Bram Stoker Award for Best First Novel
Nominees are listed below the winner(s) for each year.
- 1987: The Manse by Lisa Cantrell
- The Damnation Game by Clive Barker
- Slob by Rex Miller
- The Harvest Bride by Tony Richards
- Excavation Steve by Rasnic Tem
- 1988: The Suiting by Kelley Wilde
- 1989: Sunglasses After Dark by Nancy A. Collins
- The Dwelling by Tom Elliot
- Goat Dance by Douglas Clegg
- Laying The Music To Rest by Dean Wesley Smith
- The Lilith Factor by Jean Paiva
- 1990: The Revelation by Bentley Little
- Blood of the Children by Alan Rodgers
- Dark Father by Tom Piccirilli
- Nightblood by T. Chris Martindale
- 1991: The Cipher by Kathe Koja (tie)
- 1991: Prodigal by Melanie Tem (tie)
- Winter Scream by Chris Curry & L. Dean James
- ''Wilderness' by Dennis Danvers
- Unearthed by Ashley McConnell
- 1992: Sineater by Elizabeth Massie
- Lost Souls by Poppy Z. Brite
- Beauty by Brian D'Amato
- Less Than Human by Gary Raisor
- The Holy Terror by Wayne Allen Salee''
- 1993: The Thread that Binds the Bones by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
- Afterage by Yvonne Navarro
- Created By by Richard Christian Matheson
- Suckers by Anne Billson
- Wet Work by Philip Nutman
- 1994: Grave Markings by Michael Arnzen
- The Black Mariah by Jay R. Bonansinga
- Deadweight by Robert Devereaux
- Near Death by Nancy Kilpatrick
- 1995: The Safety of Unknown Cities by Lucy Taylor
- Diary of a Vampire by Gary Bowen
- The Between by Tananarive Due
- Madeleine's Ghost by Robert Girardi
- Wyrm Wolf by Edo van Belkolm
- 1996: Crota by Owl Goingback
- Flute Song by Donald Burleson
- Horrow Show by Greg Kihn
- Dead Heat by Del Stone
- 1997: Lives of the Monster Dogs by Kirsten Bakis
- The Art of Arrow Cutting by Stephen Dedman
- Hungry Eyes by Barry Hoffman
- Drawn to the Grave by Mary Ann Mitchell
- The Inquisitor by Mary Murrey
- 1998: Dawn Song by Michael Marano
- Night Prayers by P.D. Cacek
- This Symbiotic Fascination by Charlee Jacob
- Silk by Caitlin R. Kiernan
- 1999: Wither by J.G. Passarella
- 2000: The Licking Valley Coon Hunters Club by Brian A. Hopkins
- Nailed by the Heart by Simon Clark
- House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielweski
- Run by Douglas E. Winter
- 2001: Deadliest of the Species by Michael Oliveri
- Phantom Feast by Diana Barron
- Skating on the Edge by d.g.k. goldberg
- Riverwatch by Joe Nassise
- 2002: The Lovely Bones by Alive Seybold
- The Blues Ain't Nothing by Tina Jens
- Atmosphere by Michael Laimo
- The Red Church by Scott Nicholson
See also