The 2010 Shirley Jackson Awards

This year the 2010 Shirley Jackson Awards will be presented at ReaderCon 22 on July 14-17, 2011 at the Burlington Marriott Hotel in Burlington, Massachusetts. Horror Books, dark fantasy and psychological suspense books are eligible for this award.

I did a series of posts listing all the nominations for the Shirley Jackson Award this year. You can check them out by clicking on the links below.

The 2009 Shirley Jackson Award Nominations Series:

Part 1 -- The Shirley Jackson Award Nominations for Best Novel
Part 2 -- The Shirley Jackson Award Nominations for Best Novella
Part 3 -- The Shirley Jackson Award Nominations for Best Novelette
Part 4 -- The Shirley Jackson Award Nominations for Best Short Story
Part 5 -- The Shirley Jackson Award Nominations for Best Edited Anthology
Part 6 -- The Shirley Jackson Award Nominations for Best Single-Author Collection
Part 7 -- Presenting the Shirley Jackson Award Winners

The 2009 Shirley Jackson Awards

This year the 2009 Shirley Jackson Awards will be presented at ReaderCon 21 on July 8-11, 2010 at the Burlington Marriott Hotel in Burlington, Massachusetts.

The Award Ceremony will be Sunday morning, July 11, 2010. The host for this year’s awards will be noted author Nalo Hopkinson.

I did a series of posts at Horror Books with the Undead Rat listing all the nominations for the Shirley Jackson Award this year. You can check them out by clicking on the links below.

The 2009 Shirley Jackson Award Nominations Series:

Part 1 -- The Shirley Jackson Award Nominations for Best Novel
Part 2 -- The Shirley Jackson Award Nominations for Best Novella
Part 3 -- The Shirley Jackson Award Nominations for Best Novelette
Part 4 -- The Shirley Jackson Award Nominations for Best Edited Anthology
Part 5 -- The Shirley Jackson Award Nominations for Best Short Story
Part 6 -- The Shirley Jackson Award Nominations for Best Single-Author Collection
Part 7 -- Presenting the Shirley Jackson Award Winners

The Third Annual Black Quill Awards

One of the newest awards for horror books is the Black Quill Awards. This year saw the Third Annual Black Quill Awards held by Dark Scribe Magazine.

The awards focus on horror fiction and are unique in that there are two awards presented for each category. One is the Editor's Choice Award and the other is the Reader's Choice Award which was determined by open voting by the magazine subscribers.

Below is a list of posts that appeared on my blog. The first eight lists the nominations in each category and the last lists the award winners.

The books in these lists have links to online bookstores in case any of them peak your interest.

The 2009 Black Quill Award Nominations Series:

Part 1 -- Dark Genre Novel of the Year
Part 2 -- Best Small Press Chill
Part 3 -- Best Dark Genre Fiction Collection
Part 4 -- Best Dark Genre Anthology
Part 5 -- Best Dark Genre Book Of Non-Fiction
Part 6 -- Best Dark Scribble
Part 7 -- Best Cover Art and Design
Part 8 -- Best Dark Genre Book Trailer
Part 9 -- The 2009 Black Quill Award Winners

The 2008 Stoker Award Nominations and Winners

Recently on my website Horror Books with the Undead Rat I ran a series detailing the 2008 Stoker Award Nominations and the Winners for my readers to see.

These entries were linked to an online bookstore in case a reader wanted more information or to purchase the book.

Below are the links to the entire series:

The 2008 Stoker Award Nominations:

Part 1 -- Superior Achievement in a Novel and First Novel
Part 2 -- Superior Achievement in Long Fiction and Short Fiction
Part 3 -- Superior Achievement in an Anthology and a Collection
Part 4 -- Superior Achievement in Nonfiction and Poetry
Part 5 -- Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement and other awards.

The 2008 Stoker Award Winners:

The 2008 Stoker Award Winners

The 2008 Shirley Jackson Awards

Recently on my website Horror Books with the Undead Rat I ran a series detailing the 2008 Shirley Jackson Award nominations and the winners for my readers to see.

These entries were linked to an online bookstore in case a reader wanted more information or to purchase the book.

Below are the links to the entire series:

The 2008 Shirley Jackson Award Nominations and Winners Series:

Part 1 -- The 2008 Shirley Jackson Awards Nominations pt. 1
Part 2 -- The 2008 Shirley Jackson Awards Nominations pt. 2
Part 3 -- The 2008 Shirley Jackson Awards Nominations pt. 3
Part 4 -- The 2008 Shirley Jackson Award Winners