Nominees are listed below the winner(s) for each year.

  • 1998: Horrors! 365 Scary Stories, edited by Stefan Dziemianowicz, Martin H. Greenberg & Robert Weinberg
    • Robert Bloch's Psychos, edited by Robert Bloch
    • Best of Cemetary Dance, edited by Richard Chizmar
    • The Year's Best Fantasy and Hooror, 11th Annual Collection), edited by Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling
  • 1999: 999: New Stories of Horror and Suspense, edited by Al Sarrantonio
    • The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror, 12th Annual Collection, edited by Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling
    • The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 10, edited by Stephen Jones
    • The Last Continent: New Tales of Zothique, edited by John Pelan
  • 2000: The Year's Best Fantasy & Horror, 13th Annual Collection, edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling
    • Brainbox: The Real Horror, edited by Steve Eller
    • Extremes: Fantasy & Horror from the Ends of the Earth, edited by Brian A. Hopkins
    • Bad News, edited by Richard Laymon
  • 2001: Extremes 2: Fantasy and Horror from the Ends of the Earth, edited by Brian A. Hopkins
    • Trick or Treat: A Collection of Halloween Novellas, edited by Richard Chizmar
    • The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror, 14th Annual Collection, edited by Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling
    • The Best of Horrorfind, edited by Brian Keene
  • 2002: The Darker Side, edited by John Pelan
    • Shivers, edited by Richard Chizmar
    • The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror, 15th Annual Collection, edtied by Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling
    • The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 13, edited by Stephen Jones
    • Children of Cthulhu, edited by John Pelan & Benjamin Adams

See also