Category: First Novel

Willson, Nicole

Nominations:

Tidepool (The Parliament House), First Novel, 2021

BIO: Nicole Willson writes horror and dark fantasy. Her debut novel Tidepool (Parliament House Press) came out in August 2021, and her short fiction has appeared in publications by Cemetery Gates Media and hinged.press on Medium. She has attended the Borderlands Press Writers Boot Camp, the Futurescapes Writers’ Workshop, and the Fearscapes Writers’ Workshop. She lives with her husband and a rotating cast of cats in Northern Virginia. Find out more about Nicole at http://www.nicolewillson.com 

Martinez, S. Alessandro

Nominations:

Helminth (Omnium Gatherum), First Novel, 2021

BIO: S. Alessandro Martinez is an author of Mexican and Spanish descent, and a native Southern Californian with Autism/Asperger’s who writes horror and fantasy for adults and children. His writings have appeared in several magazines and anthologies such as Sanitarium, Jitter, Deadman’s Tome, and Indiana Horror Review. He enjoys writing about all sorts of horror, especially about unspeakable creatures, body-horror, and supernatural terror. He also enjoys writing fantasy. He has a fantastical world of his own creation filled with stories of mystical and terrible creatures, wondrous cultures and races, and powerful magic. Helminth is his debut novel.

 

 

Petty, Kate Reed

NOMINATIONS:

True Story (Viking), First Novel, 2020

BIO: Kate Reed Petty’s debut novel, “True Story,” was a New York Times Review of Books “Editor’s Choice.” Her fiction and essays have been published by ZZYZZYVA, Electric Literature, and American Short Fiction online, among other places, and her short films have appeared on Narrative and at the 2019 Maryland Film Festival. She lives in Baltimore.

Knight, EV

NOMINATIONS:

Three Days in the Pink Tower (Creature Publishing), Long Fiction, 2022

AWARDS:

The Fourth Whore (Raw Dog Screaming Press), First Novel, 2020

BIO: EV Knight is the author of the Bram Stoker Award winning debut novel The Fourth Whore. She has also written the novel Children of Demeter as well as several novellas; Dead Eyes, Partum, and her most recent release, the autofictional Three Days in the Pink Tower. You can find her numerous short stories in horror anthologies as well. EV lives in one of America’s most haunted cities—Savannah, Ga. She is a huge fan of the Savannah Bananas and the beauty of Bonaventure Cemetery. When not out and about searching for the ghosts of the past, EV can be found at home with her husband Matt, her crazy dog Gozer, and their three naughty sphynx cats. You can find EV on her website evknightauthor.com where you can sign up for her newsletter and find links to all her social media.

Jeffery, Ross

NOMINATIONS:

Tome (The Writing Collective), First Novel, 2020

BIO: Ross Jeffery is the author of Juniper, Tome and Tethered. His short fiction has appeared in various print anthologies whilst also having a whole host of short / flash fiction littering the internet in a number of online journals. 
Ross is also executive director at STORGY Magazine. 

Ross lives in Bristol with his wife (Anna) and two children (Eva and Sophie). You can usually find him on Twitter here @Ross1982