Using Awards Lists As a RA Tool: Splatterpunk Awards Edition

This is part of my ongoing series on using Awards Lists as a RA tool. Click here for all posts in the series in reverse chronological order. Click here for the first post which outlines the details how to use awards lists as a RA tool.  

The Splatterpunk Awards are a great way to get more extreme horror into your library because these are judged as among the best. You can see this year's nominees here or below. And you can use this link courtesy of Locus Magazine to see all past nominees and winners.

In general, if you are a library who carries erotica (which is all of you), you should have extreme horror as well. However, it is mostly coming out from smaller presses and is not widely reviewed-- not because it is not worthy of  reviews, but because it is hard enough to get the mainstream Horror titles review. But with this award, you now have a vetted list of current titles and backlist options with just a click.

Here is the official information from the Splatterpunk Awards landing page for all the information you need to add some critically acclaimed extreme horror to your collections:

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Best-selling authors and Splatterpunk Award founders Wrath James White and Brian Keene are proud to announce the nominees for the 2024 Splatterpunk Awards, honoring superior achievement for works published in 2023 in the sub-genres of Splatterpunk and Extreme Horror.

The nominees have been selected by readers, fans, professionals, and jurors.

A panel of judges composed of professionals, critics, and scholars in the field will now begin the process of reading each nominated work and selecting a winner for each category.

Winners will be announced at KillerCon, taking place in Austin, Texas this August 9th-11th. If national health concerns prevent a physical convention, then the winners will be announced in an online ceremony instead.

In addition to the winners, the annual J. F. Gonzalez Lifetime Achievement Award honoring significant contributions to the sub-genres of Splatterpunk and Extreme Horror will be awarded. This year the recipients are none other than Ray Garton and Craig Spector. Previous recipients are David J. Schow, David G. Barnett, John Skipp, Clive Barker, Monica O'Rourke, and Edward Lee.

THE CATEGORIES ARE:

BEST NOVEL

BEST NOVELLA

BEST SHORT STORY

BEST COLLECTION

BEST ANTHOLOGY

BEST NOVEL

-- The Night Mother by John Everson (Dark Arts Books)  --

-- Maeve Fly by C. J. Leede (Tor Nightfire) --

-- Pedo Island Bloodbath by Duncan Ralston (Shadow Work Publishing) --

-- Dead End House by Bryan Smith (Grindhouse Press)  -- 

-- Along the River of Flesh by Kristopher Triana (Bad Dream Books)   -- 

BEST NOVELLA 

-- The Bighead’s Junk by Edward Lee (Evil Cookie Publishing)   -- 

-- Smokey Elvis and Danzick Battle Swamp Ass by Lance Loot (Independently Published)  -- 

-- Snow Angels by Lucas Mangum (D&T Publishing) -- 

-- Sirens and Seaweed by Candace Nola (Uncomfortably Dark Horror)  -- 

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-- Bowery by Matthew Vaughn (Independently Published)  -- 

 

BEST SHORT STORY

-- “My Octopus Master” by Stephen Kozeniewski (from Dead and Bloated, Evil Cookie Publishing)  -- 

-- “Unfound Footage” by Patrick Lacey (from Splatterpunk’s Basement of Horror, Splatterpunk Zine)   -- 

-- “Hide/Invert: A Saga In Ten Reels” by David J. Schow (from The Drive-In: Multiplex, Pandi Press)  -- 

-- “The Night People” by Bryan Smith (from The Gauntlet, Grindhouse Press)  -- 

-- “Blood Harmony” by Chet Williamson (from The Drive-In: Multiplex, Pandi Press)  -- 

 

BEST COLLECTION

-- Something Very Wrong, Jonathan Butcher (Independently Published)  -- 

-- Transcendental Mutilation by Ryan Harding (Death’s Head Press)  --

-- Woe To Those Who Dwell On Earth John Lynch (High Explosive Horror)  --

-- Gush: Tales of Vaginal Horror by Gina Ranalli (Madness Heart Press)  --

-- Beautiful Darkness by Jay Wilburn (Madness Heart Press)  --

 

BEST ANTHOLOGY

-- Splatterpunk’s Basement of Horror edited by Jack Bantry (Splatterpunk Zine)  --

-- Blood and Blasphemy edited by Gerri R. Gray (Hellbound Books)  --

-- We're Here: An Anthology of LGBTQ+ Horror edited by Angelique Jordonna and James G. Carlson (Gloom House Publishing)  --

-- Dark Disasters edited by Candace Nola (Uncomfortably Dark)  -- 

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-- Dead and Bloated edited by K Trap Jones (Evil Cookie Publishing)  --