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Each year, the Horror Writer’s Association presents the Bram Stoker Awards for Superior Achievement, named in honor of Bram Stoker, author of the seminal horror work, Dracula. The Bram Stoker Awards were instituted immediately after the organization’s incorporation in 1987, with active members of the HWA nominating and voting on the candidates for superior achievement in a variety of categories (novel, collection, anthology, etc.). The winners are announced and celebrated annually at the Bram Stoker Awards® Ceremony and Banquet, as the premiere event of StokerCon®.
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Click here to learn more about the Bram Stoker Award and its history.
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The Bram Stoker Award celebration will take place Saturday evening, June 14th.
The banquet is ticketed separately from the conference, securing advanced seating and allowing for a fine dining experience prior to the Award Ceremony in the same event space.
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Attendance at the Bram Stoker Award Banquet requires a separate ticket purchase.
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• Regular Banquet Ticket — $100 (not on sale yet)
• Nominee Banquet Ticket — $85 (not on sale yet)
The 2024 Bram Stoker Awards® Ballot
The HWA (see http://www.horror.org/) is the premier writers organization in the horror and dark fiction genre, with more than 2,000 members. We have presented the Bram Stoker Awards in various categories since 1987 (see http://www.thebramstokerawards.com/).
Works appearing on this Ballot are Bram Stoker Award® Nominees for Superior Achievement in their Category, e.g., Novel, and everyone may refer to them as such immediately after the announcement.
The HWA Board and the Bram Stoker Awards® Committee congratulate all those appearing on the Final Ballot. Notes about the voting process will appear after the ballot listing.
The 2024 Final Ballot has not been announced yet. If your work appears on this ballot and you would like to offer it to voting members of the HWA in the Internet Mailer to be sent on or around (DATE TBD), please see important information following the ballot.
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THIS YEAR'S EMCEE: Kevin Wetmore, Jr
Kevin Wetmore is a six-time Bram Stoker Award nominated author, as well as many other things. He is an actor, director, stage combat choreographer, stand-up comedian, and professor at Loyola Marymount University. Oh, and he's a writer. Kinda obvious, really. He is the author of such books as Eaters of the Dead, Post-9/11 Horror in American CInema, and Devil's Advocates: The Conjuring, as well as over one hundred book chapters and articles on everything from Godzilla to scarecrows. He has hosted the Bram Stoker Award Ceremony for the past few years, is co-chair of the HWA Los Angeles chapter, and also runs a Shakespeare festival in Los Angeles. Weird, huh? All of which has earned him the privilege of writing his author bios in the third person. Learn more at www.SomethingWickedThisAwayComes.com.
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This Year's Keynote Speaker: Becky Spratford
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Becky Spratford [MLIS] is a Readers' Advisor in Illinois specializing in serving patrons ages 13 and up. She trains library staff all over the world on how to match books with readers through the local public library. She runs the critically acclaimed RA training blog RA for All. She is under contract to provide content for EBSCO’s NoveList database and writes reviews for Booklist and a horror review column for Library Journal. Becky is a 22 year locally elected Library Trustee [still serving], a former Board member for the Reaching Across Illinois Library System, and currently on the Executive Board of the Illinois Library Association. Known for her work with horror readers, Becky is the author of The Reader’s Advisory Guide to Horror, Third Edition [ALA Editions, 2021]. She is on the Shirley Jackson Award Advisory Board and is a proud member of the Horror Writers Association and currently serves as the Association’s Secretary and organizer of their annual Librarians’ Day. You can follow Becky on Twitter @RAforAll.​
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The convention also currently plans to livestream the award ceremony. Details to come.
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IN THE MEANTIME PLEASE ENJOY THE RECORDED LIVE STREAM OF
THE 2023 AWARDS CEREMONIES.
