Bram Stoker Award for Best Young Adult Novel

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The Bram Stoker Award for Best Young Adult Novel is an award presented by the Horror Writers Association (HWA) for "superior achievement" in horror writing for young adult novels. The HWA defines the category as being "intended for the age group 14-21, with word length beginning at 40,000 words." [1]

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Winners and nominees

Bram Stoker Award for Best Young Adult Novel [2] [3]
Year

(Eligibility)

RecipientTitleResultRef
2011 Nancy Holder The Screaming SeasonWinner [4] [5] [6] [7]
Jonathan Maberry Dust and Decay
JG Faherty Ghosts of Coronado BayNominee [4] [5] [6]
Daniel Kraus Rotters
Patrick Ness A Monster Calls
Kenneth Oppel This Dark Endeavor: The Apprenticeship of Victor Frankenstein
2012 Jonathan Maberry Flesh and BoneWinner [8] [9] [10]
Libba Bray The Diviners Nominee [8] [9] [10]
Barry Lyga I Hunt Killers
Michael McCarty I Kissed a Ghoul
Maggie Stiefvater The Raven Boys
Jeff Strand A Bad Day for Voodoo
2013 Joe McKinney Dog DaysWinner [11] [12] [13]
Patrick FreivaldSpecial DeadNominee [11] [12] [13]
Kami Garcia Unbreakable
Geoffrey Girard Project Cain
Cat WintersIn the Shadow of Blackbirds
2014 John DixonPhoenix IslandWinner [14] [15] [16] [17]
Jake Bible Intentional HauntingNominee [14] [15] [16] [17]
Kami Garcia Unmarked
Tonya Hurley Passionaries
Peter Adam SalomonAll Those Broken Angels
2015 John DixonDevil's PocketWinner [18] [19] [20]
Jennifer Brozek Never Let Me SleepNominee [18] [19] [20]
Michaelbrent Collings The Ridealong
Tonya Hurley Hallowed
Maureen Johnson The Shadow Cabinet
Ian WelkeEnd Times at Ridgemont High
2016 Maria Alexander SnowedWinner [21] [22] [23] [24]
Jennifer Brozek Last Days of Salton AcademyNominee [21] [22] [23] [25] [24]
Elle CosimanoHolding Smoke
Jeyn RobertsWhen They Fade
Alexandra SirowysThe Telling
2017 Kim LiggettThe Last HarvestWinner [26] [27] [28] [29] [30]
Gillian FrenchThe Door to JanuaryNominee [26] [27] [28] [29] [30]
Tom LeveenHellworld
Amy LukavicsThe Ravenous
Sarah PorterWhen I Cast Your Shadow
2018 Kiersten White The Dark Descent of Elizabeth FrankensteinWinner [31] [32] [33] [34]
Jonathan MaberryBroken LandsNominee [31] [32] [33] [34]
Justina Ireland Dread Nation
Monique Snyman The Night Weaver
Claire Legrand Sawkill Girls
2019 NzondiOware MosaicWinner [35] [36] [37]
Peter Adam SalomonEight Minutes, Thirty-Two SecondsNominee [35] [36] [37] [38]
Ann Dávila CardinalFive Midnights
Amelinda Bérubé Here There Are Monsters
Kate Alice MarshallRules for Vanishing
Liana Gardner Speak No Evil
2020 Adam Cesare Clown in a Cornfield Winner [39] [40] [41] [42]
Daniel Kraus Bent HeavensNominee [39] [40] [41] [42]
Monique Snyman The Bone Carver
Aiden Thomas Cemetery Boys
Erica Waters Ghost Wood Song
2021 Erica Waters The River Has TeethWinner [43] [44] [45] [46]
Kendare Blake All These BodiesNominee [43] [47] [44] [45] [46]
Jessica Lewis Bad Witch Burning
R. L. Boyle The Book of the Baku
Krystal Sutherland House of Hollow
2022 Robert P. Ottone The TriangleWinner [48] [49]
Ann Fraistat What We HarvestNominee [48] [50]
Tiffany D. Jackson The Weight of Blood
Kate Alice Marshall These Fleeting Shadows
V. E. Schwab Gallant
Vincent Tirado Burn Down, Rise Up
2023
Trang Thanh TranShe Is a HauntingWinner [51]
Kalynn BayronYou’re Not Supposed to Die TonightNominee [51]
Cherie Dimaline Funeral Songs for Dying Girls
Kristen Simmons Find Him Where You Left Him Dead
Cynthia Leitich Smith Harvest House
2024
Adam Cesare Clown in a Cornfield 3: The Church of Frendo Winner [52]
Ann FraistatA Place for VanishingNominee [52]
Natalie C. ParkerCome Out, Come Out
Lora Senf The Losting Fountain
Joelle WellingtonThe Blonde Dies First

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