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 –