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International Horror Guild Awards
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History

'The International Horror Guild Awards are juried awards, established in 1995, for works of horror and dark fantasy. The award was discontinued following announcement of the 2008 winners.'

Latest Winners / Recipients (also see subcategories)v1206

Year: 2006

winner (Anthology) y separately published work icon Basic Black : Tales of Appropriate Fear Terry Dowling , Robert Morrish (editor), Baltimore : Cemetery Dance Publications , 2006 Z1358279 2006 selected work short story horror

Year: 2005

winner (Periodical) y separately published work icon Postscripts 2004 Hornsea : PS Publishing , 2004-2009 Z1769144 2004 periodical (6 issues)

'In the spring of 2004, PS Publishing launched a new magazine called Postscripts. Originally, the magazine was to be digest-sized featuring about 60,000 words of fiction, a guest editorial, book reviews, and the occasional non-fiction article in each issue. Fiction includes SF, fantasy, horror, and crime/suspense. The book is produced in two formats: numbered, limited edition in hard cover signed by all contributors and a perfect bound paper cover version. With the publication of #18 (Spring 2009), Postscripts magazine has morphed into a quarterly anthology with the paper cover version transforming into a hard cover title.' The new title, A Poscripts Anthology, has since 2012 also overseen the publication of the Exotic Gothic series.

[Source: SF Site (Sighted 29/03/11)]

Year: 2004

winner y separately published work icon The Ghost Writer John Harwood , London : Jonathan Cape , 2004 Z1105256 2004 single work novel mystery

'In this tantalizing tale of Victorian ghost stories and family secrets, timid, solitary librarian Gerard Freeman lives for just two things: his elusive pen pal Alice and a story he found hidden in his mother's drawer years ago. Written by his great-grandmother Viola, it hints at his mother's role in a sinister crime. As he discovers more of Viola's chilling tales, he realizes that they might hold the key to finding Alice and unveiling his family's mystery-or will they bring him the untimely death they seem to foretell?

'Harwood's astonishing, assured debut shows us just how dangerous family skeletons-and stories-can be.' (Publication summary)

Year: 2003

winner (Periodical) y separately published work icon All Hallows Barbara Roden (editor), Christopher Roden (editor), 1989 Ashcroft : Ghost Story Society , 1989-2007 Z1926758 1989 periodical horror (7 issues) All Hallows was the twice-yearly journal of The Ghost Story Society. Edited by Barbara and Christopher Roden and eventually increasing its size to over 300 pages, it was the Society's major forum for new supernatural fiction, with an average of seven stories appearing in each issue.

The journal offered a mixture of items dealing with all aspects of the ghost story world. In addition to articles dealing with authors such as M. R. James, E. F. Benson, Amyas Northcote, Eleanor Scott, Elizabeth Jane Howard, H. G. Wells, August Derleth, Robert Aickman, Walter de la Mare, and other practitioners of the genre, there was a substantial review section dealing with new publications in the field. The journal also included such sections as 'News and Notes' (new developments in the genre); 'Film News and Notes' (articles about obscure and/or overlooked authors); and 'Haunted Cinema' (a regular feature looking at classic supernatural films).

[Source: The Ghost Story Society]


Year: 2001

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