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Shirley Jackson Shirley Hardie Jackson (December 14, 1916 – August 8, 1965) was an American writer known primarily for her works of horror and mystery. Over the duration of her writing career, which spanned over two decades, she composed six novels, two m ...

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Jeffrey Ford Jeffrey Ford (born November 8, 1955) is an American writer in the fantastic genre tradition, although his works have spanned genres including fantasy, science fiction and mystery. His work is characterized by a sweeping imaginative power, humo ...

The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction ''The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction'' (usually referred to as ''F&SF'') is a U.S. fantasy and science fiction magazine first published in 1949 by Mystery House, a subsidiary of Lawrence Spivak's Mercury Press. Editors Anthony Boucher a ...

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Postscripts ''Postscripts'' was a quarterly British magazine of science fiction, fantasy, horror, and crime fiction, first published in June 2004.

PS Publishing PS Publishing is an independent book publisher based in Hornsea, UK. Background PS Publishing was founded in 1999 by Peter Crowther.Robert Jackson Bennett (Orbit) *Novella: "Burning Girls", Veronica Schanoes (Tor.com) *Novellette: "Cry Murder! In a Small Voice",

Greer Gilman Greer Ilene Gilman is an American author of fantasy stories. Biography She was educated at Wellesley College and the University of Cambridge, where she studied on a Vida Dutton Scudder Fellowship. Her stories are noted for their dense prose s ...

(Small Beer Press) *Short Fiction: " 57 Reasons for the Slate Quarry Suicides", Sam J. Miller (''Nightmare Magazine'', December 2013) *Single Author Collection (two Winners): ''Before and Afterlives'',

Christopher Barzak Christopher Barzak (born July 21, 1975) is an American author. He has published many short stories, beginning with "A Mad Tea Party" in ''Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet'' in 1999. In 2007 he published his debut novel, '' One for Sorrow'', wh ...

(Lethe Press) and ''North American Lake Monsters'', Nathan Ballingrud (Small Beer Press) *Edited Anthology: ''The Grimscribe’s Puppets'', edited by Joseph S. Pulver, Sr. (Miskatonic River Press)

2014

*Novel: ''

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Jeff VanderMeer Jeff VanderMeer (born July 7, 1968) is an American author, editor, and literary critic. Initially associated with the New Weird literary genre, VanderMeer crossed over into mainstream success with his bestselling Southern Reach Trilogy. The tr ...

(FSG Originals) *Novella: ''We Are All Completely Fine'', Daryl Gregory (Tachyon) *Novellette: “The End of the End of Everything”, Dale Bailey (Tor.com, April 2014) *Short Fiction: “The Dogs Home”, Alison Littlewood (''The Spectral Book of Horror Stories'', Spectral Press) *Single Author Collection: ''Gifts for the One who Comes After'', Helen Marshall (ChiZine Publications) *Edited Anthology: ''Fearful Symmetries'', edited by

Ellen Datlow Ellen Datlow (born December 31, 1949) is an American science fiction, fantasy, and horror editor and anthologist. She is a winner of the World Fantasy Award and the Bram Stoker Award (Horror Writers Association). Career Datlow began her career ...

(ChiZine Publications)

2015

* Novel: ''Experimental Film'',

Gemma Files Gemma Files is a Canadian horror writer, journalist, and film critic. Her short story, "The Emperor's Old Bones", won the International Horror Guild Award for Best Short Story of 1999. Five of her short stories were adapted for the television se ...

(ChiZine Publications) * Novella: ''Wylding Hall''

Elizabeth Hand Elizabeth Hand (born March 29, 1957) is an American writer. Life and career Hand grew up in Yonkers and Pound Ridge, New York. She studied drama and anthropology at The Catholic University of America. Since 1988, Hand has lived in coastal Maine ...

(PS Publishing / Open Road Media) * Novellette: "Even Clean Hands Can Do Damage" Steve Duffy ("Supernatural Tales" #30) * Short Fiction: "The Dying Season" Lynda E. Rucker (Aickman's Heirs) * Single Author Collection: ''The Bazaar of Bad Dreams''

Stephen King Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author of horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, crime, science-fiction, and fantasy novels. Described as the "King of Horror", a play on his surname and a reference to his high s ...

(Scribner) * Edited Anthology: ''Aickman's Heirs'', edited by

Simon Strantzas Simon Strantzas (born 1972) is a weird fiction author from Toronto, Canada. He has written five story collections and been nominated for a British Fantasy Award in 2009. He has also edited three anthologies including ''Aickman's Heirs'' which won ...

(Undertow Publications)

2016

* Novel: '' The Girls'', Emma Cline (Random House) * Novella: '' The Ballad of Black Tom'',

Victor LaValle Victor LaValle (born February 3, 1972) is an American author. He is the author of a short-story collection, ''Slapboxing with Jesus'', and four novels, ''The Ecstatic,'' ''Big Machine,'' ''The Devil in Silver,'' and '' The Changeling''. His fanta ...

(Tor.com) * Novelette: “Waxy,” Camilla Grudova (Granta) * Short Fiction: "Postcards from Natalie,” Carrie Laben (The Dark) * Single-Author Collection: ''A Natural History of Hell'',

Jeffrey Ford Jeffrey Ford (born November 8, 1955) is an American writer in the fantastic genre tradition, although his works have spanned genres including fantasy, science fiction and mystery. His work is characterized by a sweeping imaginative power, humo ...

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Small Beer Press Small Beer Press is a publisher of fantasy and literary fiction, based in Northampton, Massachusetts. It was founded by Gavin Grant and Kelly Link in 2000 and publishes novels, collections, and anthologies. It also publishes the zine ''Lady Churc ...

) * Edited Anthology: ''The Starlit Wood: New Fairy Tales'', edited by Dominik Parisien and Navah Wolfe (Saga Press) * Board of Directors Award to Ruth Franklin in recognition of the biography, ''Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life''

2017

* Novel: ''The Hole'', Pyun Hye-young (Arcade Publishing) * Novella: Tie ** '' Fever Dream'', Samanta Schweblin (Riverhead Books) ** '' The Lost Daughter Collective'', Lindsey Drager (Dzanc Book) * Novelette: ''Take the Way Home That Leads Back to Sullivan Street'', Chavisa Woods (Things to Do When You’re Goth in the Country) * Short Fiction: ''The Convexity of Our Youth'', Kurt Fawver (Looming Low) * Single-Author Collection: ''Her Body and Other Parties'',

Carmen Maria Machado ''Carmen'' () is an opera in four acts by the French composer Georges Bizet. The libretto was written by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based on the novella of the same title by Prosper Mérimée. The opera was first performed by the Opér ...

(Graywolf Press) * Edited Anthology: ''Shadows and Tall Trees Volume 7'', edited by Michael Kelly (Undertow Publications)

2018

* Novel: ''Little Eve'', Catriona Ward (Weidenfeld & Nicolson) * Novella: ''The Taiga Syndrome'', Cristina Rivera Garza (Dorothy, a publishing project) * Novelette: ''Help the Witch'', Tom Cox (Unbound) * Short Fiction: "The Astronaut”, Christina Wood Martinez (''Granta'' Winter ’18) * Single-Author Collection: ''All the Fabulous Beasts'', Priya Sharma (Undertow) * Edited Anthology: ''Robots vs Fairies'', edited by Dominik Parisien and Navah Wolfe (Saga)

2019

* Novel: ''The Book of X'', Sarah Rose Etter (

Two Dollar Radio Two Dollar Radio is an independent family-run publisher based in Columbus, Ohio. The company was founded in 2005 by husband-and-wife team Eric Obenauf and Eliza Jane Wood-Obenauf, with Brian Obenauf. The press specializes in literary fiction. In ...

) * Novella: ''Ormeshadow'', Priya Sharma (

Tor.com ''Tor.com'' is an online science fiction and fantasy magazine published by Tor Books, a division of Macmillan Publishers. The magazine publishes articles, reviews, original short fiction, re-reads and commentary on speculative fiction. From 20 ...

) * Novelette: ''Luminous Body'', Brooke Warra (Dim Shores) * Short Fiction: "Kali_Na”, Indrapramit Das (The Mythic Dream) * Single-Author Collection: ''Song for the Unraveling of the World'',

Brian Evenson Brian Evenson (born August 12, 1966) is an American academic and writer of both literary fiction and popular fiction, some of the latter being published under B. K. Evenson. His fiction is often described as literary minimalism, but also draws i ...

( Coffee House Press) * Edited Anthology: ''The Twisted Book of Shadows'', edited by

Christopher Golden Christopher Golden (born July 15, 1967) is an American author of horror, fantasy, and suspense novels for adults and teens. Early life Golden was born and raised in Massachusetts, where he still lives with his family. He graduated from Tufts ...

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James A. Moore James Arthur Moore is an American horror novelist and short story writer. In 2003, he was nominated for a Bram Stoker Award for "Best Novel" for his book ''Serenity Falls''. In 2006, the novella '' Bloodstained Oz'' (co-authored by Christop ...

(Twisted Publishing)

2020

* Novel: '' The Only Good Indians'',

Stephen Graham Jones Stephen Graham Jones is a Blackfoot Native American author of experimental fiction, horror fiction, crime fiction, and science fiction. Although his recent work is often classified as horror, he is celebrated for applying more "literary" stylings ...

(Saga) * Novella: ''Night of the Mannequins'',

Stephen Graham Jones Stephen Graham Jones is a Blackfoot Native American author of experimental fiction, horror fiction, crime fiction, and science fiction. Although his recent work is often classified as horror, he is celebrated for applying more "literary" stylings ...

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Tor.com ''Tor.com'' is an online science fiction and fantasy magazine published by Tor Books, a division of Macmillan Publishers. The magazine publishes articles, reviews, original short fiction, re-reads and commentary on speculative fiction. From 20 ...

) * Novelette: ''The Attic Tragedy'', J. Ashley-Smith (Meerkat) * Short Fiction: "Not the Man I Married”, R.A. Busby (Black Petals) * Single-Author Collection: ''Velocities'',

Kathe Koja Kathe Koja (born 1960) is an American writer. She was initially known for her intense speculative fiction for adults, but has written young adult novels, the historical fiction ''Under the Poppy'' trilogy, and a fictional biography of Christopher ...

(Meerkat) * Edited Anthology: ''Black Cranes: Tales of Unquiet Women'', edited by

Lee Murray Lee Brahim Murray-Lamrani (born 12 November 1977) is an English-Moroccan mixed martial arts fighter and criminal. In 2005, his MMA career was cut short after he was stabbed multiple times outside a Mayfair nightclub. He was arrested in Rabat, ...

and Geneve Flynn (Omnium Gatherum)

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* Novel: '' My Heart is a Chainsaw'',

Stephen Graham Jones Stephen Graham Jones is a Blackfoot Native American author of experimental fiction, horror fiction, crime fiction, and science fiction. Although his recent work is often classified as horror, he is celebrated for applying more "literary" stylings ...

(Saga) * Novella: ''Flowers for the Sea'', Zin E. Rocklyn (

Tor.com ''Tor.com'' is an online science fiction and fantasy magazine published by Tor Books, a division of Macmillan Publishers. The magazine publishes articles, reviews, original short fiction, re-reads and commentary on speculative fiction. From 20 ...

) * Novelette: ''We, the Girls Who Did Not Make It'', E. A. Petricone (Nightmare) * Short Fiction: ''You’ll Understand When You're a Mom Someday'', Isabel J. Kim (Khoréo) * Single-Author Collection: ''Folk Songs for Trauma Surgeons'', Keith Rosson (Meerkat) * Edited Anthology: Tie **''Professor Charlatan Bardot’s Travel Anthology to the Most (Fictional) Haunted Buildings in the Weird, Wild World'', edited by Eric J. Guignard (Dark Moon) **''Unfettered Hexes: Queer Tales of Insatiable Darkness'', edited by dave ring (Neon Hemlock)

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