For Immediate Release to all press outlets, from Brian Keene and Wrath James White

Time is running out to nominate works for the fifth-annual Splatterpunk Awards, which honor superior achievement in the sub-genres of Splatterpunk and Extreme Horror fiction.

The categories are:

BEST NOVEL (for works of more than 50,000 words)
BEST NOVELLA (for works from 15,000 to 50,000 words)
BEST SHORT STORY (for works from 500 to 14,000 words)
BEST COLLECTION (for single-author works over 50,000 words)
BEST ANTHOLOGY (for multiple-author collections over 50,000 words)

To cast your recommendation, email it to splatterpunkawards@gmail.com. Please include the category, title of the work, and the author or editor of the work.

Please Note: THE WORK MUST HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED IN 2021 TO BE ELIGIBLE. Reprints and works published in other years will be disqualified, unless there are special circumstances

The deadline for recommendations is midnight (Eastern Standard Time) January 16, 2021.

After all recommendations are tallied, a final ballot will be announced.