Literary award

Bram Stoker Award for Best Poetry Collection

Literary award.

About Bram Stoker Award for Best Poetry Collection

The Bram Stoker Award for Poetry Collection is an award presented by the Horror Writers Association (HWA) for "superior achievement" in horror writing for a poetry collection.

From the Wikipedia article “Bram Stoker Award for Best Poetry Collection”, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Recent winners

YearWinnerWinning work
2025Linda Addison—
2024Pedro Iñiguez—
2023Stephanie M. Wytovich—
2022Cynthia Pelayo—
2021Christina Sng—
2021Geneve Flynn—
2021Angela Yuriko Smith—
2021Lee Murray—
2020Christina Sng—
2019Linda Addison—
2019Alessandro Manzetti—
2018Sara Tantlinger—
2017Christina Sng—
2016Stephanie M. Wytovich—

From Wikidata; the list may be incomplete for some years.

Eligibility and entering

Check the official rules of the Bram Stoker Award for Best Poetry Collection for the current eligibility window, accepted formats, residency or language requirements and any entry fee. For most established prizes the publisher submits on the author's behalf, often with a limit on entries per imprint.

If you are self-published, look for an explicit statement that independently published books are accepted, and budget for entry fees and copies for judges.

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