Horror authors Brian Keene and Wrath James White have founded the Splatterpunk Awards to “honor superior achievement in the sub-genres of SplatterPunk/Extreme Horror fiction” in novel, novella, short story, collection, and anthology categories. Awards are presented every year at KillerCon. More information about the award can be found on the official website.
This is just a simple list to record Splatterpunk awards which is otherwise not available on the KillerCon website and has very few places to find the complete lists.
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2018 2019 2020 |
2021 2022 2023 |
2024 2025 |
2018
The 2018 jurors were Tod Clark, Gerard Houarner, Mike Lombardo, Monica J. O’Rourke, and David J. Schow. The selectors for the J.F. Gonzalez Award were Brian Keene and Wrath James White.
Best Novel
| Winner | Title | Author(s) | Containment: The Death of Earth | Charlee Jacob |
| Exorcist Falls | Jonathan Janz | |
| Spermjackers From Hell | Christine Morgan | |
| The Hematophages | Stephen Kozeniewski | |
| ★ | White Trash Gothic | Edward Lee |
Best Novella
| Winner | Title | Author(s) | Damn Dirty Apes (Die Dog or Eat the Hatchet) |
Adam Howe |
| ★ | Header 3 | Edward Lee & Ryan Harding |
| Killer Chronicles | Somer Canon | |
| The Big Bad | K. Trap Jones | |
| The Lucky Ones Died First | Jack Bantry |
Best Short Story
| Winner | Title | Author(s) | Dirty Desk (Chopping Block Party) |
Jeffrey Thomas |
| Extinction Therapy (Splatterpunk Fighting Back) |
Bracken MacLeod | |
| Melvin (Splatterpunk Fighting Back) |
Matt Shaw | |
| Molly (Splatterpunk Fighting Back) |
Glenn Rolfe | |
| ★ | The Tipping Point (Everything Has Teeth) |
Jeff Strand |
Best Collection
| Winner | Title | Author(s) | 2017: A Year of Horror and Pain, Part One | Matt Shaw |
| Everything Has Teeth | Jeff Strand | |
| ★ | Gorilla in My Room | Jack Ketchum |
| The Garden of Delight | Alessandro Manzetti |
Best Anthology
| Winner | Title | Editor(s) | Chopping Block Party | Brendan Deneen & David G. Barnett |
| DOA III | Marc Ciccarone & Andrea Dawn | |
| ★ | Splatterpunk Fighting Back | Jack Bantry & Kit Power |
| VS | Dawn Cano | |
| Year’s Best Hardcore Horror Volume 2 | Randy Chandler & Cheryl Mullenax |
2019
The 2019 jurors were Jason Cavallaro, Tod Clark, Garrett Cook, Regina Garza-Mitchell, Gerard Houarner, and Gabino Iglesias.
Best Novel
| Winner | Title | Author(s) | 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) | 1000 Severed Dicks | Ryan Harding & Matt Shaw |
| Cockblock | C.V. Hunt | |
| 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) | 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) | 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) | 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 |
2020
Best Novel
| Winner | Title | Author(s) | Carnivorous Lunar Activities | Max Booth III |
| Killer Lake | W.D. Gagliani & David Benton | |
| ★ | Lakehouse Infernal | Christine Morgan |
| Merciless | Bryan Smith | |
| Reception | Kenzie Jennings | |
| They Kill | Tim Waggoner | |
| Toxic Love | Kristopher Triana |
Best Novella
| Winner | Title | Author(s) | How Much To..? | Matt Shaw |
| ★ | One For the Road | Wesley Southard |
| Paradise, Maine | Jackson R. Thomas | |
| Saint Sadist | Lucas Mangum | |
| Weeping Season | Seán O’Connor | |
| White Trash Gothic Part Two | Edward Lee |
Best Short Story
| Winner | Title | Author(s) | ★ | Angelbait (The Big Book of Blasphemy) |
Ryan Harding |
| Breaking the Waters (Pseudopod 9/19) |
Donyae Coles | |
| Censered (And Hell Followed) |
Christine Morgan | |
| Norwegian Woods (The Big Book of Blasphemy) |
Jeremy Wagner | |
| Param (Trigger Warning: Body Horror) |
Susan Snyder | |
| Shoulder Pain (The Macabre Museum 10/19) |
Chandler Morrison |
Best Collection
| Winner | Title | Author(s) | Dawn of the Living Impaired, and Other Messed-Up Zombie Stories | Christine Morgan |
| Dead Sea Chronicles | Tim Curran | |
| ★ | Dirty Rotten Hippies and Other Stories | Bryan Smith |
| Resisting Madness | Wesley Southard | |
| This Is a Horror Book | Charles Austin Muir | |
| Various States of Decay | Matt Hayward |
Best Anthology
| Winner | Title | Editor(s) | ★ | And Hell Followed | Jarod Barbee & Patrick C. Harrison III |
| Dig Two Graves | Jarod Barbee & Patrick C. Harrison III | |
| Midnight In The Graveyard | Kenneth W. Cain | |
| Polish Extreme | Edward Lee & Karolina Kaczkowska | |
| The Big Book of Blasphemy | Regina Mitchell & David G. Barnett | |
| The New Flesh: A Literary Tribute to David Cronenberg | Sam Richard & Brendan Vidito |
2021
Best Novel
| Winner | Title | Author(s) | Dust | Chris Miller |
| Gone to See the River Man | Kristopher Triana | |
| Pandemonium | Ryan Harding & Lucas Mangum | |
| Slaughter Box | Carver Pike | |
| ★ | The Magpie Coffin | Wile E. Young |
| They All Died Screaming | Kristopher Triana | |
| Tome | Ross Jeffery |
Best Novella
| Winner | Title | Author(s) | Bella’s Boys | Thomas R Clark |
| How Much 2 | Matt Shaw | |
| Juniper | Ross Jeffery | |
| Red Station | Kenzie Jennings | |
| The Night Silver River Run Red | Christine Morgan | |
| The Slob | Aron Beauregard | |
| ★ | True Crime | Samantha Kolesnik |
Best Short Story
| Winner | Title | Author(s) | Footsteps (Diabolica Britannica) |
Janine Pipe |
| Full Moon Shindig (Visceral: Collected Flesh) |
Patrick C. Harrison III | |
| ★ | My Body (Midnight in the Pentagram) |
Wesley Southard |
| Next in Line (Devour the Earth) |
Susan Snyder | |
| Phylum (The Comfort Zone and Other Safe Spaces) |
Tom Over | |
| The God in the Hills | Jon Steffens | |
| The Incident at Barrow Farm (Cerberus Rising) |
M Ennenbach |
Best Collection
| Winner | Title | Author(s) | Blood Relations | Kristopher Triana |
| Cerberus Rising, M Ennenbach | Chris Miller & Patrick C. Harrison III | |
| Rhapsody in Red | Peter Molnar | |
| The Comfort Zone and Other Safe Spaces | Tom Over | |
| ★ | The Essential Sick Stuff | Ronald Kelly |
| Visceral: Collected Flesh | Christine Morgan & Patrick C. Harrison III | |
| War of Dictates | John Baltisberger |
Best Anthology
| Winner | Title | Editor(s) | Brewtality | K. Trap Jones |
| Chew on This! | Robert Essig | |
| Crash Code | Q. Parker | |
| If I Die Before I Wake Vol. 3: Tales of Deadly Women and Retribution | R.E. Sargent & Steven Pajak | |
| Psi-Wars: Classified Cases of Psychic Phenomena | Joshua Viola | |
| Welcome to the Splatter Club | K. Trap Jones | |
| ★ | Worst Laid Plans | Samantha Kolesnik |
2022
Best Novel
| Winner | Title | Author(s) | Don’t Go To Wheelchair Camp | David Irons |
| Left to You | Daniel J. Volpe | |
| The Devoured and the Dead | Kristopher Rufty | |
| The Maddening | Carver Pike | |
| ★ | The Night Stockers | Kristopher Triana & Ryan Harding |
| Trench Mouth | Christine Morgan |
Best Novella
| Winner | Title | Author(s) | A Roll of the Dice | Matt Shaw |
| Midnight in the City of the Carrion Kid | James G. Carlson | |
| Only The Stains Remain | Ross Jeffery | |
| Sacrament | Steve Stred | |
| Talia | Daniel J. Volpe | |
| ★ | Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke | Eric LaRocca |
Best Short Story
| Winner | Title | Author(s) | Abigail | Daemon Manx |
| Fireflies and Apple Pies (The God Provides) |
Thomas R. Clark | |
| ★ | Next Best Baker (Baker’s Dozen) |
Jeff Strand |
| Start Today (Teenage Grave) |
Justin Lutz | |
| Sun Poison (Battered, Broken Bodies) |
Stephen Kozeniewski | |
| The Martini Club” (Beyond Reform) |
Aron Beauregard |
Best Collection
| Winner | Title | Author(s) | ★ | Beyond Reform | Jon Athan, Aron Beauregard & Jasper Bark |
| Black Tongue and Other Anomalies | Richard Beauchamp | |
| May Cause Ocular Bleeding | Nikolas P. Robinson | |
| Sinister Mix | Brian Bowyer | |
| Twisted: Tainted Tales | Janine Pipe |
Best Anthology
| Winner | Title | Editor(s) | ★ | Baker’s Dozen | Candace Nola |
| Battered, Broken Bodies | Matt Shaw | |
| Between a Spider’s Eyes | River Dixon | |
| Bludgeon Tools | K. Trap Jones | |
| ★ | Body Shocks | Ellen Datlow |
| Gorefest | K. Trap Jones |
2023
Best Novel
| Winner | Title | Author(s) | Ex-Boogeyman | Kristopher Triana |
| Faces of Beth | Carver Pike | |
| Last of the Ravagers | Bryan Smith | |
| Mastodon | Steve Stred | |
| ★ | Playground | Aron Beauregard |
| The Television | Edward Lee |
Best Novella
| Winner | Title | Author(s) | Charcoal | Garrett Cook |
| Grandpappy | Patrick C. Harrison III | |
| Mr. Tilling’s Basement | Edward Lee | |
| ★ | Plastic Monsters | Daniel J. Volpe |
| #thighgap | Chandler Morrison |
Best Short Story
| Winner | Title | Author(s) | Gutted (Splatterpunk #13) |
Bracken MacLeod |
| ★ | Jinx (A Bouquet of Viscera) |
Bridgett Nelson |
| Just Another Bloodbath at Camp Woe-Be-Gone | R.J. Benetti | |
| My Chopping List (Counting Bodies Like Sheep) |
Stephen Kozeniewski | |
| Of The Worm (Splatterpunk #13) |
Ryan Harding |
Best Collection
| Winner | Title | Author(s) | ★ | A Bouquet of Viscera | Bridgett Nelson |
| Always Listen To Her Hurt: Collected Works | Kenzie Jennings | |
| Horrorsmut | Christine Morgan | |
| Mr. Tilling’s Basement and Other Stories | Edward Lee | |
| Pornography For the End of the World | Brendan Vidito |
Best Anthology
| Winner | Title | Editor(s) | Call Me Hoop | S.C. Mendes & Lucy Leitner |
| ★ | Camp Slasher Lake, Volume 1 | D.W. Hitz & Candace Nola |
| Counting Bodies Like Sheep | K. Trap Jones | |
| Czech Extreme | Honza Vojtisek & Lisa Lee Tone | |
| Human Monsters | Sadie Hartmann & Ashley Sawyers |
2024
Best Novel
| Winner | Title | Author(s) | Along the River of Flesh | Kristopher Triana |
| Dead End House | Bryan Smith | |
| ★ | Maeve Fly | C.J. Leede |
| Pedo Island Bloodbath | Duncan Ralston | |
| The Night Mother | John Everson |
Best Novella
| Winner | Title | Author(s) | Bowery | Matthew Vaughn |
| Sirens and Seaweed | Candace Nola | |
| Smokey Elvis and Danzick Battle Swamp Ass | Lance Loot | |
| ★ | Snow Angels | Lucas Magnum |
| The Bighead’s Junk | Edward Lee |
Best Short Story
| Winner | Title | Author(s) | Blood Harmony (The Drive-In: Multiplex) |
Chet Williamson |
| Hide/Invert: A Saga In Ten Reels (The Drive-In: Multiplex) |
David J. Schow | |
| ★ | My Octopus Master (Dead and Bloated) |
Stephen Kozeniewski |
| The Night People (The Gauntlet) |
Bryan Smith | |
| Unfound Footage (Splatterpunk’s Basement of Horror) |
Patrick Lacey |
Best Collection
| Winner | Title | Author(s) | Beautiful Darkness | Jay Wilburn |
| Gush: Tales of Vaginal Horror | Gina Ranalli | |
| Something Very Wrong | Jonathan Butcher | |
| ★ | Transcendental Mutilation | Ryan Harding |
| Woe To Those Who Dwell On Earth | John Lynch |
Best Anthology
| Winner | Title | Editor(s) | Blood and Blasphemy | Gerri R. Gray |
| Dark Disasters | Candace Nola | |
| Dead and Bloated | K Trap Jones | |
| Splatterpunk’s Basement of Horror | Jack Bantry | |
| ★ | We’re Here: An Anthology of LGBTQ+ Horror | Angelique Jordonna & James G. Carlson |
2025
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