The Bram Stoker Awards (or "The Stokers") are yearly awards given by the Horror Writers of America (HWA) for works of Horror and Dark Fantasy. Named for Bram Stoker, the author of Dracula, the award has been given out since 1987.
The Bram Stoker Award is only given for written works, so screenplays are eligible (since 1998), but movies are not. The primary categories are Novel, First Novel, Long Work (which covers both novellas and novelettes), Short Work, Screenplay, Anthology. Since 2011, there have also been categories for Young Adult works and graphic novels. There is also a Lifetime Achievement award.
In order to avoid competitiveness, and possible hard feelings, the award is described as being given for "superior achievement" rather than "best".
Compare the very similar Nebula Award for science fiction and fantasy.
Note on dates:
Unlike most awards, the Bram Stoker Awards are officially described as being "for" the year before they are given. Thus, the first award, given at the ceremony in 1988, is the Stoker Award for 1987.
Bram Stoker finalists with a page on this Wiki:
Novel (1987-present)- Misery (won 1987, tie)
- Swan Song (won 1987, tie)
- Silence of the Lambs (won 1988)
- The Queen of the Damned (nominated 1988)
- Carrion Comfort (won 1989)
- Geek Love (nominated 1989)
- Boy's Life (won 1991)
- Needful Things (nominated 1991)
- The Waste Lands (nominated 1991)
- Summer of Night (nominated 1991)
- Hideaway (nominated 1992)
- Anno Dracula (nominated 1993)
- Drawing Blood (nominated 1993)
- The Alienist (nominated 1994)
- Insomnia (nominated 1994)
- The Butcher Boy (nominated 1994)
- Zombie (won 1995)
- The Green Mile (won 1996)
- Bag of Bones (won 1998)
- Hannibal (nominated 1999)
- Low Men in Yellow Coats (nominated 1999)
- American Gods (won 2001)
- Black House (nominated 2001)
- From a Buick 8 (nominated 2002)
- Lullaby (nominated 2002)
- The Lovely Bones (nominated 2002)
- Wolves of the Calla (nominated 2003)
- The Dark Tower (nominated 2004)
- Lisey’s Story (won 2006)
- Heart-Shaped Box (nominated 2007)
- The Terror (nominated 2007)
- Duma Key (won 2008)
- Horns (nominated 2010)
- Rot & Ruin (nominated 2010)
- Doctor Sleep (won 2013)
- NOS4A2 (nominated 2013)
- A Head Full of Ghosts (won 2015)
- The Scarlet Gospels (nominated 2015)
- Sleeping Beauties (nominated 2017)
First Novel (1987-present)
- The Damnation Game (nominated 1987)
- Sunglasses After Dark (won 1989)
- King Rat (nominated 1999)
- House of Leaves (nominated 2000)
- The Lovely Bones (won 2002)
- Veniss Underground (nominated 2003)
- Heart-Shaped Box (won 2007)
- Bird Box (nominated 2014)
Long Fiction (1987-present)
- Dark Harvest (won 2006)
Work for Young Reader (1998-2004) / Young Adult Novel (2011-present)
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (won 1999)
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (nominated 2000)
- Coraline (won 2002)
- Abarat (nominated 2002)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (won 2003)
- The Oracle (nominated 2003)
- Abarat: Days of Magic, Nights of War (won 2004, tie)
- Dust and Decay (won 2011, tie)
- A Monster Calls (nominated 2011)
- Flesh and Bone (won 2012)
- The Diviners (2012) (nominated 2012)
- I Hunt Killers (nominated 2012)
- The Raven Boys (nominated 2012)
- A Bad Day for Voodoo (nominated 2012)
Screenplay (1998-2004, 2011-present)
- Dark City (won 1998, tie)
- Gods and Monsters (won 1998, tie)
- Millennium, episode "Somehow, Satan Got Behind Me" (nominated 1998)
- The Sixth Sense (won 1999)
- The Blair Witch Project (nominated 1999)
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer, episode "Hush" (nominated 1999)
- The Green Mile (nominated 1999)
- Shadow of the Vampire (won 2000)
- The Cell (nominated 2000)
- Pitch Black (nominated 2000)
- Requiem for a Dream (nominated 2000)
- Unbreakable (nominated 2000)
- Memento (won 2001)
- From Hell (nominated 2001)
- The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (nominated 2001)
- The Others (2001) (nominated 2001)
- Frailty (won 2002)
- Minority Report (nominated 2002)
- The Ring (nominated 2002)
- Signs (nominated 2002)
- Bubba Ho Tep (won 2003)
- Identity (nominated 2003)
- Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (nominated 2003)
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (won 2004)
- Dawn of the Dead (2004) (nominated 2004)
- Hellboy (nominated 2004)
- American Horror Story, episode "Afterbirth" (won 2011)
- The Adjustment Bureau (nominated 2011)
- Priest (nominated 2011)
- True Blood: episode "Spellbound" (nominated 2011)
- The Walking Dead, episode "Pretty Much Dead Already" (nominated 2011)
- The Walking Dead, episode "Save the Last One" (nominated 2011)
- The Cabin in the Woods (won 2012)
- American Horror Story, episode "Dark Cousin" (nominated 2012)
- The Hunger Games (nominated 2012)
- The Walking Dead, episode "The Killer Within" (nominated 2012)
- The Woman in Black (nominated 2012)
- The Walking Dead, episode "Welcome to the Tombs" (won 2013)
- American Horror Story, episode "Spilt Milk" (nominated 2013)
- Dracula, episode "A Whiff of Sulfur" (nominated 2013)
- Hannibal, episode "Apéritif" (nominated 2013)
- The Returned, episode "The Horde" (nominated 2013)
- The Babadook (won 2014)
- American Horror Story, episode "The Magical Delights of Stevie Nicks" (nominated 2014)
- Doctor Who, episode "Listen" (nominated 2014)
- Penny Dreadful, episode "Séance" (nominated 2014)
- The Walking Dead, episode "The Grove" (nominated 2014)
- It Follows (won 2015)
- Crimson Peak (nominated 2015)
- Penny Dreadful, episode "And Hell Itself My Only Foe" (nominated 2015)
- Penny Dreadful, episode "The Nightcomers" (nominated 2015)
- What We Do in the Shadows (nominated 2015)
- The VVitch (won 2016)
- 10 Cloverfield Lane (nominated 2016)
- Penny Dreadful, episode "A Blade of Grass" (nominated 2016)
- Stranger Things, episode "The Vanishing of Will Byers" (nominated 2016)
- Stranger Things, episode "The Upside Down" (nominated 2016)
- Get Out (2017) (won 2017)
- The Shape of Water (nominated 2017)
- Stranger Things, episode "MADMAX" (nominated 2017)
- Twin Peaks The Return, episode 3.08 (nominated 2017)
- It (2017) (nominated 2017)
- Split (nominated 2017)
Lifetime Achievement (1987-present, winners only)
- Fritz Leiber (1987, 3 way tie)
- Frank Belknap Long (1987, 3 way tie)
- Clifford Simak (1987, 3 way tie)
- Ray Bradbury (1988, tie)
- R. Chetwynd-Hayes (1988, tie)
- Robert Bloch (1989)
- Richard Matheson (1990, tie)
- Gahan Wilson (1991)
- Christopher Lee (1994)
- Harlan Ellison (1995)
- Ira Levin (1996, tie)
- Jack Williamson (1997, tie)
- Roger Corman (1998, tie)
- Edward Gorey (1999, tie)
- Nigel Kneale (2000)
- Stephen King (2002, tie)
- Anne Rice (2003, tie)
- Michael Moorcock (2004)
- Peter Straub (2005)
- John Carpenter (2007, tie)
- Brian Lumley (2009, tie)
- Clive Barker (2012, tie)
- Robert R. McCammon (2012, tie)
- R. L. Stine (2013, tie)
- Jack Ketchum (2014, tie)
- Tanith Lee (2014, tie)
- Alan Moore (2015, tie)
- George Romero (2015, tie)
