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The Children of the Night Award is awarded by The Dracula Society on an annual basis. Nominations are invited each January from the members for the best piece of literature published in the Gothic (including horror or supernatural) genre - novel, short story, or biography - for the previous year. Nomination forms are sent to all members, and the award is judged by an Award committee.

Winners so far have been:

2010

Dark Matter

by Michelle Paver

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The other 2010 nominations were:

The Radleys by Matt Haig

Florence and Giles by John Harding

Pieces of Midnight by Gary McMahon

Apartment 16 by Adam L. G. Nevill

and White Crow by Marcus Sedgwick

2009

Tales of Terror from the Tunnel's Mouth

by Chris Priestley

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The other 2009 nominations were:

The Strain by Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan

Johannes Cabal the Necromancer by Jonathan L. Howard

Queen Victoria, Demon Hunter by A. E. Moorat

and The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters

2008

The Bleeding Horse, and Other Short Stories

by Brian J. Showers

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The other 2008 nominations were:

The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman

The Séance by John Harwood

2007

The House of Lost Souls

by F. G. Cottam

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See the other 2007 nominations here

2006

The Faculty of Terror by John L. Probert

2005

Century by Sarah Singleton

2004

The Ghost Writer by John Harwood

2003

Poison by Chris Wooding

2002

Fingersmith by Sarah Waters

2001

A Ghostly Crew by Roger Johnson

2000

Dracula: Sense and Nonsense by Dr. Elizabeth Miller

1999

Vampire City translated from the French by Brian Stableford

1998

Vengeful Ghosts by Clive E. Ward

1997

Dracula the Undead by Freda Warrington

1996

Conference with the Dead by Terry Lamsley

1995

The Fear Man by Ann Halam

1994

no award made

1993

Gideon by Stephen Laws

1992

Anno Dracula by Kim Newman

1991

The Stones of Muncaster Cathedral by Robert Westall

1990

no award made

1989

Ancient Images by Ramsey Campbell

1988

Immortal Blood by Barbara Hambly (Also titled Those Who Hunt The Night)

 

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1987

Mort by Terry Pratchett