Bram Stoker Award for Best First Novel

The Bram Stoker Award for First Novel is an award presented by the Horror Writers Association (HWA) for "superior achievement" in horror writing for an author's first horror novel.

Winners and nominees

Nancy A. Collins with her 1989 Bram Stoker Award
Bram Stoker Award for Best First Novel [1][2][3]
Year Recipient Title Citation Ref.
1987 Lisa Cantrell The Manse Winner [4]
Clive Barker The Damnation Game Nominee [4]
Rex Miller Slob
Tony Richards The Harvest Bride
Steve Rasnic Tem Excavation
1988 Kelley Wilde The Suiting Winner [5]
Michael Paine Cities of the Dead Nominee [5]
Kevin J. Anderson Resurrection, Inc.
Allen Lee Harris Deliver Us From Evil
J. Michael Straczynski Demon Night
John L. Byrne Fear Book
1989 Nancy A. Collins Sunglasses After Dark Winner [6]
Tom Elliott (JW Paine) The Dwelling Nominee [6]
Douglas Clegg Goat Dance
Dean Wesley Smith Laying The Music To Rest
Jean Paiva The Lilith Factor
1990 Bentley Little The Revelation Winner [7]
Alan Rodgers Blood of the Children Nominee [7]
Tom Piccirilli Dark Father
T. Chris Martindale Nightblood
1991 Kathe Koja The Cipher Winner [8]
Melanie Tem Prodigal
Chris Curry & L. Dean James Winter Scream Nominee [8]
Dennis Danvers Wilderness
Ashley McConnell Unearthed
1992 Elizabeth Massie Sineater Winner [9]
Poppy Z. Brite Lost Souls Nominee [9]
Brian D'Amato Beauty
Gary Raisor Less Than Human
Wayne Allen Salee The Holy Terror
1993 Nina Kiriki Hoffman The Thread that Binds the Bones Winner [10]
Yvonne Navarro Afterage Nominee [10]
Richard Christian Matheson Created By
Anne Billson Suckers
Philip Nutman Wet Work
1994 Michael Arnzen Grave Markings Winner [11]
Jay R. Bonansinga The Black Mariah Nominee [11]
Robert Devereaux Deadweight
Nancy Kilpatrick Near Death
1995 Lucy Taylor The Safety of Unknown Cities Winner [12]
Gary Bowen Diary of a Vampire Nominee [12]
Tananarive Due The Between
Robert Girardi Madeleine's Ghost
Edo van Belkom Wyrm Wolf
1996 Owl Goingback Crota Winner [13]
Donald R. Burleson Flute Song Nominee [13]
Greg Kihn Horror Show
Del Stone Dead Heat
1997 Kirsten Bakis Lives of the Monster Dogs Winner [14]
Stephen Dedman The Art of Arrow Cutting Nominee [14]
Barry Hoffman Hungry Eyes
Mary Ann Mitchell Drawn to the Grave
Mary Murrey The Inquisitor
1998 Michael Marano Dawn Song Winner [15]
P.D. Cacek Night Prayers Nominee [15]
Charlee Jacob This Symbiotic Fascination
Caitlin R. Kiernan Silk
1999 J.G. Passarella Wither Winner [16]
Steve Beai Widow's Walk Nominee [16]
John Connolly Every Dead Thing
China Miéville King Rat
2000 Brian A. Hopkins The Licking Valley Coon Hunters Club Winner [17]
Simon Clark Nailed by the Heart Nominee [17]
Mark Z. Danielewski House of Leaves
Douglas E. Winter Run
2001 Michael Oliveri Deadliest of the Species Winner [18]
Diana Barron Phantom Feast Nominee [18]
d.g.k. goldberg Skating on the Edge
Joe Nassise Riverwatch
2002 Alice Sebold The Lovely Bones Winner [19]
Tina Jens The Blues Ain't Nothing Nominee [19]
Michael Laimo Atmosphere
Scott Nicholson The Red Church
2003 Brian Keene The Rising Winner [20]
William D. Gagliani Wolf's Trap Nominee [20]
Jeffrey Thomas Monstrocity
Jeff VanderMeer Veniss Underground
2004 John Everson Covenant Winner [21]
Lee Thomas Stained
James Kidman Black Fire Nominee [21]
Nick Mamatas Move Under Ground
2005 Weston Ochse Scarecrow Gods Winner [22]
Kealan Patrick Burke The Hides Nominee [22]
Alan M. Clark and Jeremy Robert Johnson Siren Promised
2006 Jonathan Maberry Ghost Road Blues Winner [23]
Sarah Langan The Keeper Nominee [23]
Nate Kenyon Bloodstone
Alexandra Sokoloff The Harrowing
2007 Joe Hill Heart-Shaped Box Winner [24]
Michael Louis Calvillo I Will Rise Nominee [24]
John R. Little The Memory Tree
Mary SanGiovanni The Hollower
2008 Lisa Mannetti The Gentling Box Winner [25]
Christopher Conlon Midnight on Mourn Street Nominee [25]
Michael McCarty and Mark McLaughlin Monster Behind the Wheel
David Oppegaard The Suicide Collectors
Joel A. Sutherland Frozen Blood
2009 Hank Schwaeble Damnable Winner [26]
S. G. Browne Breathers Nominee [26]
Daniel G. Keohane Solomon's Grave
Paul Tremblay The Little Sleep
2010 Benjamin Kane Ethridge Black & Orange Winner [27]
Lisa Morton The Castle of Los Angeles
Gemma Files A Book of Tongues Nominee [27]
Lucy A. Snyder Spellbent
2011 Allyson Bird Isis Unbound Winner [28][29][30][31]
John Hornor Jacobs Southern Gods Nominee [28][29][30]
Frazer Lee The Lamplighters
Thomas Roche The Panama Laugh
Brett J. Talley That Which Should Not Be
2012 L. L. Soares Life Rage Winner [32][33][34]
Michael Boccacino Charlotte Markham and the House of Darkling Nominee [32][33][34]
Deborah Coates Wide Open
Charles Day The Legend of the Pumpkin Thief
Peter Dudar A Requiem for Dead Flies
Richard Gropp Bad Glass
2013 Rena Mason The Evolutionist Winner [35][36]
Kate Jonez Candy House Nominee [35][36]
John Mantooth The Year of the Storm
Jonathan Moore Redheads
Royce Prouty Stoker’s Manuscript
2014 Maria Alexander Mr. Wicker Winner [37][38][39]
J. D. Barker Forsaken Nominee [37][38][39]
David Cronenberg Consumed
Michael Knost Return of the Mothman
Josh Malerman Bird Box
2015 Nicole Cushing Mr. Suicide Winner [40][41]
Courtney Alameda Shutter Nominee [40][41]
Brian Kirk We Are Monsters
John McIlveen Hannahwhere
John Claude Smith Riding the Centipede
2016 Tom Deady Haven Winner [42]
Barbara Barnett The Apothecary’s Curse Nominee [42]
Greg Chapman Hollow House
Michelle Garza & Melissa Lason Mayan Blue
Stephanie M. Wytovich The Eighth
2017 Robert Payne Cabeen Cold Cuts Winner [43][44][45][46][47]
Andy Davidson In The Valley of the Sun Nominee [48][49][50][51][52]
Matt Hayward What Do Monsters Fear?
Jeremy Hepler The Boulevard Monster
Scott Thomas Kill Creek
2018 Gwendolyn Kiste The Rust Maidens Winner [53][54][55][56]
Julia Fine What Should Be Wild Nominee [53][54][55][56]
T.E. Grau I Am the River
Zoje Stage Baby Teeth
Tony Tremblay The Moore House
2019 Sarah Read The Bone Weaver's Orchard Winner [57][58][59]
Gemma Amor Dear Laura Nominee [57][58][59]
Eric J. Guignard Doorways to the Deadeye
Michelle Renee Lane Invisible Chains
Caitlin Starling The Luminous Dead
2020 EV Knight The Fourth Whore Winner [60][61][62][63]
Polly Hall The Taxidermist’s Lover Nominee [64][65][66][67]
Rachel Harrison The Return
Ross Jeffery Tome
Kate Reed Petty True Story
2021 Hailey Piper Queen of Teeth Winner [68][69][70][71]
Lisa Quigley The Forest Nominee [68][69][70][71]
S. Alessandro Martinez Helminth
Terry Miles Rabbits
Nicol Willson Tidepool
LaTanya McQueen When the Reckoning Comes
2022 Christi Nogle Beulah Winner [72]
Erin Adams Jackal Nominee [73][74]
Isabel Cañas The Hacienda
KC Jones Black Tide
Ally Wilkes All the White Spaces

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