The Horror Writers Association announced the nominees for the 2010 Bram Stoker Awards:
Superior Achievement in a Novel
- HORNS by Joe Hill (William Morrow)
- ROT AND RUIN by Jonathan Maberry (Simon & Schuster)
- DEAD LOVE by Linda Watanabe McFerrin (Stone Bridge Press)
- APOCALYPSE OF THE DEAD by Joe McKinney (Pinnacle)
- DWELLER by Jeff Strand (Leisure/Dark Regions Press)
- A DARK MATTER by Peter Straub (DoubleDay)
Superior Achievement in a First Novel
- BLACK AND ORANGE by Benjamin Kane Ethridge (Bad Moon Books)
- A BOOK OF TONGUES by Gemma Files (Chizine Publications)
- CASTLE OF LOS ANGELES by Lisa Morton (Gray Friar Press)
- SPELLBENT by Lucy Snyder (Del Rey)
Superior Achievement in Long Fiction
- THE PAINTED DARKNESS by Brian James Freeman (Cemetery Dance)
- DISSOLUTION by Lisa Mannetti (Deathwatch)
- MONSTERS AMONG US by Kirstyn McDermott (Macabre: A Journey through Australia’s Darkest Fears)
- THE SAMHANACH by Lisa Morton (Bad Moon Books)
- INVISIBLE FENCES by Norman Prentiss (Cemetery Dance)
Superior Achievement in Short Fiction
- RETURN TO MARIABRONN by Gary Braunbeck (Haunted Legends)
- THE FOLDING MAN by Joe R. Lansdale (Haunted Legends)
- 1925: A FALL RIVER HALLOWEEN by Lisa Mannetti (Shroud Magazine #10)
- IN THE MIDDLE OF POPLAR STREET by Nate Southard (Dead Set: A Zombie Anthology)
- FINAL DRAFT by Mark W. Worthen (Horror Library IV)
Superior Achievement in an Anthology
- DARK FAITH edited by Maurice Broaddus and Jerry Gordon (Apex Publications)
- HORROR LIBRARY IV edited by R.J. Cavender and, Boyd E. Harris (Cutting Block Press)
- MACABRE: A JOURNEY THROUGH AUSTRALIA\\™S DARKEST FEARS edited by Angela Challis and Marty Young (Brimstone Press)
- HAUNTED LEGENDS edited by Ellen Datlow and Nick Mamatas (Tor)
- THE NEW DEAD edited by Christopher Golden (St. Martin’s Griffin)
Superior Achievement in a Collection
- OCCULTATION by Laird Barron (Night Shade Books)
- BLOOD AND GRISTLE by Michael Louis Calvillo (Bad Moon Books)
- FULL DARK, NO STARS by Stephen King (Simon and Schuster)
- THE ONES THAT GOT AWAY by Stephen Graham Jones (Prime Books)
- A HOST OF SHADOWS by Harry Shannon (Dark Regions Press)
Superior Achievement in Nonfiction
- TO EACH THEIR DARKNESS by Gary A. Braunbeck (Apex Publications)
- THE CONSPIRACY AGAINST THE HUMAN RACE by Thomas Ligotti (Hippocampus Press)
- WANTED UNDEAD OR ALIVE by Jonathan Maberry and Janice Gable Bashman (Citadel)
- LISTEN TO THE ECHOES: THE RAY BRADBURY INTERVIEWS by Sam Weller (Melville House Publications)
Superior Achievement in a Poetry Collection
- DARK MATTERS by Bruce Boston (Bad Moon Books)
- WILD HUNT OF THE STARS by Ann K. Schwader (Sam’s Dot)
- DIARY OF A GENTLEMAN DIABOLIST by Robin Spriggs (Anomalous Books)
- VICIOUS ROMANTIC by Wrath James White (Needfire Poetry)