Bram Stoker Award for Best Short Non-Fiction

The Bram Stoker Award for Best Short Non-Fiction, established in 2019, is an award presented by the Horror Writers Association (HWA) for "superior achievement" in horror writing for short non-fiction.

Honorees

Bram Stoker Award for Best Short Non-Fiction winners and finalists
Year Author Title Publication Publisher Result Ref.
2019
Gwendolyn Kiste Magic, Madness, and Women Who Creep: The Power of Individuality in the Work of Charlotte Perkins Gilman Vastarien: A Literary Journal, Vol. 2, Issue 1 Winner [1][2][3]
Vince A. Liaguno Slasher Films Made Me Gay: The Queer Appeal and Subtext of the Genre LGBTQ+ Horror Month: 9/1/2019, Ginger Nuts of Horror Finalist [1][2][4]
Karen J. Renner The Evil Aging Women of American Horror Story Elder Horror: Essays on Film’s Frightening Images of Aging McFarland Finalist [1][2][4]
Kelly Robinson Film's First Lycanthrope: 1913's The Werewolf Scary Monsters Magazine #114 Finalist [1][2][4]
Valerie E. Weich Lord Byron's Whipping Boy: Dr. John William Polidori and the 200th Anniversary of The Vampyre Famous Monsters of Filmland, Issue #291 Finalist [1][2][4]
2020
Tim Waggoner Speaking of Horror The Writer Winner [5][6][7][8]
Rhonda Jackson Joseph The Beloved Haunting of Hill House: An Examination of Monstrous Motherhood The Streaming of Hill House: Essays on the Haunting Netflix Adaption McFarland Finalist [5][9][10]
Cynthia Pelayo I Need to Believe Southwest Review, Vol. 105.3 Finalist [5][9][10]
Kelly Robinson Lost, Found, and Finally Unbound: The Strange History of the 1910 Edison Frankenstein Rue Morgue, June 2020 Finalist [5][9][10]
Christina Sng Final Girl: A Life in Horror Interstellar Flight Magazine, October 2020 Finalist [5][9][10]
2021
Angela Yuriko Smith Horror Writers: Architects of Hope The Sirens Call, Halloween 2021, Issue 55 Sirens Call Publications Winner [11][12][13][14]
Cindy O'Quinn One and Done Were Tales: A Shapeshifter Anthology Brigids Gate Press Finalist [11][12][15][16]
Dejan Ognjanović The Three Paradigms of Horror Vastarien, Vol. 4, Issue 2 Grimscribe Press Finalist [11][12][15][16]
Emily Ruth Verona A Horror Fan’s Guide to Surviving Womanhood thefinalgirls.co.uk Finalist [11][12][15][16]
Kevin J. Wetmore Jr. Devil's Advocates: The Conjuring Auteur Publishing/Liverpool University Press Finalist [11][12][15][16]
2022 Aaron Dries Nona Doesn't Dance Cut to Care: A Collection of Little Hurts IFWG Australia, IFWG International Finalist [17][18]
Douglas Gwilym Poppy's Poppy Penumbric Speculative Fiction Magazine, Vol. V, No. 6 Finalist [17][18]
J.A.W. McCarthy The Only Thing Different Will Be the Body A Woman Built by Man Cemetery Gates Media Finalist [17][18]
2023
Nadia Bulkin Becoming Ungovernable: Latah, Amok, and Disorder in Indonesia Unquiet Spirits: Essays by Asian Women in Horror Black Spot Books Winner [19]
Carina Bissett Words Wielded by Women Apex Magazine Nominee [19]
K.P. Kulski Everything the Darkness Eats Unquiet Spirits: Essays by Asian Women in Horror Black Spot Books
Lee Murray Displaced Spirits Unquiet Spirits: Essays by Asian Women in Horror Black Spot Books
Kevin Wetmore, Jr A Theatre of Ghosts, a Haunted Cinema: The Japanese Gothic as Theatrical Tradition in Gurozuka Special Issue on Asian Gothic 6/23 Wenshan Review of Literature and Culture
2024
Lisa Wood Blacks in Film and Cultivated Bias No More Haunted Dolls: Horror Fiction that Transcends the Tropes Vernon Press Winner [20]
Michael Arnzen Screamin’ in the Rain: The Orchestration of Catharsis in William Castle’s The Tingler What Sleeps Beneath Nominee [20]
Vince A. Liaguno The Horror of Donna Berzatto and Her Feast of the Seven Fishes You’re Not Alone in the Dark Cemetery Dance Publications
Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock Hidden Histories: The Many Ghosts of Disney’s Haunted Mansion Disney Gothic: Dark Shadows in the House of Mouse Lexington Books
Kevin J. Wetmore, Jr Jackson and Haunting of the Stage Journal of Shirley Jackson Studies, Vol. 2 No. 1 Shirley Jackson Studies

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "The 2019 Bram Stoker Award® Winners". The Bram Stoker Awards. Archived from the original on 2022-05-28. Retrieved 2023-02-28.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Winners - Bram Stoker Awards®". Horror Writers Association. 2020-04-19. Archived from the original on 2022-06-25. Retrieved 2023-03-01.
  3. ^ "2019 Stoker Awards Winners". Locus Online. 2020-04-20. Archived from the original on 2020-04-24. Retrieved 2023-03-01.
  4. ^ a b c d "2019 Stoker Awards Final Ballot". Locus Online. 2020-02-20. Archived from the original on 2022-12-01. Retrieved 2023-03-01.
  5. ^ a b c d e "The Bram Stoker Awards 2020". The Bram Stoker Awards. Archived from the original on 2022-05-28. Retrieved 2023-03-01.
  6. ^ Caplan, Walker (2021-06-01). "Here are the winners of the 2020 Bram Stoker Awards". Literary Hub. Archived from the original on 2022-07-03. Retrieved 2023-03-01.
  7. ^ Templeton, Molly (2021-06-01). "Announcing the 2020 Bram Stoker Awards Winners". Tor.com. Archived from the original on 2021-07-07. Retrieved 2023-03-01.
  8. ^ "2020 Stoker Awards Winners". Locus Online. 2021-05-24. Archived from the original on 2022-08-11. Retrieved 2023-03-01.
  9. ^ a b c d Liptak, Andrew (2021-02-22). "Here Are the 2020 Bram Stoker Award Nominees". Tor.com. Archived from the original on 2021-05-06. Retrieved 2023-03-01.
  10. ^ a b c d "2020 Stoker Awards Final Ballot". Locus Online. 2021-02-22. Archived from the original on 2022-10-08. Retrieved 2023-03-01.
  11. ^ a b c d e "The 2021 Bram Stoker Awards® Winners". The Bram Stoker Awards. Archived from the original on 2022-08-13. Retrieved 2023-03-01.
  12. ^ a b c d e Pavlik, Tina (2022-05-16). "2021 Bram Stoker Awards® Winners". Horror Writers Association. Archived from the original on 2022-06-20. Retrieved 2023-03-01.
  13. ^ Armstrong, Vanessa (2022-05-17). "Congratulations to the 2021 Bram Stoker Awards Winners!". Tor.com. Archived from the original on 2022-06-28. Retrieved 2023-03-01.
  14. ^ "2021 Stoker Awards Winners". Locus Online. 2022-05-15. Archived from the original on 2022-07-04. Retrieved 2023-03-01.
  15. ^ a b c d Templeton, Molly (2022-02-25). "Announcing the Nominees for the 2021 Bram Stoker Awards". Tor.com. Archived from the original on 2022-09-27. Retrieved 2023-03-01.
  16. ^ a b c d "2021 Stoker Awards Final Ballot". Locus Online. 2022-02-25. Archived from the original on 2022-12-08. Retrieved 2023-03-01.
  17. ^ a b c "The 2022 Bram Stoker Awards® Final Ballot". The Bram Stoker Awards. Archived from the original on 2023-02-28. Retrieved 2023-03-01.
  18. ^ a b c "2022 Stoker Awards Final Ballot". Locus Online. 2023-02-24. Archived from the original on 2023-02-25. Retrieved 2023-03-01.
  19. ^ a b "The 2023 Bram Stoker Awards® Winners". Retrieved July 8, 2025.
  20. ^ a b "2024 Stoker Awards Winners". Retrieved July 9, 2025.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.