Michael Gibson has returned to the quiet home of his forebears and
now takes care of his grandmother Sadie – old and sickly, but with an
important story to tell about growing up poor and Melungeon (a mixed
race group of mysterious origins) in the 1930s, while bedeviled by a
snake-handling uncle and empathic powers she barely understands. In a field not far from the Gibson family home lies an iron-bound
crate within a small shack buried four feet deep under Kudzu vine.
Michael somehow understands that hidden inside that crate is potentially
his own death, his grandmother’s death, and perhaps the deaths of
everyone in the valley if he does not come to understand her story well
enough." publisher
Superior Achievement in a First Novel
Mr. Wicker by Maria Alexander
"Alicia Baum is missing a deadly childhood memory. Located beyond life,
The Library of Lost Childhood Memories holds the answer. The Librarian
is Mr. Wicker-a seductive yet sinister creature with an unthinkable past
and an agenda just as lethal. After committing suicide, Alicia finds
herself before the Librarian, who informs her that her lost memory is
not only the reason she took her life, but the cause of every bad thing
that has happened to her. Alicia spurns Mr. Wicker and attempts to enter
the hereafter without the Book that would make her spirit whole. But
instead of the oblivion she craves, she finds herself in a psychiatric
hold at Bayford Hospital, where the staff is more pernicious than its
patients." publisher Superior Achievement in a Young Adult Novel
Phoenix Island by John Dixon
"A
champion boxer with a sharp hook and a short temper, sixteen-year-old
Carl Freeman has been shuffled from foster home to foster home. He can’t
seem to stay out of trouble—using his fists to defend weaker classmates
from bullies. His latest incident sends his opponent to the emergency
room, and now the court is sending Carl to the worst place on earth: Phoenix Island. Classified
as a “terminal facility,” it’s the end of the line for delinquents who
have no home, no family, and no future. Located somewhere far off the
coast of the United States—and immune to its laws—the island is a
grueling Spartan-style boot camp run by sadistic drill sergeants who
show no mercy to their young, orphan trainees." publisher
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