2025 Splatterpunk Award Winners

For Immediate Release

In 2017, bestselling authors Wrath James White and Brian Keene founded the Splatterpunk Awards to honor superior achievement in the literary sub-genres of Splatterpunk and Extreme Horror fiction, in the categories of Novel, Novella, Short Story, Collection, and Anthology. In addition, White and Keene also created the J. F. Gonzalez Lifetime Achievement Award, honoring individuals who, like Gonzalez, have made a significant impact on the Splatterpunk and Extreme Horror fields.

We are pleased to announce the 2025 Splatterpunk Award nominees, for works published in 2024. The winners were announced last night at KillerCon 2025 in Austin, Texas.

BEST NOVEL ~ The Old Lady by Kristopher Triana (Bad Dream Books)

BEST NOVELLA ~ Living Death Race: Beauty & the Brains by John Everson (The Evil Cookie Publishing)

BEST SHORT STORY ~ “Together Forever” by C.V. Hunt (from The Obituaries #6: Red Romance) (Bad Dream Books)

BEST COLLECTION ~ This Skin Was Once Mine and Other Disturbances by Eric LaRocca (Titan Books)

BEST ANTHOLOGY ~ Splatology 2.0 edited by Sidney Shiv and Chisto Healy (Unveiling Nightmares)

J. F. GONZALEZ LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD*

~ Joe R. Lansdale
~ Lucy Taylor

* The previous J. F. Gonzalez Lifetime Achievement Award recipients are (in order) David J. Schow, David G. Barnett, Edward Lee, John Skipp, Clive Barker, Monica J. O’Rourke, Brian Keene, Wrath James White, Craig Spector, and Ray Garton.

We are also happy to announce that 2026’s Lifetime Achievement Award will be presented to… Christine Morgan!