2002 Bram Stoker Award Winners Announced

Posted on June 13, 2003

Each year, the Horror Writers Association presents the Bram Stoker Awards for Superior Achievement, named in honor of Bram Stoker, author of the seminal horror work, Dracula. The awards are presented at the HWA Annual Conference and Bram Stoker Award banquet in New York City. This year's event was held at the Park Central Hotel on the evening of Saturday, June 8th. The awards are presented in twelve categories: Novel, First Novel, Short Fiction, Long Fiction, Fiction Collection, Poetry Collection, Anthology, Nonfiction, Illustrated Narrative, Screenplay, Work for Young Readers, and Alternative Forms.

2002 Bram Stoker Award Winners

Novel: The Night Class by Tom Piccirilli
First Novel: The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
Long Fiction: El Dia De Los Muertos by Brian A. Hopkins (Tie), "My Work Is Not Yet Done" by Thomas Ligotti (Tie)
Short Fiction: "The Misfit Child Grows Fat on Despair" by Tom Piccirilli
Fiction Collection: One More for the Road by Ray Bradbury
Anthology: The Darker Side edited by John Pelan
Nonfiction: Ramsey Campbell, Probably by Ramsey Campbell
Illustrated Narrative: Nightside (Issues 1-4) by Robert Weinberg
Screenplay: Frailty by Brent Hanley
Work for Young Readers: Coraline by Neil Gaiman
Poetry Collection: The Gossamer Eye by Mark McLaughlin, Rain Graves, and David Niall Wilson
Alternative Forms: Imagination Box (multimedia CD) by Steve and Melanie Tem

Lifetime Achievement Awards were also given to Stephen King and to Jerry Williamson for their extraordinary contributions to the genre. Over the last thirty years both men have published more than 30 horror novels each, in addition to vast amounts of short fiction. Their impact on modern horror writing has been incalculable.