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RoosterVision was previously the name of our non-fiction imprint, and since those titles and that line of books are no longer, we have decided to resurrect RoosterVision for the purpose of this showcase. Enjoy!
Awards are pretty great, and not just for winners, but for everybody involved. That’s why, for this installment of our “RoosterVision” series, we’ve decided to present the entire list of 2021 Stoker Award winners and nominees. But that’s not nearly enough, so we’ve also decided to give each entry a link where you can buy the book or learn more about the project/creators.
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Superior Achievement in a Novel
Winner: Stephen Graham Jones – My Heart is a Chainsaw (Gallery/Saga Press)
Also nominated:
Castro, V. – The Queen of the Cicadas (Flame Tree Press)
Hendrix, Grady – The Final Girl Support Group (Berkley)
Pelayo, Cynthia – Children of Chicago (Agora Books)
Wendig, Chuck – The Book of Accidents (Del Rey)
Superior Achievement in a First Novel
Winner: Hailey Piper – Queen of Teeth (Strangehouse Books)
Also nominated:
Martinez, S. Alessandro – Helminth (Omnium Gatherum)
McQueen, LaTanya – When the Reckoning Comes (Harper Perennial)
Miles, Terry – Rabbits (Del Rey)
Quigley, Lisa – The Forest (Perpetual Motion Machine Publishing)
Willson, Nicole – Tidepool (The Parliament House)
*Due to a tie in fifth place, there are six nominees in this category.
Superior Achievement in a Young Adult Novel
Winner: Erica Waters – The River Has Teeth (HarperTeen)
Also nominated:
Blake, Kendare – All These Bodies (Quill Tree Books)
Boyle, R.L. – The Book of the Baku (Titan Books )
Lewis, Jessica – Bad Witch Burning (Delacorte Press)
Sutherland, Krystal – House of Hollow (G.P. Putnam’s Sons)
Superior Achievement in a Graphic Novel
Also nominated:
Ahmed, Saladin (author) and Kivelä, Sami (artist) – Abbott 1973 (BOOM! Studios)
Panosian, Dan (author) and Ignazzi, Marianna (artist) – An Unkindness of Ravens (BOOM! Studios)
Superior Achievement in Long Fiction
Winner: Jeff Strand – “Twentieth Anniversary Screening” (Slice and Dice) (Independently published)
Also nominated:
Castro, V. – Goddess of Filth (Creature Publishing, LLC)
Khaw, Cassandra – Nothing But Blackened Teeth (Tor Nightfire)
LaRocca, Eric – Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke (Weirdpunk Books)
Superior Achievement in Short Fiction
Winner: Lee Murray – “Permanent Damage” (Attack From the ’80s) (Raw Dog Screaming Press)
Also nominated:
O’Quinn, Cindy – “A Gathering at the Mountain” (The Bad Book) (Bleeding Edge Books)
Ward, Kyla Lee – “A Whisper in the Death Pit” (Weirdbook #44) (Wildside Press)
Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection
Winner: Gemma Files – In That Endlessness, Our End (Grimscribe Press)
Also nominated:
Fracassi, Philip – Beneath a Pale Sky (Lethe Press)
Maberry, Jonathan – Empty Graves: Tales of the Living Dead (WordFire Press LLC)
Tuttle, Lisa – The Dead Hours of Night (Valancourt Books)
Wise, A.C. – The Ghost Sequences (Undertow Publications)
Superior Achievement in a Screenplay
Also nominated:
Chaisson, C. Henry; Antosca, Nick; and Cooper, Scott – Antlers (Searchlight Pictures)
Dong-hyuk, Hwang – Squid Game, Season 1, Episode 1: “Red Light, Green Light” (Siren Pictures)
Graziadei, Phil and Janiak, Leigh – Fear Street: Part One – 1994 (Chernin Entertainment)
Peele, Jordan; Rosenfeld, Win; and DaCosta, Nia – Candyman (Universal Pictures)
Superior Achievement in an Anthology
Winner: Ellen Datlow – When Things Get Dark: Stories Inspiredby Shirley Jackson(Titan Books)
Also nominated:
Chambers, James – Under Twin Suns: Alternate Histories of the Yellow Sign (Hippocampus Press)
French, Aaron J. and Landry, Jess – There is No Death, There are No Dead (Crystal Lake Publishing)
Johnson, Eugene – Attack From the 80’s (Raw Dog Screaming Press)
Superior Achievement in Non-Fiction
Winner: Michael Knost – Writers Workshop of Horror 2 (Hydra Publications)
Also nominated:
Woofter, Kristopher – Shirley Jackson: A Companion (Peter Lang Publishing)
Superior Achievement in Short Non-Fiction
Also nominated:
Ognjanović, Dejan – “The Three Paradigms of Horror” (Vastarien Vol. 4, Issue 2) (Grimscribe Press)
O’Quinn, Cindy – “One and Done” (Were Tales: A Shapeshifter Anthology) (Brigids Gate Press)
Verona, Emily Ruth – “A Horror Fan’s Guide to Surviving Womanhood” (thefinalgirls.co.uk)
Superior Achievement in a Poetry Collection
Also nominated:
Lansdale, Joe R. – Apache Witch and Other Poetic Observations (Independent Legions Publishing)
McHugh, Jessica – Strange Nests (Apokrupha)
Simon, Marge and Turzillo, Mary – Victims (Weasel Press)
Snyder, Lucy A. – Exposed Nerves (Raw Dog Screaming Press)
HWA Liftetime Achievement Awards were given to Nancy Holder, Koji Suzuki and Jo Fletcher. The Specialty Press Award was given to Valancourt Books.The Richard H. Laymon President’s Award was given to Sumiko Saulson. The Silver Hammer Award for service was given to Kevin J. Wetmore.
The Mentor of the Year Award was given to Michael Knost.
The Seventh Annual FINAL FRAME Horror Short Competition winners are:
BEST WRITING IN A SHORT FILM:
Written and Directed by Joshua Koske
Based on a short story by Aaron Dries
SECOND RUNNER-UP to Grand Prize:
“Every Time We Meet For Ice Cream Your Whole Fucking Face Explodes”
Written and Directed by Anthony Cousins
Based on a short story by Carlton Mellick III
FIRST RUNNER-UP to Grand Prize
“The Thing That Ate The Birds”
Written and Directed by: Sophie Mair and Dan Gitsham
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