The INTERNATIONAL HORROR GUILD awards recognizing outstanding achievements in the field of horror and dark fantasy from the year 2002 were announced May 23, 2003. CHARLES L. GRANT was previously announced at the World Horror Convention on April 19, 2003 as the year's LIVING LEGEND.

IHG judge and Living Legend Edward W. Bryant added this tribute to Grant's honor.

Recipients of the IHG Awards:

NOVEL: A WINTER HAUNTING by Dan Simmons (William Morrow)

Also nominated:

• THE DARKEST PART OF THE WOODS by Ramsey Campbell (PS Publishing)
• THE HOUR BEFORE DARK by Douglas Clegg (Dorchester)
• THE KILLING KIND by John Connolly (Atria)
• FITCHER'S BRIDES by Gregory Frost (Tor)
• FROM A BUICK 8 by Stephen King (Scribner)

FIRST NOVEL: A SCATTERING OF JADES by Alexander Irvine (Forge)

Also nominated:

• THE FALLEN by Dale Bailey (Signet)
• THE SNOWMAN'S CHILDREN by Glen Hirschberg (Carroll & Graf)
• THE BLUES AIN'T NOTHIN' by Tina Jens (Design Image Group)
• THE HORNED MAN by James Lasdun (US: W.W. Norton, UK: Jonathan Cape)

LONG FORM: "My Work Is Not Yet Done" by Thomas Ligotti (MY WORK IS NOT YET DONE)

Also nominated:

• "Breathing in Faces" by Peter Crowther (EMBRACE THE MUTATION)
• CORALINE by Neil Gaiman (HarperCollins)
• EL DIA DE LOS MUERTOS by Brian Hopkins (Earthling)
• "Mr. Gaunt" by John Langan (Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Sept 02)

INTERMEDIATE FORM: (Tie)
"Death and Suffrage" by Dale Bailey (Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Feb 02)
"Pavane for a Prince of the Air" by Elizabeth Hand (EMBRACE THE MUTATION)

Also nominated:

• "Nesting Instincts" by Brian Hodge (LIES AND UGLINESS)
• "A Drug on the Market" by Kim Newman (DARK TERRORS 6)
• "The Essayist in the Wilderness" by William Browning Spencer (Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, May 02)

SHORT FORM: "Prospect Cards" by Don Tumasonis (DARK TERRORS 6)

Also nominated:

• "The Road of Pins" by Caitlin Kiernan (DARK TERRORS 6)
• "Details" by China Mieville (CHILDREN OF CTHULHU)
• "Night Falls, Again" by Michael Marshall Smith (EMBRACE THE MUTATION)
• "The Sundowners" by Chet Williamson (FIGURES IN RAIN)

COLLECTION: FIGURES IN RAIN by Chet Williamson (Ash-Tree)

Also nominated:

• KNUCKLES AND TALES by Nancy Collins (Cemetery Dance)
• LIES AND UGLINESS by Brian Hodge (Night Shade)
• EVERYTHING'S EVENTUAL by Stephen King (Scribner)
• MY WORK IS NOT YET DONE by Thomas Ligotti (Mythos)
• IMAGINATION BOX by Steve Rasnic Tem and Melanie Tem (Lone Wolf)

ANTHOLOGY: DARK TERRORS 6, edited by Stephen Jones and David Sutton (Gollancz)

Also nominated:

• KEEP OUT THE NIGHT, edited by Stephen Jones (PS Publishing)
• THE BOOK OF MORE FLESH, edited by James Lowder (Eden Studios)
• THE DARKER SIDE, edited by John Pelan (Roc)
• QUEER FEAR II, edited by Michael Rowe (Arsenal Pulp Press)

NONFICTION: RAMSEY CAMPBELL, PROBABLY by Ramsey Campbell (PS Publishing)

Also nominated:

• ALGERNON BLACKWOOD: AN EXTRAORDINARY LIFE by Mike Ashley (US: Carroll & Graf, UK: Constable Robinson)
• SUPERNATURAL FICTION WRITERS: CONTEMPORARY FANTASY AND HORROR, edited by Richard Bleiler (Scribner)
• THE BIOLOGY OF HORROR: GOTHIC LITERATURE AND FILM by Jack Morgan (Southern Illinois University)
• CLIVE BARKER: THE DARK FANTASTIC by Douglas E. Winter (HarperCollins)

GRAPHIC NARRATIVE: ABARAT by Clive Barker (HarperCollins)

Also nominated:

• MIKE MIGNOLA'S B.P.R.D.: HOLLOW EARTH, Issues #1-3 by Christopher Golden, Tom Sniegowski and Mike Mignola (Story), Ryan Sook (Art), Mike Mignola (cover) (Dark Horse)
• 30 DAYS OF NIGHT, Issues #1-3 by Steve Niles (Story), Ben Templesmith (Art) and Ashley Wood (Covers) (IDW Publishing)
• STRANGEHAVEN, Issue #14 by Gary Spencer Millidge (Abiogenesis Press)
• THE GOON, 2nd Series, #1-3 by Eric Powell (Albatross Exploding)
• FABLES, Issues #1-10 by Bill Willingham (DC/Vertigo)

PERIODICAL: THE MAGAZINE OF FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION publisher/editor Gordon van Gelder

Also nominated:

• ALL HALLOWS
• CEMETERY DANCE
• THE THIRD ALTERNATIVE
• WEIRD TALES

ART: Jason Van Hollander

Also nominated:

• Clive Barker
• Jeremy Caniglia
• Edward Miller
• J. K. Potter

FILM: FRAILTY directed by Bill Paxton, written by Brent Hanley

Also nominated:

• ONE HOUR PHOTO written and directed by Mark Romanek
• THE RING directed Gore Verbinski, based on a novel by Kji Suzuki; Hiroshi Takahashi(1998 screenplay), Ehren Kruger (2002 screenplay)
• SEN TO CHIHIRO NO KAMIKAKUSHI (US: MIYAZAKI'S SPIRITED AWAY) written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki; English version written by Cindy Davis Hewitt and Donald H. Hewitt
• WENDIGO written and directed by Larry Fessenden

TELEVISION: SIX FEET UNDER created by Alan Ball (series, HBO)

Also nominated:

• ANGEL created by David Greenwalt and Joss Whedon (series, WB)
• BUFFY: THE VAMPIRE SLAYER created by Joss Whedon (series, UPN)
• THE DEAD ZONE created by Micheal Pillar and Shawn Pillar, based on a novel by
• Stephen King (series, USA Network)
• ROSE RED directed by Craig R. Baxley, written by Stephen King (mini-series, ABC)
• SAINT SINNER directed by Joshua Butler, screenplay by Doris Egan and Hans Rodionoff, based on a short story by Clive Barker (SciFi Channel)