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Horror Writers
Association announces 2004 Lifetime Achievement Award Winner
Michael Moorcock
Dateline April 1, 2005
For a PDF file of this release, click
here.
Each year, the Horror Writers Association presents the Bram
Stoker Awards, named in honor of the author of the seminal horror
novel Dracula, for superior achievement in the horror genre.
The Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement is the most
prestigious of these awards, given in acknowledgment of superior
achievement not just in a single work but over an entire career.
Individuals must be at least sixty years of age or have been
published for a minimum of thirty-five years to be considered
eligible for the award. Previous winners have included such noted
authors as Stephen King, Anne Rice, John Farris, Ramsey Campbell,
Charles Grant and Ray Bradbury.
This year, the Horror Writers Association will present the award
to bestselling author Michael Moorcock.
A prolific British writer and editor, Moorcock became editor of
Tarzan Adventures at the young age of 16. Writing and editing in a
variety of genres during the last fifty years, Moorcock has won
many of the industry¹s top awards, including the World Fantasy
Award, the August Derleth Award, the Nebula Award, the British
Fantasy Award, and the John W Campbell Award. His 1969 novel THE
BLACK CORRIDOR is often considered one of the horror genres¹
best.
The HWA Annual Conference and Bram Stoker Awards banquet will be
held this year on June 24th 26th at the Hilton Burbank Hotel
and Convention Center in Burbank, California. Both the conference
and the banquet are open to the public. At this time, plans are
being made for Mr. Moorcock to attend. However, there is no
guarantee that any award nominee will appear. Members of the press
will be admitted to the conference without charge and will receive
goodie bags and drink tickets while supplies last. Those wishing to
attend the banquet are also welcome, but must purchase a ticket in
advance.
More information on the awards and the banquet can be found by
visiting www.horror.org.
Please contact
Horror Writers Association
Joseph Nassise, President
602-788-1785
president@horror.org
http://www.horror.org/
Delirium Books
to receive HWA's 2004 Specialty Press Award
Dateline April 1, 2005
For a PDF file of this release, click
here.
LOS ANGELES, APRIL 1. The Horror Writers Association (HWA) is
pleased to announce that Delirium Books will be the recipient of
the 2004 Specialty Press Award at this year¹s Bram Stoker
Awards Banquet on the evening of June 25th.
The HWA Specialty Press Award is presented periodically to a
small press publisher whose work has contributed substantially to
the horror genre, whose publications display general excellence,
and whose dealings with writers have been fair and exemplary. The
award was instituted in 1997, largely due to the efforts of
long-time HWA member and specialty press aficionado Peter Crowther.
Delirium Books is owned and operated by Shane Ryan Staley.
Established in 1999, Delirium is one of the leading specialty
presses in the horror genre. Publishing limited edition hardcovers,
Delirium Books seeks to bring forth some of the world's greatest
authors in the small press, and display their talents in a
collectible fashion.
As of this date, Delirium has released more than forty titles
and has published many of today¹s top talents, including
Michael Laimo, John Everson, and Tom Piccirilli, all of whom are
nominees for Bram Stoker Awards this year. The HWA Annual
Conference will be held this year from June 24th to June 26th at
the Hilton Burbank Hotel and Convention Center, with the Bram
Stoker Awards Banquet taking place on the evening of June 25th.
Both the conference and the banquet are open to the public, though
tickets must be purchased in advance.
THE HORROR WRITERS ASSOCIATION (HWA) is a worldwide organization
of writers and publishing professionals dedicated to promoting
horror literature and the interests of those who write it. HWA was
formed in the late 1980's with the help of many of the field's
greatest authors, including Dean Koontz, Robert McCammon, and Joe
R. Lansdale. Today, with over 900 members around the globe, it is
the oldest and most respected professional organization devoted to
the genre.
Please contact
Horror Writers Association
Joseph Nassise, President
602-788-1785
president@horror.org
http://www.horror.org/
HWA 2004 Annual Conference
and Bram Stoker Awards
June 24th - 26th, 2005
Hilton Hotel/ Convention Center
Burbank, CA 91505
Writers Honored
at HWA's 17th Annual Bram Stoker Awards
Dateline June 6, 2004
For a PDF file of this release, click
here.
NEW YORK, JUNE 9. This past weekend, the Horror Writers
Association (HWA) honored excellence in horror, suspense and dark
fantasy by presenting this year's Bram Stoker Awards at its annual
banquet ceremony in New York. Bestselling author Peter Straub was
on hand to receive the night's top honor in the Novel category with
last year's lost boy lost girl.
"The active members of the HWA consider hundreds of works
annually, and the new talent emerging year by year is just
overwhelming," said Joe Nassise, President of the Horror Writers
Association. "For those writers who take home the Bram Stoker, it is an
acknowledgement by their peers that they have created a work that
is truly outstanding."
Others honored at the banquet included Brian Keene for his first
novel, The Rising; Jack Ketchum took home awards for his
story "Closing Time" and his fiction collection Peaceable
Kingdom; Gary A. Braunbeck was awarded for his story "Duty;"
Tom and Elizabeth Monteleone received the Bram Stoker Award for the
anthology Borderlands 5, and Mr. Monteleone won a second
award for his nonfiction collection The Mothers and Fathers
Italian Association; Neil Gaiman received the Illustrated
Narrative award for The Sandman: Endless Nights; J. K.
Rowling won for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix;
indie filmmaker Don Coscarelli took home an award for his
Bubba-Ho Tep screenplay; Bruce Boston received the award in
poetry for his collection Pitchblende; and Michael Arnzen
was honored in Alternate Forms for his work "The Goreletter."
In conjunction with this year's awards, the Horror Writers
Association held a benefit auction for legendary author and editor
Charles L. Grant, who has been hospitalized indefinitely with
severe cardiopulmonary disease and emphysema. Contributors included
Stephen King, Dean Koontz, Peter Straub and Leisure Books. The
event raised over $10,000 for Mr. Grant.
This year, the Horror Writers Association presented Lifetime
Achievement awards to both bestselling author Anne Rice and to
award-winning editor Martin H. Greenberg. Anne Rice is the author
of more than 26 novels, including the bestselling Vampire
Chronicles and Mayfair Witches series. Martin H. Greenberg has
published over 900 works in virtually every genre.
THE HORROR WRITERS ASSOCIATION (HWA) is a worldwide organization
of writers and publishing professionals dedicated to promoting dark
literature and the interests of those who write it. HWA was formed
in the late 1980's with the help of many of the field's greats,
including Dean Koontz, Robert McCammon, and Joe R. Lansdale. Today,
with over 1,000 members around the globe, it is the oldest and most
respected professional organization devoted to the genre.
For more information or to arrange an interview, please contact
Nicholas Kaufmann at nkaufmann@nyc.rr.com or by phone at
718-855-0970.
Horror Writers
Association Holds Auction to Benefit Stricken Author
Dateline May 13, 2004
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here.
NEW YORK, MAY 13. The Horror Writers Association (HWA) is
planning a benefit auction for legendary author and editor Charles
L. Grant, who has been hospitalized indefinitely with severe
cardio-pulmonary disease and emphysema. Mr. Grant, whose body of
work spans five decades and has earned him the HWA's coveted
Lifetime Achievement Award, faces a tremendous burden on his health
and substantial health-related expenses.
In response to this dire situation, the HWA has called for
contributions to a benefit auction for Mr. Grant. Although HWA is
not a charitable organization and contributions can not be
considered charitable donations, this has not stopped a flood of
concerned writers, editors and publishers from contributing to this
cause.
Stephen King, Dean Koontz, Neil Gaiman, Peter Straub, Clive
Barker and nearly fifty other accomplished authors have confirmed
contributions to the event. Publishers such as Leisure Books,
Earthling Publications and Night Shade Books have also
contributed.
"The response has been amazing," said Joe Nassise, president of
the Horror Writers Association. "The absolute generosity of
everyone involved has been truly overwhelming."
This two-part fundraiser, being held in conjunction with the
HWA's annual Bram Stoker Awards Banquet weekend, is the first of
its kind for the organization. One component of the fundraiser is a
high-profile auction to be held on eBay beginning May 23 and
running until June 5, the evening of the awards. Bidders can find
all auction items by searching the eBay User ID "bookwyrm55." The
second component is a silent auction to be held June 4-6 at the HWA
annual meeting in New York City where the Bram Stoker Awards will
be presented.
THE HORROR WRITERS ASSOCIATION (HWA) is a worldwide organization
of writers and publishing professionals dedicated to promoting dark
literature and the interests of those who write it. HWA was formed
in the late 1980's with the help of many of the field's greats,
including Dean Koontz, Robert McCammon, and Joe Lansdale. Today,
with over 1,000 members around the globe, it is the oldest and most
respected professional organization devoted to the genre.
For an interview or further information please contact:
Horror Writers Association
Nicholas Kaufmann
HWA Trustee
nkaufmann@nyc.rr.com
http://www.horror.org/
Horror Writers
Association Announces
2003 Lifetime Achievement Award Winners
Dateline May 10, 2004
For a PDF file of this release, click
here.
Each year, the Horror Writers Association presents the Bram
Stoker Awards, named in honor of the author of the seminal horror
novel Dracula, for superior achievement in the horror
genre.
The Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement is the most
prestigious of these awards, given in acknowledgment of superior
achievement not just in a single work but in an entire career.
Individuals must be at least sixty years of age or have been
published for a minimum of thirty-five years to be considered
eligible for the award. Previous winners have included such noted
authors as Stephen King, J.N. Williamson, Ramsey Campbell, Charles
Grant and Ray Bradbury.
This year, the Horror Writers Association will present the award
to both bestselling author Anne Rice and to award-winning editor
Martin H. Greenberg.
Anne Rice is the author of more than 26 novels, including the
bestselling Vampire Chronicles and Mayfair Witches
series. Her works have been translated into more than eight
languages and her novels, Interview with a Vampire and
Queen of the Damned, have both been made into feature
films.
Martin H. Greenberg has published over 900 works in virtually
every genre and is one of the premier anthologists working in the
horror field today. His prodigious contributions to literature and
entertainment have won him many accolades, including the Milford
Award for lifetime achievement in science fiction editing in 1989,
and the Ellery Queen Award for lifetime achievement in mystery
editing in 1995.
The HWA Annual Conference will be held this year between June
3rd and June 6th at the Manhattan Park Central Hotel in New York
City, with the Bram Stoker Awards Banquet taking place on the
evening of June 5th. Both the conference and the banquet are open
to the public, though tickets must be purchased in advance.
More information on the awards and the banquet can be found by
visiting www.horror.org.
Please contact
Horror Writers Association
Joseph Nassise, President
602-788-1785
president@horror.org
http://www.horror.org/
HWA 2004 Annual Conference
and Bram Stoker Awards
June 3rd - 6th, 2004
Park Central Hotel
Manhattan, NY 10019
Earthling
Publications to Receive
HWA's 2003 Specialty Press Award
Dateline May 13, 2004
For a PDF file of this release,
click here.
NEW YORK, MAY 13, 2004. The Horror Writers Association (HWA) is
pleased to announce that Earthling Publications will be the
recipient of the 2003 Specialty Press Award at this year's Bram
Stoker Awards Banquet on June 5th.
The HWA Specialty Press Award is presented periodically to a
small press publisher whose work has contributed substantially to
the horror genre, whose publications display general excellence,
and whose dealings with writers have been fair and exemplary. The
award was instituted in 1997, largely due to the efforts of
long-time HWA member and specialty press aficionado Peter
Crowther.
Earthling Publications is owned and operated by Paul Miller of
Shrewsbury, Massachusetts. The company began in 2000 with the U.S.
publication of Simon Clark's chapbook, A Trip Out for Mr.
Harrison, and has since grown to include limited and lettered
editions to its line-up of impressive works. Since 2001, Miller has
published such award winning authors as Brian Hopkins, Tim Lebbon,
Brian Evenson, Brian Keene, and Gary Braunbeck. More Tomorrow
and Other Stories, the latest from Michael Marshall Smith, won
this year's International Horror Guild Award, and Gary Braunbeck's
Graveyard People: The Collected Cedar Hill Stories Vol. 1,
has been nominated for a 2003 Bram Stoker Award.
The HWA Annual Conference will be held this year between June
3rd and June 6th at the Manhattan Park Central Hotel in New York
City, with the Bram Stoker Awards Banquet taking place on the
evening of June 5th. Both the conference and the banquet are open
to the public, though tickets must be purchased in advance.
THE HORROR WRITERS ASSOCIATION (HWA) is a worldwide organization
of writers and publishing professionals dedicated to promoting
horror literature and the interests of those who write it. HWA was
formed in the late 1980's with the help of many of the field's
greatest authors, including Dean Koontz, Robert McCammon, and Joe
R. Lansdale. Today, with over 1,000 members around the globe, it is
the oldest and most respected professional organization devoted to
the genre.
Please contact
Horror Writers Association
Joseph Nassise, President
602-788-1785
president@horror.org
www.horror.org
HWA 2004 Annual Conference
and Bram Stoker Awards
June 3rd - 6th, 2004
Park Central Hotel
Manhattan, NY 10019
2004 Election Results
Dateline February 24, 2004
The results from our most recent election are now in. Before I
release the vote tallies, I want to give my personal thanks and
appreciation to all of those who stepped forward to participate in
the election, both as candidates and as voters. Your enthusiasm and
concern for the welfare of the organization are appreciated. As is
typical, we had approximately 1/3 of active members participate in
the voting. 92 out of a possible 293 votes were cast. The actual
tallies are as follows:
Secretary
Trish Macomber 89 votes - elected
Treasurer
Jack Pasarella 92 votes - elected
Trustees
Simon Clark 63 votes - elected
Steve Vernon 14 votes
Nick Mamatas 42 votes - elected
John Pelan 62 votes - elected
Thomas Sipos 16 votes
Dave Wilson 34 votes
Jack Fisher 10 votes
Larry Santoro 26 votes
Those elected will take their positions immediately. I will be
contacting them shortly to bring them up to speed on recent
discussions and get them involved in the administrative
process.
Congratulations! Best regards,
Joe Nassise
President, HWA
Horror
Writers Association Announces
2002 Bram Stoker Award Winners
Dateline June 7, 2003
For a PDF file of this release,
click here.
Each year, the Horror Writers Association presents the Bram
Stoker Awards for Superior Achievement, named in honor of Bram
Stoker, author of the seminal horror work, Dracula. The awards are
presented at the HWA Annual Conference and Bram Stoker Awards
banquet in New York City. This year's event was held at the Park
Central Hotel on the evening of Saturday, June 8th.
The awards are presented in twelve categories: Novel, First
Novel, Short Fiction, Long Fiction, Fiction Collection, Poetry
Collection, Anthology, Nonfiction, Illustrated Narrative,
Screenplay, Work for Young Readers, and Alternative Forms.
For the list of nominees, please
click here.
Lifetime Achievement Awards were also given to Stephen King and
to J.N. Williamson for their extraordinary contributions to the
genre. Over the last thirty years both men have published more than
30 horror novels each, in addition to vast amounts of short
fiction. Their impact on modern horror writing has been
incalculable.
Contact information:
Horror Writers Association
Joseph Nassise, President
president@horror.org
www.horror.org
2003 International Horror
Guild Living Legend
and Nominees Announced
Dateline April 19, 2003
For a PDF file of this release, click
here.
The INTERNATIONAL HORROR GUILD has named author and editor
CHARLES
L. GRANT as this year's Living Legend Award recipient. IHG
Living Legends are individuals who have made meritorious and
notable contributions and/or have substantially influenced the
field of horror/dark fantasy. Previous recipients are William F.
Nolan, Alice Cooper, Ray Bradbury, Clive Barker, Hugh B. Cave,
Edward W. Bryant, Richard Matheson, and Harlan Ellison.
IHG judge and Living Legend Edward W. Bryant announced Grant's
honor at the World Horror Convention, April 19, 2003 in Kansas
City, MO. Nominations for the International Horror Guild's annual
awards recognizing outstanding achievements in the field of horror
and dark fantasy from the year 2002 were also revealed. Recipients
of the award will be named on May 23. The nominees are:
NOVEL
- THE DARKEST PART OF THE WOODS by Ramsey Campbell (PS
Publishing)
- THE HOUR BEFORE DARK by Douglas Clegg (Dorchester)
- THE KILLING KIND by John Connolly (Atria)
- FITCHER'S BRIDES by Gregory Frost (Tor)
- FROM A BUICK 8 by Stephen King (Scribner)
- A WINTER HAUNTING by Dan Simmons (William Morrow)
FIRST NOVEL
- THE FALLEN by Dale Bailey (Signet)
- THE SNOWMAN'S CHILDREN by Glen Hirschberg (Carroll &
Graf)
- A SCATTERING OF JADES by Alexander Irvine (Forge)
- THE BLUES AIN'T NOTHIN' by Tina Jens (Design Image Group)
- THE HORNED MAN by James Lasdun (US: W.W. Norton, UK: Jonathan
Cape)
LONG FORM
- "Breathing in Faces" by Peter Crowther (EMBRACE THE
MUTATION)
- CORALINE by Neil Gaiman (HarperCollins)
- EL DIA DE LOS MUERTOS by Brian Hopkins (Earthling)
- "Mr. Gaunt" by John Langan (Magazine of Fantasy & Science
Fiction, Sept 02)
- "My Work Is Not Yet Done" by Thomas Ligotti (MY WORK IS NOT YET
DONE)
INTERMEDIATE FORM
- "Death and Suffrage" by Dale Bailey (Magazine of Fantasy &
Science Fiction, Feb 02)
- "Pavane for a Prince of the Air" by Elizabeth Hand (EMBRACE THE
MUTATION)
- "Nesting Instincts" by Brian Hodge (LIES AND UGLINESS)
- "A Drug on the Market" by Kim Newman (DARK TERRORS 6)
- "The Essayist in the Wilderness" by William Browning Spencer
(Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, May 02)
SHORT FORM
- "The Road of Pins" by Caitlin Kiernan (DARK TERRORS 6)
- "Details" by China Mieville (CHILDREN OF CTHULHU)
- "Night Falls, Again" by Michael Marshall Smith (EMBRACE THE
MUTATION)
- "Prospect Cards" by Don Tumasonis (DARK TERRORS 6)
- "The Sundowners" by Chet Williamson (FIGURES IN RAIN)
COLLECTION
- KNUCKLES AND TALES by Nancy Collins (Cemetery Dance)
- LIES AND UGLINESS by Brian Hodge (Night Shade)
- EVERYTHING'S EVENTUAL by Stephen King (Scribner)
- MY WORK IS NOT YET DONE by Thomas Ligotti (Mythos)
- IMAGINATION BOX by Steve Rasnic Tem and Melanie Tem (Lone
Wolf)
- FIGURES IN RAIN by Chet Williamson (Ash-Tree)
ANTHOLOGY
- DARK TERRORS 6, edited by Stephen Jones and David Sutton
(Gollancz)
- KEEP OUT THE NIGHT, edited by Stephen Jones (PS
Publishing)
- THE BOOK OF MORE FLESH, edited by James Lowder (Eden
Studios)
- THE DARKER SIDE, edited by John Pelan (Roc)
- QUEER FEAR II, edited by Michael Rowe (Arsenal Pulp Press)
NONFICTION
- ALGERNON BLACKWOOD: AN EXTRAORDINARY LIFE by Mike Ashley (US:
Carroll & Graf, UK: Constable Robinson)
- SUPERNATURAL FICTION WRITERS: CONTEMPORARY FANTASY AND HORROR,
edited by Richard Bleiler (Scribner)
- RAMSEY CAMPBELL, PROBABLY by Ramsey Campbell (PS
Publishing)
- THE BIOLOGY OF HORROR: GOTHIC LITERATURE AND FILM by Jack
Morgan (Southern Illinois University)
- CLIVE BARKER: THE DARK FANTASTIC by Douglas E. Winter
(HarperCollins)
GRAPHIC NARRATIVE
- ABARAT by Clive Barker (HarperCollins)
- MIKE MIGNOLA'S B.P.R.D.: HOLLOW EARTH, Issues #1-3 by
Christopher Golden, Tom Sniegowski and Mike Mignola (Story), Ryan
Sook (Art), Mike Mignola (cover) (Dark Horse)
- 30 DAYS OF NIGHT, Issues #1-3 by Steve Niles (Story), Ben
Templesmith (Art) and Ashley Wood (Covers) (IDW Publishing)
- STRANGEHAVEN, Issue #14 by Gary Spencer Millidge (Abiogenesis
Press)
- THE GOON, 2nd Series, #1-3 by Eric Powell (Albatross
Exploding)
- FABLES, Issues #1-10 by Bill Willingham (DC/Vertigo)
PERIODICAL
- ALL HALLOWS
- CEMETERY DANCE
- THE MAGAZINE OF FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION
- THE THIRD ALTERNATIVE
- WEIRD TALES
ART
- Clive Barker
- Jeremy Caniglia
- Edward Miller
- J. K. Potter
- Jason Van Hollander
FILM
- FRAILTY directed by Bill Paxton, written by Brent Hanley
- ONE HOUR PHOTO written and directed by Mark Romanek
- THE RING directed Gore Verbinski, based on a novel by
K™ji Suzuki; Hiroshi Takahashi(1998 screenplay), Ehren Kruger
(2002 screenplay)
- SEN TO CHIHIRO NO KAMIKAKUSHI (US: MIYAZAKI'S SPIRITED AWAY)
written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki; English version written by
Cindy Davis Hewitt and Donald H. Hewitt
- WENDIGO written and directed by Larry Fessenden
TELEVISION
- ANGEL created by David Greenwalt and Joss Whedon (series,
WB)
- BUFFY: THE VAMPIRE SLAYER created by Joss Whedon (series,
UPN)
- THE DEAD ZONE created by Micheal Pillar and Shawn Pillar, based
on a novel by Stephen King (series, USA Network)
- ROSE RED directed by Craig R. Baxley, written by Stephen King
(mini-series, ABC)
- SAINT SINNER directed by Joshua Butler, screenplay by Doris
Egan and Hans Rodionoff, based on a short story by Clive Barker
(SciFi Channel)
- SIX FEET UNDER created by Alan Ball (series, HBO)
CHARLES L. GRANT
Charles L. Grant is a three-time winner of the World Fantasy
Award, a two-time winner of the Science Fiction-Fantasy Writers
Association's Nebula, the recipient of the of both the British
Fantasy Society's Special Award for Life Achievement Award and the
Horror Writers Association Lifetime Achievement Award. He was also
named Grand Master of the 2002 World Horror Convention. As an
editor he is responsible for two dozen anthologies, including the
influential series Shadows and scores of novels under several pen
names as well as his own. He also served eight years as an officer
of the Science Fiction Writers of America, served ten years on the
Board of Directors of the World Fantasy Awards, is past-president
of the Horror Writers Association, and served five years as
President of the Board of Trustees of HWA. He and his wife, editor
and novelist Kathryn Ptacek, live in a century-old haunted
Victorian house in Sussex County, New Jersey.
Horror Writers
Association Announces
2002 Lifetime Achievement Award Winners
Dateline April 7, 2003
For a PDF file of this release, click
here.
Each year, the Horror Writer's Association presents the Bram
Stoker Awards for Superior Achievement, named in honor of Bram
Stoker, author of the seminal horror work, Dracula.
The Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement is the most
prestigious of these awards, given in acknowledgment of superior
achievement not just in a single work but in an entire career.
Individuals must be at least sixty years of age or have been
published for a minimum of thirty-five years to be considered
eligible for the award. Previous winners have included such noted
authors as John Farris, Ramsey Campbell, Charles Grant and Ray
Bradbury.
Recognizing that no one lives forever and opportunities to say
thank you are finite, this year the committee has unanimously
chosen to bestow two awards: one upon Stephen King and one upon
Jerry Williamson.
Mr. King is the author of over thirty horror novels and is the
first writer to have had three, four, and finally five titles
appear simultaneously on The New York Times bestseller list.
His works include Dreamcatcher, From a Buick 8, and
Everything's Eventual, among others.
Mr. Williamson is the author of over thirty horror novels,
including Affinity, The Haunt, and Spree. He is also
the editor of the renowned Masques anthology series.
The HWA Annual Conference and Bram Stoker Awards banquet will be
held this year on June 6th - 8th at the Park Central Hotel in New
York City. Both the conference and the banquet are open to the
public. At this time, both nominees plan to attend the ceremony.
However, there is no guarantee that any award nominee will
appear.
More information on the awards and the banquet can be found by
visiting www.horror.org.
Contact information:
Horror Writers Association
Joseph Nassise, President
president@horror.org
www.horror.org
Horror Writers
Association Announces
2002 Bram Stoker Award Nominees
Dateline April 7, 2003
For a PDF file of this release (including
the list of nominees), click here.
Each year, the Horror Writer's Association presents the Bram
Stoker Awards for Superior Achievement, named in honor of Bram
Stoker, author of the seminal horror work, Dracula. The awards are
presented at the HWA Annual Conference and Bram Stoker Awards
banquet in New York City. This year's event will be held at the
Park Central Hotel on the evening of June 8th.
The awards are presented in twelve categories: Novel, First
Novel, Short Fiction, Long Fiction, Fiction Collection, Poetry
Collection, Anthology, Nonfiction, Illustrated Narrative,
Screenplay, Work for Young Readers, and Alternative Forms.
For the list of nominees, please
click here.
Contact information:
Horror Writers Association
Joseph Nassise, President
president@horror.org
www.horror.org
HWA Launches Book
Preview Club
Dateline September 18, 2002
Ghosts, Ghouls, and Things that Go Bump in the Night! The Horror
Writers Association, in conjunction with Chapteraday.com, is
pleased to announce the formation of the Horror and Supernatural
Suspense book preview club, to begin service just in time for this
year's Halloween season.
The brainchild of entrepreneur Suzanne Beecher, Chapteraday.com
currently offers seven different book clubs to choose from --
everything from business to romance to audio works is represented.
Their eighth and newest club will focus on the best the horror and
dark fantasy genre has to offer. Membership in any of Chapteraday's
clubs is free. Subscribers receive an excerpt from that week's
selected book in their email each day, Monday through Friday. The
selections are designed to be short, taking up no more than five
minutes of reading time a day, with the stated goal of getting
people ordinarily too busy to read hooked on reading again. When
the week is over, members can purchase the book from several
different online bookstores or check it out from the local library.
Each week brings a new selected book.
Says HWA President-elect Joseph Nassise, "Horror fiction serves
an important function in our society as it allows us a means
through which we can deal with our everyday fears, letting us
channel them into a safe, controlled environment where we can
temporarily escape the problems of the real world around us. There
are some tremendously talented writers operating in the horror
field today, writers the average reader just isn't aware of.
Chapteraday's book clubs are the perfect means by which to connect
the works of our members and the general reading public."
Currently reaching over 100,000 readers and being offered in
more than 3,500 public libraries across the country, the book
preview clubs have been a huge success. "With the world's largest
organization of horror writers behind this new club, readers are
going to be getting the very best works to preview. What more could
a lover of dark fiction want?"
Interested readers can sign up for the new club by sending an
email to join-horror@book.chapteraday.com
For further details, see HWA's Excerpts
page.
Contact information:
Horror Writers Association
Joseph Nassise, President
president@horror.org
Chapteraday.com
Suzanne Beecher, President
Suzanne@chapteraday.com
