Stephanie M. Wytovich Explained

Stephanie M. Wytovich
Birth Date:	c. 1989
Nationality:	American
Education:	Seton Hill University (BA, MFA)

Stephanie M. Wytovich (;^[1] born c. 1989) is an American editor, novelist and poet working in the horror genre.^[2]

Life and career

Stephanie M. Wytovich is from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She graduated from Seton Hill University initially with her BA in English literature and art history before also completing an MFA in writing popular fiction. Wytovich works at Western Connecticut State University, Point Park University and Southern New Hampshire University. Wytovich also works as a book reviewer for Nameless Magazine and as poetry editor for Raw Dog Screaming Press. She writes horror novels and poetry and has been published in a number of magazines including Pedestal magazine and The Horror Zine. Her work has been collected in a number of books. She is a member of the Science Fiction Poetry Association and the Horror Writers Association.

Wytovich won the 2017 Bram Stoker Award for her collection Brothel. Her work has been nominated almost every year since 2014. In 2017 Wytovich won the Rocky Wood Memorial Scholarship for Non-Fiction.^{[3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]}

Bibliography

Novels

• The Eighth (2016) –

Collections

• Hysteria: A Collection of Madness (2013) –
• Mourning Jewelry (2014) –
• An Exorcism of Angels (2015) –
• Brothel (2016) –
• Sheet Music to My Acoustic Nightmare (2017) –
• The Apocalyptic Mannequin (2019) –

Anthologies, as editor

HWA Poetry Showcase

• Poetry Showcase: Volume V (2018)
• Poetry Showcase: Volume VI (2019)
• Poetry Showcase: Volume VII (2020)
• Poetry Showcase: Volume VIII (2021)

Anthologies, as contributor

• The Best Horror of the Year: Volume 8 (2016)
  • "The 21st Century Shadow" (poem)
• Year's Best Hardcore Horror: Volume 2 (2017)
  • Select poems from Brothel
  • "On This Side of Bloodletting" (short fiction)
• Fantastic Tales of Terror (2018)
  • "The Girl with the Death Mask" (short fiction)
• Tales from the Lake: Volume 5 (2018)
  • "From the Mouths of Plague-Mongers" (poem)
  • "The Monster Told Me To" (short fiction)
• Miscreations: Gods, Monstrosities & Other Horrors (2020)
  • "A Benediction of Corpses" (short fiction)
• Attack from the '80s (2021)
  • "Mother Knows Best" (short fiction)

Short fiction

• "Vines Are in Her Wardrobe" (2015)
• "On This Side of Bloodletting" (2016)
• "The Girl with the Death Mask" (2018)
• "The Monster Told Me To" (2018)
• "A Benediction of Corpses" (2020)
• "Mother Knows Best" (2021)

Awards

Literary awards

!Award!Category!Year!Nominated Work!Result!Ref

Bram Stoker Awards	BSA–First Novel	2017	The Eighth		^[11]
	BSA–Poetry Collection	2014	Hysteria: A Collection of Madness
		2015	Mourning Jewelry
		2016	An Exorcism of Angels
		2017	Brothel
		2018	Sheet Music to My Acoustic Nightmare
		2020	The Apocalyptic Mannequin
Elgin Awards	Best Poetry Book	2015	Mourning Jewelry

Other honors

• Horror Writers Association Rocky Wood Memorial Scholarship for Non-Fiction (2017) (co-winner)^[12]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Stephanie M. Wytovich Celebrates Horror 2020 Reading THE PRACTICE OF CONJURING. . 11 September 2020.
2. Web site: Narron . Becky L . Getting personal with Stephanie M. Wytovich . Author Blogs . 2018-07-14 . 2020-02-19.
3. Web site: Press . Dark Regions . Stephanie M. Wytovich . Dark Regions Press . 2019-01-07 . 2020-02-19.
4. Web site: Congratulations to Spec Chic Contributor Stephanie M. Wytovich! . Speculative Chic . 2017-05-02 . 2020-02-19.
5. Web site: sfadb : Stephanie M. Wytovich Awards . Science Fiction Awards Database . bs . 2020-02-19.
6. Web site: Know a Nominee, Part Twenty-Three: Stephanie M. Wytovich . Horror Writers Association Blog . 2014-04-30 . 2020-02-19.
7. Web site: Poetry Review - Mourning Jewelry by Stephanie M. Wytovich . Amazing Stories . 2014-11-26 . 2020-02-19.
8. Book: Campbell . R. . Palisano . J. . Lutzke . C. . Morton . L. . Cain . K.W. . Kennedy . K.J. . Snyman . M. . Nicholson . S. . Snyder . L.A. . Thomas . R. . The Horror Writer: A Study of Craft and Identity in the Horror Genre . HellBound Books Publishing LLC . 2020 . 2020-02-19 . 80.
9. Book: Datlow, E. . Best Horror of the Year . Night Shade Books . v. 8 . 2016 . 978-1-59780-587-2 . 2020-02-19 . 453.
10. Web site: Stephanie M. Wytovich – File 770 . File 770 . 2018-12-30 . 2020-02-19.
11. Web site: sfadb : Stephanie M. Wytovich Awards . 2022-07-06 . www.sfadb.com.
12. Web site: admin . 2017-10-10 . 2017 HWA Scholarship Winners . 2022-07-06 . Locus Online . en-US.