2023 Splatterpunk Awards Nominees

Best Novel

• Playground, Aron Beauregard (self-published)
• The Television, Edward Lee (Madness Heart)
• Faces of Beth, Carver Pike (self-published)
• Last of the Ravagers, Bryan Smith (Stygian Sky)
• Mastodon, Steve Stred (Black Void)
• Ex-Boogeyman, Kristopher Triana (Bad Dream/Thunderstorm)

Best Novella

• Charcoal, Garrett Cook (Clash)
• Grandpappy, Patrick C. Harrison III (self-published)
• Mr. Tilling’s Basement, Edward Lee (Deadite)
• #thighgap, Chandler Morrison (Cemetery Gates)
• Plastic Monsters, Daniel J. Volpe (self-published)

Best Short Story

• “Just Another Bloodbath at Camp Woe-Be-Gone”, R.J. Benetti (self-published)
• “Of the Worm”, Ryan Harding (Splatterpunk #13)
• “My Chopping List”, Stephen Kozeniewski (Counting Bodies Like Sheep) ‎
• “Gutted”, Bracken MacLeod (Splatterpunk #13)
• “Jinx”, Bridgett Nelson (A Bouquet of Viscera)

Best Collection

• Always Listen To Her Hurt: Collected Works, Kenzie Jennings (Blistered Siren)
• Mr. Tilling’s Basement and Other Stories, Edward Lee (Deadite)
• Horrorsmut, Christine Morgan (The Evil Cookie)
• A Bouquet of Viscera, Bridgett Nelson (self-published)
• Pornography For the End of the World, Brendan Vidito (Weirdpunk)

Best Anthology

• Human Monsters,Sadie Hartmann & Ashley Saywers, eds. (Dark Matter Ink)
• Camp Slasher Lake, Volume 1, D.W. Hitz & Candace Nola, eds. (Fedowar)
• Counting Bodies Like Sheep, by K. Trap Jones, eds. (The Evil Cookie)
• Call Me Hoop, SC Mendes & Lucy Leitner, eds., created by Drew Stepek (Blood Bound)
• Czech Extreme, Lisa Lee Tone, ed. (Madness Heart)

J.F. Gonzalez Lifetime Achievement Award

• Monica J. O’Rourke

The awards will be presented at the 2023 KillerCon on August 12, 2023 in Austin TX. For more, see the announcement.

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