Splatterpunk and Extreme Horror Awards Announced

Go to Locus Magazine for the full list of nominees.

2020  Splatter Punk Awards Winners

Winners have been announced for the Splatterpunk Awards, “honoring superior achievement for works published in 2019 in the sub-genres of Splatterpunk and Extreme Horror.”

Best Novel

WINNER: Lakehouse Infernal, Christine Morgan (Deadite)

• Carnivorous Lunar Activities, Max Booth III (Cinestate/Fangoria)
• Killer Lake, W.D. Gagliani & David Benton (Deadite)
• Reception, Kenzie Jennings (Death’s Head)
• Merciless, Bryan Smith (Grindhouse)
• Toxic Love, Kristopher Triana (Blood Bound)
• They Kill, Tim Waggoner (Flame Tree)

Best Novella

WINNER: One for the Road, Wesley Southard (Deadite)-- Becky's Review [I love this book]

• White Trash Gothic, Part Two, Edward Lee (Section 31)
• Saint Sadist, Lucas Mangum (Grindhouse)
• Weeping Season,Seán O’Connor (Uafas)
• How Much To...?, Matt Shaw (self-published)
• Paradise, Maine, Jackson R. Thomas (Alien Agenda)

Best Short Story

WINNER: “Angelbait”, Ryan Harding (The Big Book of Blasphemy)

• "Breaking the Waters:, Donyae Coles (Pseudopod 9/19)
• "Censered", Christine Morgan (And Hell Followed)
• "Shoulder Pain", Chandler Morrison (The Macabre Museum 10/19)
• "Param", Susan Snyder (Trigger Warning: Body Horror)
• "Norwegian Woods", Jeremy Wagner (The Big Book of Blasphemy)

Best Collection

WINNER: Dirty Rotten Hippies and Other Stories, Bryan Smith (Grindhouse)

• Dead Sea Chronicles, Tim Curran (Bloodshot)
• Various States of Decay, Matt Hayward (Poltergeist)
• Dawn of the Living Impaired, and Other Messed-Up Zombie Stories, Christine Morgan (Death's Head)
• This Is a Horror Book, Charles Austin Muir (Clash)
• Resisting Madness, Wesley Southard (Death's Head)

Best Anthology

WINNER: And Hell Followed, Jarod Barbee & Patrick C. Harrison III, eds. (Death’s Head)

• Dig Two Graves, Jarod Barbee & Patrick C. Harrison III, eds. (Death's Head)
• Midnight In The Graveyard, Kenneth W. Cain, ed. (Silver Shamrock)
• Polish Extreme, Edward Lee & Karolina Kaczkowska, eds. (Necro)
• The Big Book of Blasphemy, Regina Mitchell & David G. Barnett, eds. (Necro)
• The New Flash: A Literary Tribute to David Cronenberg, Sam Richard & Brendan Vidito, eds. (Weirdpunk)

J.F. Gonzalez Lifetime Achievement Award

• Edward Lee

The awards were presented online on August 8, 2020. Additionally, the J.F. Gonzalez Lifetime Achievement Award recipient for 2021 is John Skipp. For more, see the announcement.