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Awards were presented Thursday evening, November 1, 2007 at the Saratoga Hotel and Conference Center during the World Fantasy Convention in Saratoga Springs, New York. RAMSEY CAMPBELL was honored as a Living Legend. JO FLETCHER presented the Living Legend Award. JOHN PICACIO served as Master of Ceremonies.
INTERNATIONAL HORROR GUILD AWARDS for WORKS from 2006
NOVEL
• Conrad Williams. The Unblemished (Earthling)
Also nominated:
Keith Donohue. The Stolen Child (Doubleday)
Will Elliott. The Pilo Family Circus (ABC Books)
Brian Evenson. The Open Curtain (Coffee House Press)
Stephen King. Lisey's Story (Scribner)
LONG FICTION
• Norman Partridge. Dark Harvest (CD Publications)
Also Nominated:
Laird Barron. Hallucigenia (Magazine of Fantasy &Science Fiction, June 2006)
P.D. Cacek. Forced Perspective (Night Visions XII)
Douglas Clegg. Isis (CD Publications)
Bradley Denton. Blackburn and the Blade (Lords of the Razor)
MID-LENGTH FICTION
• Paul Finch. The Old North Road (Alone on the Darkside)
Also Nominated:
Glen Hirshberg. The Muldoon (American Morons)
Caitlin R. Kiernan. Bainbridge (Alabaster)
M. Rickert. Journey into the Kingdom (Magazine of Fantasy &Science Fiction, May 2006)
David J. Schow. Obsequy (Subterranean #3/Havoc Swims Jaded)
SHORT FICTION
• Stephen Gallagher. "The Box" (Retro-Pulp Tales)
Also Nominated:
Terry Dowling. "Cheat Light" (Basic Black)
Stephen Graham Jones. "Raphael" (Cemetery Dance #55)
Joel Lane. "You Could Have It All" (The Lost District)
Steve Rasnic Tem. "The Disease Artist" (Dark Arts)
COLLECTION (Single Author) [TIE]
• Terry Dowling. Basic Black (CD Publications)
• Glen Hirshberg. American Morons (Earthling)
Also Nominated:
Joel Lane. The Lost District and Other Stories (Night Shade Books)
M. Rickert. Map of Dreams (Golden Gryphon)
ANTHOLOGY
• William Sheehan and Bill Schafer, editors. Lords of the Razor (Subterranean Press)
Also Nominated:
Kealan Patrick Burke, editor. Night Visions XII, (Subterranean Press)
J.N. Williamson and Gary A. Braunbeck, editors. Masques V (Gauntlet Publications)
PERIODICAL
• Subterranean
Also Nominated:
Cemetery Dance
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction
Postscripts
Weird Tales
ILLUSTRATED NARRATIVE
• Lewis Trondheim. A.L.I.E.E.N. (France: Editions Breal, 2004; US: Firstsecond Books, 2006)
Also Nominated:
Macon Blair and Joel Flood. Hellcity (Gigantic Comics)
William Harms, Nick Postic and Nick Marinkovich, Impaler (Image Comics)
Greg Ruth. Sudden Gravity: A Tale of the Panopticon(Dark Horse)
NONFICTION
• S.T. Joshi, editor. Icons of Horror and the Supernatural (Greenwood Press)
Also Nominated:
John Clute. The Darkening Garden (Payseur & Schmidt)
Scott Connors, editor. The Freedom of Fantastic Things (Hippocampus Press)
Mark Morris, editor. Cinema Macabre (PS Publishing)
Kim Paffenroth. Gospel of the Living Dead (Baylor University Press)
ART[TIE]
• Aeron Alfrey. Exhibits from the Imaginary Museum (www.ligotti.net/gallery/alfrey.html)
• John Picacio. Cover Story: The Art of John Picacio (MonkeyBrain)
Also Nominated:
Camille Rose Garcia. Camille Rose Garcia: Subterranean Death Clash, Jonathan Levine Gallery, New York
Chris Mars. Chris Mars: Subderma, Jonathan Levine Gallery, New York
J.K. Potter. Cover and illustrations: A Soul in a Bottle by Tim Powers (Subterranean)
The IHG Awards
The International Horror Guild Awards are
now in their thirteenth year. Based on public recommendations, the juried awards
recognize outstanding achievements in the field of Horror and Dark Fantasy.
[List of recipients and nominees]
Nominations are derived from recommendations made by the public and the judges'
knowledge of the field. Edward Bryant, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, Ann Kennedy, and
Hank Wagner currently adjudicate. Paula Guran is the award administrator. The
awards are overseen by a non-profit corporation, The Mirabundus Project,
Inc.
If you have a recommendation to make for a work published in 2007, please check
the
award rules, and email your recommendations to info@horroraward.org.
It is also important to provide, whenever possible, copies of the work to the
judges. [Contact
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For additional information on the International Horror Guild, please contact
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