The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones won Best Novel at the 2026 Splatterpunk Awards presented at KillerCon in Austin, Texas, on November 7. It was the first Splatterpunk Award nomination and win for Jones. In June, The Buffalo Hunter Hunter won the Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a Novel.
Jones was one of five first-time nominees who won awards.
Strange Stones by Edward Lee and Mary SanGiovanni won Best Novella. It was Lee’s third win out of 10 nominations since the Splatterpunk Awards were first presented in 2018. One of the pioneers of Splatterpunk, Lee, who retired in 2025, was also the recipient of the 2020 J.F. Gonzalez Lifetime Achievement Award for his significant impact on Splatterpunk and Extreme Horror fiction. For SanGiovanni, it was her first nomination and win.
Wrath James White’s “The Tripps” won Best Short Story. “The Tripps” was featured in the bestselling anthology The End of the World As We Know It: New Tales of Stephen King’s The Stand. It was the first nomination and win for White.
This Is Splatterpunk: The John Skipp Primer by John Skipp won Best Collection. It was the first nomination and win for the Splatterpunk legend, who was the recipient of the 2021 J.F. Gonzalez Lifetime Achievement Award for his significant impact on Splatterpunk and Extreme Horror fiction.
Stories from the Motel Sick edited by Michael Allen Rose won Best Anthology. It was the first nomination and win for Rose. The genre-bending anthology features new stories from authors of horror, bizarro fiction, sci-fi, erotica, noir, and more as each tale takes place at a strange, metaphysical motel on the edge of a highway leading to nowhere in particular. Among the contributing writers to the anthology are John Skipp and Christine Morgan, who were honored at the 2026 Splatterpunk Awards.
In addition to the 2026 Splatterpunk Awards, organizers presented J.F. Gonzalez Lifetime Achievement Awards to Christine Morgan and Ryan Harding for their significant impact on Splatterpunk and Extreme Horror fiction.
Morgan has received 10 Splatterpunk Award nominations, winning once for Best Novel in 2020 for Lakehouse Infernal.
Harding has received nine Splatterpunk Award nominations, winning five times, including for Best Novel in 2022 for The Night Stockers (co-authored with Kristopher Triana).
Works published in 2025 were eligible for the 2026 Splatterpunk Awards. Founded by authors Wrath James White and Brian Keene in 2017, the Splatterpunk Awards honor superior achievement in Splatterpunk and Extreme Horror fiction in the five categories of Novel, Novella, Short Story, Collection, and Anthology.
Click here for the Complete List of all winners and nominees of Splatterpunk Awards.
RELATED LINKS
Splatterpunk Awards – LIONEL RAY GREEN
Full Throttle anthology leads list of 2026 Splatterpunk Awards nominations – LIONEL RAY GREEN
Jones wins again for The Buffalo Hunter Hunter at 2025 Bram Stoker Awards – LIONEL RAY GREEN
Leave a Reply