Here are the winners of this year’s Bram Stoker Awards.

The Horror Writers Association (HWA) has announced the recipients of the 2025 Bram Stoker Awards for Superior Achievement. Named in honor of Bram Stoker (Dracula) and awarded annually since 1988, the awards “are given ‘for superior achievement,’ not for ‘best of the year,’ and the rules are deliberately designed to make ties possible.”

Here are some highlights from this year’s winners:

SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN A NOVEL

Stephen Graham Jones, The Buffalo Hunter Hunter

SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN LONG FICTION

(tie) Nathan Ballingrud, Cathedral of the Drowned / A.C. Wise, “Wolf Moon, Antler Moon”

SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN A FICTION COLLECTION

John Langan, Lost in the Dark and Other Excursions

SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN AN ANTHOLOGY

Silk & Sinew: A Collection of Folk Horror from the Asian Diaspora, ed. Kristy Park Kulski

SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN A FIRST NOVEL

Michael Wehunt, The October Film Haunt

SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN SHORT FICTION

RJ Joseph, “Inheritance”

SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN A GRAPHIC NOVEL

Mike Mignola, Bowling for Corpses and Other Tales from Lands Unknown

SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN POETRY

Linda D. Addison and Jamal Hodge, Everything Endless

SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN A SCREENPLAY

Ryan Coogler, Sinners

A hearty congratulations to all of the nominees this year and a round of applause to the winners! See the full list of winners here.