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 interested, and we get more than five applications, they will given away in a random drawing. To qualify, you need to have registered for the WHC before 29 February, and of course, you need to be a member of the HWA. To register your interest…

New Volunteer Calendar Coordinator: HWA Member Jennifer Brozek

We have a new volunteer calendar coordinator who will be overseeing the upkeep of the HWA member calendar. This calendar will be visible to the public and can include events relative to the horror writers industry, to your career, etc. Some of the categories on the calendar will give you an idea of the kind of events you can submit: Conventions Readings Launch Events Workshop/seminar Open Writers Group (where anyone is welcome to attend) Only HWA members may submit events to the calendar. To submit an event to the calendar and to the various HWA publications, log in to the…

25th Anniversary Bram Stoker Award Banquet & Celebrate HWA Day

from HWA President, Rocky Wood Sometime in 1984, Robert McCammon first mentioned the idea of forming an organization for professional writers of horror. He soon enlisted the assistance of Joe and Karen Lansdale, and together H.O.W.L. (Horror/Occult Writers League) was born. The organization held its first formal meeting in 1985, and shortly thereafter the name was changed to Horror Writers of America. However, it wasn't until March of 1987 that HWA (which officially changed its name to Horror Writers Assn. in 1993) was officially incorporated. Which means we're celebrating the 25th anniversary of HWA's incorporation in March of 2012! We're…

HWA ANNOUNCES NEW WEBMASTER

We are proud to announce that Angel Leigh McCoy is the HWA’s new Webmaster. Angel has been part of the HWA Web team for some time and steps into the rather large shoes of the late Mark Worthen. Angel has two loves: writing and web design. During the day, she works as a writer/game designer at ArenaNet, part of a vast team effort to make the coolest online world ever: Guild Wars 2. In the evening, in addition to her volunteer webmastering for various sites, she is also head editor at WilyWriters.com and recently edited Night-Mantled: the Best of Wily…