Monday, October 28, 2013

2012 Nocte Awards nominees

The Nocte Awards are the awards presented by Asociación Española de Autores de Narrativa de Terror (The Spanish Horror Writers Association) presented for the first time in 2009. The Nocte Awards are a prize awarded to the horror works published in Spain throughout a year. On Friday, the nominees for the fourth edition of the Nocte Awards have been announced, with the winners due to be presented on November 8th at The National Museum of Romanticism in Madrid.

Best novel:

“El osito cochambre” (The Filthy Teddy-bear) by Ignacio Cid Hermoso (23 Escalones)

“La hora del mar” (The time of the sea) by Carlos Sisí (Minotauro)

“Lucifer Circus” (Lucifer Circus) by Pilar Pedraza (Valdemar)

Best short story:

“Caperucita y el circo de los susurrus” (Little Red Riding Hood and the Circus of Whispers) by J.M. Tamparillas (“Las mil caras de Nyarlathotep”/“The One-Thousand Faces of Nyarlathotep” – Edge Entertainment)

“La bici amarilla” (The Yellow Bike) by Fernando Cámara (“La ciudad vestida de negro”/“The City Dressed in Black” – Drakul)

“La despedida” (The farewell) by Ángel Luis Sucasas (“Postales desde el fin del mundo”/“Postcards from the end of the world” – Ed. Universo)

“Sufrimiento de justos” (The Righteous’ Suffering) by Daniel P. Espinosa (“Antología Z Vo.6”/“The Z Anthology, Volume 6” – Dolmen)

“Trepanaciones” (Clamberings) by Juan Ángel Laguna Edroso (“Las mil caras de Nyarlathotep”/“The One-Thousand Faces of Nyarlathotep” – Edge Entertainment)

Best collection:

“Circo Dragosi” (The Dragosi Circus) by Fermín Moreno (Ediciones Tusitala)

“Pesadillas de un niño que no duerme” (The Nightmares of a Child That Doesn’t Sleep) by Juan Ángel Laguna Edroso (23 Escalones)

“Vosotros justificáis mi existencia” (You Justify My Existence) by Nurìa C. Botey (Saco de Huesos)

Best foreign book:

“El Devorador” (The Devourer) by Lorenza Ghinelli (Suma de letras)

“El Diablo me obligó” (The Devil Forced Me) by F.G. Haghenbeck (Salto de Página)

“Una edad difícil” (An Awkward Age) by Anna Starobinets (Nevsky Prospects)

Congratulations and good luck to all the nominees!

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