Bram Stoker Award for Best Screenplay

This category existed from 1998 to 2004. It was renewed in 2011. Nominees are listed below the winner (s) for each year. ^[one]

• 1998: “ Gods and Monsters ” - Bill Condon / “ Dark City ” - Alex Proyas ^[2]
  • “The Fallen ” - Nicholas Kazan
  • The Millennium (Episode: "In short, Satan is behind me") - Darin Morgan
• 1999: The Sixth Sense - M. Knight Shyamalan ^[2]
  • The Green Mile - Frank Darabont
  • “ The Blair Witch: Coursework from Beyond ” - Daniel Mirik and Eduardo Sanchez
  • Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Episode: Silence ) - Joss Whedon
• 2000: The Shadow of the Vampire - Stephen Katz ^[2]
  • “ Requiem for a Dream ” - Darren Aronofsky and Hubert Selby Jr.
  • The Cage - Mark Protosevich
  • “ Invulnerable ” - M. Knight Shyamalan
  • Black Hole - David Thuy and Ken and Jim Wheat
• 2001: Remember - Christopher and Jonathan Nolan ^[2]
  • The Others - Alejandro Amenabar
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - Philippe Boyens , Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh (based on the novel by J. R. R. Tolkien )
  • “ From Hell ” - Terry Hayes and Rafael Iglesias (comic by Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell)
• 2002: The Vice - Brent Hanley ^[2]
  • “ Separate Opinion ” - Scott Frank and John Cohen; based on the story of Philip K. Dick
  • “The Call ” - Eren Krueger ; based on Koji Suzuki ’s novel and The Spiral Production Group
  • “ Signs ” - M. Night Shyamalan
• 2003: “ Babba Ho-Tep ” - Don Coscarelli ^[2]
  • “ Identification ” - Michael Cooney
  • “ Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl ” - Ted Elliot and Terry Rossio
• 2004: “ Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind ” - Charlie Kaufman , Michel Gondry and Pierre Bismuth / “ Zombies by the Name of Sean ” - Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright ^[2]
  • Hellboy: The Hero of the Hell - Guillermo del Toro
  • Dawn of the Dead - James Gunn
• 2011: American Horror Story (Episode: "The Placenta ") - Jessica Scharzer ^[2]
  • “ True Blood ” (Episode: “Charmed”) - Alan Ball
  • The Walking Dead (Episode: " Already Almost Dead ") - Scott M. Gimple
  • The Walking Dead (Episode: " To Save the Last ") - Scott M. Gimple
  • The Shepherd - Corey Goodman
  • Reality-Changing - George Nolphy
• 2012: “ Cabin in the Forest ” - Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard ^[2]
  • “ Woman in Black ” - Jane Goldman
  • The Walking Dead (Episode: " The Killer Inside ") - Sang Kyu Kim
  • American Horror Story (Episode: The Dark Cousin ) - Tim Mineer
  • The Hunger Games - Gary Ross , Susan Collins and Billy Ray
• 2013: The Walking Dead (Episode: Welcome to the Graves ) - Glen Mazzara ^[3]
  • “ At the Call of Sorrow ” (Episode: “The Horde”) - Fabien Adda and Fabrice Gober
  • American Horror Story: Mental Hospital (Episode: Spilled Milk ) - Brad Falchak
  • Hannibal (Episode: Aperitif) - Brian Fuller
  • “ Dracula ” (Episode: “A Smell of Sulfur”) - Daniel Knauf
• 2014: Babaduk - Jennifer Kent ^[4]
  • The Walking Dead (Episode: Grove ) - Scott M. Gimple
  • “ Scary Tales ” (Episode: “Session”) - John Logan
  • Doctor Who (Episode: Listen ) - Stephen Moffat
  • American Horror Story: Sabbat Episode: " Stevie Knicks Magical Delights ") - James Wong
• 2015: “ It ” - David Robert Mitchell ^[2]
  • Crimson Peak - Guillermo Del Toro and Matthew Robbins
  • “ Scary Tales ” (Episode: “And Hell Has Risen Against Me”) - John Logan
  • “Scary Tales” (Episode: “Nightly Spirits”) - John Logan
  • “ Real Ghouls ” - Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi
• 2016: The Witch - Robert Eggers ^[5]
  • Cloverfield 10 - Josh Campbell, Damien Chazell and Matt Stucken
  • “ Scary Tales ” (Episode: “Little Matter”) - John Logan
  • “ Very Strange Things ” (Episode: “Part One: The Disappearance of Will Byers”) - Matt Duffer and Ross Duffer
  • “Very Strange Things” (Episode: “Part Eight: Beyond”) - Matt Duffer and Ross Duffer
• 2017: Get Away - Jordan Peel ^[6]
  • “ It ” - Chase Palmer, Carey Fukunaga and Gary Doberman
  • “ The Form of Water " - Guillermo del Toro and Vanessa Taylor
  • “ Split ” - M. Night Shyamalan
  • “ Very Strange Things ” (Episode: “Part One: Crazy Max”) - Matt Duffer and Ross Duffer
  • “ Twin Peaks: The Return ” (Episode: “Need a Twinkle?”) - Mark Frost and David Lynch
• 2018: “ Ghosts of a House on a Hill ” (Episode: “A Woman with a Broken Neck”) - Meredith Averill ^[7]
• " Annihilation " - Alex Garland
  • Bird Box - Eric Heisserer
  • " Reincarnation " - Ari Astaire
  • " Quiet Place " - Brian Woods, Scott Beck and John Krasinski

• Stoker Award on the HWA web page
• Graphical listing of all Bram Stoker award winners and nominees