Nominees have been announced for the Horror Writers Association's annual Bram Stoker Awards for Superior Achievement in the field of horror writing. The awards, named in honor of the author of Dracula, will be presented at the HWA annual conference and awards banquet in Los Angeles on June 25.

Organizers announced that Michael Moorcock will receive the Life Achievement Award, and Delirium Press will get the Specialty Press award. A full list of nominees follows.

Novel: The Wind Caller by P.D. Cacek, The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower by Stephen King, Deep in the Darkness by Michael Laimo, In the Night Room by Peter Straub

First Novel: Covenant by John Everson, Black Fire by James Kidman, Move Under Ground by Nick Mamatas, Stained by Lee Thomas

Long Fiction: "The Turtle Boy" by Kealan-Patrick Burke, "Zora and the Zombie" by Andy Duncan, "Lisey and the Madman" by Stephen King, "Dead Man's Hand" by Tim Lebbon, "Northwest Passage" by Barbara Roden

Short Fiction: "Just Out of Reach" by Gary Braunbeck, "A Madness of Starlings" by Douglas Clegg, "Nimitseahpah" by Nancy Etchemendy, "Hunting Meth Zombies in the Great Nebraskan Wasteland" by John Farris, "Singing My Sister Down" by Margo Lanagan, "Guts" by Chuck Palahniuk

Fiction Collection: 100 Jolts: Shockingly Short Stories by Michael Arnzen, The Machinery of Night by Douglas Clegg, Demonized by Christopher Fowler, Fears Unnamed by Tim Lebbon, Fearful Symmetries by Thomas F. Monteleone

Anthology: Quietly Now, Kealan-Patrick Burke, ed.; The Many Faces of Van Helsing, Jeanne Cavelos, ed.; Shivers III, Richard Chizmar, ed.; The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror, 17th Annual, Ellen Datlow, Kelly Link and Gavin Grant, eds.; Acquainted With the Night, Barbara and Christopher Roden, eds.

Nonfiction: The Road to the Dark Tower by Bev Vincent; Ralan.com, Ralan Conley, ed.; Hanging Out With the Dream King by Joseph McCabe; The Complete Idiot's Guide to Writing a Novel by Thomas F. Monteleone; Hellnotes, Judi Rohrig, ed.

w**k for Young Readers: Abarat: Days of Magic, Nights of War by Clive Barker, Oddest Yet by Steve Burt, Robot Santa: The Further Adventures of Santa's Twin by Dean Koontz, Fall (Witch Season series) by Jeff Mariotte

Illustrated Narrative: Lost Loves by James Lowder, Aleister Arcane by Steve Niles, Heaven's Devils by Jai Nitz, Graphic Classics: Robert Louis Stevenson by Tom Pomplun

Screenplay: Hellboy, Dawn of the Dead, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Shaun of the Dead

Poetry Collection: The Women at the Funeral by Corinne De Winter, The Desert by Charlee Jacob, Men Are From Hell, Women Are From the Galaxy of Death by Mark McLaughlin, Waiting My Turn to Go Under the Knife by Tom Piccirilli

Alternative Forms: The Goreletter by Michael Arnzen; Flesh & Blood magazine, Jack Fisher, ed.; The Devil's Wine, Tom Piccirilli, ed.; ChiZine, Brett Savory, ed.