Jurors

Not Announced

J. F. Gonzalez Lifetime Achievement Award

Edward Lee

Best Novel

Winner Title Author(s) Rating
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) Rating
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) Rating
★ 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) Rating
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) Rating
★ 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 –