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
J. F. Gonzalez Lifetime Achievement Award
David J. Schow
Best Novel
| Winner | Title | Author(s) | Rating | 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) | Rating | 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) | Rating | 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) | Rating | 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) | Rating | 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 | – |