I finished my “project for the year” and compiled the complete list of all the Splatterpunk Awards winners and nominees in one spot, which is here.

After co-founders Wrath James White and Brian Keene announced the 2023 Splatterpunk Awards Final Ballot on February 8, I decided to sit down and type up all the authors and editors who have won and who were nominated. I wanted to compile this list for one main reason: To provide an epically comprehensive reading list for Extreme Horror fans like me all in one place.

I listed the authors and editors alphabetically by last name and include their wins and nominations since the Awards began in 2018. I also include the winners list by year, the J.F. Gonzalez Lifetime Achievement Award recipients, and the Hall of Legends inductees at the end.

Without further ado, here is the complete list of Splatterpunk Awards winners and nominees. I think I got it all, but if you catch anything I need to add or correct, email me at lionelraygreen@gmail.com. 

Splatterpunk Awards (2018-2024) 

Agranoff, David: Ring of Fire, Best Novel nominee, 2019.  

Athan, Jon: Beyond Reform, Best Collection winner, 2022. 

Baltisberger, John: War of Dictates, Best Collection nominee, 2021. 

Bantry, Jack: Splatterpunk’s Basement of Horror, Best Anthology nominee, 2024; Splatterpunk Forever, Best Anthology winner, 2019; The Lucky Ones Died First, Best Novella nominee, 2018; Splatterpunk Fighting Back, Best Anthology winner, 2018. 

Barbee, Jarod: And Hell Followed, Best Anthology winner, 2020; Dig Two Graves, Best Anthology nominee, 2020. 

Bark, Jasper: Beyond Reform, Best Collection winner, 2022. 

Barnett, David G.: The Big Book of Blasphemy, Best Anthology nominee, 2020; Chopping Block Party, Best Anthology nominee, 2018. 

Beauchamp, Richard: Black Tongue and Other Anomalies, Best Collection nominee, 2022.

Beauregard, Aron: Playground, Best Novel winner, 2023; “The Martini Club,” Best Short Story nominee, 2022; Beyond Reform, Best Collection winner, 2022; The Slob, Best Novella nominee, 2021. 

Benetti, R.J.: “Just Another Bloodbath at Camp Woe-Be-Gone,” Best Short Story nominee, 2023. 

Benton, David: Killer Lake, Best Novel nominee, 2020. 

Bonfanti, Daniele: Monsters of Any Kind, Best Anthology nominee, 2019. 

Booth III, Max: Carnivorous Lunar Activities, Best Novel nominee, 2020. 

Bowyer, Brian: Sinister Mix, Best Collection nominee, 2022; 

Burk, Jeff: The Very Ineffective Haunted House, Best Collection nominee, 2019.

Butcher, Jonathan: Something Very Wrong, Best Collection nominee, 2024.

Cain, Kenneth W.: Midnight in the Graveyard, Best Anthology nominee, 2020. 

Cano, Dawn: VS:X US VS UK Extreme Horror, Best Anthology nominee, 2018. 

Canon, Somer: Killer Chronicles, Best Novella nominee, 2018. 

Carlson, James G: We’re Here: An Anthology of LGBTQ+ Horror, Best Anthology nominee, 2024; Midnight in the City of the Carrion Kid, Best Novella nominee, 2022. 

Chandler, Randy: Year’s Best Hardcore Horror Volume 3, Best Anthology nominee, 2019; Year’s Best Hardcore Horror Volume 2, Best Anthology nominee, 2018. 

Clark, Thomas R.: “Fireflies and Apple Pies,” Best Short Story nominee, 2022; Bella’s Boys, Best Novella nominee, 2021 

Coles, Donyae: “Breaking the Waters,” Best Short Story nominee, 2020.

Cook, Garrett: Charcoal, Best Novella nominee, 2023. 

Curran, Tim: Dead Sea Chronicles, Best Collection nominee, 2020. 

Datlow, Ellen: Body Shocks, Best Anthology winner, 2022. 

Deneen, Brendan: Chopping Block Party, Best Anthology nominee, 2018. 

Diene, Mame Bougouma: “Fistulas,” Best Short Story nominee, 2019; Dark Moons Rising on a Starless Night, Best Collection nominee, 2019. 

Dixon, River: Between A Spider’s Eyes, Best Anthology nominee, 2022 

Ennenbach, M.: “The Incident at Barrow Farm,” Best Short Story nominee, 2021; Cerberus Rising, Best Collection nominee, 2021.

Essig, Robert: Chew on This!, Best Anthology nominee, 2021.

Everson, John: The Night Mother, Best Novel nominee, 2024.

Fahey, Tracy: The Black Room Manuscripts Volume 4, Best Anthology nominee, 2019.  

Gagliani, W.D: Killer Lake, Best Novel nominee, 2020.

Gray, Gerri R.: Blood and Blasphemy, Best Anthology nominee, 2024.

Harding, Ryan: Transcendental Mutilation, Best Collection nominee, 2024; “Of the Worm,” Best Short Story nominee, 2023; The Night Stockers, Best Novel winner, 2022; Pandemonium, Best Novel nominee, 2021; “Angelbait,” Best Short Story winner, 2020; 1000 Severed Dicks, Best Novella nominee, 2019; “The Seacreator,” Best Short Story winner, 2019; Header 3, Best Novella winner, 2018. 

Harrison III, Patrick C.: Grandpappy, Best Novella nominee, 2023; “Full Moon Shindig,” Best Short Story nominee, 2021; Cerberus Rising, Best Collection nominee, 2021; Visceral: Collected Flesh, Best Collection nominee, 2021; And Hell Followed, Best Anthology winner, 2020; Dig Two Graves, Best Anthology nominee, 2020. 

Hartmann, Sadie: Human Monsters, Best Anthology nominee, 2023. 

Hayward, Matt: Various States of Decay, Best Collection nominee, 2020; Welcome to the Show, Best Anthology nominee, 2019. 

Hitz, D.W.: Camp Slasher Lake: Volume 1, Best Anthology winner, 2023. 

Howe, Adam: Damn Dirty Apes, Best Novella nominee, 2018. 

Hunt, C.V.: Cockblock, Best Novella nominee, 2019. 

Irons, David: Don’t Go to Wheelchair Camp, Best Novel nominee, 2022 

Jacob, Charlee: Containment, Best Novel nominee, 2018. 

Janz, Jonathan: Exorcist Falls, Best Novel nominee, 2018. 

Jeffery, Ross: Only the Stains Remain, Best Novella nominee, 2022; Tome, Best Novel nominee, 2021; and Juniper, Best Novella nominee, 2021.

Jennings, Kenzie: Always Listen to Her Hurt: Collected Works, Best Collection nominee, 2023; Red Station, Best Novella nominee, 2021; Reception, Best Novel nominee, 2020. 

Jones, K. Trap: Dead and Bloated, Best Anthology nominee, 2024; Counting Bodies Like Sheep, Best Anthology nominee, 2023; Bludgeon Tools, Best Anthology nominee, 2022; Gorefest, Best Anthology nominee, 2022; Brewtality, Best Anthology nominee, 2021; Welcome to the Splatter Club, Best Anthology nominee, 2021; The Big Bad, Best Novella nominee, 2018. 

Jordonna, Angelique: We’re Here: An Anthology of LGBTQ+ Horror, Best Anthology nominee, 2024.

Kaczkowska, Karolina: Polish Extreme, Best Anthology nominee, 2020. 

Kelly, Ronald: The Essential Sick Stuff, Best Collection winner, 2021. 

Ketchum, Jack: Gorilla in My Room, Best Collection winner, 2018. 

Kolesnik, Samantha: True Crime, Best Novella winner, 2021; Worst Laid Plans, Best Anthology winner, 2021;  

Kozeniewski, Stephen: “My Octopus Master,” Best Short Story nominee, 2024; “My Chopping List,” Best Short Story nominee, 2023; “Sun Poison,” Best Short Story nominee, 2022; The Hematophages, Best Novel nominee, 2018.

Lacey, Patrick: “Unfound Footage,” Best Short Story nominee, 2024.

LaRocca, Eric: Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke, Best Novella winner, 2022. 

Lee, Edward: The Bighead’s Junk, Best Novella nominee, 2024; The Television, Best Novel nominee, 2023; Mr. Tilling’s Basement, Best Novella nominee, 2023; Mr. Tilling’s Basement and Other Stories, Best Collection nominee, 2023; White Trash Gothic Part 2, Best Novella nominee, 2020; Polish Extreme, Best Anthology nominee, 2020; White Trash Gothic, Best Novel winner, 2018; Header 3, Best Novella winner, 2018.

Leede, C.J.: Maeve Fly, Best Novel nominee, 2024.

Leitner, Lucy: Call Me Hoop, Best Anthology nominee, 2023. 

Little, Bentley: Walking Alone: Short Stories, Best Collection nominee, 2019.

Loot, Lance: Smokey Elvis and Danzick Battle Swamp Ass, Best Novella nominee, 2024.

Lutz, Justin: “Start Today,” Best Short Story nominee, 2022.

Lynch, John: Woe to Those Who Dwell on Earth, Best Collection nominee, 2024.

MacLeod, Bracken: “Gutted,” Best Short Story nominee, 2023; “Extinction Therapy,” Best Short Story nominee, 2018. 

Mangum, Lucas: Snow Angels, Best Novella nominee, 2024; Pandemonium, Best Novel nominee, 2021; Saint Sadist, Best Novella nominee, 2020.  

Manzetti, Alessandro: Monsters of Any Kind, Best Anthology nominee, 2019; The Garden of Delight, Best Collection nominee, 2018. 

Manz, Daemon: “Abigail,” Best Short Story nominee, 2022. 

Mendes, S.C.: Call Me Hoop, Best Anthology nominee, 2023; and DOA III, Best Anthology nominee.

Miller, Chris: Shattered Skies, Best Collection nominee, 2022; Dust, Best Novel nominee, 2021; Cerberus Rising, Best Collection nominee, 2021; 

Mitchell, Regina: The Big Book of Blasphemy, Best Anthology nominee, 2020. 

Molnar, Peter: Rhapsody in Red, Best Collection nominee, 2021. 

Morgan, Christine: Horrorsmut, Best Collection nominee, 2023; Trench Mouth, Best Novel nominee, 2022; The Night Silver River Run Red, Best Novella nominee, 2021; Visceral: Collected Flesh, Best Collection nominee, 2021; Lakehouse Infernal, Best Novel winner, 2020; “Censered,” Best Short Story nominee, 2020; Dawn of the Living Impaired, and Other Messed-Up Zombie Stories, Best Collection nominee, 2020; “Diabolicus Interruptus,” Best Short Story nominee, 2019; Spermjackers from Hell, Best Novel nominee, 2018. 

Morrison, Chandler: #thighgap, Best Novella nominee, 2023; “Shoulder Pain,” Best Short Story nominee, 2020. 

Muir, Charles Austin: This Is a Horror Book, Best Collection nominee, 2020. 

Mullenax, Cheryl: Year’s Best Hardcore Horror Volume 3, Best Anthology nominee, 2019; Year’s Best Hardcore Horror Volume 2, Best Anthology nominee, 2018. 

Murano, Doug: Welcome to the Show, Best Anthology nominee, 2019. 

Nelson, Bridgett: “Jinx,” Best Short Story winner, 2023; A Bouquet of Viscera, Best Collection winner, 2023. 

Nola, Candace: Sirens and Seaweed, Best Novella nominee, 2024; Dark Disasters, Best Anthology nominee, 2024; Camp Slasher Lake: Volume 1, Best Anthology winner, 2023; Baker’s Dozen, Best Anthology winner, 2022.

O’Connor, Sean: Weeping Season, Best Novella nominee, 2020; The Mongrel, Best Novella nominee, 2019. 

O’Rourke, Monica J.: “Virtue of Stagnant Waters,” Best Short Story nominee, 2019. 

Over, Tom: “Phylum,” Best Short Story nominee, 2021; The Comfort Zone and Other Safe Spaces, Best Collection nominee, 2021. 

Padavona, Dan: Camp Slasher, Best Novel nominee, 2019. 

Pajak, Steven: If I Die Before I Wake Vol. 3: Tales of Deadly Women and Retribution, Best Anthology nominee, 2021. 

Park, J.R.: The Black Room Manuscripts Volume 4, Best Anthology nominee, 2019. 

Parker, Quinn: Crash Code, Best Anthology nominee, 2021; 

Pike, Carver: Faces of Beth, Best Novel nominee, 2023; The Maddening, Best Novel nominee, 2022; Slaughter Box, Best Novel nominee, 2021; 

Pipe, Janine: Twisted Tainted Tales, Best Collection nominee, 2022; “Footsteps,” Best Short Story nominee, 2021. 

Power, Kit: Splatterpunk Forever, Best Anthology winner, 2019; Splatterpunk Fighting Back, Best Anthology winner, 2018.

Ralston, Duncan: Pedo Island Bloodbath, Best Novel nominee, 2024.

Ranalli, Gina: Gush: Tales of Vaginal Horror, Best Collection nominee, 2024.

Richard, Sam: The New Flesh: A Literary Tribute to David Cronenberg, Best Anthology nominee, 2020. 

Robinson, Nikolas P.: May Cause Unexplained Ocular Bleeding, Best Collection nominee, 2022. 

Rocksteady, Betty: The Writhing Skies, Best Novella nominee, 2019. 

Rolfe, Glenn: “Molly,” Best Short Story nominee, 2018. 

Rufty, Kristopher: The Devoured and The Dead, Best Novel nominee, 2022 

Sargent, R.E.: If I Die Before I Wake Vol. 3: Tales of Deadly Women and Retribution, Best Anthology nominee, 2021. 

Sawyers, Ashley: Human Monsters, Best Anthology nominee, 2023. 

Schow, David J.: “Hide/Invert: A Saga In Ten Reels,” Best Short Story nominee, 2024; DJStories, Best Collection winner, 2019. 

Shaw, Matt: A Roll of the Dice, Best Novella nominee, 2022; Battered, Broken Bodies, Best Anthology nominee, 2022; How Much 2, Best Novella nominee, 2021; How Much To..?, Best Novella nominee, 2020; 1000 Severed Dicks, Best Novella nominee, 2019; “Melvin,” Best Short Story nominee, 2018; A Year of Horror and Pain, Part One, Best Collection nominee, 2018. 

Smith, Bryan: Dead End House, Best Novel nominee, 2024; “The Night People,” Best Short Story nominee, 2024; Last of the Ravagers, Best Novel nominee, 2023; Merciless, Best Novel nominee, 2020; Dirty Rotten Hippies and Other Stories, Best Collection winner, 2020; Last Day, Best Novel nominee, 2019; Dead Stripper Storage, Best Novella nominee, 2019; Kill for Satan!, Best Novella winner, 2019. 

Snyder, Susan: “Next in Line,” Best Short Story nominee, 2021; “Param,” Best Short Story nominee, 2020;  

Southard, Wesley: “My Body,” Best Short Story winner, 2021; One for the Road, Best Novella winner, 2020; Resisting Madness, Best Collection nominee, 2020. 

Steffens, Jon: “The God in the Hills,” Best Short Story nominee, 2021. 

Stepek, Drew: Call Me Hoop, Best Anthology nominee, 2023. 

Strand, Jeff: “Next Best Baker,” Best Short Story winner, 2022; “The Tipping Point,” Best Short Story winner, 2018; Everything Has Teeth, Best Collection nominee, 2018. 

Stred, Steve: Mastodon, Best Novel nominee, 2023; Sacrament, Best Novella nominee, 2022. 

Thomas, Jackson R.: Paradise, Maine, Best Novella nominee, 2020. 

Thomas, Jeffrey: “Dirty Desk,” Best Short Story nominee, 2018. 

Tone, Lisa Lee: Czech Extreme, Best Anthology nominee, 2023. 

Triana, Kristopher: Along the River of Flesh, Best Novel nominee, 2024; Ex-Boogeyman, Best Novel nominee, 2023; The Night Stockers, Best Novel winner, 2022; Gone to See the River Man, Best Novel nominee, 2021; They All Died Screaming, Best Novel nominee, 2021; Blood Relations, Best Collection nominee, 2021; Toxic Love, Best Novel nominee, 2020; Full Brutal, Best Novel winner, 2019. 

Valle, Gil: A Gathering of Evil, Best Novel nominee, 2019.

Vaughn, Matthew: Bowery, Best Novella nominee, 2024. 

Vidito, Brendan: Pornography for the End of the World, Best Collection nominee, 2023; The New Flesh: A Literary Tribute to David Cronenberg, Best Anthology nominee, 2020; “Rebound,” Best Short Story nominee, 2019; Nightmares in Ecstasy, Best Collection nominee, 2019. 

Viola, Joshua: Psi-Wars: Classified Cases of Psychic Phenomena, Best Anthology nominee, 2021. 

Volpe, Daniel J.: Plastic Monsters, Best Novella winner, 2023; Left to You, Best Novel nominee, 2022; Talia, Best Novella nominee, 2022. 

Waggoner, Tim: They Kill, Best Novel nominee, 2020.

Wagner, Jeremy: “Norwegian Woods,” Best Short Story nominee, 2020; Rabid Heart, Best Novel nominee, 2019. 

Wilburn, Jay: Beautiful Darkness, Best Collection nominee, 2024; “Seersucker Motherfucker,” Best Short Story nominee, 2019.

Williamson, Chet: “Blood Harmony,” Best Short Story nominee, 2024.

Young, Wile E.: The Magpie Coffin, Best Novel winner, 2021.

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Winners List by Year

2023

Best Novel: Playground by Aron Beauregard

Best Novella: Plastic Monsters by Daniel J. Volpe 

Best Short Story: “Jinx” by Bridgett Nelson

Best Collection: A Bouquet of Viscera by Bridgett Nelson

Best Anthology: Camp Slasher Lake: Volume 1, edited by D.W. Hitz and Candace Nola 

2022 

Best Novel: The Night Stockers by Kristopher Triana and Ryan Harding  

Best Novella: Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke by Eric LaRocca

Best Short Story: “Next Best Baker” by Jeff Strand 

Best Collection: Beyond Reform by Jon Athan, Aron Beauregard, and Jasper Bark 

Best Anthology (tie): Body Shocks, edited by Ellen Datlow; and Baker’s Dozen, edited by Candace Nola 

2021 

Best Novel: The Magpie Coffin by Wile E. Young 

Best Novella: True Crime by Samantha Kolesnik 

Best Short Story: “My Body” by Wes Southard 

Best Collection: The Essential Sick Stuff by Ronald Kelly 

Best Anthology: Worst Laid Plans, edited by Samantha Kolesnik 

2020 

Best Novel: Lakehouse Infernal by Christine Morgan 

Best Novella: One for the Road by Wesley Southard 

Best Short Story: “Angelbait” by Ryan Harding 

Best Collection: Dirty Rotten Hippies and Other Stories by Bryan Smith 

Best Anthology: And Hell Followed, edited by Jarod Barbee and Patrick C. Harrison III 

2019 

Best Novel: Full Brutal by Kristopher Triana 

Best Novella: Kill for Satan! by Bryan Smith 

Best Short Story: “The Seacreator” by Ryan Harding 

Best Collection: DJStories by David J. Schow

Best Anthology: Splatterpunk Forever, edited by Jack Bantry and Kit Power 

2018 

Best Novel: White Trash Gothic by Edward Lee 

Best Novella: Header 3 by Edward Lee and Ryan Harding 

Best Short Story: “The Tipping Point” by Jeff Strand 

Best Collection: Gorilla in My Room by Jack Ketchum 

Best Anthology: Splatterpunk Fighting Back, edited by Jack Bantry and Kit Power. 

 
J.F. Gonzalez Lifetime Achievement Awards

Recipients of the J.F. Gonzalez Lifetime Achievement Award are David J. Schow (2018), David G. Barnett (2019), Edward Lee (2020), John Skipp (2021), Clive Barker (2022), Monica J. O’Rourke (2023), Brian Keene (2023), Ray Garton (2024) and Craig Spector (2024).

Hall of Legends inductees 

The Hall of Legends inductees are Richard Laymon, Jack Ketchum, J. F. Gonzalez, Charlee Jacob, John Pelan, Gak, David G. Barnett, Jay Wilburn, and Weston Ochse.

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