Bram Stoker Award for Best Young Adult Novel

The Bram Stoker Award for Best Young Adult Novel is an award presented by the Horror Writers Association (HWA) for "superior achievement" in horror writing for young adult novels. The HWA defines the category as being "intended for the age group 14-21, with word length beginning at 40,000 words."[1]

## Winners and nominees

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Bram Stoker Award for Best Young Adult Novel[2][3] Year

(Eligibility)

| Recipient  | Title  | Result  | Ref

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2011 | Nancy Holder | The Screaming Season | Winner  | [4][5][6][7]
Jonathan Maberry | Dust and Decay
JG Faherty | Ghosts of Coronado Bay | Nominee  | [4][5][6]
Daniel Kraus | Rotters
Patrick Ness | A Monster Calls
Kenneth Oppel | This Dark Endeavor: The Apprenticeship of Victor Frankenstein
2012 | Jonathan Maberry | Flesh and Bone | Winner  | [8][9][10]
Libba Bray | The Diviners | Nominee  | [8][9][10]
Barry Lyga | I Hunt Killers
Michael McCarty | I Kissed a Ghoul
Maggie Stiefvater | The Raven Boys
Jeff Strand | A Bad Day for Voodoo
2013 | Joe McKinney | Dog Days | Winner  | [11][12][13]
Patrick Freivald | Special Dead | Nominee  | [11][12][13]
Kami Garcia | Unbreakable
Geoffrey Girard | Project Cain
Cat Winters | In the Shadow of Blackbirds
2014 | John Dixon | Phoenix Island | Winner  | [14][15][16][17]
Jake Bible | Intentional Haunting | Nominee  | [14][15][16][17]
Kami Garcia | Unmarked
Tonya Hurley | Passionaries
Peter Adam Salomon | All Those Broken Angels
2015 | John Dixon | Devil's Pocket | Winner  | [18][19][20]
Jennifer Brozek | Never Let Me Sleep | Nominee  | [18][19][20]
Michaelbrent Collings | The Ridealong
Tonya Hurley | Hallowed
Maureen Johnson | The Shadow Cabinet
Ian Welke | End Times at Ridgemont High
2016 | Maria Alexander | Snowed | Winner  | [21][22][23][24]
Jennifer Brozek | Last Days of Salton Academy | Nominee  | [21][22][23][25][24]
Elle Cosimano | Holding Smoke
Jeyn Roberts | When They Fade
Alexandra Sirowys | The Telling
2017 | Kim Liggett | The Last Harvest | Winner  | [26][27][28][29][30]
Gillian French | The Door to January | Nominee  | [26][27][28][29][30]
Tom Leveen | Hellworld
Amy Lukavics | The Ravenous
Sarah Porter | When I Cast Your Shadow
2018 | Kiersten White | The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein | Winner  | [31][32][33][34]
Jonathan Maberry | Broken Lands | Nominee  | [31][32][33][34]
Justina Ireland | Dread Nation
Monique Snyman | The Night Weaver
Claire Legrand | Sawkill Girls
2019 | Nzondi  | Oware Mosaic | Winner  | [35][36][37]
Peter Adam Salomon | Eight Minutes, Thirty-Two Seconds | Nominee  | [35][36][37][38]
Ann Dávila Cardinal | Five Midnights
Amelinda Bérubé | Here There Are Monsters
Kate Alice Marshall | Rules for Vanishing
Liana Gardner | Speak No Evil
2020 | Adam Cesare | Clown in a Cornfield | Winner  | [39][40][41][42]
Daniel Kraus | Bent Heavens | Nominee  | [39][40][41][42]
Monique Snyman | The Bone Carver
Aiden Thomas | Cemetery Boys
Erica Waters | Ghost Wood Song
2021 | Erica Waters | The River Has Teeth | Winner  | [43][44][45][46]
Kendare Blake | All These Bodies | Nominee  | [43][47][44][45][46]
Jessica Lewis | Bad Witch Burning
R. L. Boyle | The Book of the Baku
Krystal Sutherland | House of Hollow
2022 | Robert P. Ottone | The Triangle | Winner  | [48][49]
Ann Fraistat | What We Harvest | Nominee  | [48][50]
Tiffany D. Jackson | The Weight of Blood
Kate Alice Marshall | These Fleeting Shadows
V. E. Schwab | Gallant
Vincent Tirado | Burn Down, Rise Up
2023
Trang Thanh Tran | She Is a Haunting | Winner  | [51]
Kalynn Bayron | You’re Not Supposed to Die Tonight | Nominee  | [51]
Cherie Dimaline | Funeral Songs for Dying Girls
Kristen Simmons | Find Him Where You Left Him Dead
Cynthia Leitich Smith | Harvest House
2024
Adam Cesare |  Clown in a Cornfield 3: The Church of Frendo | Winner  | [52]
Ann Fraistat | A Place for Vanishing | Nominee  | [52]
Natalie C. Parker | Come Out, Come Out
Lora Senf {{{last}}} | The Losting Fountain
Joelle Wellington | The Blonde Dies First

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## External links

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* Stoker Award on the HWA web page
* Graphical listing of all Bram Stoker award winners and nominees

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Bram Stoker Award for Best Young Adult Novel

2011–present|

* The Screaming Season by Nancy Holder / Dust and Decay by Jonathan Maberry (2011)
* Flesh and Bone by Jonathan Maberry (2012)
* Dog Days by Joe McKinney (2013)
* Phoenix Island by John Dixon (2014)
* Devil's Pocket by John Dixon (2015)
* Snowed by Maria Alexander (2016)
* The Last Harvest by Kim Liggett (2017)
* The Dark Descendent of Elizabeth Frankenstein by Kiersten White (2018)
* Oware Mosaic by Nzondi (2019)
* Clown in a Cornfield by Adam Cesare (2020)
* The River Has Teeth by Erica Waters (2021)
* The Triangle by Robert P. Ottone (2022)
* She Is a Haunting by Trang Thanh Tran
* Clown in a Cornfield 3: The Church of Frendo by Adam Cesare

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Bram Stoker Award

Horror Writers Association

Current
categories|

* Novel (1987-)
* First Novel (1987-)
* Young Adult Novel (2011-)
* Middle Grade Novel (2022-)
* Graphic Novel (2011-)
* Long Fiction (1998-)
* Short Fiction (1998-)
* Fiction Collection (1998-)
* Screenplay (1998-2004, 2011-)
* Anthology (1998-)
* Non-Fiction (1987-)
* Poetry Collection (2000-)
* Lifetime Achievement (1987-)

Discontinued
categories|

* Novelette (1987-1997)
* Short Story (1987-1997)
* Collection (1987-1997)
* Other Media (1993, 1998-2000)
* Illustrated Narrative (1998-2004)
* Work for Young Readers (1998-2004)
* Alternative Forms (2001-2004)

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