2013 Bram Stoker Awards
These were announced two weeks ago by the Horror Writers Association at the World Horror Convention:- Superior Achievement in a NOVEL: The Drowning Girl by Caitlín R. Kiernan (Roc)
- Superior Achievement in a FIRST NOVEL: Life Rage by L.L. Soares (Nightscape Press)
- Superior Achievement in a YOUNG ADULT NOVEL: Flesh & Bone by Jonathan Maberry (Simon & Schuster)
- Superior Achievement in a GRAPHIC NOVEL: Witch Hunts: A Graphic History of the Burning Times by Rocky Wood and Lisa Morton (McFarland and Co., Inc.)
- Superior Achievement in LONG FICTION: The Blue Heron by Gene O’Neill (Dark Regions Press)
- Superior Achievement in SHORT FICTION: "Magdala Amygdala" by Lucy Snyder (Dark Faith: Invocations, Apex Book Company)
- Superior Achievement in a SCREENPLAY: The Cabin in the Woods by Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard (Mutant Enemy Productions, Lionsgate)
- Superior Achievement in an ANTHOLOGY: Shadow Show edited by Mort Castle and Sam Weller (HarperCollins)
- Superior Achievement in a FICTION COLLECTION (tie):
- New Moon on the Water by Mort Castle (Dark Regions Press)
- Black Dahlia and White Rose: Stories by Joyce Carol Oates (Ecco Press)
- Superior Achievement in NON-FICTION: Trick or Treat: A History of Halloween by Lisa Morton (Reaktion Books)
- Superior Achievement in a POETRY COLLECTION: Vampires, Zombies & Wanton Souls by Marge Simon (Elektrik Milk Bath Press)
2013 Locus Awards
These were announced yesterday -- I'm catching up, more or less -- at a gala ceremony in Seattle. (I was supposed to attend a Locus Awards ceremony in Seattle, back in '07, but the job disappeared just before the conference.)- SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL: Redshirts, John Scalzi (Tor; Gollancz)
- FANTASY NOVEL: The Apocalypse Codex, Charles Stross (Ace; Orbit UK)
- YOUNG ADULT BOOK: Railsea, China Miéville (Del Rey; Macmillan)
- FIRST NOVEL: Throne of the Crescent Moon, Saladin Ahmed (DAW; Gollancz ’13)
- NOVELLA: “After the Fall, Before the Fall, During the Fall,” Nancy Kress (Tachyon)
- NOVELETTE: “The Girl-Thing Who Went Out for Sushi,” Pat Cadigan (Edge of Infinity)
- SHORT STORY: “Immersion,” Aliette de Bodard (Clarkesworld 6/12)
- ANTHOLOGY: Edge of Infinity, Jonathan Strahan, ed. (Solaris US; Solaris UK)
- COLLECTION: Shoggoths in Bloom, Elizabeth Bear (Prime)
- MAGAZINE: Asimov’s
- PUBLISHER: Tor Books
- EDITOR: Ellen Datlow
- ARTIST: Michael Whelan
- NON-FICTION: Distrust That Particular Flavor, William Gibson (Putnam)
- ART BOOK: Spectrum 19: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art, Cathy Fenner & Arnie Fenner, eds. (Underwood)
(I saw this first at Tor.com.)
Congratulations to all of the winners.
