Bram Stoker Award for Best Screenplay

The Bram Stoker Award for Best Screenplay is an award presented by the Horror Writers Association (HWA) for "superior achievement" in horror writing for best screenplay.

Winners and nominees

This category existed between 1998 and 2004. It was reintroduced in 2011. Nominees are listed below the winner(s) for each year.[1]

Original run

Year Nominated Film / Series Screenwriter Result Ref
1998 Dark City Alex Proyas Won (tie) [2]
Gods and Monsters Bill Condon
Fallen Nicholas Kazan Nominated [2]
Millennium (Season 2, Episode 21: "Somehow, Satan Got Behind Me") Darin Morgan
1999 The Sixth Sense M. Night Shyamalan Won [3]
The Blair Witch Project Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez Nominated [3]
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Season 4, Episode 10: "Hush") Joss Whedon
The Green Mile Frank Darabont
2000 Shadow of the Vampire Steven Katz Won [4]
The Cell Mark Protosevich Nominated [4]
Pitch Black David Twohy, Ken Wheat, and Jim Wheat
Requiem for a Dream Darren Aronofsky and Hubert Selby Jr.
Unbreakable M. Night Shyamalan
2001 Memento Christopher Nolan and Jonathan Nolan Won [5]
From Hell Terry Hayes and Rafael Yglesias (based on the graphic novel by Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell) Nominated [5]
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson, and Fran Walsh (based on the novel by J. R. R. Tolkien)
The Others Alejandro Amenábar
2002 Frailty Brent Hanley Won [6]
Minority Report Jon Cohen and Scott Frank (based on the story by Philip K. Dick) Nominated [6]
The Ring Ehren Kruger (based on the novel by Koji Suzuki and film by Hiroshi Takahashi)
Signs M. Night Shyamalan
2003 Bubba Ho-Tep Don Coscarelli Won [7]
Identity Michael Cooney Nominated [7]
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio
2004 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Charlie Kaufman, Michel Gondry, and Pierre Bismuth Won (tie) [8]
Shaun of the Dead Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright
Dawn of the Dead James Gunn Nominated [8]
Hellboy Guillermo del Toro

2011–present

Year Nominated Film / Series Screenwriter Result Ref
2011 American Horror Story: Murder House (Season 1, Episode 12: "Afterbirth") Jessica Sharzer Won [9]
The Adjustment Bureau George Nolfi Nominated [9]
Priest Cory Goodman
True Blood (Season 4, Episode 8: "Spellbound") Alan Ball
The Walking Dead (Season 2, Episode 7: "Pretty Much Dead Already") Scott M. Gimple
The Walking Dead (Season 2, Episode 3: "Save the Last One") Scott M. Gimple
2012 The Cabin in the Woods Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard Won [10]
American Horror Story: Asylum (Season 2, Episode 7: "Dark Cousin") Tim Minear Nominated [10]
The Hunger Games Gary Ross, Suzanne Collins, and Billy Ray
The Walking Dead (Season 3, Episode 4: "Killer Within") Sang Kyu Kim
The Woman in Black Jane Goldman
2013 The Walking Dead (Season 3, Episode 16: "Welcome to the Tombs") Glen Mazzara Won [11]
American Horror Story: Asylum (Season 2, Episode 11: "Spilt Milk") Brad Falchuk Nominated [11]
Dracula (Episode: "A Whiff of Sulfur") Daniel Knauf
Hannibal (Episode: "Apéritif") Bryan Fuller
The Returned (Season 1, Episode 8: "The Horde") Frédéric Adda and Fabrice Gobert
2014 The Babadook Jennifer Kent Won [12]
American Horror Story: Coven (Season 3, Episode 10: "The Magical Delights of Stevie Nicks") James Wong Nominated [12]
Doctor Who (Series 8, Episode 4: "Listen") Steven Moffat
Penny Dreadful (Season 1, Episode 2: "Séance") John Logan
The Walking Dead (Season 4, Episode 14: "The Grove") Scott M. Gimple
2015 It Follows David Robert Mitchell Won [13]
Crimson Peak Guillermo del Toro and Matthew Robbins Nominated [13]
Penny Dreadful (Season 2, Episode 9: "And Hell Itself My Only Foe") John Logan
Penny Dreadful (Season 2, Episode 3: "The Nightcomers") John Logan
What We Do in the Shadows Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi
2016 The Witch Robert Eggers Won [14]
10 Cloverfield Lane Josh Campbell, Damien Chazelle, and Matthew Stuecken Nominated [14]
Penny Dreadful (Season 3, Episode 4: "A Blade of Grass") John Logan
Stranger Things (Season 1, Episode 1: "Chapter One: The Vanishing of Will Byers") The Duffer Brothers
Stranger Things (Season 1, Episode 8: "Chapter Eight: The Upside Down") The Duffer Brothers
2017 Get Out Jordan Peele Won [15]
It Chase Palmer, Cary Fukunaga, and Gary Dauberman Nominated [15]
The Shape of Water Guillermo del Toro and Vanessa Taylor
Stranger Things (Season 2, Episode 1: "Chapter One: MADMAX") The Duffer Brothers
Twin Peaks (Season 3, Episode 8: "Part 8") Mark Frost and David Lynch
2018 The Haunting of Hill House (Season 1, Episode 5: "The Bent-Neck Lady") Meredith Averill Won [16]
Annihilation Alex Garland Nominated [16]
Bird Box Eric Heisserer
Hereditary Ari Aster
A Quiet Place Bryan Woods, Scott Beck, and John Krasinski
2019 Us Jordan Peele Won [17]
Doctor Sleep Mike Flanagan Nominated [17]
The Lighthouse Robert Eggers and Max Eggers
Midsommar Ari Aster
Stranger Things (Season 3, Episode 8: "Chapter Eight: The Battle of Starcourt") Matt Duffer and Ross Duffer
2020 The Invisible Man Leigh Whannell
(Universal Pictures, Blumhouse Productions, Goalpost Pictures, Nervous Tick Productions) 		Won [18]
Color Out of Space Scarlett Amaris and Richard Stanley
(SpectreVision) 		Nominated [18]
Lovecraft Country (Season 1, Episode 1: "Sundown") Misha Green
(Affeme, Monkeypaw Productions, Bad Robot Productions, Warner Bros. Television Studios)
Lovecraft Country (Season 1, Episode 8: "Jig-a-Bobo") Misha Green and Ihuoma Ofordire
(Affeme, Monkeypaw Productions, Bad Robot Productions, Warner Bros. Television Studios)
The Haunting of Bly Manor (Season 1, Episode 5: "The Altar of the Dead") Angela LaManna
(Intrepid Pictures, Amblin Television, Paramount Television Studios)
2021 Midnight Mass (Season 1, Episode 6: "Book VI: Acts of the Apostles") Mike Flanagan, James Flanagan, and Jeff Howard
(Intrepid Pictures) 		Won [19]
Antlers C. Henry Chaisson, Nick Antosca, and Scott Cooper
(Searchlight Pictures) 		Nominated [19]
Candyman Jordan Peele, Win Rosenfeld, and Nia DaCosta
(Universal Pictures)
Fear Street: Part One – 1994 Phil Graziadei and Leigh Janiak
(Chernin Entertainment)
Squid Game (Season 1, Episode 1: "Red Light, Green Light") Hwang Dong-hyuk
(Siren Pictures)
2022 The Black Phone Scott Derrickson & C. Robert Cargill Won (tie) [20]
Stranger Things (Season 4, Episode 1: "Chapter One: The Hellfire Club") The Duffer Brothers
The Pale Blue Eye Scott Cooper Nominated [20]
Men Alex Garland
Pearl Mia Goth & Ti West
2023 Godzilla Minus One Takashi Yamazaki Won [21]
Black Mirror (Season 6, Episode 3: Beyond the Sea) Charlie Brooker Nominated [21]
Huesera: The Bone Woman Michelle Garza Cervera & Abia Castillo
No One Will Save You Brian Duffield
When Evil Lurks Demián Rugna

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