{"id":33366,"date":"2026-09-06T17:25:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T21:25:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/?page_id=33366"},"modified":"2026-09-06T17:28:16","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T21:28:16","slug":"2026-splatterpunk-awards","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/lists-and-reading-challenges\/splatterpunk-awards-list\/2026-splatterpunk-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 Splatterpunk Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jurors<\/h4>\n

Not listed<\/p>\n

J. F. Gonzalez Lifetime Achievement Award<\/h4>\n

Christine Morgan & Ryan Harding<\/p>\n

\u2605<\/p>\n

Best Novel<\/h4>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Best Novella<\/h4>\n

Winner<\/strong><\/td>\nTitle<\/strong><\/td>\nAuthor(s)<\/strong><\/td>\nRating<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/td>\nAt Dark, I Become Loathsome<\/td>\nEric LaRocca<\/td>\n–<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nJanitors vs. The Living Dead<\/td>\nSisters of Slaughter (Melissa Lason & Michelle Garza)<\/td>\n–<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nMusic To Sacrifice Virgins<\/td>\nKristopher Triana<\/td>\n–<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThe Buffalo Hunter Hunter<\/td>\nStephen Graham Jones<\/td>\n–<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThe Home<\/td>\nJudith Sonnet<\/td>\n–<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Best Short Story<\/h4>\n

Winner<\/strong><\/td>\nTitle<\/strong><\/td>\nAuthor(s)<\/strong><\/td>\nRating<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/td>\nDisco Rice<\/td>\nRobert Essig<\/td>\n–<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nPlayground 2: Child of Divorce<\/td>\nAron Beauregard<\/td>\n–<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nRunts<\/td>\nDaniel J. Volpe<\/td>\n–<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nStrange Stones<\/td>\nEdward Lee & Mary SanGiovanni<\/td>\n–<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThe Freakshow: Rebirth In Drayton Falls<\/td>\nBryan Smith<\/td>\n–<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Best Collection<\/h4>\n

Winner<\/strong><\/td>\nTitle<\/strong><\/td>\nAuthor(s)<\/strong><\/td>\nRating<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/td>\nAnd She Was Made of Glass
\n(Full Throttle)<\/td>\n		Lucas Milliron<\/td>\n–<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nExecutive Decision
\n(Full Throttle)<\/td>\n		Christine Morgan<\/td>\n–<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nRed Womb<\/td>\nC.M. Guidroz<\/td>\n–<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThe Tripps
\n(The End of the World As We Know It: New Tales of Stephen King\u2019s The Stand)<\/td>\n		Wrath James White<\/td>\n–<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWrong Fucking Place, Wrong Fucking Time
\n(The End of the World As We Know It: New Tales of Stephen King\u2019s The Stand)<\/td>\n		C. Robert Cargill<\/td>\n–<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Best Anthology<\/h4>\n

Winner<\/strong><\/td>\nTitle<\/strong><\/td>\nAuthor(s)<\/strong><\/td>\nRating<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/td>\nLet Not Your Sorrow Die<\/td>\nBracken Macleod<\/td>\n–<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nTeenage Girls Can Be Demons<\/td>\nHailey Piper<\/td>\n–<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThe Essential Horror of Joe R. Lansdale<\/td>\nJoe R. Lansdale<\/td>\n–<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThis Is Splatterpunk: The John Skipp Primer<\/td>\nJohn Skipp<\/td>\n–<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nViolent Nights<\/td>\nCandace Nola<\/td>\n–<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n
Winner<\/strong><\/td>\nTitle<\/strong><\/td>\nAuthor(s)<\/strong><\/td>\nRating<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/td>\nChoices: An Anthology of Reproductive Horror edited<\/td>\nDianna Gunn<\/td>\n–<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nFull Throttle<\/td>\nCandace Nola<\/td>\n–<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nSplatterpunk\u2019s She Dotted Her Eyes<\/td>\nJack Bantry<\/td>\n–<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nStories From the Motel Sick<\/td>\nMichael Allen Rose<\/td>\n–<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThe Rack II: More Stories Inspired by Vintage Horror Paperbacks<\/td>\nTom Deady<\/td>\n–<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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