Draft:Splatterpunk Awards

The Splatterpunk Awards is an award ceremony celebrating books in the Splatterpunk and Extreme Horror subgenres of horror fiction. The awards were first launched in 2018, and the award ceremony is an annual event that takes place at KillerCon - a book/writing convention in Austin, Texas, that celebrates authors and readers of horror fiction. The Splatterpunk Awards were created by indie horror authors Brian Keene and Wrath James Wright.

The 2024 Splatterpunk Awards will be held in August 2024.

==2024 Splatterpunk Awards Nominees==

===Best Novel===

The Night Mother by John Everson (Dark Arts Books) Maeve Fly by C.J. Leede (Tor Nightfire) Pedo Island Bloodbath by Duncan Ralston (Shadow Work Publishing) Dead End House by Bryan Smith (Grindhouse Press) Along the River of Flesh by Kristopher Triana (Bad Dream Books)

===Best Novella===

The Bighead's Junk by Edward Lee (Evil Cookie Publishing) Smokey Elvis and Danzick Battle Swamp Ass by Lance Loot (Independently Published) Snow Angels by Lucas Mangum (D&T Publishing) Sirens and Seaweed by Candace Nola (Uncomfortably Dark) Bowery by Matthew Vaughn (Independently Published)

===Best Short Story===

My Octopus Master by Stephen Kozeniewski (from Dead and Bloated, Evil Cookie Publishing) Unfound Footage by Patrick Lacey (from Splatterpunk's Basement of Horror, Splatterpunk Zine) Hide/Invert: A Saga In Ten Reels by David J. Schow (from The Drive-In: Multiplex, Pandi Press) The Night People by Bryan Smith (from The Gauntlet, Grindhouse Press) Blood Harmony by Chet Williamson (from Drive-In: Multiplex, Pandi Press)

===Best Collection===

Something Very Wrong by Jonathan Butcher (Independently Published) Transcendental Mutilation by Ryan Harding (Death's Head Press) Woe To Thoe Who Dwell On Earth by John Lynch (High Explosive Horror) Gush: Tales of Vaginal Horror by Gina Ranalli (Madness Heart Press) Beautiful Darkness by Jay Wilburn (Madness Heart Press)

===Best Anthology===

Splatterpunk's Basement of Horror, edited by Jack Bantry, Splatterpunk Zine Blood and Blasphemy, edited by Gerri R. Gray, Hellbound Books We're Here: An Anthology of LGBTQ+ Horror, edited by Angelique Jordonna and James G. Carlson, Gloom House Publishing Dark Disasters, edited by Candace Nola, Uncomfortably Dark Dead and Bloated, edited by K. Trap Jones, Evil Cookie Publishing