The public nominations are now open for the ninth annual This Is Horror Awards. This year we’ve retained all the categories from last year and added one more, ‘Cover Art of the year’. Here are the categories:

Novel of the Year
Novella of the Year
Short Story Collection of the Year
Anthology of the Year
Fiction Magazine of the Year
Publisher of the Year
Fiction Podcast of the Year
Nonfiction Podcast of the Year
Cover Art of the Year

Readers can e-mail in their nominations for each category. Taking into consideration the nominations for each category This Is Horror will then draw up a shortlist.

We invite you to include one sentence as to why each nomination is award-worthy.

The public nominations stage runs from 17 December 2019 until 8 January 2020.

Rules

To be eligible for an award, where applicable, the creative work must have been released between 1 January 2019 and 31 December 2019. This means that the first release/publication must have occurred within the above time period.
You may only nominate two items per category. If you nominate more than two, This Is Horror will only recognise your first two nominations.
You may nominate in as many categories as you like.
Do not send in a nomination for your own work.
All nominations must be emailed to [email protected] with the subject line ‘This Is Horror Award Nominations 2019′.

Public nominations close at 12:01 a.m. PST on 8 January 2020.

Note To Publishers

Publishers are invited to send eligible work to This Is Horror for consideration. We will happily accept digital files, ideally in mobi format.

Additional Notes

‘Fiction Magazine’ is open to both digital and physical magazines.
‘Fiction Podcast’ refers to podcasts that are fictionalised. Think audio dramas, short stories, ongoing stories, fictionalised docu-dramas.
‘Nonfiction Podcast’ refers to any podcast that is not fictionalised. This includes interviews and reviews that cover fiction.

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