Bram Stoker Award for Best First Novel

Nominees are listed below the winner(s) for each year.[1][2]

Nancy A. Collins with her Bram Stoker Award

• 1987: The Manse by Lisa Cantrell
  • The Damnation Game by Clive Barker
  • Slob by Rex Miller
  • The Harvest Bride by Tony Richards
  • Excavation by Steve Rasnic Tem
• 1988: The Suiting by Kelley Wilde
  • Cities of the Dead by Michael Paine
  • Resurrection, Inc. by Kevin J. Anderson
  • Deliver Us From Evil by Allen Lee Harris
  • Demon Night by J. Michael Straczynski
  • Fear Book by John L. Byrne
• 1989: Sunglasses After Dark by Nancy A. Collins
  • The Dwelling by Tom Elliott (JW Paine)
  • Goat Dance by Douglas Clegg
  • Laying The Music To Rest by Dean Wesley Smith
  • The Lilith Factor by Jean Paiva
• 1990: The Revelation by Bentley Little
  • Blood of the Children by Alan Rodgers
  • Dark Father by Tom Piccirilli
  • Nightblood by T. Chris Martindale
• 1991: The Cipher by Kathe Koja (tie)
• 1991: Prodigal by Melanie Tem (tie)
  • Winter Scream by Chris Curry & L. Dean James
  • Wilderness by Dennis Danvers
  • Unearthed by Ashley McConnell
• 1992: Sineater by Elizabeth Massie
  • Lost Souls by Poppy Z. Brite
  • Beauty by Brian D'Amato
  • Less Than Human by Gary Raisor
  • The Holy Terror by Wayne Allen Salee
• 1993: The Thread that Binds the Bones by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
  • Afterage by Yvonne Navarro
  • Created By from Richard Christian Matheson
  • Suckers by Anne Billson
  • Wet Work by Philip Nutman
• 1994: Grave Markings by Michael Arnzen
  • The Black Mariah by Jay R. Bonansinga
  • Deadweight by Robert Devereaux
  • Near Death by Nancy Kilpatrick
• 1995: The Safety of Unknown Cities by Lucy Taylor
  • Diary of a Vampire by Gary Bowen
  • The Between by Tananarive Due
  • Madeleine's Ghost by Robert Girardi
  • Wyrm Wolf by Edo van Belkom
• 1996: Crota by Owl Goingback
  • Flute Song by Donald R. Burleson
  • Horror Show by Greg Kihn
  • Dead Heat by Del Stone
• 1997: Lives of the Monster Dogs by Kirsten Bakis
  • The Art of Arrow Cutting by Stephen Dedman
  • Hungry Eyes by Barry Hoffman
  • Drawn to the Grave by Mary Ann Mitchell
  • The Inquisitor by Mary Murrey
• 1998: Dawn Song by Michael Marano
  • Night Prayers by P.D. Cacek
  • This Symbiotic Fascination by Charlee Jacob
  • Silk by Caitlin R. Kiernan
• 1999: Wither by J.G. Passarella
  • Widow's Walk by Steve Beai
  • Every Dead Thing by John Connolly
  • King Rat by China Miéville
• 2000: The Licking Valley Coon Hunters Club by Brian A. Hopkins
  • Nailed by the Heart by Simon Clark
  • House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
  • Run by Douglas E. Winter
• 2001: Deadliest of the Species by Michael Oliveri
  • Phantom Feast by Diana Barron
  • Skating on the Edge by d.g.k. goldberg
  • Riverwatch by Joe Nassise
• 2002: The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
  • The Blues Ain't Nothing by Tina Jens
  • Atmosphere by Michael Laimo
  • The Red Church by Scott Nicholson
• 2003: The Rising by Brian Keene
  • Wolf's Trap by William D. Gagliani
  • Monstrocity by Jeffrey Thomas
  • Veniss Underground by Jeff Vandermeer
• 2004: Covenant by John Everson (tie)
• 2004: Stained by Lee Thomas (tie)
  • Black Fire by James Kidman
  • Move Under Ground by Nick Mamatas
• 2005: Scarecrow Gods by Weston Ochse
  • The Hides by Kealan Patrick Burke
  • Siren Promised by Alan M. Clark and Jeremy Robert Johnson
• 2006: Ghost Road Blues by Jonathan Maberry
  • The Keeper by Sarah Langan
  • Bloodstone by Nate Kenyon
  • The Harrowing by Alexandra Sokoloff
• 2007: Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill
  • I Will Rise by Michael Louis Calvillo
  • The Memory Tree by John R. Little
  • The Hollower by Mary SanGiovanni
• 2008: The Gentling Box by Lisa Mannetti
  • Midnight on Mourn Street by Christopher Conlon
  • Monster Behind the Wheel by Michael McCarty and Mark McLaughlin
  • The Suicide Collectors by David Oppegaard
  • Frozen Blood by Joel A. Sutherland
• 2009: Damnable by Hank Schwaeble
  • Breathers by S. G. Browne
  • Solomon's Grave by Daniel G. Keohane
  • The Little Sleep by Paul Tremblay
• 2010: Black & Orange by Benjamin Kane Ethridge (tie)
• 2010: The Castle of Los Angeles by Lisa Morton (tie)
  • A Book of Tongues by Gemma Files
  • Spellbent by Lucy A. Snyder
• 2011: Isis Unbound by Allyson Bird
  • Southern Gods by John Hornor Jacobs
  • The Lamplighters by Frazer Lee
  • The Panama Laugh by Thomas Roche
  • That Which Should Not Be by Brett J. Talley
• 2012: Life Rage by L. L. Soares
  • Charlotte Markham and the House of Darkling by Michael Boccacino
  • Wide Open by Deborah Coates
  • The Legend of the Pumpkin Thief by Charles Day
  • A Requiem for Dead Flies by Peter Dudar
  • Bad Glass by Richard Gropp
• 2013: The Evolutionist by Rena Mason
  • Candy House by Kate Jonez
  • The Year of the Storm by John Mantooth
  • Redheads by Jonathan Moore
  • Stoker’s Manuscript by Royce Prouty
• 2014: Mr. Wicker by Maria Alexander [3]
  • Forsaken by J. D. Barker
  • Consumed by David Cronenberg
  • Return of the Mothman by Michael Knost
  • Bird Box by Josh Malerman
• 2015: Mr. Suicide by Nicole Cushing [4]
  • Shutter by Courtney Alameda
  • We Are Monsters by Brian Kirk
  • Hannahwhere by John McIlveen
  • Riding the Centipede by John Claude Smith
• 2016: Haven by Tom Deady
  • The Apothecary’s Curse by Barbara Barnett
  • Hollow House by Greg Chapman
  • Mayan Blue by Michelle Garza & Melissa Lason
  • The Eighth by Stephanie M. Wytovich
• 2017: Cold Cuts by Robert Payne Cabeen
  • In The Valley Of the Sun by Andy Davidson
  • What Do Monsters Fear? by Matt Hayward
  • The Boulevard Monster by Jeremy Hepler
  • Kill Creek by Scott Thomas
• 2018: The Rust Maidens by Gwendolyn Kiste
  • What Should Be Wild by Julia Fine
  • I Am the River by T.E. Grau
  • Baby Teeth by Zoje Stage
  • The Moore House by Tony Tremblay
• 2019: The Bone Weaver's Orchard by Sarah Read
  • Dear Laura by Gemma Amor
  • Doorways to the Deadeye by Eric J. Guignard
  • Invisible Chains by Michelle Renee Lane
  • The Luminous Dead by Caitlin Starling