Horror

Bram Stoker Award Winners

Browse Bram Stoker Award winners and nominees by year or category. Start with the latest results, then explore historical winners across the full award archive.

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Recent Winning Titles

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View 2023 winners

2023 Fiction Collection

Blood from the Air

Files, Gemma

Winner · Fiction Collection

2023 Graphic Novel

Carmilla: The First Vampire

Chu, Amy

Winner · Graphic Novel

2023 First Novel

The Daughters of Block Island

Carmen, Christa

Winner · First Novel

2023 Long Fiction

Linghun

Jiang, Ai

Winner · Long Fiction

2023 Middle Grade Novel

The Nighthouse Keeper

Senf, Lora

Winner · Middle Grade Novel

2023 Anthology

Out There Screaming

Peele, Jordan

Winner · Anthology

Browse by Year

Each year page shows the full Bram Stoker Award results for that year, grouped by category.

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Category pages show one slice of the award across many years, which is useful for readers tracking a specific prize.

Novel

Browse Bram Stoker Award Novel winners and nominees across the full archive.

100 results across this category

First Novel

Browse Bram Stoker Award First Novel winners and nominees across the full archive.

96 results across this category

Young Adult Novel

Browse Bram Stoker Award Young Adult Novel winners and nominees across the full archive.

65 results across this category

Anthology

Browse Bram Stoker Award Anthology winners and nominees across the full archive.

64 results across this category

Fiction Collection

Browse Bram Stoker Award Fiction Collection winners and nominees across the full archive.

57 results across this category

Graphic Novel

Browse Bram Stoker Award Graphic Novel winners and nominees across the full archive.

50 results across this category

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2023 Bram Stoker Award Winners

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Bram Stoker Award – Novel

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Bram Stoker Award – First Novel

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