Jurors
Jason Cavallaro, Tod Clark, Garrett Cook, Regina Garza-Mitchell, Gerard Houarner, & Gabino Iglesias
J. F. Gonzalez Lifetime Achievement Award
David G. Barnett
Best Novel
| Winner | Title | Author(s) | Rating | A Gathering of Evil | Gil Valle | – |
| Camp Slasher | Dan Padavona | – | |
| ★ | Full Brutal | Kristopher Triana | – |
| Last Day | Bryan Smith | – | |
| Rabid Heart | Jeremy Wagner | – | |
| Ring of Fire | David Agranoff | – |
Best Novella
| Winner | Title | Author(s) | Rating | 1000 Severed Dicks | Ryan Harding & Matt Shaw | – |
| Cockblock | C.V. Hunt | 3.5 stars | |
| Dead Stripper Storage | Bryan Smith | – | |
| ★ | Kill For Satan! | Bryan Smith | – |
| The Mongrel | Seán O’Connor | – | |
| The Writhing Skies | Betty Rocksteady | – |
Best Short Story
| Winner | Title | Author(s) | Rating | Diabolicus Interruptus (Forbidden Futures 6/18) |
Christine Morgan | – |
| Fistulas (Dark Moons Rising on a Starless Night) |
Mame Bougouma Diene | – | |
| Rebound (Nightmares in Ecstasy) |
Brendan Vidito | – | |
| Seersucker Motherfucker (Beautiful Darkness) |
Jay Wilburn | – | |
| ★ | The Seacretor (Splatterpunk Forever) |
Ryan Harding | – |
| Virtue of Stagnant Waters (Splatterpunk Forever) |
Monica J. O’Rourke | – |
Best Collection
| Winner | Title | Author(s) | Rating | Dark Moons Rising on a Starless Night | Mame Bougouma Diene | – |
| ★ | DJStories | David J. Schow | – |
| Nightmares in Ecstasy | Brendan Vidito | – | |
| The Very Ineffective Haunted House | Jeff Burk | – | |
| Walking Alone | Bentley Little | – |
Best Anthology
| Winner | Title | Editor(s) | Rating | Monsters of Any Kind | Alessandro Manzetti & Daniele Bonfanti | – |
| ★ | Splatterpunk Forever | Jack Bantry & Kit Power | – |
| The Black Room Manuscripts Volume 4 | J.R. Park & Tracy Fahey | – | |
| Welcome to the Show | Matt Hayward & Doug Murano | – | |
| Year’s Best Hardcore Horror Volume 3 | Randy Chandler & Cheryl Mullenax | – |