The Stoker Awards
The 2009 Stoker Awards winners were announced following the fish & chips banquet at the World Horror Convention last month in Brighton.
Grand Masters: Tanith Lee and James Herbert
HWA Lifetime Achievement Awards: Brian Lumley and William F. Nolan
WHC Lifetime Achievement Award: Basil Copper
Superior Achievement in a Novel: Audrey’s Door, Sarah Langan
Superior Achievement in a First Novel: Damnable, Hank Schwaeble
Superior Achievement in Long Fiction: The Lucid Dreaming, Lisa Morton
Superior Achievement in Short Fiction: “In the Porches of My Ears”, Norman Prentiss (Postscripts 18)
Superior Achievement in an Anthology: He Is Legend: An Anthology Celebrating Richard Matheson, edited by Christopher Conlon
Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection: A Taste of Tenderloin, Gene O’Neill
Superior Achievement in Non-fiction: Writers Workshop of Horror, Michael Knost
Superior Achievement in a Poetry Collection: Chimeric Machines, Lucy A. Snyder
Specialty Press Award: Tartarus Press (Ray Russell and Rosalie Parker)
Richard Layman President’s Award: Vince Liaguno
Silver Hammer Award: Kathy Ptacek
Next year, further Stoker catagories are for screenplay, young adult and graphic novel