Congratulations to the 2021 Splatterpunk Award Winners!

I’m a little late in posting this, given that the awards were presented a week ago, but I’ve only just finished reviewing the books. So, let’s wrap things up with a complete list…

BEST NOVEL

• WiNNER: The Magpie Coffin by Wile E. Young (Death’s Head Press)
• Pandemonium by Ryan Harding and Lucas Mangum (Death’s Head Press)
• Tome by Ross Jeffery (The Writing Collective)
• Dust by Chris Miller (Death’s Head Press)
• Slaughter Box by Carver Pike (Self-Published)
• Gone To See The River Man by Kristopher Triana (Cemetery Dance Publications)
• They All Died Screaming by Kristopher Triana (Blood Bound Books)

BEST NOVELLA

• WINNER: True Crime by Samantha Kolesnik (Grindhouse Press)
• The Slob by Aron Beauregard (Self-Published)
• Bella’s Boys by Thomas R. Clark (Stitched Smile Publications)
• Juniper by Ross Jeffery (The Writing Collective)
• Red Station by Kenzie Jennings (Death’s Head Press)
• The Night Silver River Run Red by Christine Morgan (Death’s Head Press)
• How Much 2 by Matt Shaw (Self-Published)

BEST SHORT STORY

• WINNER: “My Body” by Wesley Southard (from Midnight In the Pentagram, Silver Shamrock Publishing)
• “The Incident at Barrow Farm” by M. Ennenbach (from Cerberus Rising, Self-Published)
• “Full Moon Shindig” by Patrick C. Harrison III (from Visceral: Collected Flesh, Death’s Head Press)
• “Phylum” by Tom Over (from The Comfort Zone and Other Safe Spaces, NihilismRevised)
• “Footsteps” by Janine Pipe (from Diabolica Britannica, Keith Anthony Baird)
• “Next In Line” by Susan Snyder (from Devour the Earth, Madness Heart Press)
• “The God In The Hills” by Jon Steffens (from The God In the Hills, Filthy Loot Press)

BEST COLLECTION

• WINNER: The Essential Sick Stuff by Ronald Kelly (Silver Shamrock Publishing)
• War of Dictates by John Baltisberger (Death’s Head Press)
• Cerberus Rising by M. Ennenbach, Chris Miller and Patrick C. Harrison III (Self-Published)
• Rhapsody In Red by Peter Molnar (Stitched Smile Publications) Review: part 1, part 2
• Visceral: Collected Flesh by Christine Morgan and Patrick C. Harrison III (Death’s Head Press)
• The Comfort Zone and Other Safe Spaces by Tom Over (NihilismRevised)
• Blood Relations by Kristopher Triana (Grindhouse Press)

BEST ANTHOLOGY

• WINNER: Worst Laid Plans edited by Samantha Kolesnik (Grindhouse Press)
• Chew On This! edited by Robert Essig (Blood Bound Books)
• Brewtality edited by K. Trap Jones (The Evil Cookie Publishing)
• Welcome To the Splatter Club edited by K. Trap Jones (Blood Bound Books)
• Crash Code edited by Quinn Parker (Blood Bound Books)
• If I Die Before I Wake Vol. 3: Tales of Deadly Women and Retribution edited by R.E. Sargent and Steven Pajak (Sinister Smile Press)
• Psi-Wars: Classified Cases of Psychic Phenomena edited by Joshua Viola (Hex Publishers)

J. F. Gonzalez Lifetime Achievement Award: John Skipp