Latest Winners / Recipients
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Year: 2023
winner y
Bitters
Maryland
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Cemetery Dance Publications
,
2023
27084337
2023
single work
novella
horror
'The giant metal man has stood for hundreds of years, head tilted back, mouth open. All the dead of the town are disposed of this way, carried up the long, staircase that winds around him and tipped in. At his toe emerges the Bitters, the lifeblood of the town, keeping them healthy and prosperous as the sick and needy come to buy and drink.
'McNubbin is a happy man with all he wants in life. He’s carried the bodies up since he was 14, a worthwhile, respected job. But when he notices broken girl after broken girl, he can’t stay quiet, and speaking up will change his perfect life.' (Publication summary)
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Year: 2022
winner y
And Then I Woke Up
New York (City)
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Tor
,
2022
26204975
2022
single work
novella
horror
'In a world reeling from an unusual plague, monsters lurk in the streets while terrified survivors arm themselves and roam the countryside in packs. Or perhaps something very different is happening. When a disease affects how reality is perceived, it’s hard to be certain of anything…
'Spence is one of the “cured” living at the Ironside rehabilitation facility. Haunted by guilt, he refuses to face the changed world until a new inmate challenges him to help her find her old crew. But if he can’t tell the truth from the lies, how will he know if he has earned the redemption he dreams of? How will he know he hasn’t just made things worse?'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
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Year: 2021
winner y
Ariadne, I Love You
Atlanta
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Meerkat Press
,
2021
23625422
2021
single work
novella
horror
'Jude is dragged out of Alt-Country obscurity, out of the dismal loop of booze and sadness baths and the boundless, insatiable loneliness, to scrub up and fly to Australia for a last, desperate comeback tour. Hardly worth getting out of bed for—and he wouldn’t, if it weren’t for Coreen.
'But Coreen is dead. And, worse than that, she’s married. Jude’s swan-song tour becomes instead a terminal descent, into the sordid past, into the meaning hidden in forgotten songs, into Coreen’s madness diary, there to waken something far worse than her ghost.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
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Year: 2020
winner By Touch and by Glance 2020 single work short story fantasy
— Appears in: Songs for Dark Seasons 2020; (p. 195-264) -
Year: 2019
winner y
Supermassive Black Mass
United Kingdom (UK)
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Demain Publishing
,
2020
18959563
2020
single work
novella
horror
'In 1971, the wicked cult of science-sorceress Thelma O’Therion vanished from Oddfellows Observatory – and rumour is that the place has been growing ever since. Now, in the name of love, stoner-metal singer Terrance will discover the madness that lies within its walls – a terror transcending time, space, and sanity itself...'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
