Winners of the 1st Annual Black Quill Awards
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Best Dark Genre Novel:
Editors' Choice: The Missing, by Sarah Langan
Readers' Choice: Heart-Shaped Box, by Joe Hill
Best Small Press Chill:
Editors' Choice: Midlisters, by Kealan Patrick Burke
Readers' Choice: The Haunted Forest Tour, by James A. Moore and Jeff Strand
Best Dark Genre Collection:
Editors' Choice: Sparks and Shadows, by Lucy A. Snyder
Readers' Choice: Closing Time and Other Stories, by Jack Ketchum
Best Dark Genre Book of Non-Fiction:
Editors' Choice: Sunday's with Vlad, by Paul Bibeau
Readers' Choice: On Writing Horror (Revised Edition), Edited by Mort Castle
Best Dark Scribble:
Editors' Choice: "Discovering Ghosts" by Tim Lebbon from Postscripts #10
Readers' Choice: "Longtime Gone" by Kurt Dinan from Chiaroscuro #34
Best Dark Genre Short Fiction Magazine:
Editors' Choice: Cemetery Dance / Editor Richard Chizmar
Readers' Choice: Dark Recesses Press / Editors Boyd Harris, CJ Hurtt, and Vincent VanAllen
Best Dark Genre Book Trailer:
Editors' Choice: The Harrowing, Produced by Circle of Seven Productions (for the novel by Alexandra Sokoloff)
Readers' Choice: Mr. Hands, Produced by Gary A. Braunbeck (for the novel by Gary A. Braunbeck)
Best Author Website:
Editors' Choice: John Grover / Designed by cjz-design
Readers' Choice: Kealan Patrick Burke / Designed by Jennifer Burke
Best Cover Art:
Editors' Choice: Dark Harvest (Tor Edition), by artist Jon Foster
Readers' Choice: Dark Harvest (Tor Edition), by artist Jon Foster