Bram Stoker Award for Best First Novel

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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 NACollinsBramStoker.jpg
Nancy A. Collins with her 1989 Bram Stoker Award
Bram Stoker Award for Best First Novel [1] [2] [3]
YearRecipientTitleCitationRef.
1987Lisa CantrellThe ManseWinner [4]
Clive Barker The Damnation Game Nominee [4]
Rex Miller Slob
Tony Richards The Harvest Bride
Steve Rasnic Tem Excavation
1988Kelley WildeThe SuitingWinner [5]
Michael Paine Cities of the DeadNominee [5]
Kevin J. Anderson Resurrection, Inc.
Allen Lee HarrisDeliver Us From Evil
J. Michael Straczynski Demon Night
John L. Byrne Fear Book
1989 Nancy A. Collins Sunglasses After DarkWinner [6]
Tom Elliott (JW Paine)The DwellingNominee [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 ChildrenNominee [7]
Tom Piccirilli Dark Father
T. Chris Martindale Nightblood
1991 Kathe Koja The CipherWinner [8]
Melanie Tem Prodigal
Chris Curry & L. Dean James Winter ScreamNominee [8]
Dennis Danvers Wilderness
Ashley McConnell Unearthed
1992 Elizabeth Massie SineaterWinner [9]
Poppy Z. Brite Lost SoulsNominee [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 BonesWinner [10]
Yvonne Navarro AfterageNominee [10]
Richard Christian Matheson Created By
Anne BillsonSuckers
Philip Nutman Wet Work
1994 Michael Arnzen Grave MarkingsWinner [11]
Jay R. Bonansinga The Black MariahNominee [11]
Robert Devereaux Deadweight
Nancy Kilpatrick Near Death
1995 Lucy Taylor The Safety of Unknown CitiesWinner [12]
Gary Bowen Diary of a VampireNominee [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 SongNominee [13]
Greg Kihn Horror Show
Del Stone Dead Heat
1997 Kirsten Bakis Lives of the Monster DogsWinner [14]
Stephen Dedman The Art of Arrow CuttingNominee [14]
Barry Hoffman Hungry Eyes
Mary Ann Mitchell Drawn to the Grave
Mary Murrey The Inquisitor
1998 Michael Marano Dawn SongWinner [15]
P.D. Cacek Night PrayersNominee [15]
Charlee Jacob This Symbiotic Fascination
Caitlin R. Kiernan Silk
1999 J.G. Passarella WitherWinner [16]
Steve Beai Widow's WalkNominee [16]
John Connolly Every Dead Thing
China Miéville King Rat
2000 Brian A. Hopkins The Licking Valley Coon Hunters ClubWinner [17]
Simon Clark Nailed by the HeartNominee [17]
Mark Z. Danielewski House of Leaves
Douglas E. Winter Run
2001 Michael Oliveri Deadliest of the SpeciesWinner [18]
Diana Barron Phantom FeastNominee [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 NothingNominee [19]
Michael Laimo Atmosphere
Scott Nicholson The Red Church
2003 Brian Keene The Rising Winner [20]
William D. Gagliani Wolf's TrapNominee [20]
Jeffrey Thomas Monstrocity
Jeff VanderMeer Veniss Underground
2004 John Everson CovenantWinner [21]
Lee Thomas Stained
James Kidman Black FireNominee [21]
Nick Mamatas Move Under Ground
2005 Weston Ochse Scarecrow GodsWinner [22]
Kealan Patrick Burke The HidesNominee [22]
Alan M. Clark and Jeremy Robert JohnsonSiren Promised
2006 Jonathan Maberry Ghost Road BluesWinner [23]
Sarah Langan The KeeperNominee [23]
Nate Kenyon Bloodstone
Alexandra Sokoloff The Harrowing
2007 Joe Hill Heart-Shaped Box Winner [24]
Michael Louis Calvillo I Will RiseNominee [24]
John R. Little The Memory Tree
Mary SanGiovanni The Hollower
2008 Lisa Mannetti The Gentling BoxWinner [25]
Christopher Conlon Midnight on Mourn StreetNominee [25]
Michael McCarty and Mark McLaughlin Monster Behind the Wheel
David Oppegaard The Suicide Collectors
Joel A. Sutherland Frozen Blood
2009 Hank Schwaeble DamnableWinner [26]
S. G. Browne Breathers Nominee [26]
Daniel G. Keohane Solomon's Grave
Paul Tremblay The Little Sleep
2010 Benjamin Kane Ethridge Black & OrangeWinner [27]
Lisa Morton The Castle of Los Angeles
Gemma Files A Book of TonguesNominee [27]
Lucy A. Snyder Spellbent
2011 Allyson Bird Isis UnboundWinner [28] [29] [30] [31]
John Hornor Jacobs Southern GodsNominee [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 RageWinner [32] [33] [34]
Michael Boccacino Charlotte Markham and the House of DarklingNominee [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 EvolutionistWinner [35] [36]
Kate Jonez Candy HouseNominee [35] [36]
John Mantooth The Year of the Storm
Jonathan Moore Redheads
Royce Prouty Stoker’s Manuscript
2014 Maria Alexander Mr. WickerWinner [37] [38] [39]
J. D. Barker ForsakenNominee [37] [38] [39]
David Cronenberg Consumed
Michael Knost Return of the Mothman
Josh Malerman Bird Box
2015 Nicole Cushing Mr. SuicideWinner [40] [41]
Courtney Alameda ShutterNominee [40] [41]
Brian Kirk We Are Monsters
John McIlveen Hannahwhere
John Claude Smith Riding the Centipede
2016 Tom Deady HavenWinner [42]
Barbara Barnett The Apothecary’s CurseNominee [42]
Greg Chapman Hollow House
Michelle Garza & Melissa Lason Mayan Blue
Stephanie M. Wytovich The Eighth
2017 Robert Payne Cabeen Cold CutsWinner [43] [44] [45] [46] [47]
Andy DavidsonIn The Valley of the SunNominee [48] [49] [50] [51] [52]
Matt HaywardWhat Do Monsters Fear?
Jeremy HeplerThe Boulevard Monster
Scott ThomasKill Creek
2018 Gwendolyn Kiste The Rust MaidensWinner [53] [54] [55] [56]
Julia Fine What Should Be WildNominee [53] [54] [55] [56]
T.E. Grau I Am the River
Zoje Stage Baby Teeth
Tony TremblayThe Moore House
2019 Sarah Read The Bone Weaver's OrchardWinner [57] [58] [59]
Gemma Amor Dear LauraNominee [57] [58] [59]
Eric J. Guignard Doorways to the Deadeye
Michelle Renee Lane Invisible Chains
Caitlin Starling The Luminous Dead
2020EV KnightThe Fourth WhoreWinner [60] [61] [62] [63]
Polly HallThe Taxidermist’s LoverNominee [64] [65] [66] [67]
Rachel HarrisonThe Return
Ross JefferyTome
Kate Reed PettyTrue Story
2021 Hailey Piper Queen of TeethWinner [68] [69] [70] [71]
Lisa Quigley The ForestNominee [68] [69] [70] [71]
S. Alessandro Martinez Helminth
Terry Miles Rabbits
Nicol Willson Tidepool
LaTanya McQueen When the Reckoning Comes
2022 Christi Nogle BeulahWinner [72]
Erin Adams JackalNominee [73] [74]
Isabel Cañas The Hacienda
KC JonesBlack Tide
Ally Wilkes All the White Spaces

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