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This post is auto-generated from RSS feed BOOK RIOT. Source: The 2025 Shirley Jackson Award Winners

The 2025 Shirley Jackson Awards were announced on Saturday night, July 11, at Readercon 35. The awards are presented to the best horror, dark fantasy, and psychological suspense books published in the previous year. This year’s hosts and guests of honor at the ceremony were P. Djèlí Clark and David Gerrold.

Each year, the Shirley Jackson Awards are given to titles in seven categories: Novel, Novella, Novelette, Short Fiction, Single-Author Collection, and Edited Anthology. The judges in each are an array of professional writers, critics, editors, and academics.

Here’s who took home the awards this year in each category.

Short Fiction

• “Bitter Skin” by Kaaron Warren, from the collection Night & Day

Single-Author Collection

• Issues with Authority by Nadia Bulkin

Edited Anthology–this year, there was a tie!

• Night & Day edited by Ellen Datlow
• Unquiet Guests edited by Dan Coxon

Novel

• Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng by Kylie Lee Baker

Novella

• The Death of Mountains by Jordan Kurella

Novelette

• “Emily” by Vanessa Santos from Make a Home of Me

More about the Shirley Jackson Awards, including a recording from this weekend’s ceremony, is available on their website.

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