Bram Stoker Award for Best Poetry Collection
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The Bram Stoker Award
for Best Poetry Collection is an award presented by the Horror Writers Association
(HWA) for "superior achievement" in horror writing
for a poetry
collection.
Bram Stoker Award
The Bram Stoker Award is a recognition presented by the Horror Writers Association for "superior achievement" in horror writing. The awards have been presented annually since 1987, and the winners are selected by ballot of the Active members of the HWA...
for Best Poetry Collection is an award presented by the Horror Writers Association
Horror Writers Association
The Horror Writers Association is a worldwide non-profit organization of professional writers and publishing professionals dedicated to promoting the interests of Horror and Dark Fantasy writers. It was formed in the 1980s with the help of many of the field's greats, including Joe Lansdale, Robert...
(HWA) for "superior achievement" in horror writing
Horror fiction
Horror fiction also Horror fantasy is a philosophy of literature, which is intended to, or has the capacity to frighten its readers, inducing feelings of horror and terror. It creates an eerie atmosphere. Horror can be either supernatural or non-supernatural...
for a poetry
Poetry
Poetry is a form of literary art in which language is used for its aesthetic and evocative qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its apparent meaning...
collection.
Winners and nominees
Nominees are listed below the winner(s) for each year.- 2000: A Student of Hell by Tom PiccirilliThomas PiccirilliTom Piccirilli is an American novelist and short story writer. He has sold over 150 stories in the mystery, thriller, horror, erotica, and science fiction fields. Piccirilli is a two-time winner of the International Thriller Writers Award for "Best Paperback Original" . He is a four-time winner of...
- Paratabloids by Michael A. ArnzenMichael ArnzenMichael A. Arnzen is a horror author and writer of the Bram Stoker Award-winning novel, Grave Markings . He won his second Bram Stoker Award for his newsletter and his third for his poetry collection, Freakcidents....
- The Complete Accursed Wives by Bruce BostonBruce BostonBruce Boston is an American speculative fiction writer and poet who was born in Chicago and grew up in Southern California. He received a B.A. in economics from the University of California, Berkeley, 1965, and an M.A., 1967...
- Burial Plot in Sagittarius by Sandy DeLuca
- Paratabloids by Michael A. Arnzen
- 2001: Consumed, Reduced to Beautiful Grey Ashes by Linda Addison (poet)
- White Space by Bruce BostonBruce BostonBruce Boston is an American speculative fiction writer and poet who was born in Chicago and grew up in Southern California. He received a B.A. in economics from the University of California, Berkeley, 1965, and an M.A., 1967...
- What the Cacodaemon Whispered by Chad Hensley
- Taunting the Minotaur by Charlee JacobCharlee JacobCharlee Jacob is an American author specializing in horror fiction, dark fantasy, and poetry. Her writing career began in 1981 with the publication of several poems under the name Charlee Carter Broach...
- White Space by Bruce Boston
- 2002: The Gossamer Eye by Mark McLaughlinMark McLaughlinMark McLaughlin is a Scottish footballer currently playing for Hamilton Academical.-Career:McLaughlin, a defender, began his career at junior club Arthurlie before moving to Clyde in 1999. After five years at Clyde, he joined Hamilton Academical in 2004...
, Rain GravesRain GravesRain Graves is an award winning author of horror, fantasy, science fiction and poetry.She is best known for the 2002 Bram Stoker Award winner for Best Poetry Collection, The Gossamer Eye...
, and David Niall WilsonDavid Niall WilsonDavid Niall Wilson is an American writer primarily known for his works of horror, science fiction, and fantasy fiction.-Background:...
- Night Smoke by Bruce BostonBruce BostonBruce Boston is an American speculative fiction writer and poet who was born in Chicago and grew up in Southern California. He received a B.A. in economics from the University of California, Berkeley, 1965, and an M.A., 1967...
and Marge SimonMarge SimonMarge Simon is an American artist and a writer of speculative poetry and fiction. Her poems, short fiction, and illustrations have appeared in hundreds of publications, including Amazing Stories, Nebula Awards 32, Strange Horizons, The Pedestal Magazine, Chizine, Niteblade, Vestal Review, and Dark... - Guises (Poetry Section "Night Unmasked") by Charlee JacobCharlee JacobCharlee Jacob is an American author specializing in horror fiction, dark fantasy, and poetry. Her writing career began in 1981 with the publication of several poems under the name Charlee Carter Broach...
- This Cape Is Red Because I've Been Bleeding by Tom PiccirilliThomas PiccirilliTom Piccirilli is an American novelist and short story writer. He has sold over 150 stories in the mystery, thriller, horror, erotica, and science fiction fields. Piccirilli is a two-time winner of the International Thriller Writers Award for "Best Paperback Original" . He is a four-time winner of...
- Night Smoke by Bruce Boston
- 2003: Pitchblende by Bruce BostonBruce BostonBruce Boston is an American speculative fiction writer and poet who was born in Chicago and grew up in Southern California. He received a B.A. in economics from the University of California, Berkeley, 1965, and an M.A., 1967...
- Gorelets: Unpleasant Poems by Michael A. ArnzenMichael ArnzenMichael A. Arnzen is a horror author and writer of the Bram Stoker Award-winning novel, Grave Markings . He won his second Bram Stoker Award for his newsletter and his third for his poetry collection, Freakcidents....
- Final Girl by Daphne GottliebDaphne GottliebDaphne Gottlieb is a Queer San Francisco-based Performance Poet. She is the author of Final Girl , Why Things Burn , Pelt and Kissing Dead Girls She is the editor of Homewrecker: An Adultery Reader and Fucking Daphne: Mostly True Stories...
- Cardinal Sins by Charlee JacobCharlee JacobCharlee Jacob is an American author specializing in horror fiction, dark fantasy, and poetry. Her writing career began in 1981 with the publication of several poems under the name Charlee Carter Broach...
- Professor LaGungo's Exotic Artifacts & Assorted Mystic Collectibles by Mark McLaughlinMark McLaughlinMark McLaughlin is a Scottish footballer currently playing for Hamilton Academical.-Career:McLaughlin, a defender, began his career at junior club Arthurlie before moving to Clyde in 1999. After five years at Clyde, he joined Hamilton Academical in 2004...
- Artist of Antithesis by Marge SimonMarge SimonMarge Simon is an American artist and a writer of speculative poetry and fiction. Her poems, short fiction, and illustrations have appeared in hundreds of publications, including Amazing Stories, Nebula Awards 32, Strange Horizons, The Pedestal Magazine, Chizine, Niteblade, Vestal Review, and Dark...
- Gorelets: Unpleasant Poems by Michael A. Arnzen
- 2004: The Women at the Funeral by Corrine de Winter
- The Desert by Charlee JacobCharlee JacobCharlee Jacob is an American author specializing in horror fiction, dark fantasy, and poetry. Her writing career began in 1981 with the publication of several poems under the name Charlee Carter Broach...
- Men Are From Hell, Women Are From The Galaxy Of Death by Mark McLaughlinMark McLaughlinMark McLaughlin is a Scottish footballer currently playing for Hamilton Academical.-Career:McLaughlin, a defender, began his career at junior club Arthurlie before moving to Clyde in 1999. After five years at Clyde, he joined Hamilton Academical in 2004...
- Waiting my Turn to go Under the Knife by Tom PiccirilliThomas PiccirilliTom Piccirilli is an American novelist and short story writer. He has sold over 150 stories in the mystery, thriller, horror, erotica, and science fiction fields. Piccirilli is a two-time winner of the International Thriller Writers Award for "Best Paperback Original" . He is a four-time winner of...
- The Desert by Charlee Jacob
- 2005: Freakcidents by Michael A. ArnzenMichael ArnzenMichael A. Arnzen is a horror author and writer of the Bram Stoker Award-winning novel, Grave Markings . He won his second Bram Stoker Award for his newsletter and his third for his poetry collection, Freakcidents....
(tie) - 2005: Sineater by Charlee JacobCharlee JacobCharlee Jacob is an American author specializing in horror fiction, dark fantasy, and poetry. Her writing career began in 1981 with the publication of several poems under the name Charlee Carter Broach...
(tie)- The Shadow City by Gary William CrawfordGary William CrawfordGary William Crawford is an American writer and small press publisher.He is the founder and editor of Gothic Press, which since 1979 has published books and periodicals in the field of Gothic literature. From 1979 to 1987, Crawford produced six issues of the journal Gothic, which features...
- Seasons: A Series of Poems Based on the Life and Death of Edgar Allan Poe by Daniel Shields
- The Shadow City by Gary William Crawford
- 2006: Shades Fantastic by Bruce BostonBruce BostonBruce Boston is an American speculative fiction writer and poet who was born in Chicago and grew up in Southern California. He received a B.A. in economics from the University of California, Berkeley, 1965, and an M.A., 1967...
- Valentine: Short Love Poems by Corrine de Winter
- The Troublesome Amputee by John Edward Lawson
- Songs of a Sorceress by Bobbi Sinha-Morey
- 2007: (tie)
- Being Full of Light, Insubstantial by Linda Addison (poet)
- VECTORS: A Week in the Death of a Planet by Charlee JacobCharlee JacobCharlee Jacob is an American author specializing in horror fiction, dark fantasy, and poetry. Her writing career began in 1981 with the publication of several poems under the name Charlee Carter Broach...
& Marge SimonMarge SimonMarge Simon is an American artist and a writer of speculative poetry and fiction. Her poems, short fiction, and illustrations have appeared in hundreds of publications, including Amazing Stories, Nebula Awards 32, Strange Horizons, The Pedestal Magazine, Chizine, Niteblade, Vestal Review, and Dark...
- Heresy by Charlee JacobCharlee JacobCharlee Jacob is an American author specializing in horror fiction, dark fantasy, and poetry. Her writing career began in 1981 with the publication of several poems under the name Charlee Carter Broach...
- PHANTASMAPEDIA by Mark McLaughlinMark McLaughlinMark McLaughlin is a Scottish footballer currently playing for Hamilton Academical.-Career:McLaughlin, a defender, began his career at junior club Arthurlie before moving to Clyde in 1999. After five years at Clyde, he joined Hamilton Academical in 2004...
- Ossuary by JoSelle Vanderhooft
- Heresy by Charlee Jacob
- 2008: The Nightmare Collection by Bruce BostonBruce BostonBruce Boston is an American speculative fiction writer and poet who was born in Chicago and grew up in Southern California. He received a B.A. in economics from the University of California, Berkeley, 1965, and an M.A., 1967...
- The Phantom World by Gary William CrawfordGary William CrawfordGary William Crawford is an American writer and small press publisher.He is the founder and editor of Gothic Press, which since 1979 has published books and periodicals in the field of Gothic literature. From 1979 to 1987, Crawford produced six issues of the journal Gothic, which features...
- Virgin of the Apocalypse by Corrine De Winter
- Attack of the Two-Headed Poetry Monster by Mark McLaughlinMark McLaughlinMark McLaughlin is a Scottish footballer currently playing for Hamilton Academical.-Career:McLaughlin, a defender, began his career at junior club Arthurlie before moving to Clyde in 1999. After five years at Clyde, he joined Hamilton Academical in 2004...
& Michael McCarty
- The Phantom World by Gary William Crawford
- 2009: Chimeric Machines by Lucy A. SnyderLucy A. SnyderLucy A. Snyder is an American science fiction, fantasy, humor, and nonfiction writer. Born in South Carolina, she grew up in San Angelo, Texas as a result of her father being stationed at Goodfellow Air Force Base and graduated from Angelo State University. She moved to Bloomington, Indiana for...
- Barfodder by Rain GravesRain GravesRain Graves is an award winning author of horror, fantasy, science fiction and poetry.She is best known for the 2002 Bram Stoker Award winner for Best Poetry Collection, The Gossamer Eye...
- Double Visions by Bruce BostonBruce BostonBruce Boston is an American speculative fiction writer and poet who was born in Chicago and grew up in Southern California. He received a B.A. in economics from the University of California, Berkeley, 1965, and an M.A., 1967...
- North Left of Earth by Bruce BostonBruce BostonBruce Boston is an American speculative fiction writer and poet who was born in Chicago and grew up in Southern California. He received a B.A. in economics from the University of California, Berkeley, 1965, and an M.A., 1967...
- Barfodder by Rain Graves
- 2010: Dark Matters by Bruce BostonBruce BostonBruce Boston is an American speculative fiction writer and poet who was born in Chicago and grew up in Southern California. He received a B.A. in economics from the University of California, Berkeley, 1965, and an M.A., 1967...
- Wild Hunt of the Stars by Ann K. Schwader
- Diary of a Gentleman Diabolist by Robin SpriggsRobin SpriggsRobin Spriggs is an American writer, actor, and poet. Known primarily as a dark fabulist, he is the author of the critically acclaimed Diary of a Gentleman Diabolist and Wondrous Strange: Tales of the Uncanny; the co-author of The Dracula Poems: A Poetic Encounter with the Lord of Vampires; and...
- Vicious Romance by Wrath James White