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# Tore Bruvoll

Tore Bruvoll (born 30 October 1978 in Tromsø) is a Norwegian musician (guitar and multi-instrumentalist), composer and music arranger.

## Career

Bruvoll was educated at Telemark University College (1997–1999), and is best known from the group Hekla Stålstrenga who have released two albums. He has also had great success with two otherprojects: "Den Store Norske Gitarkvartett" and the duo cooperation Bruvoll/Halvorsen together with the kveder Jon Anders Halvorsen. Bruvoll has collaborated with many other artists in traditional folk like Annbjørg Lien and String Sisters. Bruvoll has since the late 1990s worked closely with Ragnhild Furebotten, which has resulted in the founding of the band Hekla Stålstrenga, including two nominations for the Spellemannprisen and extensive touring in Norway as well as internationally.
Bruvoll also plays other instruments like banjo, dobro, mandolin, ukulele and low whistle as well as guitar.

## Honors

* 2006: Young Arts Scholarship by the Festival of Northern Norway within Hekla Stålstrenga

## Discography

Majorstuens – "Juledrøm" (2006) String Sisters "Live in Norway" cd&dvd (Grappa 2007) ALB – Lupus Island (2006) Steve Byrne – "Songs from home" (2006)

### With Jon Anders Halvorsen

* 2004: Nattasang (Heilo)
* 2007: Trillar For To (Heilo)

### With String Sisters

* 2007: Live (Heilo)

### With Ragnhild Furebotten

* 2008: Hekla Stålstrenga (Ta:lik), nominated for the Spellemannprisen 2008

### Within Hekla Stålstrenga

* 2011: Makramé (Ta:lik), nominated for the Spellemannprisen] 2011
* 2013: Dyrandé (Ta:lik)

### With Sondre Bratland

* 2011: Jol I Mi Song (Kirkelig Kulturverksted)
# Topsham

Topsham may refer to:

## United Kingdom

* Topsham, Devon
** Topsham railway station

## United States

* Topsham, Maine
** Topsham (CDP), Maine
* Topsham, Vermont
# Torch relay

Torch relay may refer to:
* The carrying of the Olympic Torch
** Any of the Olympic torch relays
* Pan American Torch, a torch relay associated with the Panamerican Games
* Asian Games Torch, a torch relay associated with the Asian Games
* Chess Olympiad Torch Relay, a torch relay associated with the Chess Olympiad
# Cerithium litteratum

Cerithium litteratum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae.

## Distribution

Cerithium litteratum has been living in shallower waters and reefs of the Western Central Atlantic Ocean, from South Carolina to Florida including the Gulf of Mexico in North America over Central America (Belize) to South America (Brazil), and has been documented in the Indian Ocean. It prefers water temperatures and ecosystems associated with a tropical climate. It was judged to be an 'occasional' alien species in the Mediterranean Sea, based on a 1978 find by fishers in the Aegean Sea.

## Description

As of 2010 the maximum recorded shell length has been 34 mm.

## Habitat and ecology

As of 2010 the snail has been found between sea level and a maximum recorded depth of 88 m below sea level. which means it lives in the sunlight zone of the pelagic.
The snail is a herbivore, feeding on algae for example. Small hermit crabs, mostly Calcinus tibicen but also Paguristes punticeps and Paguristes cadenati have long been known to move into its empty shells.
Experimental evidence exists, that the snail helps to recruit corals by removing algae on subsurfaces, which compete with the coral's settlement.
Fish prey on the snail, and the Caribbean hogfish, Lachnolaimus maximus for example, can crush the mollusc with its jaw. Biomechanical research has found Cerithium predation to be limited by force, rather than by the gape of the jaw.
# Toronto attack

The Toronto Attack are a Canadian junior ice hockey team.
Toronto attack or attack on Toronto may also refer to:

## Attacks

* 2018 Toronto van attack, vehicle-ramming attack
* Litton Industries bombing (1982)

### Attempted attacks

* 1991 Toronto bomb plot
* 2006 Ontario terrorism plot
# Cerro Picacho (Chiriquí)

Cerro Picacho is a mountain located in the Cordillera Central, in the northern Chiriquí Province of Panama. It has a height of 2874 meters and is the fourth highest mountain in the country.
# Cerro Pelado (disambiguation)

Cerro Pelado may refer to:
    Places
* Cerro Pelado (Rivera) [es], Uruguay
* Cerro Pelado, Ngäbe-Buglé, Panama
* Cerro Pelado, Tlalpan, in the Sierra de Ajusco-Chichinauhtzin mountain range, Mexico
* Cerro Pelado, a barrio in the Maldonado Department of southeastern Uruguay.
* Cerro Pelado, a peak in the Jemez Mountains of New Mexico, in the United States
    Other uses
* Cerro Pelado Dam, Córdoba Province, Argentina
* Cerro Pelado International, a UWW wrestling event in Cuba
* Cerro Pelado Fire, a wildfire in the Jemez Mountains of New Mexico, in the United States
# Ceryx guttulosa

Ceryx guttulosa is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1864. It is found in Aru, the Key Islands and in Australia (Queensland: Cape York), Malaysia and Thailand.
# VoiceObjects

VoiceObjects is a company that produces VoiceXML-based self-service phone portals which personalize each caller's experience and provide mobile access that integrates speech recognition, touch-tone response, texting and mobile web.

## History

The company's products are based on a new software architecture for delivering voice portals that leveraged industry standards for the Internet such as VoiceXML, SQL, Eclipse, SNMP, XML, Java, and SOA. In 2007, the company introduced software to support text-based applications for mobile phones using the USSD standard over GSM wireless networks as well as software to support Web-based applications for mobile phones with Web browsers supporting the XHTML 1.0 standard.

## Products

* VoiceObjects Desktop - Service Creation Environment
* VoiceObjects Server - Multi-channel Phone Application Server
* VoiceObjects Analyzer - Real-time Analysis and Reporting Environment
In January 2013 Voxeo has renamed the VoiceObjects product name to Voxeo CXP.
A few months later in July 2013 Voxeo has been acquired by Aspect Software and the product offering has been renamed to Aspect CXP Pro.
In May 2021 Aspect Software merged with Noble Systems to form Alvaria.

## Customers

VoiceObjects customers included recognizable names such as Adobe, Deutsche Telekom, Hershey's, Kellogg Company, Lufthansa, and Swisscom. The company's partners included SAP, Nortel, Genesys, Avaya, BEA, Oracle, and IBM.
# Volkmar Kühn

Volkmar Kühn (born 27 July 1942, Königsee) is a German sculptor. Many of his works are exhibited in public spaces, especially in Gera. Heidecksburg museum acquired 60 of his bronze sculptures in 2015.
# Elmalı, Biga

Elmalı is a village in the Biga District of Çanakkale Province in Turkey. Its population is 421 (2021).
# Nick Johnson (American football)

Nick Johnson (born c. 1978) is an American college athletic director and former college football coach. He is the assistant athletic director for Earlham College, a position he has held since 2021. He was the head football coach for Earlham College from 2015 until the program was disbanded in 2018. He was also the head track and field coach for Earlham College from 2004 to 2015. He played college football for Earlham as a defensive lineman.
Despite going 0–10 in 2015, Johnson was named Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) Coach of the Year.
Johnson had two children with his wife, Melissa, who served as the head women's basketball coach at Earlham College.

## Head coaching record
### Football

| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing |
| Earlham Quakers (Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference) (2015–2018) ||||||
| 2015 | Earlham | 0–10 | 0–8 | 9th |
| 2016 | Earlham | 0–10 | 0–8 | 9th |
| 2017 | Earlham | 0–10 | 0–8 | 9th |
| 2018 | Earlham | 0–10 | 0–8 | 9th |
| Earlham: | Earlham: | 0–40 | 0–32 | |
| Total: | Total: | 0–40 | | |
# Yakovlevina albostriata

Yakovlevina albostriata is a moth in the family Cossidae. It was described by Yakovlev in 2006. It is found in Yunnan, China.
The length of the forewings is 17–19 mm for males and about 20 mm for females.
# Side passage plan architecture

Side passage plan architecture is an architectural style. The Spencer Buford House and the Dr. Urban Owen House are historic houses in Tennessee that are examples of this style.
# WSNW

WSNW may refer to:
* WSNW (AM), a radio station (1150 AM) licensed to serve Seneca, South Carolina, United States
* WJNA (FM), a radio station (96.7 FM) licensed to serve Tignall, Georgia, United States, which held the call sign WSNW-FM from 2015 to 2016
# 2005 World Championships in Athletics – Women's discus throw

The Women's Discus Throw event at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on August 7 and August 11.

## Medalists

| Gold | Franka Dietzsch Germany (GER) |
| Silver | Natalya Sadova Russia (RUS) |
| Bronze | Věra Pospíšilová-Cechlová Czech Republic (CZE) |

## Schedule

* All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+2)
Qualification Round :
| Group A | Group B |
| 07.08.2005 – 11:30h | 07.08.2005 – 12:40h |
| Final Round ||
| 11.08.2005 – 20:00h ||

## Abbreviations

* All results shown are in metres
| Q | automatic qualification |
| q | qualification by rank |
| DNS | did not start |
| NM | no mark |
| WR | world record |
| AR | area record |
| NR | national record |
| PB | personal best |
| SB | season best |

### Qualifying
#### Group A

* Věra Pospíšilová-Cechlová, Czech Republic 64.26 m Q
* Aimin Song, China 64.15 m Q
* Dragana Tomašević, Serbia and Montenegro 62.02 m Q
* Olena Antonova, Ukraine 61.05 m Q
* Joanna Wiśniewska, Poland 59.66 m q
* Elizna Naude, South Africa 58.93 m
* Oksana Yesipchuk, Russia 58.32 m
* Marzena Wysocka, Poland 57.44 m
* Neelam Jaswant Singh, India 56.70 m – disqualified after failing a doping test
* Tereapii Tapoki, Cook Islands 50.92 m
* Aretha Thurmond, United States 47.15 m

#### Group B

* Natalya Sadova, Russia 63.65 m Q
* Franka Dietzsch, Germany 63.53 m Q
* Nicoleta Grasu, Romania 62.06 m Q
* Anna Söderberg, Sweden 59.94 m q
* Beatrice Faumuina, New Zealand 59.81 m q
* Shuli Ma, China 59.43 m q
* Natalya Fokina, Ukraine 59.30 m q
* Yania Ferrales, Cuba 58.38 m
* Seilala Sua, United States 57.68 m
* Becky Breisch, United States 57.16 m
* Wioletta Potępa, Poland 56.31 m

## Final

| Rank | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance | Note |
| Rank | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Distance | Note |
| | Franka Dietzsch (GER) | 64.89 | 64.08 | 64.36 | 66.56 | 65.29 | X | 66.56 m | SB |
| | Natalya Sadova (RUS) | 64.33 | 60.63 | 61.28 | 62.31 | 62.68 | 61.59 | 64.33 m | |
| | Vera Pospíšilová-Cechlová (CZE) | 60.76 | 63.00 | X | X | 63.19 | X | 63.19 m | |
| 4 | Beatrice Faumuina (NZL) | 62.73 | X | 57.70 | 61.01 | 60.94 | 57.42 | 62.73 m | |
| 5 | Nicoleta Grasu (ROM) | 55.75 | X | 62.05 | X | X | 61.49 | 62.05 m | |
| 6 | Ma Shuli (CHN) | 59.21 | 58.38 | 61.33 | 58.15 | 58.22 | 59.36 | 61.33 m | |
| 7 | Dragana Tomašević (SCG) | 60.56 | X | X | X | 56.26 | 56.30 | 60.56 m | |
| 8 | Olena Antonova (UKR) | 59.37 | 59.08 | 57.71 | 56.35 | X | 56.19 | 59.37 m | |
| 9 | Natalya Fokina-Semenova (UKR) | 58.44 | 57.20 | 55.09 | | | | 58.44 m | |
| 10 | Song Aimin (CHN) | 55.98 | 57.90 | X | | | | 57.90 m | |
| 11 | Anna Söderberg (SWE) | X | 57.41 | X | | | | 57.41 m | |
| 12 | Joanna Wisniewska (POL) | 57.06 | 55.64 | X | | | | 57.06 m | |
# Bundesautobahn 85

Bundesautobahn 85 (translates from German as Federal Motorway 85, short form Autobahn 85, abbreviated as BAB 85 or A 85) was a planned Autobahn in Germany, supposed to connect Schwäbisch Hall with Ravensburg via Backnang, Stuttgart, Metzingen and Riedlingen. Its construction has been postponed.

## Exit list

| | Schwäbisch Hall 3-way interchange A 6 E50 |
| | Übrigshausen / Untermünkheim B 19 |
| | Sperbersbach-Brücke |
| | Wittighausen |
| | Talbrücke Gailenkircher Bach |
| | Grundbach-Brücke |
| | Wackershofen |
| Diversion | Sülz local diversion |
| Diversion | Gottwollshausen local diversion |
| | Heimbach B 19 |
| | built as B 14 |
| unterbrochen, weiterer Bedarf |||
| | Tunnel 1500 m (planned) |
| | Bubenorbis (planned) |
| | Rötenbachtalbrücke 300 m (planned) |
| | Mainhardt-Ost (planned) |
| | Stammbachtalbrücke 100 m (planned) |
| | Mainhardt-West (planned) B 39 |
| | Rottalbrücke 300 m (planned) |
| | Fuchsbachtalbrücke 200 m (planned) |
| | Tunnel 1000 m (planned) |
| | Haselbachalbrücke 300 m (planned) |
| | Grosserlach (planned) |
| | Tunnel 700 m (planned) |
| | Fischbachtalbrücke 1500 m (planned) |
| | Tunnel 1600 m (planned) |
| | Lautertalbrücke 800 m (planned) |
| | Tunnel 800 m (planned) |
| | Sulzbach (planned) |
| | Backnang-Nord (planned) |
| | built as B 14 |
| | Murr |
| | Backnang-West (planned) L1115 |
| | Backnang-Mitte |
| | parking area |
| | Murrtalviadukt 416 m |
| Diversion | Backnang-Maubach local diversion |
| | Tunnel Maubach 232 m (planned) |
| | Tunnel Waldrems 135 m (planned) |
| | Waldrems |
| | Leutenbach-Nellmersbach |
| | Tunnel Leutenbachtunnel 1080 m |
| | Winnenden-West |
| | Zipfelbachtalbrücke 465 m |
| | Schwaikheim |
| | Oeffingen (planned) |
| | Rest area Sörenberg/Korber Kopf |
| | Waiblingen-Nord |
| | Waiblingen-Mitte |
| | Remsbrücke 220 m |
| | Waiblingen 3-way interchange B 29 |
| | Waiblingen-Süd/Fellbach |
| | Fellbach-Süd |
| | Tunnel Kappelbergtunnel 1565 m |
| | Stuttgart-Benzstraße |
| | Hochstraße 1400 m |
| | Neckar |
| | Neckarpark 3-way interchange B 10 B 14 |
| L1198 |||
| | Rohracker (planned) |
| | Riedenberg (planned) |
| | 3-way interchange Ostfildern (planned) A 834 |
# Camp Anawanna

Camp Anawanna may be:
* Camp Anawanna, fictional camp featured in the early-1990s Nickelodeon children's television series Salute Your Shorts
* Camp Anawanna (Pennsylvania), a Laurel Highlands Council Boy Scout camp in Western Pennsylvania
* Kutsher's Camp Anawana near Monticello, New York
* Camp Anawanna, a band from Denton, TX
# Bethel AME Church (Iowa City, Iowa)

Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church is a historic African American congregation and building in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. The congregation was established in 1868 mostly by free people of color from the south and the rest from the north. James W. Howard, a member of the congregation, bought property in a recent addition to the city and sold the southern half to the church for $50. This white frame church was built on the property the same year. Iowa City has always had a small African American community and over the years the congregation grew and declined in numbers and in finances. The original church, which is 600 square feet (56 m$^2$) and has room for 50 people, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000. The congregation outgrew the small church and a new 4,000-square-foot (370 m$^2$) sanctuary was built in 2010 that holds three times the current congregation's size.
# Nam Phong railway station

Nam Phong railway station is a railway station located in Wang Chai Subdistrict, Nam Phong District, Khon Kaen Province. It is a class 2 railway station located 484.21 km (300.9 mi) from Bangkok railway station and is the main station for Nam Phong District.
# NahooToo

NahooToo is the second album by Scottish musician Paul Mounsey.

## Track listing

* "Remembrance" (5:27)
* "Wherever You Go" (5:04)
* "North" (5:44)
* "Infinite Contempt" (5:05)
* "Another Clearance" (4:57)
* "Kaiwa Farewell" (5:02)
* "Psalm" (1:41)
* "Turned On the Dog" (2:38)
* "Nahoo" (5:59)
* "The Fields of Robert John" (4:30)
* "Fall" (4:03)
* "A Mhairead Og (Pt. 1)" (1:07)
* "A Mhairead Og (Pt. 2)" (4:18)
* "Red River" (3:14)
* "Hope You're Not Guilty" (4:41)
* "Nahoo Reprise" (3:55)
* "Lullaby" (3:06)

## Song uses

* North was used in VisitScotland TV adverts from 2002-2011.
* Fall is used in countdowns broadcast by the TV channel BBC Alba.
# Thomas II de Gadagne

Thomas II de Gadagne, known as Thomas the Magnificent (1495, Florence - 1543, Avignon) was an Italian banker active in France.

## Life

He inherited a large fortune from his uncle Thomas I de Gadagne as well as solid commercial and financial positions. He increased this fortune, allowing him to lend to major French nobleman and even Francis I of France himself, who made him a counselor and 'maître d'hôtel ordinaire' in his household. In 1537 he founded the Basilique funéraire Saint-Laurent de Choulans [fr] hospital, with its pavillon Saint-Thomas for plague sufferers. He commissioned The Incredulity of Saint Thomas for his uncle's burial chapel.
Thomas II let out the hôtel de Gadagne to the Pierrevive family from 1538. His son Guillaume and Thomas III later became its owners from 1545 to 1581. He also owned the Beauregard estate [fr] in Saint-Genis-Laval, the Saint-Victor la Coste estate in the Comtat and the Hôtel de Sade [fr] in Avignon. He married Peronette Berti, with whom he had five children.
# Markus Brutscher

Markus Brutscher (born 18 August 1966) is a German tenor in opera and concert. His repertoire includes works from the early Baroque to contemporary, although he has been regarded as a specialist in early music.

## Career

Born in Landsberg am Lech, Upper Bavaria, Brutscher received his first musical training as a member of the boys' choirs Regensburger Domspatzen and Augsburger Domsingknaben [de]. He studied voice at the Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler" in Berlin with Norma Sharp, in London with Rudolf Piernay und in Maastricht with Mya Besselink.
In May 1993 he performed the role of the Roman governor Lucio Vero in Niccolò Jommelli's Baroque opera Vologeso at the 7th International Festival of Old Music in Stuttgart, conducted by Frieder Bernius. Brutscher has expanded his repertoire with engagements in Brussels, at the National Opera in Paris, at the Teatro Real in Madrid, Opera Abao in Bilbao, and the Stuttgart State Opera.
Brutscher performed the part of Saul in Reinhard Keiser's oratorio Der siegende David at the Ruhrtriennale 2006. In 2009 he sang in Meran the tenor part of Haydn's oratorio Die Jahreszeiten. He made his London debut in 2009, singing the Narrator in a concert production of Alfred Schnittke's opera Historia von D. Johann Fausten at the Royal Festival Hall, with the London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted Vladimir Jurowski.
Brutscher has collaborated with conductors such as Marc Minkowski, Alessandro de Marci and Thomas Hengelbrock. He has sung and recorded numerous works by Bach, including his Magnificat in E-flat major, BWV 243a, and the Mass in B minor.

## Literature

* Karl J. Kutsch and Leo Riemens: Großes Sängerlexikon. Fourth edition. München 2003. Vol. 1: Aarden–Castles, p. 625. ISBN 3-598-11598-9
# Branch Township, Michigan

Branch Township is a civil township of Mason County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the township population was 1,405. Branch Township was named after Branch County, Michigan.

## Communities

* Branch is an unincorporated community on US 10 on the boundary between Mason and Lake counties. The Branch ZIP code 49402 serves the eastern part of Branch Township.
* Tallman is an unincorporated community in the north of the township. The community was established in 1879 Horace and Marshall F. Butters. A post office in the community was in operation from 1880 to 1887, from 1888 to 1891, and from 1897 to 1953.
* Walhalla is a small unincorporated community located on US 10 at 43°57′13″N 86°06′53″W﻿ / ﻿43.95361°N 86.11472°W﻿ / 43.95361; -86.11472 between Baldwin and Ludington. Walhalla is slightly more than one mile north of the Pere Marquette River. Walhalla was the home office to the Michigan Womyn's Music Festival.

## Geography

The township is in eastern Mason County and is bordered to the east by Lake County. Ludington, the county seat, is 17 miles (27 km) to the west by US 10.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Branch Township has a total area of 35.98 square miles (93.2 km$^2$), of which 35.40 square miles (91.69 km$^2$) are land and 0.58 square miles (1.50 km$^2$), or 1.61%, are water. The Pere Marquette River, a tributary of Lake Michigan, flows east to west across the south-central part of the township.

## Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 1,181 people, 506 households, and 332 families residing in the township. The population density was 33.3 inhabitants per square mile (12.9/km$^2$). There were 921 housing units at an average density of 26.0 per square mile (10.0/km$^2$). The racial makeup of the township was 97.88% White, 0.34% African American, 0.68% Native American, 0.25% Asian, 0.25% from other races, and 0.59% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.37% of the population.
There were 506 households, out of which 25.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.0% were married couples living together, 8.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.2% were non-families. 27.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.33 and the average family size was 2.79.
In the township the population was spread out, with 21.4% under the age of 18, 6.4% from 18 to 24, 27.9% from 25 to 44, 28.7% from 45 to 64, and 15.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females, there were 99.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.8 males.
The median income for a household in the township was $27,593, and the median income for a family was $32,500. Males had a median income of $27,159 versus $20,921 for females. The per capita income for the township was $15,659. About 6.8% of families and 9.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 17.1% of those under age 18 and 6.3% of those age 65 or over.
# Marshall Islands at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics

The Marshall Islands competed at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics, the inaugural Youth Olympic Games, held in Singapore from 14 August to 26 August 2010.

## Swimming

| Athletes | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athletes | Event | Time | Position | Time | Position | Time | Position |
| Giordan Harris | Boys’ 50m Freestyle | 28.43 | 41 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Hagar Kabua | Girls’ 50m Freestyle | 33.82 | 57 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Weightlifting

| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank |
| Amon Shiro | Boys' 56kg | 55 | 65 | 120 | 11 |
| Lomina Tibon | Girls' 53kg | 30 | 35 | 65 | 8 |
# Bram Stoker Award

The Bram Stoker Award is a recognition presented annually by the Horror Writers Association (HWA) for "superior achievement" in dark fantasy and horror writing.

## History

The Awards were established in 1987 and have been presented annually since 1988, and the winners are selected by ballot of the Active members of the HWA. They are named after Irish horror writer Bram Stoker, author of the novel Dracula, among others.
Several members of the HWA—including Dean Koontz—were reluctant to endorse such writing awards, fearing it would incite competitiveness rather than friendly admiration. The HWA therefore went to lengths to avoid mean-spirited competition, they agreed to specifically seek out new and neglected writers and works, and officially issue Awards not based on "best of the year" criteria, but "for superior achievement", which allows for ties.
Nominated works come from two different processes. Works can be recommended by any member of the HWA and a separate list of works is presented by a Jury for each category. Members with Active status then vote on works appearing on preliminary ballots. The field is thereby narrowed to the Final ballot; and Active members vote to choose the winners from that Final Ballot. Winners of a Bram Stoker Award receive a statuette made by New York firm, Society Awards.
The terms Bram Stoker Award and Bram Stoker Awards are registered trademarks of the Horror Writers Association.

## Past winners

As of 2019, Stephen King holds the record for both the most nominations (33) and wins (13). Other past award winners include: