The Shirley Jackson Awards, to recognise outstanding achievement in the literature of psychological suspense, horror, and the dark fantastic, have announced their nominees for the 2016 awards.

 

Founded in 2007, the awards are named in honour of Shirley Jackson, the author of numerous works such as The Haunting of Hill House and We Have Always Lived in the Castle.

The awards cover all lengths of horror works and the final selections are now before the Jury for the 2016 awards to be chosen.

Check out the list of works below:

Novel

• Foxlowe – Eleanor Wasserberg
• The Girls – Emma Cline
• I’m Thinking of Ending Things – Iain Reid
• Lily – Michael Thomas Ford
• Mongrels – Stephen Graham Jones
• The Wonder – Emma Donoghue

 

Novella

• The Ballad of Black Tom – Victor LaValle
• The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe – Kij Johnson
• Maggots – Nina Allan
• Muscadines – S.P. Miskowski (Autumn Cthulu)
• The Sadist’s Bible – Nicole Cushing
• The Warren – Brian Evenson

 

Other categories cover short stories and anthologies and the full category listing as includes awards for:

Novelette

Short Fiction

Single-Author Collection

Edited Anthology

You can read up on the previous winners and further information on the Shirley Jackson Award website, which can be found here.