Congratulations to the six 2022 Stoker Nominees on the Black Women in Horror Month List, Erin E. Adams, Tiffany D. Jackson, Paula D. Ashe, RJ Joseph, Sumiko Saulson, and L. Marie Woods (who made the ballot not once but twice!)
- Erin E. Adams made it to the Stoker Final Ballot in the Superior Achievement in a First Novel category for Jackal (Bantam Books)
- Tiffany D. Jackson made it to the Stoker Final Ballot in the Superior Achievement in a Young Adult Novel category for The Weight of Blood (Katherine Tegen Books).
- Paula D. Ashe made it to the Stoker Final Ballot in the Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection category for We Are Here to Hurt Each Other (Nictitating Books)
- RJ Joseph made it to the Stoker Final Ballot in the Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection category for Hell Hath No Sorrow Like a Woman Haunted (The Seventh Terrace)
- Sumiko Saulson made it to the Stoker Final Ballot in the Superior Achievement in a Poetry Collection category for The Rat King: A Book of Dark Poetry (Dooky Zines)
- L. Marie Wood made it to the Stoker Final Ballot in the Superior Achievement in Short Non-Fiction category for “African American Horror Authors and Their Craft: The Evolution of Horror Fiction from African Folklore” (Conjuring Worlds: An Afrofuturist Textbook for Middle and High School Students) (Conjure World)
- L. Marie Wood also made it to the Stoker Final Ballot in the Superior Achievement in Short Non-Fiction category for “The H Word: The Horror of Hair” (Nightmare Magazine, No. 118) (Adamant Press)
They have joined the ranks of a number of Stoker Finalists and Winners profiled in 150 Black Women in Horror, including Linda Addison (5x Winner and the First Black Stoker Winner), Tananarive Due (Firs Black Nominee, 2x Nominee), Jewelle Gomez (Lifetime Achievement), Dr/. Kinitra Brooks (2 x Nominee) and Dr. Susana Morris. Many BWiHM Listers were in Kinitra, Susana and Linda’s 2017 nominated Sycorax/s Daughters. They include Tiffany Austin – Tracey Baptiste – Regina N. Bradley – Patricia E. Canterbury – Crystal Connor – Joy M. Copeland – Amber Doe – Tish Jackson – Valjeanne Jeffers – Tenea D. Johnson – R. J. Joseph – A. D. Koboah Nicole Givens Kurtz – Kai Leakes – A. J. Locke – Carole McDonnell -Dana T. McKnight – LH Moore – L. Penelope – Zin E. Rocklyn – Eden Royce – Kiini Ibura Salaam – Andrea Vocab Sanderson – Nicole D. Sconiers – Cherene Sherrard – RaShell R. Smith-Spears – Sheree Renée Thomas – Lori Titus – Tanesha Nicole Tyler – Deborah Elizabeth Whaley – L. Marie Wood – K. Ceres Wright – Deana Zhollis
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