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2023 Stoker Award Winners for Best Horror and Dark Fantasy

The best in horror and dark fantasy books, short stories, and more were highlighted in this year's Stoker Awards.

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Jun 5, 2024

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If you love horror or are eager to dip your toes into it, one place you’ll want to turn to are the Bram Stoker Award winners. This year’s slate of best horror books were just announced at StokerCon and recognize superior publications from the prior year in books.

The Stoker Awards are given out by the Horror Writers Association and honor both works of horror and dark fantasy. They were first awarded in 1987 and winners are selected by active members of the Association.

Here are the 2023 Stoker Award Winners

Superior Achievement in a Novel: The Reformatory by Tananarive Due
Superior Achievement in a First Novel: The Daughters of Block Island by Christa Carmen
Superior Achievement in a Middle Grade Novel: The Nighthouse Keeper by Lora Senf
Superior Achievement in a Young Adult Novel: She Is a Haunting by Trang Thanh Tran
Superior Achievement in Long Fiction: Linghun by Ai Jiang
Superior Achievement in Short Fiction: “Quondam” by Cindy O’Quinn
Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection: Blood from the Air by Gemma Files
Superior Achievement in an Anthology: Out There Screaming edited by Jordan Peele & John Joseph Adams
Superior Achievement in Long Nonfiction: 101 Horror Books to Read Before You’re Murdered by Sadie Hartmann
Superior Achievement in Short Nonfiction: “Becoming Ungovernable: Latah, Amok, and Disorder in Indonesia” by Nadia Bulkin (Unquiet Spirits: Essays by Asian Women in Horror)
Superior Achievement in Poetry: On the Subject of Blackberries by Stephanie M. Wytovich
Superior Achievement in a Graphic Novel: Carmilla: The First Vampire by Amy Chu, art by Soo Lee
Superior Achievement in a Screenplay: Godzilla Minus One

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Find out more about this year’s Stoker Awards at the Horror Writers Association website, which includes all of the finalists in each category.

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