Jurors
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 |