The recipients of the 2007 Bram Stoker Awards were presented 29 March 2008 at World Horror Convention in Salt Lake City, Utah. The Stokers are awarded by the Horror Writers Association (HWA) for “superior achievement, to ameliorate the competitive nature of awards,” and “the rules are deliberately designed to make ties fairly probable.” This year’s final ballot was posted in this article. The winners are:
Novel: The Missing by Sarah Langan
First Novel: Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill
Long Fiction: “Afterward, There Will Be A Hallway” by Gary Braunbeck
Short Fiction: “The Gentle Brush of Wings” by David Niall Wilson
Fiction Collection (tie): Proverbs for Monsters by Michael A. Arnzen
     5 Stories by Peter Straub
Anthology: Five Strokes to Midnight edited by Gary Braunbeck and Hank Schwaeble
Nonfiction: The Cryptopedia: A Dictionary of the Weird, Strange & Downright Bizarre by Jonathan Maberry & David F. Kramer
Poetry Collection (tie): Being Full of Light, Insubstantial by Linda Addison
     Vectors: A Week in the Death of a Planet by Charlee Jacob & Marge Simon
Lifetime Achievement Awards (previously announced, see this article): John Carpenter, Robert Weinberg
Richard Laymon President’s Award: Mark Worthen, Stephen Dorato, Christopher Fulbright