There will be a Preliminary Ballot Resources Internet Mailer going out on Monday, January 26. If you have a direct link to a pdf or an email for people to write to request a copy, etc etc, you need to mail me this information no later than January 24th, Saturday.

If you have put information/links, etc on the HWA message board I will be gathering that up and putting that info in the IM. If you want different information, send it to me. If you want the information to stay the same OR if you want to verify with me that I HAVE the information, you may email me as well: angelinehawkes@yahoo.com. Mark your subject: HWA FOR PRELIM IM

Thank you and congratulations to everyone who made it to the preliminary ballot!

Angeline Hawkes, editor HWA Internet Mailer

PS If you don't know if your work advanced to the Prelim ballot or not, shoot me an email as well.

Mark Worthen and Hank Schwaeble, Stoker Awards Committee Co-Chairs, have announced the final ballot for the 2006 Bram Stoker Awards:

Superior Achievement in a NOVEL
Headstone City by Tom Piccirilli (Bantam)
Liseys Story by Stephen King (Scribner)
Ghost Road Blues by Jonathan Maberry (Pinnacle)
Pressure by Jeff Strand (Earthling)
Prodigal Blues by Gary A. Braunbeck (Cemetery Dance)

Superior Achievement in a FIRST NOVEL
Ghost Road Blues by Jonathan Maberry (Pinnacle)
The Keeper by Sarah Langan (William Morrow)
Bloodstone by Nate Kenyon (Five Star)
The Harrowing by Alexandra Sokoloff (St. Martins)

Superior Achievement in LONG FICTION
Dark Harvest by Norman Partridge (Cemetery Dance)
Hallucigenia by Laird Barron (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction)
Mamas Boy by Fran Friel (Insidious Reflections)
Bloodstained Oz by Christopher Golden and James A. Moore (Earthling Publications)
Clubland Heroes by Kim Newman (Retro Pub Tales)

Superior Achievement in SHORT FICTION
Tested by Lisa Morton (Cemetery Dance)
Balance by Gene ONeill (Cemetery Dance)
Feeding the Dead Inside by Yvonne Navarro(Mondo Zombie)
FYI by Mort Castle (Masques V)
“31/10” by Stephen Volk Dark Corners)

Superior Achievement in an ANTHOLOGY
Aegri Somnia: The Apex Featured Writer Anthology edited by Jason Sizemore (Apex)
Mondo Zombie edited by John Skipp (Cemetery Dance)
Retro Pulp Tales edited by Joe Lansdale (Subterranean)
Alone on the Darkside edited by John Pelan (Roc)

Superior Achievement in a COLLECTION
Destinations Unknown by Gary Braunbeck (Cemetery Dance)
American Morons by Glen Hirshberg (Earthling Publications)
The Commandments by Angeline Hawkes (Nocturne Press)
The Empire of Ice Cream by Jeffrey Ford (Golden Gryphon)
Basic Black: Tales of Appropriate Fear by Terry Dowling (Cemetery Dance)

Superior Achievement in NONFICTION
Final Exits: The Illustrated Encyclopedia of How We Die by Michael Largo (Harper)
Gospel of the Living Dead: George Romero's vision of Hell on Earth by Kim Paffenroth (Baylor Press)
Stephen King: Uncollected, Unpublished by Rocky Wood (Cemetery Dance)
Cinema Macabre edited by Mark Morris (PS Publishing)

Superior Achievement in POETRY
Shades Fantastic by Bruce Boston (Gromagon Press)
Valentine: Short Love Poems by Corrine de Winter (Black Arrow Press)
The Troublesome Amputee by John Edward Lawson (Raw Dog Screaming Press)
Songs of a Sorceress by Bobbi Sinha-Morey (Write Words, Inc.)


This is sort of a double YAY! because I also have a story featured in the Apex anthology, AEGRI SOMNIA. So double squee! Thank you to everyone who has supported me and who voted for THE COMMANDMENTS. It is an absolute honor to be alongside of so many talented and wonderful writers. Best wishes to everyone on the ballot! A reminder that the pdf for THE COMMANDMENTS is available for free to Active HWA members. I'll post info on the HWA website. Thank you again.