The Bram Stoker Award for Best Non-Fiction is an award presented by the Horror Writers Association (HWA) for "superior achievement" in horror writing for non-fiction.
This award was named in honor of Bram Stoker, the author of Dracula. The Bram Stoker Award was instituted immediately after the incorporation of the HWA in 1987.
Winners and nominees +Bram Stoker Award for Best Non-Fiction winners and finalistsYearAuthorTitleResultRef.1987Mary ShelleyWinnerJoe Bob Goes to the Drive-InFinalistFinalist1988(no award)1989 and Kim NewmanHorror: The 100 Best BooksWinnerHarlan Ellison's WatchingWinnerAmerican Vampires by Fans, Victims, PractitionersFinalistH. P. LovecraftFinalistHorror: A Connoisseur's Guide To Literature and FilmFinalist1990Dark DreamersWinnerJoe Bob Goes Back to the Drive-InFinalistFinalistHollywood GothicFinalistHorror Literature: A Reader's GuideFinalist1991Clive Barker's Shadows in EdenWinnerFinalistPrism of the Night: A Biography of Anne RiceFinalistVampires Among UsFinalist1992Cut! Horror Writers of Horror FilmWinnerMen, Women, and ChainsawsFinalistDark VisionsFinalistScare TacticsFinalistYoung Adult Horror FictionFinalist1993Once Around the BlochWinner and Michael BarrettFinalistFinalist1994(no award)1995 and William ContentoWinner and Christopher NickensPsycho: Behind the Scenes of the Classic ThrillerFinalist and Pete TombsImmoral Tales: European Sex & Horror Movies 1956-1984FinalistFinalist1996H. P. Lovecraft: A LifeWinnerFinalistFinalistBram Stoker: A Biography of the Author of DraculaFinalistV is for VampireFinalist1997Dark Thoughts: On WritingWinner and John GrantFinalist and Alan BarnesFinalist, ed.Video WatchdogFinalistClive Barker's A-Z of HorrorFinalistDean Koontz: A Writer's BiographyFinalist1998, ed.DarkEcho Newsletter, Vol. 5, #1-50Winner, ed.Gothic Horror: A Reader's Guide from Poe to King and BeyondFinalistFinalistFinalist1999, ed.DarkEcho NewsletterWinner and Paul F. Olson, eds.HellnotesFinalistFinalistVincent Price: A Daughter's BiographyFinalist2000On Writing: A Memoir of the CraftWinner and Paul F. Olson, eds.HellnotesFinalistAt the Foot of the Story TreeFinalistHorror of the 20th CenturyFinalist2001, ed.Jobs in HellWinner and Garrett Peck, eds.Personal DemonsFinalist and Paul F. Olson, eds.HellnotesFinalistIf Chins Could Kill: Confessions of a B Movie ActorFinalist2002Ramsey Campbell, ProbablyWinner, ed.Ralan.comFinalist and Kelly Laymon, eds.Jobs in HellFinalist, Paul F. Olson, and Garrett Peck, eds.HellnotesFinalistSupernatural Fiction Writers: Fantasy and Horror, Second EditionFinalist2003WinnerFear in a Handful of DustFinalist, ed.Ralan.comFinalist and Smoky Man, eds.Alan Moore: Portrait of an Extraordinary GentlemanFinalist, ed.HellnotesFinalist2004, ed.HellnotesWinnerFinalistFinalistHanging Out with the Dream KingFinalistRalan's SpecFic & Humor WebstravaganzaFinalist2005 and Kim NewmanHorror: Another 100 Best BooksWinnerFinalistMorbid Curiosity, #9FinalistMore Giants of the GenreFinalistWhy Buffy Matters: The Art of 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer'Finalist2006Final Exits: The Illustrated Encyclopedia of How We DieWinnerGospel of the Living Dead: George Romero's Vision of Hell on EarthWinner, ed.Cinema MacabreFinalistStephen King: Uncollected, UnpublishedFinalist2007 and David F. KramerWinner and David Niall WilsonStorytellers UnpluggedFinalistFinalistEncyclopedia Horrifica: The Terrifying Truth About Vampires, Ghosts, Monsters, and MoreFinalist2008WinnerCheap ScaresFinalist, Del Howison, and Scott BradleyFinalistZombie CSUFinalist2009Writers Workshop of HorrorWinner and Michael ArrudaCinema Knife FightFinalist and Justin BrooksStephen King: The Non-FictionFinalistFinalist2010To Each Their DarknessWinner and Janice Gable BashmanWanted Undead or Alive: Vampire Hunters and Other Kick-Ass Enemies of EvilFinalistFinalistListen to the Echoes: The Ray Bradbury InterviewsFinalist2011Stephen King: A Literary CompanionWinnerHalloween Nation: Behind the Scenes of America's Fright NightFinalist, Jim Rockhill, and Brian J. Showers, eds.Reflections in a Glass Darkly: Essays on J. Sheridan Le FanuFinalistFinalistEverything You Ever Wanted to Know About ZombiesFinalistStarve BetterFinalist2012Trick or Treat: A History of HalloweenWinnerFinalist and John W. MoreheadFinalistDark Directions: Romero, Craven, Carpenter, and the Modern Horror FilmFinalistWriting DarknessFinalist2013Nolan on Bradbury: Sixty Years of Writing about the Master of Science FictionWinner and James E. Doan, eds.Images of the Modern Vampire: The Hip and the AtavisticFinalist, ed.Ramsey Campbell: Critical Essays on the Modern Master of HorrorFinalist, ed.Lovecraft and Influence: His Predecessors and SuccessorsFinalistFinalist2014Shooting Yourself in the Head For Fun and Profit: A Writer’s Survival GuideWinnerDisorders of MagnitudeFinalistLovecraft and a World in TransitionFinalistFinalist and Emma AudsleyHorror 101: The Way ForwardFinalist2015Winner and Jeffrey H. Shanks, eds. Finalist and Emma Audsley, eds.Horror 201: The Silver ScreamFinalistAuthor’s Guide to Marketing with TeethFinalistStudies in the Horror Film: Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining (film)Finalist2016Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted LifeWinnerIn the Mountains of MadnessFinalistSomething in the BloodFinalistFinalistGuillermo del Toro’s The Devil's Backbone and Pan’s LabyrinthFinalistHauntedFinalist2017Paperbacks from Hell: The Twisted History of ‘70s and ‘80s Horror FictionWinnerSearching for Sycorax: Black Women’s Hauntings of Contemporary HorrorFinalist and Eugene JohnsonWhere Nightmares Come From: The Art of Storytelling in the Horror GenreFinalistFinalistHorror in Space: Critical Essays on a Film SubgenreFinalist2018 and Eugene JohnsonIt's Alive: Bringing Your Nightmares to LifeWinnerWe Don't Go Back: A Watcher's Guide to Folk HorrorFinalistUncovering Stranger Things: Essays on Eighties Nostalgia, Cynicism and Innocence in the SeriesFinalistFinalistHorror ExpressFinalist2019 and Lisa KrögerMonster, She Wrote: The Women Who Pioneered Horror and Speculative FictionWinnerGender, Sexuality, and Queerness in American Horror Story: Critical EssaysFinalist and Eleanor BealHorror and Religion: New Literary Approaches to Theology, Race, and SexualityFinalistShapeshifters: A HistoryFinalistMasks in Horror Cinema: Eyes Without FacesFinalist2020Writing in the DarkWinner and Meg HafdahlFinalist1000 Women in HorrorFinalistEnd of the RoadFinalist, ed.Women Make Horror: Filmmaking, Feminism, GenreFinalistFinalist2021, ed.Writers Workshop of Horror 2Winner9/11 Gothic: Decrypting Ghosts and Trauma in New York City’s Terrorism NovelsFinalist and Regina M. HansenGiving the Devil His Due: Satan and CinemaFinalistEaters of the Dead: Myths and Realities of Cannibal MonstersFinalistShirley Jackson: A Companion Finalist2022Weird Fiction: A Genre StudyWinnerand Andrea JanesFinalistand Melanie R. AndersonToil and Trouble: A Women’s History of the Occult FinalistWriting in the Dark: The WorkbookFinalistWriting Poetry in the Dark Finalist 2023101 Horror Books to Read Before You’re Murdered Winner & Mark H. Harris The Black Guy Dies First: Black Horror Cinema from Fodder to OscarNomineeA Vindication of Monsters: Essays on Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley The Art of the Zombie Movie & Angela Yuriko SmithUnquiet Spirits: Essays by Asian Women in Horror 2024Horror for Weenies: Everything You Need to Know About the Films You’re Too Scared to Watch WinnerFeeding the Monster: Why Horror Has a Hold on UsNomineeAmerican Scary: A History of Horror, from Salem to Stephen King and Beyond I Spit on Your Celluloid: The History of Women Directing Horror Movies No More Haunted Dolls: Horror Fiction that Transcends the Tropes2025Why I Love Horror: Essays on Horror FictionWinner & The Oxford Handbook of Biblical MonstersFinalist & America’s Most GothicMorbidly Curious: A Scientist Explains Why We Can’t Look AwayGlobal Indigenous Horror
See also Bibliography of works on Dracula
References
External links Stoker Award on the HWA web page Graphical listing of all Bram Stoker award winners and nominees