2024 Splatterpunk Awards

Nominees and Winners for the 2024 Splatterpunk Awards, honoring “superior achievement in the literary sub-genres of Splatterpunk and Extreme Horror fiction” in 2023, were presented at the 2024 KillerCon, held from August 9-11, 2024 in Austin TX.

Best Novel
#1 WINNER: Maeve Fly, C.J. Leede (Nightfire)
#2 The Night Mother, John Everson (Dark Arts)
#3 Pedo Island Bloodbath, Duncan Ralston (Shadow Work)
#4 Dead End House, Bryan Smith (Grindhouse)
#5 Along the River of Flesh, Kristopher Triana (Bad Dream)

Best Novella
#6 WINNER: Snow Angels, Lucas Mangum (D&T)
#7 The Bighead’s Junk, Edward Lee (Evil Cookie)
#8 Smokey Elvis and Danzick Battle Swamp Ass, Lance Loot (self-published)
#9 Sirens and Seaweed, Candace Nola (Uncomfortably Dark Horror)
#10 Bowery, Matthew Vaughn (self-published)

Best Short Story
#20 WINNER: “My Octopus Master”, Stephen Kozeniewski (Dead and Bloated)
#21 WINNER: “Blood Harmony”, Chet Williamson (The Drive-In: Multiplex)
#17 “Unfound Footage”, Patrick Lacey (Splatterpunk’s Basement of Horror)
#21 “Hide/Invert: A Saga In Ten Reels”, David J. Schow (The Drive-In: Multiplex)
#22 “The Night People”, Bryan Smith (The Gauntlet)

Best Collection
#11 WINNER: Transcendental Mutilation, Ryan Harding (Death’s Head)
#12 Something Very Wrong, Jonathan Butcher (self-published)
#13 Woe To Those Who Dwell On Earth, John Lynch (High Explosive Horror)
#14 Gush: Tales of Vaginal Horror, Gina Ranalli (Madness Heart)
#15 Beautiful Darkness, Jay Wilburn (Madness Heart)

Best Anthology
#16 WINNER: We’re Here: An Anthology of LGBTQ+ Horror, Angelique Jordonna and James G. Carlson, eds. (Gloom House)
#17 Splatterpunk’s Basement of Horror, Jack Bantry, ed. (Splatterpunk Zine)
#18 Blood and Blasphemy, Gerri R. Gray, ed. (Hellbound)
#19 Dark Disasters, Candace Nola, ed. (Uncomfortably Dark)
#20 Dead and Bloated, K Trap Jones, ed. (Evil Cookie)

J.F. Gonzalez Lifetime Achievement Award
Ray Garton
Craig Spector
Wrath James White