Jeff Strand to Emcee Bram Stoker Awards Banquet 2013

The Horror Writers Association (HWA) is proud to announce Jeff Strand will emcee the 2013 Bram Stoker Awards Banquet and also act as Toastmaster at the World Horror Convention 2013. Both of these events are part of the Bram Stoker Awards Weekend, to be held in New Orleans from 13-16 June 2013. Jeff has...

Ramsey Campbell First Guest of Honor at Bram Stoker Awards Weekend 2013

The Oxford Companion to English Literature describes Ramsey Campbell as “Britain’s most respected living horror writer”. He has been given more awards than any other writer in the field, including the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Horror Writers Association (HWA), the Grand Master Award of the World...

First Sponsor for the Bram Stoker Awards® Weekend 2013

The Horror Writers Association (HWA) is pleased to announce JournalStone as a Supporting Sponsor for the Bram Stoker Awards™ Weekend 2013. The Weekend Convention will be held at the Hotel Monteleone in New Orleans, Louisiana from 13-16 June 2013: http://www.stokers2013.org/ . Christopher C. Payne, President...

John Joseph Adams is 2013 World Horror Con’s Editor Guest of Honor

The Horror Writers Association is proud to announce prolific anthologist John Joseph Adams as the Editor Guest of Honor for the World Horror Convention (WHC) 2013. In 2013 the HWA is hosting WHC as part of the Bram Stoker Awards™ Weekend in New Orleans from 13-16 June. John Joseph Adams is the bestselling...

Caitlín R. Kiernan named Author Guest of Honor for World Horror Con 2013

The Horror Writers Association is proud to announce dark fantasy author Caitlín R. Kiernan as the Author Guest of Honor for the World Horror Convention (WHC) 2013. In 2013 the HWA is hosting WHC as part of the Bram Stoker Awards® Weekend in New Orleans from 13-16 June. The New York Times recently called...

HWA Officially Appears at American Library Association Mid-Winter Meeting

As part of a burgeoning relationship with the American Library Association (ALA) the Horror Writers Association (HWA) will have a major presence at the ALA’s 2013 Midwinter Meeting in Seattle, Washington. The event will run from January 25 to January 28, at the Seattle Center. This official presence...

Amber Benson is coming to Bram Stoker Awards Weekend 2013!

The Horror Writers Association (HWA) is proud to announce Amber Benson as Media Guest of Honor for the Bram Stoker Awards® Weekend 2013, to be held in New Orleans from 13-16 June 2013. Amber Benson is multi-talented – she is a writer, director and actor. She currently writes the Calliope Reaper-Jones series...

HWA Sponsoring 5 Members to Attend Mort Castle’s Workshop at 2012 World Horror Convention

Mort Castle, editor of the acclaimed On Writing Horror, will be conducting writing workshops at the 2012 World Horror Convention in Salt Lake City , March 29 – April 1, 2012. The cost of the four-hour workshop is $50.00. The HWA Board is giving away five of these workshops at our cost. If you are...