2016 Shirley Jackson Awards Nominees

The 2016 Shirley Jackson Awards nominees have been announced. The awards are presented for outstanding achievement in horror, psychological suspense, and dark fantasy fiction.

NOVEL

NOVELLA

NOVELETTE

  • “Andy Kaufman Creeping Through the Trees”, Laird Barron (Autumn Cthulhu)
  • “Breaking Water”, Indrapramit Das (Tor.com 2/10/16)
  • “Waxy”, Camilla Grudova (Granta 9/16)
  • “The Night Cyclist”, Stephen Graham Jones (Tor.com 9/21/16)
  • “Angel, Monster, Man”, Sam J. Miller (Nightmare 1/16)
  • “Presence”, Helen Oyeyemi (What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours)

SHORT FICTION

  • “The Apartments”, Karen Heuler (Other Places)
  • “Red”, Katie Knoll (The Masters Review 10/7/16)
  • “Postcards from Natalie”, Carrie Laben (The Dark 7/16)
  • “Things With Beards”, Sam J. Miller (Clarkesworld 6/16)
  • “Animal Parts”, Irenosen Okojie (Speak, Gigantular)

SINGLE-AUTHOR COLLECTION

EDITED ANTHOLOGY

The awards will be presented July 16, 2017 at Readercon 28 at the Quincy Marriott in Quincy MA.