Bram Stoker Award for Best First Novel

The Bram Stoker Award for First Novel is an award presented by the Horror Writers Association (HWA) for "superior achievement" in horror writing for an authors first horror novel.

Winners and nominees

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" by Steve 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 Allen 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 Belkom
* 1996: "Crota" by Owl Goingback
** "Flute Song" by Donald R. 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. Danielewski
** "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
* 2006: "Ghost Road Blues" by Jonathan Maberry
** "The Keeper" by Sarah Langan
** "Bloodstone" by Nate Kenyon
** "The Harrowing" by Alexandra Sokoloff