The first annual Vampire Film Festival took place the weekend before Halloween this year in New Orleans. From the selected films screened during the three days and nights, the following films were awarded in their respective categories: 1. Outstanding Vampire Feature: The Revenant (USA) 2. Outstanding International Vampire Feature: D’Entre Les Morts (France) 3. Outstanding [...]

It’s that time again! Time for another shameless request for your votes. This time around it is for the Mashable’s 2009 Open Web Awards, the Social Media Edition! So, what is this new contest all about, you might ask? Mashable is proud to present our 3rd annual Open Web Awards online competition. The Open Web [...]

The World Horror Convention 2010 and The Horror Writers Association are proud to announce that, for the first time in their twenty-three year history, the HWA’s prestigious annual Bram Stoker Awards for excellence in horror and fantasy fiction will be presented outside North America at the convention in Brighton, England. The ceremony will be held [...]

It was announced today that the massively successful HBO vampire series True Blood has been nominated in 8 categories for SpikeTV’s Scream 2009 Awards. Below is the official list of all of the selected categories. True Blood is up against some pretty stiff competition, but being that this is a fan-voted award, if Trubies turn [...]

The 2009 Bram Stoker Awards ceremony will be broadcast live from the Burbank Marriott hotel tonight beginning at 8:30pm (PST)! Simply go to www.stokers2009.org and click on the Live Video link in the left hand bar to watch the entire evening online! The talented and funny Jeff Strand will be emceeing tonight’s banquet. A complete [...]

The Horror Writers Association is pleased to announce that the 2009 Specialty Press Award has been awarded to Bloodletting Press. Bloodletting Press is based in Modesto, California and is run by Larry Roberts and his wife, Debra Roberts. They have been publishing fine limited edition books since 2002. Their titles are all highly prized by [...]

**Originally compiled by the New York Times… The Chilean author Roberto Bolaño posthumously won the National Book Critics Circle award for fiction for “2666,” a sprawling novel set in Santa Teresa, Mexico, that was published in translation in 2008. Dexter Filkins, a reporter for The New York Times, won the general nonfiction award for “The [...]

The SFWA have released their list of nominees for this year’s Nebula Awards. Very odd selection for the novels category… *quizzical eyebrow raised* Novels • Little Brother by Cory Doctorow • Powers by Ursula K. Le Guin • Cauldron by Jack McDevitt • Brasyl by Ian McDonald • Making Money by Terry Pratchett • Superpowers [...]