Bram Stoker Award for Best First Novel

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Nominees are listed below the winner(s) for each year.

1987: The Manse by Lisa Cantrell
* The Damnation Game by Clive Barker
* Slob by Rex Miller
* The Harvest Bride by Tony Richards
* Excavation Steve by 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 Alan 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 Elliot
* 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 by 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 Belkolm
1996: Crota by Owl Goingback
* Flute Song by Donald 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. Danielweski
* 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

Bram Stoker Award for Best First Novel

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