Ladies of Horror Fiction Award List of Nominees & Honorable Mentions



Hi, everyone! We have been super busy over at Ladies of Horror Fiction because our first annual awards are in full swing. If you haven't seen the posts on Twitter, Instagram or the website here is a list of all of the nominees.

We've been doing the slow reveal with the winners so please stay posted to see who wins in each category as we roll them out over the next few days.

Below is the entire list of nominees and honorable mentions and you should, of course, read them all!

Best Collection


Collision: Stories, J.S. Breukelaar
Ghosts of You, Cathy Ulrich
Little Paranoias, Sonora Taylor  *winner!*
Out of Water, Sarah Read

Best Debut


The Bone Weaver’s Orchard, Sarah Read
Little Darlings, Melanie Golding
The Luminous Dead, Caitlin Starling *winner!*
Theme Music, T. Marie Vandelly

Best Poetry Collection


Mary Shelley Makes a Monster, Octavia Cade
Choking Back the Devil, Donna Lynch  *winner!*
The Apocalyptic Mannequin, Stephanie M. Wytovich

Best Novel


Bunny, Mona Awad
Ninth House, Leigh Bardugo
River of Souls, T.L. Bodine
The Twisted Ones, T. Kingfisher
Without Condition, Sonora Taylor

Best Novella


Dear Laura, Gemma Amor
The Ladderman, Angela Archer
The Festering Ones, S.H. Cooper
Halloween Fiend, C.V. Hunt
To Be Devoured, Sara Tantlinger

Best Young Adult


Five Midnights, Ann Dávila Cardinal
House of Salt and Sorrows, Erin A. Craig
Rules for Vanishing, Kate Alice Marshall
Wilder Girls, Rory Power

Honorable Mentions

Short Fiction


‘Till Death Do Us Part, Peggy Christie (Dark Doorways)
A Song for Wounded Mouths, Kristi DeMeester (PseudoPod 641: Artemis Rising 5)
Jack-O-Lantern, Gabrielle Faust (#ScaryStories)
Sun Dogs, Laura Mauro (Sing Your Sadness Deep)
What Throat, Annie Neugebauer (PseudoPod 640: Artemis Rising 5)
Butterflies, Samanta Schweblin (Mouthful of Birds)
The Woman Next Door, Ha Seong-nan (Flowers of Mold)
Quadrapocalypse, Sonora Taylor (Little Paranoias)
Weary Bones, Sonora Taylor (Little Paranoias)

Please visit Ladies of Horror Fiction to check out all of the winners!

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