For Immediate Release

The 2020 Splatterpunk Awards — honoring superior achievement in the literary sub-genres of Splatterpunk and Extreme Horror for works published in 2019 — were held online last night, and award founders Wrath james White and Brian Keene announced the year’s winners. They are as follows:

BEST NOVEL: Lakehouse Infernal by Christine Morgan (Deadite Press)
BEST NOVELLA: One For the Road by Wesley Southard (Deadite Press)
BEST SHORT STORY: “Angelbait” by Ryan Harding (from The Big Book of Blasphemy, Necro Publications)
BEST COLLECTION: Dirty Rotten Hippies and Other Stories by Bryan Smith (Grindhouse Press)
BEST ANTHOLOGY: And Hell Followed edited by by Jarod Barbee and Patrick C. Harrison III (Death’s Head Press)

In addition, author Edward Lee recieved this year’s J.F. Gonzalez Lifetime Achievement Award, which honors individuals who have contributed significantly to the sub-genres of Splatterpunk and Extreme Horror. Previous recipients are David J. Schow and David G. Barnett.

White and Keene announced that 2021’s J.F. Gonzalez Lifetime Achievement Award recipient will be author John Skipp.