Michael David Wilson, Bob Pastorella, and Special Guests
TIH 411: This Is Horror Awards 2020
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Check out the full This Is Horror Podcast show notes here.
Novel of the Year
Winner: The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones
Runner-up: Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
“Couldn’t be more thrilled, more honored, for The Only Good Indians to somehow be lucking into a This is Horror Award. Elk is the international language, maybe? No, no. Maybe terror is. Dread. Horror. But also redemption and hope, and all the good things. Because horror’s never just about the bad. Thanks to all the readers, the voters, for this, and thanks to my agent, BJ Robbins, and my editor at Saga, Joe Monti. None of this without y’all.”
—Stephen Graham Jones, author of The Only Good Indians
THIS IS HORROR NOVEL OF THE YEAR
Novella of the Year
Winner: Crossroads by Laurel Hightower
Runner-up: Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark
Short Story Collection of the Year
Winner: Children of the Fang and Other Genealogies by John Langan
Runner-up: Velocities by Kathe Koja
Anthology of the Year
Winner: Miscreations: Gods, Monstrosities & Other Horrors, edited by Doug Murano and Michael Bailey
Runner-up: Worst Laid Plans: An Anthology of Vacation Horror, edited by Samantha Kolesnik
Fiction Magazine of the Year
Winner: Nightmare Magazine
Runner-up: The Dark
“It is such an honor to be recognized by the This Is Horror community! There are so many terrific magazines doing fantastic work in horror right now—it’s an incredibly exciting time to be working in the genre, and we just love doing it. We feel so grateful to all our wonderful readers, our talented creators, our amazing staff, and of course to Bob and Michael and the entire This Is Horror team. Thanks everyone!”
—Wendy N. Wagner, Nightmare Magazine Editor-in-Chief
THIS IS HORROR FICTION MAGAZINE OF THE YEAR
Publisher of the Year
Winner: Undertow Publications
Runner-up: Death’s Head Press
“Wow! We’re absolutely thrilled to be named “Publisher of the Year” in the This is Horror Awards. A bit stunned, as well. Truly a great and humbling honour. Thank you to Michael David Wilson, Bob Pastorella, and the This is Horror team, and all the readers. Thanks to everyone who voted for us. This is especially gratifying considering the strength of this category. Congratulations to all my fellow nominees. Publishing is a truly collaborative endeavour, with a bunch of moving parts, so thank you to the writers, the readers, the librarians, the designers, the artists, the editors, the proofreaders, the booksellers, and the reviewers who help keep the wheel turning.”
—Michael Kelly, Undertow Publications publisher
THIS IS HORROR PUBLISHER OF THE YEAR
Fiction Podcast of the Year
Winner: The Other Stories (Hawk & Cleaver)
Runner-up: NIGHTLIGHT: A Horror Fiction Podcast
Nonfiction Podcast of the Year
Winner: Ink Heist
Runner-up: Post Mortem with Mick Garris
Cover Art of the Year
Winner: Todd Keisling for Arterial Bloom, edited by Mercedes M. Yardley
Runner-up: Mike Davis for grotesquerie by Richard Gavin
