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Hodge, Jamal

Nominations:

The Dark Between the Twilight (Crystal Lake Publishing), Poetry Collection, 2024

BIO: Jamal is a Bram Stoker Award Nominated Writer and multi-award-winning filmmaker.  An active member of the HWA and SFPA, Hodge has earned Rhysling Award nominations in 2021 and 2022, 2024 with his poem “Colony” winning 2nd place at the 2022 Dwarf Stars. His book, The Dark Between the Twilight, debuted as the #1 hot new American Poetry Release in June 2024. His anthology, Bestiary of Blood: Modern Fables & Dark Tales, launched as the #1 New Horror Anthology Release on Amazon from Crystal Lake Publishing. His newest poetry book, Everything Endless, is a collaboration with Grand Master Linda D. Addison, published by Raw Dog Screaming Press.

Parker, Natalie C.

NOMINATIONS:

Come Out, Come Out (G.P. Putnam’s Sons), Young Adult Novel, 2024

BIO: Natalie C. Parker is the acclaimed author and editor of several books for young readers including the award-winning Seafire series and the Indie Bestselling anthology Vampires Never Get Old. Her work has been included on the NPR Best Books List, the Indie Next List, the TAYSHAS Reading List, and in Junior Library Guild selections. 

In addition to writing, Natalie runs Madcap Retreats, partnering with organizations like We Need Diverse Books and Reese’s Book Club to offer workshops and retreats on a national scale. She also develops intellectual property for Electric Postcard Entertainment where she focuses on building a list of queer speculative fiction.

Natalie grew up in a navy family finding home in coastal cities from Virginia to Japan. Now, she lives with her wife on the Kansas prairie.

Busby, R. A.

NOMINATIONS:

“Ten Thousand Crawling Children” (Nightmare Magazine January 2024) (Adamant Press), Short Fiction, 2024

BIO: Usually found out in the middle of nowhere, R.A. Busby is the author of CORPORATE BODY, WORDS MADE OF FLESH, and YOU WILL SPEAK FOR THE DEAD. The 2020 winner of the Shirley Jackson Award for short fiction, Busby spends her time researching weird things and writing about them until she’s out of coffee.

Brown, Sasha

NOMINATIONS:

“To the Wolves” (Weird Horror #9) (Undertow Publications), Short Fiction, 2024

BIO: Sasha Brown is a Boston-area writer and gardener whose surreal stories have been called “Creative! But not in a good way.” His horror work is in joints like Bourbon Penn and Weird Horror, and his literary fiction is in mags like X-R-A-Y and Split Lip. He’s on bsky at sashabrown, and online at sashabrownwriter.com.