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Edition 16 (2022)

NovelNovellaNoveletteShort StorySingle-Author CollectionEdited AnthologyBoard of Directors Award

Winners

7 people
Doug Murano Winner

An anthology of hidden horrors and uncanny tales that mixes classic ghost-story energy with modern forms of dread.

An anthology of hidden horrors and uncanny tales that mixes classic ghost-story energy with modern forms of dread.

324 pages
AnthologyHorrorShort story collectionDark fantasy

A dark novel where immigration, crime, and the supernatural collide around past choices, revenge, and punishment.

A dark novel where immigration, crime, and the supernatural collide around past choices, revenge, and punishment.

312 pages
Dark novelImmigrant lifeRevengeViolenceSupernatural
Sophie White Winner

An essayistic novel that reexamines the boundaries between self, others, and family through memory and quiet unease.

An essayistic novel that reexamines the boundaries between self, others, and family through memory and quiet unease.

226 pages
SelfFamilyMemoryEssayisticUnease
Nghi Vo Winner

A short story that revisits history and personal memory through the perspective of the dead, probing the border between life and remembrance.

A short story that revisits history and personal memory through the perspective of the dead, probing the border between life and remembrance.

31 pages
DeathMemoryHistoryShort fictionMythic

A fantasy novella rooted in folklore and tradition, where the past and women’s roles are reframed through a dark, fable-like style.

A fantasy novella rooted in folklore and tradition, where the past and women’s roles are reframed through a dark, fable-like style.

63 pages
FolkloreFantasyWomenTraditionDark fantasy
Kim Fu Winner

A short story from Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century where a simulation operator and a grieving customer negotiate desire, memory, and what cannot be recreated.

A short story from Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century where a simulation operator and a grieving customer negotiate desire, memory, and what cannot be recreated.

220 pages
TechnologyMedical ethicsShort fictionBody
Paula D. Ashe Winner

A short story collection that turns pain, codependence, and the edge of healing into dark, vivid horror.

A short story collection that turns pain, codependence, and the edge of healing into dark, vivid horror.

131 pages
PainRelationshipsShort story collectionViolence