Jurors

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