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Archived News Items....
| Posted 9-17-2008 |
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FenCon V is less than three weeks away, with guest of honor Gregory Benford, special guest Jay Lake, toastmaster Howard Waldrop, and a whole roster of HWA folks including Charlee Jacob, C. Dean Andersson, Angeline Hawkes, Christopher Fulbright, Deborah LeBlanc, Lee Thomas, Steven Wedel, Gabrielle Faust, Byron Starr, and possibly a few others! This promises to be a great event with three days of panels, a writers workshop, art show, and room parties galore.
The DFW HWA will have a dinner meeting on Saturday evening, open to all members and those interested in becoming members. The details are listed below:
- FenCon DFW HWA Gathering
- Saturday, October 4
- 6:00 p.m.
- McArthur's inside the Crowne Plaza Hotel where the con will be taking place.
For details on FenCon, click the following link:
Stay tuned for additional updates as new members are added, and be sure to visit the message board. Until next time! |
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| Posted 07-22-2008 |
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The DFW HWA will have a dinner gathering at Conestoga in Tulsa, OK on Saturday evening, July 26, tentatively scheduled for 6 p.m. We will wait near the couches just outside the main entrance to the dealer's room until everyone is assembled, and then leave from there. All members of HWA, plus those interested in joining the organization, are invited to join us.
Details on the con:
- July 25-27, 2008 - Conestoga 12, a fan-run speculative fiction convention, will be held in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Guests include Diana Gabaldon, Stephen Hickman, and toastmaster Gordon Van Gelder. HWA members appearing as guests include Deborah LeBlanc, Rachel Caine, Steven E. Wedel, Angeline Hawkes, and Christopher Fulbright.
We look forward to seeing everyone there! |
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| Posted 6-15-2008 |
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Some of you may have heard about the failed FedConUSA convention this weekend, which cancelled its proceedings Saturday while the convention was in progress, much to the dismay of fans and guests alike. We would like to assure everyone that FedConUSA is NOT associated in any way with the very successful FenCon, run by the Dallas Future Society, which has held a great convention in the Dallas area for four straight years, with a promising line up for FenCon V October 3-5, 2008.
FenCon has always been supportive of DFW HWA, and is consistently one of the best-run conventions in the area. We further hope that the FedConUSA debacle does not reflect on any of the other Dallas conventions which take place year after year successfully and without a hitch.
On an upnote, Robert E. Howard Days in Cross Plains, TX was a success this weekend. Few other fan events can boast such a close-knit and friendly group of folks, where everyone who comes even for the first time leaves feeling like a member of the REH family. If you are a Robert E. Howard fan, please try to attend and lend your support to Project Pride, a group of volunteers dedicated to preserving the Howardian legacy.
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| Posted 3-31-2008 |
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Congratulations to DFW HWA member Charlee Jacob and her collaborator Marge Simon for winning the Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in poetry for their 2007 book VECTORS. Congratulations are also due to DFW HWA's C. Dean Andersson; he was nominated for a Stoker for Superior Achievement in Short Fiction for his short story "The Death Wagon Rolls On By" which appeared in Cemetery Dance #57.
In other news, Texas Frightmare Weekend 2008 was an absolute blast. Our sincere thanks go out to the organizers of this event for inviting our members to appear as guests. They've invited us back again for next year, and we're looking forward to it.
Coming up next on the DFW HWA calendar:
- June 13-14, 2008 Robert E. Howard Days will be held in Cross Plains, Texas. This event celebrates the life and work of Texas author Robert E. Howard with tours of his house and environs, plus panels and viewing of manuscripts and pulps in which Howard was published. Present this year will be Christopher Fulbright, Angeline Hawkes, and HWA member Charles Gramlich, among others.
- July 25-27, 2008 Conestoga will be held in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Guests include Diana Gabaldon, Gordon Van Gelder, HWA members Steven E. Wedel, Deborah LeBlanc, and others.
Check out our updated photo gallery, and don't forget to drop into our message board and say hello! |
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| Posted 12-12-2007 |
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Members of the DFW HWA will be guests at Texas Frightmare Weekend in February 2008. This is our group's first opportunity to be a part of the Southwest's premier horror convention and we're very excited!
Fans of horror fiction and horror films alike will find plenty of interest with guests such as Dario Argento, Malcolm McDowell, and George Romero, to name just a few. The DFW HWA guest list includes myself and Angeline Hawkes, Charlee Jacob, Deborah LeBlanc, Dean Andersson, Lee Thomas, and Steve Wedel.
Stay tuned to the DFW HWA site for more details closer to the event! |
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| Posted 9-12-2007 |
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Nine days to FenCon, and counting. Don't forget -- the convention is in a new hotel this year, so be sure to visit the Crowne Plaza Hotel website for directions before heading out.
Looking forward to seeing everyone soon!
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| Posted 8-16-2007 |
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Well, September is nigh, and that means, once again, that we'll be having our regular DFW HWA gathering at FenCon on Saturday, September 22, 2007.
This year's guest of honor is Connie Willis, with special guest Toni Weisskopf, and toastmaster Steve Perry. Some HWA guests on the roster include Charlee Jacob, C. Dean Andersson, Angeline Hawkes, Deborah LeBlanc, C.T. Adams, Cathy Clamp, Christopher Fulbright, Steven E. Wedel, and probably a few more.
- FenCon DFW HWA Gathering
- Saturday, September 22
- 6:00 p.m.
- McArthur's inside the Crowne Plaza Hotel where the con will be taking place.
A few of us will be milling around in the lobby near the entrance to the restaurant. This year FenCon will have a special panel for those interested in learning more about the HWA. We'll also have a table set up in the dealer's room. Feel free to send me an e-mail if you want more information.
Looking forward to the con. Hope to see you there!
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| Posted 2-3-2007 |
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It's been a while since updates were posted, but I'm back in saddle just in time to announce our regular February meeting at ConDFW the weekend of February 23-25, 2007 at its regular location in the North Dallas Radisson Hotel, Richardson, Texas.
This year's DFW HWA guests at the conventions include Charlee Jacob, C. Dean Andersson, Angeline Hawkes, and Christopher Fulbright. Our local chapter meeting is tentatively scheduled for 6:00 p.m. on Saturday in the hotel. If you're in the area or within a reasonable driving distance of the area, please consider joining us. Non-members are welcome:
Looking forward to the con. Hope to see you all there! |
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| Posted 10-11-2006 |
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FenCon III was a good time as usual. We had a good sized gathering with 11 attendees, got to catch up with our old crew, and had a few new faces join us as well. I even added a couple of pictures from the event to our photo gallery page.
Next event on the Texas roster is World Fantasy Convention in Austin in just a few short weeks. Any sort of DFW HWA gathering will probably be informal and spur-of-the-moment due to the fact that only a few of us will be there (3 so far) and we're unsure yet of the programming schedule.
If you will be making it to WFC in Austin and you're a member of HWA, please look for us and say hello.
Also note: Texas Frightmare Weekend has been scheduled for June 2007. More about that event next update. |
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| Posted 9-10-2006 |
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FenCon III is on the horizon. Always a great con, this year's event promises to meet expectations with Guest of Honor Alan Dean Foster, artist Guest of Honor Darrell K. Sweet, Toastmaster Jim Butcher, and Special Guest Lawrence Watt-Evans. A number of HWA members are also on the guest list, including Charlee Jacob, C. Dean Andersson, Deborah LeBlanc, Steve Wedel, Angeline Hawkes, Christopher Fulbright, C.T. Adams, and Cathy Clamp.
Here's the information for the DFW HWA dinner:
- FenCon DFW HWA Gathering
- Saturday, September 23
- 6:00 p.m.
- Zaya's Restaurant inside the Holiday Inn Select where the con will be taking place.
A few of us will be milling around in the lobby near the entrance to the restaurant. Maybe I'll do something inconspicuous like make a sign or something. Feel free to send me an e-mail if you want more information.
Hope to see you there! |
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| Posted 7-20-2006 |
There's less than two weeks before Conestoga! If you're planning on attending, please join us for dinner and drinks on Saturday night. Here's the tentative time for the DFW HWA meeting:
- Conestoga DFW HWA Gathering
- Saturday, July 29
- 6:00 p.m.
- Meet in the common area, and we'll travel from there
Here's a link to the convention:
Attendees currently include Angeline Hawkes, Craig Wolf, Steve Wedel, and Christopher Fulbright. |
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| Posted 6-5-2006 |
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This is just a quick note to mention that Robert E. Howard Days is being celebrated starting this Thursday, June 8 in Cross Plains, Texas. Events are planned to run through Saturday, including tours of Howard's home and his environs, panels with Howard scholars, and appearances by Roy Thomas and Glenn Lord. Click the following link for more information.
In other news, the next meeting of the DFW HWA is still planned for Conestoga. Stay tuned for more information closer to the date. |
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| Posted 3-3-2006 |
| Thanks to everyone who was able to make it to the DFW HWA meeting last Saturday at ConDFW.
We had record attendance for the dinner (10 people!), and were able to meet a couple of new members from the regional area.
Our next meeting will be held Saturday, July 29 at Conestoga in Tulsa, OK. For more information on the convention, click the link below.
More details will be forthcoming closer to the date.
If you live in Texas or Oklahoma, be sure to send me an e-mail so you can join the e-mail list for meeting announcements and other DFW HWA communications. |
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| Posted 2-11-2006 |
| An e-mail recently went out to all local members for whom I have contact information regarding the upcoming chapter meeting at ConDFW.
We will be meeting in the hotel lounge for lunch around 12:00 noon. This time is still tentative, because programming information for the convention has not yet been posted, so it's impossible to say at this point what the various members' schedules will be.
Another update will be sent via e-mail as soon as the convention programming is available. |
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| Posted 1-17-2006 |
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I hope that the New Year has been good to everyone so far. Things are already moving along toward February and ConDFW. Please don't forget that we will be having a local chapter lunch meeting on Saturday. More details will follow closer to the event, but if you're in the area or within a reasonable driving distance of the area, please consider joining us.
Local area chapter members planning to attend include Charlee Jacob, C. Dean Andersson, Angeline Hawkes-Craig, Steven Wedel, and Christopher Fulbright. |
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| Posted 10-25-2005 |
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The web site has been updated with some new member links and books. If you are a member and you live in Texas or Oklahoma, please send me your information so I can add it to the site.
Please don't forget to visit our message board.
Have a happy Halloween! |
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