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 |