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HWA Presents: Don’t Turn Out the Lights
The HWA is pleased to announce the release of its newest publication, Don’t Turn Out the Lights, a middle-grade anthology edited by Jonathan Maberry and published by Harper Collins. The book debuted 9/1 in hardcover, eBook, and audio.
Don’t Turn Out the Lights is a tribute to Alvin Schwartz’s Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark and features 35 stories from such talents as R.L. Stine, Madeleine Roux, and many members of the Horror Writers Association. Illustrations by Iris Compiet.
Watch interviews with the contributors:
- Don’t Turn Out the Lights Panel Discussion #1
This is the first of a series
HWA Scholarship Winners Announced
The HWA congratulates the winners of the 2020 scholarships:
HWA SCHOLARSHIP
Matthew Andrew is a retired U.S. Marine who served multiple tours in support of combat operations in Afghanistan and the Balkans. He currently works in the finance sector in Dallas, Texas. His short fiction can be found in Pantheon Magazine, Blight Digest, PMMP‘s Lost Signals anthology, and Thuglit, among others.
MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT SHELLEY SCHOLARSHIP
Abril Altamirano is a cultural journalist and horror writer from Quito, Ecuador. Her work has been published in Ecuadorian printed media such as Diario La Hora, Casapalabras, and MundoDiners…
SALE! Special Ad Rate for the October Issue of the HWA Newsletter
The HWA Newsletter is offering a special rate on full-page ads for the October issue! The October issue is always jam-packed with lots of goodies (columns, special articles, puzzles, photos, artwork, poems), so you don’t want to miss out on advertising in it!
Full Page Ad 650px wide by any height – only $25! The ad deadline for the October issue is September 23, 2020.
The Seers’ Table September 2020
The Seers’ Table!
Linda D. Addison, Member of the Diverse Works Inclusion Community
You can see any of The Seers’ Table posts since inception (March 2016) from the menu item “Diverse Works’ on the top of HWA main page.
Kate Maruyama introduces:
Hugo award-winner Sarah Gailey is an internationally published writer of fiction and nonfiction. Their nonfiction has been published by Mashable and the Boston Globe, and they are a regular contributor for Tor.com and Barnes & Noble. Their most recent fiction credits include Fireside Fiction, Tor.com, and The Atlantic.
HWA’s Next Anthology Call for Submissions
Other Fears – An Anthology of Diverse Terrors
Submissions open on October 1, 2020.
HWA is proud to announce our next anthology:
Other Fears will be an anthology of original stories revolving around a recurring theme that often comes up in both critical analysis of the horror genre and discussions about the prejudices and biases people have against minority groups that manifest in myriad phobias: the idea of “otherness.”
A fairly universal truth across oppressed, victimized, or historically underrepresented groups is that they have come to signify “otherness.” Be they of a different culture, a different background, a different belief …
New HWA Diversity Grants
The HWA is pleased to announce a new aspect to our scholarship program: the Diversity Grants.
The Diversity Grants will be open to underrepresented, diverse people who have an interest in the horror writing genre, including, but not limited to writers, editors, reviewers, and library workers. Like the Diverse Works Inclusion Committee, the Diversity Grants have adopted the broadest definition of the word diversity to include, but not limited to, gender, gender identity, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disabled, and neurodiverse.
The Horror Writers Association (HWA) believes barriers—often unseen but very real—exist which limit the amount of horror fiction being published …
2020 Officer Election Results
The results of the 2020 Elections for officers are in!
- Linda Addison, James Chambers, and Ellen Datlow have been re-elected to the Board of Trustees.
- Becky Spratford has been re-elected as Secretary after running unopposed.
- John Palisano has been re-elected as President after running unopposed.
Thank you to all of the candidates for running, and for your loyalty and service.
Special thank you to Errin Kemper for running this year’s election committee, and to Angel Leigh McCoy for both setting up the voting and doing the compiling.…
Webinar: Group Health Coverage Overview
Please join us for this informative and educational webinar in which we will review the basics of the Individual/Family and even Group coverage options offered to the Horror Writers Association members through the partnership with LIG Solutions. You will be surprised to learn what options you have today for not only major medical but a full suite of health coverage solutions.
Wed, Aug 19, 2020 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM PDT
Registration link: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/7603586209073069326…
The Seers’ Table August 2020
Linda D. Addison, Member of the Diverse Works Inclusion Community
You can see any of The Seers’ Table posts since inception (March 2016) from the menu item “Diverse Works’ on the top of HWA main page.
Janet Holden introduces:
Jess Kidd was brought up in London as part of a large family from county Mayo and has been praised for her unique fictional voice. Her debut, Himself, was shortlisted for the Irish Book Awards in 2016. She won the Costa Short Story Award the same year. Her second novel, The Hoarder (published as Mr. Flood’s Last Resort in the …
