The 2015 Shirley Jackson Awards were presented on July 10, 2016 at Readercon 27, Conference on Imaginative Literature, in Quincy MA. Readercon guests of honor Catherynne M. Valente and Tim Powers hosted the ceremony.

The winners for the 2015 Shirley Jackson Awards are:

Novel

• Experimental Film, Gemma Files (ChiZine Publications)

• Lord Byron’s Prophecy, Sean Eads (Lethe)
• When We Were Animals, Joshua Gaylord (Mulholland)
• The Glittering World,

The 2015 Shirley Jackson Awards nominees have been announced. The awards are presented for outstanding achievement in horror, psychological suspense, and dark fantasy fiction.

NOVEL

• Lord Byron’s Prophecy, Sean Eads (Lethe)
• Experimental Film, Gemma Files (ChiZine)
• When We Were Animals, Joshua Gaylord (Mulholland)
• The Glittering World, Robert Levy (Gallery)
• Eileen, Ottessa Moshfegh (Penguin)

NOVELLA

• The Visible Filth, Nathan Ballingrud (This Is Horror)
• Wylding Hall

The 2014 Shirley Jackson Awards winners were announced on July 12, 2015 at Readercon 22 in Burlington MA. The awards are presented for outstanding achievement in horror, psychological suspense, and dark fantasy fiction.

NOVEL

• Annihilation, Jeff VanderMeer (FSG Originals)

• Broken Monsters, Lauren Beukes (Mulholland)
• The Lesser Dead, Christopher Buehlman (Berkley)
• The Unquiet House, Alison Littlewood (Jo Fletcher)
• Bird Box, Josh Malerman (Ecco)
• Confessions, Kanae Minato

The 2014 Shirley Jackson Awards nominees have been announced. The awards are presented for outstanding achievement in horror, psychological suspense, and dark fantasy fiction.

NOVEL

• Broken Monsters, Lauren Beukes (Mulholland)
• The Lesser Dead, Christopher Buehlman (Berkley)
• The Unquiet House, Alison Littlewood (Jo Fletcher)
• Bird Box, Josh Malerman (Ecco)
• Confessions, Kanae Minato (Mulholland)
• Annihilation, Jeff VanderMeer (FSG Originals)

NOVELLA

• We Are All Completely Fine, Daryl

NOVEL

• American Elsewhere, Robert Jackson Bennett (Orbit)

• The Accursed, Joyce Carol Oates (Ecco)
• The Demonologist, Andrew Pyper (Orion; Simon & Schuster)
• The Ghost Bride, Yangsze Choo (William Morrow)
• Night Film, Marisha Pessl

The 2012 Shirley Jackson Awards were presented at a ceremony at Readercon 24 on July 14, 2013 in Burlington MA, for outstanding achievement in horror, psychological suspense, and dark fantasy fiction. The ceremony was hosted by Maureen McHugh. The winners are:

NOVEL

• Edge, Koji Suzuki (Vertical)

• Immobility, Brian Evenson (Tor)
• Gone Girl, Gillian Flynn (Crown)
• The Drowning Girl, Caitlín R. Kiernan (Roc)
• The Devil in Silver

The 2011 Shirley Jackson Awards were presented at a ceremony at Readercon 23 on July 15, 2012 in Burlington MA, for outstanding achievement in horror, psychological suspense, and dark fantasy fiction. The ceremony was co-hosted by Peter Straub and Caitlín R. Kiernan. The winners are:

Novel

• Witches on the Road Tonight, Sheri Holman (Grove)

• The Great Lover, Michael Cisco (Chômu)
• The Last Werewolf, Glen Duncan (Canongate)
• Knock

The 2011 Shirley Jackson Awards nominees have been announced. The awards are presented for outstanding achievement in horror, psychological suspense, and dark fantasy fiction.

Novel

• The Great Lover, Michael Cisco (Chômu)
• The Last Werewolf, Glen Duncan (Canongate)
• Witch on the Road Tonight, Sheri Holman (Grove)
• Knock Knock, S.P. Miskowski (Omnium Gatherum)
• The Dracula Papers, Reggie Oliver (Chômu)
• The Devil All the Time, Donald Ray

The 2010 Shirley Jackson Awards nominees have been announced. The awards are presented for outstanding achievement in horror, psychological suspense, and dark fantasy fiction.

Novel

• Dark Matter, Michelle Paver (Orion)
• A Dark Matter, Peter Straub (Doubleday)
• Feed, Mira Grant (Orbit)
• Mr. Shivers, Robert Jackson Bennett (Orbit)
• The Reapers Are the Angels, Alden Bell (Holt)
• The Silent Land, Graham Joyce (Gollancz)

Novella

• The Broken Man