The Bram Stoker Award is a recognition presented by the Horror Writers Association (HWA) for "superior achievement" in horror writing. The awards have been presented annually since 1987, and the winners are selected by ballot of the Active members of the HWA. They are named after influential horror writer Bram Stoker, author of the novel Dracula, among others. The Horror Writers Association (HWA) is a worldwide non-profit organization of professional writers and publishing professionals dedicated to promoting the interests of Horror and Dark Fantasy writers. ... Horror fiction is, broadly, fiction in any medium intended to scare, unsettle, or horrify the reader. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Abraham Bram Stoker (November 8, 1847–April 20, 1912) was an Irish writer, best remembered as the author of the influential horror novel Dracula. ... Dracula is an 1897 novel by Irish author Bram Stoker, and the name of its most famous character, the vampire Count Dracula. ...

Several members of the HWA—including Dean Koontz—were reluctant to endorse such writing awards, fearing it would incite competitiveness rather than friendly admiration. The HWA therefore went to lengths to avoid mean-spirited competition: They agreed to specifically seek out new and neglected writers and works, and officially issue awards not based on "best of the year" criteria, but "for superior achievement", which allows for frequent ties. Dean Ray Koontz (born July 9, 1945 in Everett, Pennsylvania), also known under a number of pseudonyms, including Leigh Nichols, is an American writer. ...

Currently, the Stoker award is presented in the following categories:

• Best Novel (1987—)
• Best First Novel (1987—)
• Best Long Fiction (1998—)
• Best Short Fiction (1998—)
• Best Fiction Collection (1998—)
• Best Anthology (1998—)
• Best Non-Fiction (1987—)
• Best Poetry Collection (2000—)
• Lifetime Achievement (1987—)

Discontinued categories include: Nominees are listed below the winner(s) for each year 1987: Misery by Stephen King (tie) 1987: Swan Song by Robert R. McCammon (tie) Live Girls by Ray Garton Unassigned Territory by Kem Hunn Ash Wednesday by Chet Williamson 1988: The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris Stinger by... Nominees are listed below the winner(s) for each year. ... This category of Bram Stoker Awards was previously titled best novella or best novellette. Nominees are listed below the winner(s) for each year. ... This category was previously titled best short story. Nominees are listed below the winner(s) for each year. ... Nominees are listed below the winner(s) for each year. ... Nominees are listed below the winner(s) for each year. ... Nominees are listed below the winner(s) for each year. ... Nominees are listed below the winner(s) for each year. ... 1987: Fritz Leiber 1987: Frank Belknap Long 1987: Clifford D. Simak 1988: Ray Bradbury 1988: Ronald Chetwynd-Hayes 1990: Hugh B. Cave 1990: Richard Matheson 1991: Gahan Wilson 1992: Ray Russell 1993: Vincent Price 1994: Christopher Lee 1995: Harlan Ellison 1996: Ira Levin 1996: Forrey Ackerman 1997: William Peter Blatty...

• Best Novelette (1987–1997)
• Best Short Story (1987–1997)
• Best Collection (1987–1997)
• Best Other Media (1993, 1998–2000)
• Best Illustrated Narrative (1998—2004)
• Best Screenplay (1998—2004)
• Best Work for Young Readers (1998—2004)
• Best Alternative Forms (2001—2004)

Past award winners include: This category of Bram Stoker Awards was previously titled best novella or best novellette. Nominees are listed below the winner(s) for each year. ... This category was previously titled best short story. Nominees are listed below the winner(s) for each year. ... This category was previously titled best collection. Nominees are listed below the winner(s) for each year. ... This category was previously titled other media. Nominees are listed below the winner(s) for each year. ... Nominees are listed below the winner(s) for each year. ... Nominees are listed below the winner(s) for each year. ... Nominees are listed below the winner(s) for each year. ... This category was previously titled other media. Nominees are listed below the winner(s) for each year. ...

• Clive Barker
• Charles Beaumont
• Robert Bloch
• Ray Bradbury
• Ramsey Campbell
• Douglas Clegg
• Harlan Ellison
• Neil Gaiman
• Nancy Holder
• Jack Ketchum
• Stephen King
• Dean Koontz
• Thomas Ligotti
• Joe R. Lansdale
• Richard Laymon
• Bentley Little
• Richard Matheson
• Robert McCammon
• David Morrell
• Joyce Carol Oates
• Chuck Palahniuk
• J. K. Rowling
• John Shirley
• Dan Simmons
• Peter Straub
• Steve and Melanie Tem

Clive Barker (Born October 5, 1952, Liverpool, England) is an English author, film director and visual artist. ... Charles Beaumont (January 2, 1929 – February 21, 1967) was a prolific U.S. author of fantasy and science fiction short stories who frequently wrote for The Twilight Zone TV series and scripts for such films as The Masque of the Red Death. ... Robert Albert Bloch (April 5, 1917, Chicago-September 23, 1994, Los Angeles) was a prolific American writer. ... Ray Douglas Bradbury (born August 22, 1920) is an American fantasy, horror, science fiction, and mystery writer best known for The Martian Chronicles, a 1950 book which has been described both as a short story collection and a novel, and his 1953 dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451. ... John Ramsey Campbell (born January 4, 1946 in Liverpool) is a British writer considered by a number of critics to be one of the great masters of horror fiction. ... Douglas Clegg (April 1, 1958-) is an American horror and dark fantasy author, and a pioneer in the field of e-publishing. ... Harlan Jay Ellison (born May 27, 1934) is a prolific American writer of short stories, novellas, essays, and criticism. ... Neil Richard Gaiman () (born November 10, 1960, Portchester, Hampshire) is an English author of numerous science fiction and fantasy works, including many graphic novels. ... // Introduction Author of many Buffyverse books. ... Jack Ketchum is the pseudonym for author Dallas Mayr. ... Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author best known for his enormously popular horror novels. ... Dean Ray Koontz (born July 9, 1945 in Everett, Pennsylvania), also known under a number of pseudonyms, including Leigh Nichols, is an American writer. ... Thomas Ligotti (born July 9, 1953, in Detroit, Michigan) is a writer of horror stories. ... Joe R. Lansdale is an author from Texas. ... Richard Laymon was born in Chicago in 1947 and died on February 14, 2001. ... Bentley Little is the author of numerous horror novels. ... Richard Matheson Richard Burton Matheson (born February 20, 1926) is an American author and screenwriter, typically of fantasy, horror or science fiction. ... Robert R. McCammon is an American novelist from Birmingham, Alabama. ... David Morrell (born 1943 in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada) is the award-winning author of First Blood, the novel in which Rambo was created. ... Joyce Carol Oates (born June 16, 1938) is an American author and is the with the Program in Creative Writing at Princeton University, where she has taught since 1978 ([1]). She serves as associate editor for Ontario Review, a literary magazine, and the Ontario Review Press, a literary book publisher... Charles Michael Chuck Palahniuk (IPA: )[1] (born February 21, 1962) is an American satirical novelist and freelance journalist living in Portland, Oregon. ... Joanne “Jo” Rowling, OBE (born July 31, 1965[1]) is an English fiction writer who writes under the pen name J. K. Rowling. ... John Shirley (born February 10, 1953) is an author of novels, short stories, and television & film scripts. ... Dan Simmons portrayed on the cover of Locus magazine. ... Peter Francis Straub, born March 2, 1943 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is a writer of fiction and poetry, best known as a prolific horror author. ... Steve Rasnic Tem (1950 - ) Steve Rasnic Tem was born in Jonesville, Virginia, which is in the heart of Appalachia. ...

External links

• Official website
• List of the most honored Stoker Award nominees