Bram Stoker Award for Best Short Non-Fiction

The Bram Stoker Award for Best Short Non-Fiction, established in 2019, is an award presented by the Horror Writers Association (HWA) for "superior achievement" in horror writing for short non-fiction.

Honorees

class="wikitable" \|+Bram Stoker Award for Best Short Non-Fiction winners and finalists !Year !Author !Title !Publication !Publisher !Result !Ref.
style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="5" \|2019 \|{{sortname\|last=Kiste\|first=Gwendolyn}} \|Magic, Madness, and Women Who Creep: The Power of Individuality in the Work of Charlotte Perkins Gilman \|Vastarien: A Literary Journal, Vol. 2, Issue 1 \| \|Winner \|{{Cite web \|title=The 2019 Bram Stoker Award® Winners \|url=https://www.thebramstokerawards.com/news/the-2019-bram-stoker-award-winners/ \|access-date=2023-02-28 \|website=The Bram Stoker Awards \|language=en-US \|archive-date=2022-05-28 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220528203728/https://www.thebramstokerawards.com/news/the-2019-bram-stoker-award-winners/ \|url-status=live }}{{Cite web \|last= \|date=2020-04-19 \|title=Winners - Bram Stoker Awards® \|url=https://horror.org/winners-bram-stoker-awards/ \|access-date=2023-03-01 \|website=Horror Writers Association \|language=en-US \|archive-date=2022-06-25 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220625175315/https://horror.org/winners-bram-stoker-awards/ \|url-status=live }}{{Cite web \|last= \|date=2020-04-20 \|title=2019 Stoker Awards Winners \|url=https://locusmag.com/2020/04/2019-stoker-awards-winners/ \|access-date=2023-03-01 \|website=Locus Online \|language=en-US \|archive-date=2020-04-24 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200424195425/https://locusmag.com/2020/04/2019-stoker-awards-winners/ \|url-status=live }}
{{sortname\|last=Liaguno\|first=Vince A.}} \|Slasher Films Made Me Gay: The Queer Appeal and Subtext of the Genre \|LGBTQ+ Horror Month: 9/1/2019, Ginger Nuts of Horror \| \|Finalist \|{{Cite web \|last= \|date=2020-02-20 \|title=2019 Stoker Awards Final Ballot \|url=https://locusmag.com/2020/02/2019-stoker-awards-final-ballot/ \|access-date=2023-03-01 \|website=Locus Online \|language=en-US \|archive-date=2022-12-01 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221201054446/https://locusmag.com/2020/02/2019-stoker-awards-final-ballot/ \|url-status=live }}
{{sortname\|last=Renner\|first=Karen J.}} \|{{sortname\|1=The\|2=Evil Aging Women of American Horror Story\|nolink=1}} \|Elder Horror: Essays on Film’s Frightening Images of Aging \|McFarland \|Finalist \|
{{sortname\|last=Robinson\|first=Kelly\|link=Kelly Robinson (author)}} \|Film's First Lycanthrope: 1913's The Werewolf \|Scary Monsters Magazine #114 \| \|Finalist \|
{{sortname\|last=Weich\|first=Valerie E.}} \|Lord Byron's Whipping Boy: Dr. John William Polidori and the 200th Anniversary of The Vampyre \|Famous Monsters of Filmland, Issue #291 \| \|Finalist \|
style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="5" \|2020 \|{{sortname\|last=Waggoner\|first=Tim}} \|Speaking of Horror \|{{sortname\|1=The\|2=Writer}} \| \|Winner \|{{Cite web \|title=The Bram Stoker Awards 2020 \|url=https://www.thebramstokerawards.com/uncategorized/the-bram-stoker-awards-2020/ \|access-date=2023-03-01 \|website=The Bram Stoker Awards \|language=en-US \|archive-date=2022-05-28 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220528000504/http://www.thebramstokerawards.com/uncategorized/the-bram-stoker-awards-2020/ \|url-status=live }}{{Cite web \|last=Caplan \|first=Walker \|date=2021-06-01 \|title=Here are the winners of the 2020 Bram Stoker Awards. \|url=https://lithub.com/here-are-the-winners-of-the-2020-bram-stoker-awards/ \|access-date=2023-03-01 \|website=Literary Hub \|language=en-US \|archive-date=2022-07-03 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220703030846/https://lithub.com/here-are-the-winners-of-the-2020-bram-stoker-awards/ \|url-status=live }}{{Cite web \|last=Templeton \|first=Molly \|date=2021-06-01 \|title=Announcing the 2020 Bram Stoker Awards Winners \|url=https://www.tor.com/2021/06/01/announcing-the-2020-bram-stoker-awards-winners/ \|access-date=2023-03-01 \|website=Tor.com \|language=en-US \|archive-date=2021-07-07 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210707081314/https://www.tor.com/2021/06/01/announcing-the-2020-bram-stoker-awards-winners/ \|url-status=live }}{{Cite web \|last= \|date=2021-05-24 \|title=2020 Stoker Awards Winners \|url=https://locusmag.com/2021/05/2020-stoker-awards-winners/ \|access-date=2023-03-01 \|website=Locus Online \|language=en-US \|archive-date=2022-08-11 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220811054146/https://locusmag.com/2021/05/2020-stoker-awards-winners/ \|url-status=live }}
{{sortname\|last=Joseph\|first=Rhonda Jackson}} \|{{sortname\|1=The\|2=Beloved Haunting of Hill House: An Examination of Monstrous Motherhood\|nolink=1}} \|{{sortname\|1=The\|2=Streaming of Hill House: Essays on the Haunting Netflix Adaption\|nolink=1}} \|McFarland \|Finalist \|{{Cite web \|last=Liptak \|first=Andrew \|date=2021-02-22 \|title=Here Are the 2020 Bram Stoker Award Nominees \|url=https://www.tor.com/2021/02/22/here-are-the-2020-bram-stoker-award-nominees/ \|access-date=2023-03-01 \|website=Tor.com \|language=en-US \|archive-date=2021-05-06 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506222116/https://www.tor.com/2021/02/22/here-are-the-2020-bram-stoker-award-nominees/ \|url-status=live }}{{Cite web \|last= \|date=2021-02-22 \|title=2020 Stoker Awards Final Ballot \|url=https://locusmag.com/2021/02/2020-stoker-awards-final-ballot/ \|access-date=2023-03-01 \|website=Locus Online \|language=en-US \|archive-date=2022-10-08 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221008104029/https://locusmag.com/2021/02/2020-stoker-awards-final-ballot/ \|url-status=live }}
{{sortname\|last=Pelayo\|first=Cynthia}} \|I Need to Believe \|Southwest Review, Vol. 105.3 \| \|Finalist \|
{{sortname\|last=Robinson\|first=Kelly\|link=Kelly Robinson (author)}} \|Lost, Found, and Finally Unbound: The Strange History of the 1910 Edison Frankenstein \|Rue Morgue, June 2020 \| \|Finalist \|
{{sortname\|last=Sng\|first=Christina}} \|Final Girl: A Life in Horror \|Interstellar Flight Magazine, October 2020 \| \|Finalist \|
style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="5" \|2021 \|{{sortname\|last=Smith \|first=Angela Yuriko}} \|Horror Writers: Architects of Hope \|{{sortname\|1=The\|2=Sirens Call\|nolink=1}}, Halloween 2021, Issue 55 \|Sirens Call Publications \|Winner \|{{Cite web \|title=The 2021 Bram Stoker Awards® Winners \|url=https://www.thebramstokerawards.com/news/4491/ \|access-date=2023-03-01 \|website=The Bram Stoker Awards \|language=en-US \|archive-date=2022-08-13 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220813060840/https://www.thebramstokerawards.com/news/4491/ \|url-status=live }}{{Cite web \|last=Pavlik \|first=Tina \|date=2022-05-16 \|title=2021 Bram Stoker Awards® Winners \|url=https://horror.org/2021-bram-stoker-awards-winners/ \|access-date=2023-03-01 \|website=Horror Writers Association \|language=en-US \|archive-date=2022-06-20 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220620004049/https://horror.org/2021-bram-stoker-awards-winners/ \|url-status=live }}{{Cite web \|last=Armstrong \|first=Vanessa \|date=2022-05-17 \|title=Congratulations to the 2021 Bram Stoker Awards Winners! \|url=https://www.tor.com/2022/05/17/congratulations-to-the-2021-bram-stoker-awards-winners/ \|access-date=2023-03-01 \|website=Tor.com \|language=en-US \|archive-date=2022-06-28 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220628103007/https://www.tor.com/2022/05/17/congratulations-to-the-2021-bram-stoker-awards-winners/ \|url-status=live }}{{Cite web \|last= \|date=2022-05-15 \|title=2021 Stoker Awards Winners \|url=https://locusmag.com/2022/05/2021-stoker-awards-winners/ \|access-date=2023-03-01 \|website=Locus Online \|language=en-US \|archive-date=2022-07-04 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220704225039/https://locusmag.com/2022/05/2021-stoker-awards-winners/ \|url-status=live }}
{{sortname\|last=O'Quinn\|first=Cindy}} \|One and Done \|Were Tales: A Shapeshifter Anthology \|Brigids Gate Press \|Finalist \|{{Cite web \|last=Templeton \|first=Molly \|date=2022-02-25 \|title=Announcing the Nominees for the 2021 Bram Stoker Awards \|url=https://www.tor.com/2022/02/25/2021-bram-stoker-awards-nominees/ \|access-date=2023-03-01 \|website=Tor.com \|language=en-US \|archive-date=2022-09-27 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220927090641/https://www.tor.com/2022/02/25/2021-bram-stoker-awards-nominees/ \|url-status=live }}{{Cite web \|last= \|date=2022-02-25 \|title=2021 Stoker Awards Final Ballot \|url=https://locusmag.com/2022/02/2021-stoker-awards-final-ballot/ \|access-date=2023-03-01 \|website=Locus Online \|language=en-US \|archive-date=2022-12-08 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221208233202/https://locusmag.com/2022/02/2021-stoker-awards-final-ballot/ \|url-status=live }}
{{sortname\|last=Ognjanović\|first=Dejan\|link=Dejan Ognjanović (author)}} \|{{sortname\|1=The\|2=Three Paradigms of Horror\|nolink=1}} \|Vastarien, Vol. 4, Issue 2 \|Grimscribe Press \|Finalist \|
{{sortname\|last=Verona\|first=Emily Ruth}} \|{{sortname\|1=A\|2=Horror Fan’s Guide to Surviving Womanhood\|nolink=1}} \|thefinalgirls.co.uk \| \|Finalist \|
{{sortname\|last=Wetmore Jr.\|first=Kevin J.}} \| Devil's Advocates: The Conjuring \| \|Auteur Publishing/Liverpool University Press \|Finalist \|
rowspan="6" \|2022 \|{{sortname\|last=Dries\|first=Aaron}} \|Nona Doesn't Dance \|Cut to Care: A Collection of Little Hurts \|IFWG Australia, IFWG International \|Finalist \|{{Cite web \|title=The 2022 Bram Stoker Awards® Final Ballot \|url=https://www.thebramstokerawards.com/front-page/the-2022-bram-stoker-awards-final-ballot/ \|access-date=2023-03-01 \|website=The Bram Stoker Awards \|language=en-US \|archive-date=2023-02-28 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230228061850/https://www.thebramstokerawards.com/front-page/the-2022-bram-stoker-awards-final-ballot/ \|url-status=live }}{{Cite web \|last= \|date=2023-02-24 \|title=2022 Stoker Awards Final Ballot \|url=https://locusmag.com/2023/02/2022-stoker-awards-final-ballot-2/ \|access-date=2023-03-01 \|website=Locus Online \|language=en-US \|archive-date=2023-02-25 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230225195505/https://locusmag.com/2023/02/2022-stoker-awards-final-ballot-2/ \|url-status=live }}
{{sortname\|last=Gwilym\|first=Douglas}} \|Poppy's Poppy \|Penumbric Speculative Fiction Magazine, Vol. V, No. 6 \| \|Finalist \|
{{sortname\|last=McCarthy\|first=J.A.W.}} \| {{sortname\|1=The\|2=Only Thing Different Will Be the Body\|nolink=1}} \|{{sortname\|1=A\|2=Woman Built by Man\|nolink=1}} \|Cemetery Gates Media \|Finalist \|

class="wikitable"

|+Bram Stoker Award for Best Short Non-Fiction winners and finalists

!Year

!Author

!Title

!Publication

!Publisher

!Result

!Ref.

style="background:#cddeff"

! rowspan="5" |2019

|{{sortname|last=Kiste|first=Gwendolyn}}

|Magic, Madness, and Women Who Creep: The Power of Individuality in the Work of Charlotte Perkins Gilman

|Vastarien: A Literary Journal, Vol. 2, Issue 1

|Winner

|{{Cite web |title=The 2019 Bram Stoker Award® Winners |url=https://www.thebramstokerawards.com/news/the-2019-bram-stoker-award-winners/ |access-date=2023-02-28 |website=The Bram Stoker Awards |language=en-US |archive-date=2022-05-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220528203728/https://www.thebramstokerawards.com/news/the-2019-bram-stoker-award-winners/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last= |date=2020-04-19 |title=Winners - Bram Stoker Awards® |url=https://horror.org/winners-bram-stoker-awards/ |access-date=2023-03-01 |website=Horror Writers Association |language=en-US |archive-date=2022-06-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220625175315/https://horror.org/winners-bram-stoker-awards/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last= |date=2020-04-20 |title=2019 Stoker Awards Winners |url=https://locusmag.com/2020/04/2019-stoker-awards-winners/ |access-date=2023-03-01 |website=Locus Online |language=en-US |archive-date=2020-04-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200424195425/https://locusmag.com/2020/04/2019-stoker-awards-winners/ |url-status=live }}

|Slasher Films Made Me Gay: The Queer Appeal and Subtext of the Genre

|LGBTQ+ Horror Month: 9/1/2019, Ginger Nuts of Horror

|Finalist

|{{Cite web |last= |date=2020-02-20 |title=2019 Stoker Awards Final Ballot |url=https://locusmag.com/2020/02/2019-stoker-awards-final-ballot/ |access-date=2023-03-01 |website=Locus Online |language=en-US |archive-date=2022-12-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221201054446/https://locusmag.com/2020/02/2019-stoker-awards-final-ballot/ |url-status=live }}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Evil Aging Women of American Horror Story|nolink=1}}

|Elder Horror: Essays on Film’s Frightening Images of Aging

|McFarland

|Finalist

{{sortname|last=Robinson|first=Kelly|link=Kelly Robinson (author)}}

|Film's First Lycanthrope: 1913's The Werewolf

|Scary Monsters Magazine #114

|Finalist

|Lord Byron's Whipping Boy: Dr. John William Polidori and the 200th Anniversary of The Vampyre

|Famous Monsters of Filmland, Issue #291

|Finalist

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! rowspan="5" |2020

|{{sortname|last=Waggoner|first=Tim}}

|Speaking of Horror

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Writer}}

|Winner

|{{Cite web |title=The Bram Stoker Awards 2020 |url=https://www.thebramstokerawards.com/uncategorized/the-bram-stoker-awards-2020/ |access-date=2023-03-01 |website=The Bram Stoker Awards |language=en-US |archive-date=2022-05-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220528000504/http://www.thebramstokerawards.com/uncategorized/the-bram-stoker-awards-2020/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Caplan |first=Walker |date=2021-06-01 |title=Here are the winners of the 2020 Bram Stoker Awards. |url=https://lithub.com/here-are-the-winners-of-the-2020-bram-stoker-awards/ |access-date=2023-03-01 |website=Literary Hub |language=en-US |archive-date=2022-07-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220703030846/https://lithub.com/here-are-the-winners-of-the-2020-bram-stoker-awards/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Templeton |first=Molly |date=2021-06-01 |title=Announcing the 2020 Bram Stoker Awards Winners |url=https://www.tor.com/2021/06/01/announcing-the-2020-bram-stoker-awards-winners/ |access-date=2023-03-01 |website=Tor.com |language=en-US |archive-date=2021-07-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210707081314/https://www.tor.com/2021/06/01/announcing-the-2020-bram-stoker-awards-winners/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last= |date=2021-05-24 |title=2020 Stoker Awards Winners |url=https://locusmag.com/2021/05/2020-stoker-awards-winners/ |access-date=2023-03-01 |website=Locus Online |language=en-US |archive-date=2022-08-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220811054146/https://locusmag.com/2021/05/2020-stoker-awards-winners/ |url-status=live }}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Beloved Haunting of Hill House: An Examination of Monstrous Motherhood|nolink=1}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Streaming of Hill House: Essays on the Haunting Netflix Adaption|nolink=1}}

|McFarland

|Finalist

|{{Cite web |last=Liptak |first=Andrew |date=2021-02-22 |title=Here Are the 2020 Bram Stoker Award Nominees |url=https://www.tor.com/2021/02/22/here-are-the-2020-bram-stoker-award-nominees/ |access-date=2023-03-01 |website=Tor.com |language=en-US |archive-date=2021-05-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506222116/https://www.tor.com/2021/02/22/here-are-the-2020-bram-stoker-award-nominees/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last= |date=2021-02-22 |title=2020 Stoker Awards Final Ballot |url=https://locusmag.com/2021/02/2020-stoker-awards-final-ballot/ |access-date=2023-03-01 |website=Locus Online |language=en-US |archive-date=2022-10-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221008104029/https://locusmag.com/2021/02/2020-stoker-awards-final-ballot/ |url-status=live }}

|I Need to Believe

|Southwest Review, Vol. 105.3

|Finalist

{{sortname|last=Robinson|first=Kelly|link=Kelly Robinson (author)}}

|Lost, Found, and Finally Unbound: The Strange History of the 1910 Edison Frankenstein

|Rue Morgue, June 2020

|Finalist

|Final Girl: A Life in Horror

|Interstellar Flight Magazine, October 2020

|Finalist

style="background:#cddeff"

! rowspan="5" |2021

|{{sortname|last=Smith |first=Angela Yuriko}}

|Horror Writers: Architects of Hope

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Sirens Call|nolink=1}}, Halloween 2021, Issue 55

|Sirens Call Publications

|Winner

|{{Cite web |title=The 2021 Bram Stoker Awards® Winners |url=https://www.thebramstokerawards.com/news/4491/ |access-date=2023-03-01 |website=The Bram Stoker Awards |language=en-US |archive-date=2022-08-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220813060840/https://www.thebramstokerawards.com/news/4491/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Pavlik |first=Tina |date=2022-05-16 |title=2021 Bram Stoker Awards® Winners |url=https://horror.org/2021-bram-stoker-awards-winners/ |access-date=2023-03-01 |website=Horror Writers Association |language=en-US |archive-date=2022-06-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220620004049/https://horror.org/2021-bram-stoker-awards-winners/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Armstrong |first=Vanessa |date=2022-05-17 |title=Congratulations to the 2021 Bram Stoker Awards Winners! |url=https://www.tor.com/2022/05/17/congratulations-to-the-2021-bram-stoker-awards-winners/ |access-date=2023-03-01 |website=Tor.com |language=en-US |archive-date=2022-06-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220628103007/https://www.tor.com/2022/05/17/congratulations-to-the-2021-bram-stoker-awards-winners/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last= |date=2022-05-15 |title=2021 Stoker Awards Winners |url=https://locusmag.com/2022/05/2021-stoker-awards-winners/ |access-date=2023-03-01 |website=Locus Online |language=en-US |archive-date=2022-07-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220704225039/https://locusmag.com/2022/05/2021-stoker-awards-winners/ |url-status=live }}

|One and Done

|Were Tales: A Shapeshifter Anthology

|Brigids Gate Press

|Finalist

|{{Cite web |last=Templeton |first=Molly |date=2022-02-25 |title=Announcing the Nominees for the 2021 Bram Stoker Awards |url=https://www.tor.com/2022/02/25/2021-bram-stoker-awards-nominees/ |access-date=2023-03-01 |website=Tor.com |language=en-US |archive-date=2022-09-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220927090641/https://www.tor.com/2022/02/25/2021-bram-stoker-awards-nominees/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last= |date=2022-02-25 |title=2021 Stoker Awards Final Ballot |url=https://locusmag.com/2022/02/2021-stoker-awards-final-ballot/ |access-date=2023-03-01 |website=Locus Online |language=en-US |archive-date=2022-12-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221208233202/https://locusmag.com/2022/02/2021-stoker-awards-final-ballot/ |url-status=live }}

{{sortname|last=Ognjanović|first=Dejan|link=Dejan Ognjanović (author)}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Three Paradigms of Horror|nolink=1}}

|Vastarien, Vol. 4, Issue 2

|Grimscribe Press

|Finalist

|{{sortname|1=A|2=Horror Fan’s Guide to Surviving Womanhood|nolink=1}}

|thefinalgirls.co.uk

|Finalist

| Devil's Advocates: The Conjuring

|Auteur Publishing/Liverpool University Press

|Finalist

rowspan="6" |2022

|{{sortname|last=Dries|first=Aaron}}

|Nona Doesn't Dance

|Cut to Care: A Collection of Little Hurts

|IFWG Australia, IFWG International

|Finalist

|{{Cite web |title=The 2022 Bram Stoker Awards® Final Ballot |url=https://www.thebramstokerawards.com/front-page/the-2022-bram-stoker-awards-final-ballot/ |access-date=2023-03-01 |website=The Bram Stoker Awards |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-02-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230228061850/https://www.thebramstokerawards.com/front-page/the-2022-bram-stoker-awards-final-ballot/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last= |date=2023-02-24 |title=2022 Stoker Awards Final Ballot |url=https://locusmag.com/2023/02/2022-stoker-awards-final-ballot-2/ |access-date=2023-03-01 |website=Locus Online |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-02-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230225195505/https://locusmag.com/2023/02/2022-stoker-awards-final-ballot-2/ |url-status=live }}

|Poppy's Poppy

|Penumbric Speculative Fiction Magazine, Vol. V, No. 6

|Finalist

| {{sortname|1=The|2=Only Thing Different Will Be the Body|nolink=1}}

|{{sortname|1=A|2=Woman Built by Man|nolink=1}}

|Cemetery Gates Media

|Finalist

References

Short Non-fiction

Category:Awards established in 2019