Bram Stoker Awards Winners

Winners of this year's Bram Stoker Awards for Superior Achievement, given by the Horror Writers Association, were announced last night at the awards banquet in Burbank, California.

NOVEL

In the Night Room, Peter Straub (Random House)

FIRST NOVEL (tie)

Covenant, John Everson (Delirium Books)

Stained, Lee Thomas (Wildside Press)

LONG FICTION

"The Turtle Boy", Kealan-Patrick Burke (Necessary Evil Press)

SHORT FICTION

"Nimitseahpah", Nancy Etchemendy (F&SF)

FICTION COLLECTION

Fearful Symmetries, Thomas F. Monteleone (CD Publications)

ANTHOLOGY

The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Seventeenth Annual Collection, Ellen Datlow, Kelly Link & Gavin Grant, eds. (St. Martin's Griffin)

NONFICTION

Hellnotes, Judi Rohrig (Wolf Moon Publications)

ILLUSTRATED NARRATIVE

Heaven's Devils, Jai Nitz (Image Comics)

SCREENPLAY (tie)

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Charlie Kaufman, Michel Gondry & Pierre Bismuth (Blue Ruin)

Shaun of the Dead, Simon Pegg & Edgar Wright (Canal/Universal)

WORK FOR YOUNGER READERS (tie)

Abarat: Days of Magic, Nights of War, Clive Barker (HarperCollins)

Oddest Yet, Steve Burt (Burt Creations)

POETRY COLLECTION

The Women at the Funeral, Corinne De Winter (Space & Time)

ALTERNATIVE FORMS

The Devil's Wine, Tom Piccirilli (CD Publications)

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT

Michael Moorcock