Bram Stoker Award for Best Long Fiction

The Bram Stoker Award for Best Long Fiction is an award presented by the Horror Writers Association (HWA) for "superior achievement" in horror writing for long fiction.

Winners and nominees

Nominees are listed below the winner(s) for each year.

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1987	Template:Sortname	Template:Sortname	Winner	<ref name=":22">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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	Template:Sortname	Pamela's Get	Finalist	<ref name=":22" />
	Template:Sortname	Resurrec Tech
1988	Template:Sortname	Orange is for Anguish, Blue for Insanity	Winner	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Template:Sortname	Finalist	<ref name=":35" />
	Template:Sortname	Horrorshow
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1989	Template:Sortname	On the Far Side of the Cadillac Desert With Dead Folks	Winner	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Phantom	Finalist	<ref name=":4" />
	Template:Sortname	At First Just Ghostly
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1990	Template:Sortname	Stephen	Winner	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Bestseller	Finalist	<ref name=":5" />
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	Template:Sortname	Entropy's Bed at Midnight
	Template:Sortname	Pelts
1991	Template:Sortname	Template:Sortname	Winner	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Fetish	Finalist	<ref name=":6" />
	Template:Sortname and Chelsea Quinn Yarbro	Advocates
	Template:Sortname	Magpie
	Template:Sortname	Death Leaves an Echo
1992	Template:Sortname	Alien: Tribes	Winner	<ref name=":7">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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	Template:Sortname	Nothing Will Hurt You	Finalist	<ref name=":7" />
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	Template:Sortname	For You, the Living
1993 (Novelette)Template:Efn	Template:Sortname	Death in Bangkok	Winner	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Colour	Finalist	<ref name=":8" />
	Template:Sortname	Darker Angels
	Template:Sortname	Death on the Nile
1993 (Novella)	Template:Sortname	Template:Sortname	Winner	<ref name=":8" />
	Template:Sortname	Mefisto in Onyx
	Template:Sortname	Flashback	Finalist	<ref name=":8" />
	Template:Sortname	Caroline and Caleb
1994	Template:Sortname	Template:Sortname	Winner	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Sometimes, in the Rain	Finalist	<ref name=":9" />
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	Template:Sortname	Bubba Ho-tep
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1995	Template:Sortname	Lunch at the Gotham Cafe	Winner	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Baby Girl Diamond	Finalist	<ref name=":10" />
	Template:Sortname	Looking for Mr. Flip
	Template:Sortname	Lover Doll
1996	Template:Sortname	Template:Sortname	Winner	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Kilroy Was Here	Finalist	<ref name=":11" />
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	Template:Sortname	Brimstone and Salt
1997	Template:Sortname	Template:Sortname	Winner	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Template:Sortname	Finalist	<ref name=":12" />
	Template:Sortname	Everything's Eventual
	Template:Sortname	Coppola's Dracula
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1998	Template:Sortname	Mr. Clubb and Mr. Cuff	Winner	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Leavings	Finalist	<ref name=":132" />
	Template:Sortname	As Above, So Below
	Template:Sortname	What Would You Do For Love?
1999	Template:Sortname	Five Days in April	Winner	<ref name=":14">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Mad Dog Summer
	Template:Sortname	Dread in the Beast	Finalist	<ref name=":14" />
	Template:Sortname	Right to Life
2000	Template:Sortname and Steve Rasnic Tem	Template:Sortname	Winner	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Riding the Bullet	Finalist	<ref name=":15" />
	Template:Sortname	In Shock
	Template:Sortname	God Screamed and Screamed, Then I Ate Him
2001	Template:Sortname	In These Final Days of Sales	Winner	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Sortname	From A to Z, in the Sarsaparilla Alphabet	Finalist	<ref name=":16" />
	Template:Sortname	Demolition
	Template:Sortname	Earthworm Gods
	Template:Sortname	Northern Gothic
2002	Template:Sortname	Template:Sortname	Winner	<ref name=":17">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Sortname	My Work is Not Yet Done
	Template:Sortname	Cape Wrath	Finalist	<ref name=":17" />
	Template:Sortname	Coraline
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2003	Template:Sortname	Closing Time	Winner	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Template:Sortname	Finalist	<ref name=":18" />
	Template:Sortname	Fuckin' Lie Down Already
	Template:Sortname	Louisiana Breakdown
	Template:Sortname	Roll Them Bones
2004	Template:Sortname	Template:Sortname	Winner	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Zora and the Zombie	Finalist	<ref name=":19" />
	Template:Sortname	Lisey and the Madman
	Template:Sortname	Dead Man's Hand
	Template:Sortname	Northwest Passage
2005	Template:Sortname	Best New Horror	Winner	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Sortname	In the Midnight Museum	Finalist	<ref name=":20" />
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	Template:Sortname	Some Zombie Contingency Plans
2006	Template:Sortname	Dark Harvest	Winner	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Hallucigenia	Finalist	<ref name=":21" />
	Template:Sortname	Mama's Boy
	Template:Sortname and James A. Moore	Bloodstained Oz
	Template:Sortname	Clubland Heroes
2007	Template:Sortname	Afterward, There Will Be A Hallway	Winner	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Almost the Last Story by Almost the Last Man	Finalist	<ref name=":222" />
	Template:Sortname	General Slocum's Gold
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2008	Template:Sortname	Miranda	Winner	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Template:Sortname	Finalist	<ref name=":232" />
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	Template:Sortname	Redemption Roadshow
2009	Template:Sortname	The Lucid Dreaming	Winner	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Dreaming Robot Monster	Finalist	<ref name=":24" />
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	Template:Sortname	Doc Good's Traveling Show
2010	Template:Sortname	Invisible Fences	Winner	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Template:Sortname	Finalist	<ref name=":25" />
	Template:Sortname	Dissolution
	Template:Sortname	Monsters Among Us
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2011	Template:Sortname	Template:Sortname	Winner	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=":36">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=":37">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=":38">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Sortname	7 Brains	Finalist	<ref name=":262" /><ref name=":36" /><ref name=":37" />
	Template:Sortname	Roots and All
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	Template:Sortname	Ursa Major
	Template:Sortname	Rusting Chickens
2012	Template:Sortname	The Blue Heron	Winner	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=":392">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=":402">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Thirty Miles South of Dry County	Finalist	<ref name=":272" /><ref name=":392" /><ref name=":402" />
	Template:Sortname and Lucky McKee	I'm Not Sam
	Template:Sortname and Michael McCarty	Lost Girl of the Lake
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2013	Template:Sortname	Template:Sortname	Winner	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=":42">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Template:Sortname	Finalist	<ref name=":28" /><ref name=":42" />
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	Template:Sortname	No Others Are Genuine
	Template:Sortname	House of Rain
	Template:Sortname	East End Girls
2014	Template:Sortname	Fishing for Dinosaurs	Winner	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=":110">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=":44">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Template:Sortname	Finalist	<ref name=":292" /><ref name=":110" /><ref name=":44" />
	Template:Sortname	Dreams of a Little Suicide
	Template:Sortname	Three Guys Walk into a Bar
	Template:Sortname	Lost and Found
2015	Template:Sortname	Little Dead Red	Winner	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=":3">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Paper Cuts	Finalist	<ref name=":302" /><ref name=":3" />
	Template:Sortname	Becoming Invisible, Becoming Seen
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	Template:Sortname	Special Collections
2016	Template:Sortname	Template:Sortname	Winner	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Template:Sortname	Finalist	<ref name=":0" />
	Template:Sortname	That Perilous Stuff
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2017	Template:Sortname	Mapping the Interior	Winner	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=":50">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=":51">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=":52">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=":53">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Faking it Until Forever Comes	Finalist	<ref name=":322">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=":502">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=":512">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=":522">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=":532">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Agents of Dreamland
	Template:Sortname	Sweetlings
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2018	Template:Sortname	Template:Sortname	Winner	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=":54">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=":55">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=":56">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Our Children, Our Teachers	Finalist	<ref name=":33" /><ref name=":54" /><ref name=":55" /><ref name=":56" />
	Template:Sortname	You Are Released
	Template:Sortname	Dead Lovers on Each Blade, Hung
	Template:Sortname	Bitter Suites
2019	Template:Sortname	Up from Slavery	Winner	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=":57">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=":58">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Template:Sortname	Finalist	<ref name=":342" /><ref name=":57" /><ref name=":58" />
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	Template:Sortname	To Be Devoured
	Template:Sortname	Into Bones Like Oil
2020	Template:Sortname	Night of the Mannequins	Winner	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=":60">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=":61">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=":62">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Beyond the Reef	Finalist	<ref name=":022" /><ref name=":60" /><ref name=":61" /><ref name=":62" />
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	Template:Sortname	I Will Find You, Even in the Dark
	Template:Sortname	Two Truths and a Lie
2021	Template:Sortname	Twentieth Anniversary Screening	Winner	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=":39">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=":64">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=":65">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Goddess of Filth	Finalist	<ref name=":293" /><ref name=":39" /><ref name=":64" /><ref name=":65" />
	Template:Sortname	Nothing But Blackened Teeth
	Template:Sortname	Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke
	Template:Sortname	Recitation of the First Feeding
2022	Template:Sortname	Template:Sortname	Winner	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Sortname and Gordon B. White	And in Her Smile, the World	Finalist	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Through the Looking Glass and Straight into Hell
	Template:Sortname	Below
	Template:Sortname	Three Days in the Pink Tower
2023	Template:Sortname	Linghun	Winner	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Rumpus Room	Finalist	<ref name=":1" />
	Template:Sortname	The Salt Grows Heavy
	Template:Sortname	Sleep Alone
	Template:Sortname	Despatches
2024
	Template:Sortname	Coup de Grâce	Winner	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Rest Stop	Nominee	<ref name=Stoker24/>
	Template:Sortname	Kill Your Darling
	Template:Sortname	“All The Parts of You That Won’t Easily Burn”
	Template:Sortname	Hollow Tongue

External links

• Stoker Award on the HWA web page
• Graphical listing of all Bram Stoker award winners and nominees